<p>Would it be a good idea to major in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) at Cal Poly Pomona? Is it even a good idea to go to that school? I know it has really good engineering and architecture but would it be good for the major I'm interested in?</p>
<p>CPP is a very good school. Apply, go on a school tour, speak to students and professors and make your decision based upon how you feel after a close up and personal experience. That is what we did and we gave up 5 spots at the UC’s for Cal Poly SLO. Pomona was the runner up – however, we really liked the school and would have chosen it as our first choice until we did the tour a SLO. SLO won out.</p>
<p>CPP has a very solid reputation in the STEM fields, but be mindful that nearly all of the engineering disciplines have been designated as ‘impacted’ majors.</p>
<p>Note that CPP’s Science, Technology, and Society major is more of a social studies type major than a science major:</p>
<p>[Science</a>, Technology, and Society | Cal Poly Pomona](<a href=“http://www.class.csupomona.edu/phl/sts/page31.html]Science”>http://www.class.csupomona.edu/phl/sts/page31.html)</p>
<p>Note that the curriculum sheet suggests that a STEM major can get an STS minor with only three additional courses.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies everyone. Just curious, what does STEM mean? Also, I was thinking about double majoring with economics, and since companies recognize the school wouldn’t that help me if I wanted to get into more of the business side of things?</p>
<p>STEM = science, technology, engineering, mathematics</p>