While the idea behind Cal Poly’s intensive change of major is to streamline the process for students to enter major coursework during their first year, it causes students unnecessary stress.
LAES opens the door to escape rooms
The liberal arts and engineering studies major allows students to combine two disciplines into one.
Blind luck doesn't justify picking a major as an 18-year-old
Do me a favor: Look at a picture of yourself in the “throes” of your senior year in high school. Then think of yourself, as you are, in the (actual) throes of your college career. What about you has changed…
Choosing a major early is what makes Cal Poly competitive
“Perhaps the most daunting part of applying to Cal Poly,” I say on every Poly Reps tour, “is declaring your major.” As seniors in high school, few 17-year-olds can say with confidence that they know what they’ll be doing for…
Making the (major) switch easier
College offers the opportunity to specialize your knowledge, but for some students, a first-choice major might not be the best fit. Knowing this, the Advising Community — a joint collaboration between Advising, Housing and Career Services — is offering a…
‘Majorcentrism’ making students feel special
Aside from neon tank tops, Apple products and construction paraphernalia, something else has taken up a seemingly boundless presence on campus. It is invisible yet nuanced in every printed flyer, every custom T-shirt, every clique-covered locale. It is, of course,…
A lack of concentration
Four of the 155 students graduating from the Orfalea College of Business will do so with a double concentration this fall. But starting winter quarter, Orfalea will only note one concentration on a student’s transcript.