Choosing classes

<p>Hey so I am planning to switch from food science to nutrition. I looked at the catalog and there are 4 classes required by both majors, can I request to take some of these, or do they assign you your first year classes? Thanks!</p>

<p>I believe they select only your first quarter classes for you. A block schedule that is hard to change. You can add to it. The next quarter you will chose yourself.</p>

<p>I have a question involving that block schedule thing too. I’m planning to have a business minor which is completely unrelated to my major (bio), and there’s a bunch of pre req’s before I can apply for the minor and I was hoping to start on those first quarter. Is it possible to talk to them and change my schedule around so I can fit in a class for business?</p>

<p>kaicosmoz: you CAN add one of those classes, check the prereqs first, it will be beneficial to add at least one of them. You will get a pre-registered schedule, but you CAN add/drop classes still. If there are any open seats in one of those nutrition classes, then add it, then drop your food-science class. If you can’t do that because they are all full, you might want to add a GE instead and drop your food science class.</p>

<p>Waitingfornow: Just an fyi, the business minor is huge, requires a lot of credits, adding almost 1 year to the time you’re supposed to graduate (53 credits). The ECON minor is only 24 credits to complete. Not sure if you knew this, but if the biz minor is still worth it to you: you can start taking those pre-reqs this quarter, but they might be filled because the business school is very impacted. I’m a business major and my friends and I even had a hard time finding some of those required classes last quarter. They fill up quick. Your best bet will to sign up for the STATS or MATH class prereqs first. ECON prereqs if you are lucky and there are open seats. I wouldn’t bother trying for the BUS classes yet, they are gonna be packed.</p>

<p>Just call your advisor or you can do it through PASS and wait. good luck</p>

<p>Thanks for the info 123321 :). I know it’s a tough minor but I have a ton of ap credits that should help and if I manage to get the classes I need I should be able to graduate in four. I’ll keep all of that in mind and if I have trouble early getting classes then I can switch minors to Econ</p>

<p>thanks for the tips. When will they assign me my classes, and WHEN I can I try to add/drop classes? Is your first quarter mainly GE’s? Thanks!</p>

<p>I believe that you will have the majority of your classes assigned for you and you will get them at the SOAR date in Aug. Not sure when you get to add or drop, but likely then too. You will have at least one class for your major and some of the courses that go along with it. then a GE or two. Look at your major’s website and there should be a list of the classes that most students will have. A timeline of sorts for your major.</p>

<p>Does anyone know if they take into account what AP courses you have earned Cal Poly credit for or CC courses before they pick your classes?</p>

<p>Excellent question! I would be curious, too.</p>

<p>**CalMom05 said:</p>

<p>Does anyone know if they take into account what AP courses you have earned Cal Poly credit for or CC courses before they pick your classes**?</p>

<p>Also, my daughter will be in the ICS (Independent Course Study) in Kinesiology with a concentration on occupational therapy. I know she has to talk with the health professions advisor to set that up. Do they assign her classes before she has an opportunity to do this? I’m just wondering how it’s done. I would hate for her to miss out on important courses the first quarter because they weren’t aware of the track she wants to follow.</p>

<p>Yes, just make sure to let the school know which AP Classes you have taken and received at least a 3 on. They will take those into account and schedule you for the next class level up (ie, English, Calculus, Physics).</p>

<p>I’m not too sure when the add/drop dates are, if you go to SOAR they will tell you, you should call the office of registrar (I think?)</p>

<p>They should take in account if you have AP/IB credit, but I remember last year there were a few mistakes where people were signed up for classes they had credit in, but your college will fix the schedules. I think for the first quarter they are very general classes, and you don’t really take any courses that reflect your concentration yet, so it will give you time to figure out what classes you want to take that reflect the concentration.</p>

<p>My son will be taking a Materials engineering course starting the first quarter according to the flow chart and what we have heard. He will likely get a calculus class and chemistry too. Then some type of GE class.</p>

<p>So, from what I have read–Cal Poly assigns the freshman first quarter classes according to majors? S does not choose on-line? S is taking 4 AP exams in may. I guess you get results in July, if reported is this taken into account when classes assigned. One more question–Does the SOAR program allow you to change classes when you are there if you participate? A lot of questions, I know–Thanks</p>

<p>New students are given their block schedules at SOAR, which usually is about 12 or 13 units. They are taught how to use PASS and CPreg to register for more classes, but they must wait for the Open Enrollment period to do that. Cal Poly does take into account AP exams. For more information, go to the Registration and Enrollment tab in MyCalPoly. If you visit the Student Center tab, select Academic History, then Degree Progress Report, it will display a complete detail of all the classes needed to graduate, as well as the current status. This is where my son found that his AP scores had earned him credits before he even started at Cal Poly.</p>

<p>The students don’t register at SOAR. They attend a session where they learn how to use the registration program and PASS to plan a schedule. This is mostly for second quarter, though, because their first quarter’s classes are pre-scheduled for them according to their major.</p>

<p>Thanks. Very helpful.</p>