<p>I applied for Business Admin. but was hoping to pick up Biology too. I heard that they are very fussy about letting students change majors or get double majors. </p>
<p>I have over a 4.0 (I think for the sophomore/junior part of the application it was about a 4.23), 1400/1600 SAT scores for the math/reading. Will they let me double major even though Business and Bio are in different departments?</p>
<p>Also, I want a normal college experience, (balance of studying and a social life, no Friday or weekend classes) will having a double major at Cal Poly affect that significantly? I am willing to take some classes over summer, but I’d like to be out in 5 years max, not 6. Possible?</p>
<p>PS I don’t want to contact them b/c I haven’t been accepted yet.</p>
<p>Difficult as in trying to get them to let you do it, or difficult as in the courses are hard?</p>
<p>I don’t think they have a Biology minor? Not 100% sure. Does anyone have a link of all majors and minors?</p>
<p>I am for sure sticking to Business, but I wanted to double major because I don’t think I’d like to go back to school to get a Master’s in Bio in case I wanted to get into that field.</p>
<p>My tour guide when I went was a double major, and said it is possible if you get it approved. It’s ironic because I applied as biology and would like to add buisness admin. as my other major.</p>
<p>@Swimmingneno Have you looked up any info. on double majoring? I’m still considering this, but I’m thinking it may be better to talk to them after general ed. is out of the way, and hopefully I have really good grades to try and persuade them to let me double major haha</p>
<p>Double major is possible but extremely difficult if the 2 majors are not closely related. Firstly, due to the large number of units required for graduation at Cal Poly, if your 2 majors are not closely related, you won’t be able to get credit for both major out of each individual classes you’re taking. So this adds a substantial number of additional quarters until you can graduate with both majors.</p>
<p>Secondly, all of us at Cal Poly are required to complete our senior thesis (called senior project at CP) prior to graduation. If your 2 majors are closely related, you can get away with doing 1 thesis for both majors. If your majors are very different, you will need to complete 2 separate projects. Keep in mind each project basically take 6 -9 months to complete (we take 2 quarters worth of senior thesis back to back as credit classes). </p>
<p>So to answer your question, Bio + Biz most likely won’t fly. Bio + Biomedical engineering might, or Bio + Biochem might work, you get the point.</p>
<p>Thanks BeingSLO! It’s not the answer I wanted, but it was helpful and truthful =) I guess if I still want to do Bio I’ll have to get a Masters from somewhere.</p>
<p>I noticed the double major post and wanted to know if business + construction management would be possible to double major at cal poly slo? ive tried to find out from external sources but not much help.
Ive tried contacting the school but people who arent in the school or havent been accepted cannot meet with a counselor, hence, me asking the question about double majoring is impossible.
Im really worried because i really want to double major as the workforce has gotten very difficult and in my eyes, one major ain’t enough.</p>
<p>My son is a senior this year at Cal Poly and has a double major and was one of the only students in his dept. that was approved for one. From what I understand it is very hard to get a double major in any of the departments because of the budget problems. I know of a girl with a very good gpa that was also turned down for a minor in the business dept. even though she had 80% of the classes needed done. They don’t want to take away from the major students who are needing classes. I think in the next few years there will probably be very few if any minors or double majors allowed at Cal Poly. Right now it is so hard to get classes it would take forever to get out with two majors. This past semester my son only got 7 units with a priority registration. I know of one student that only got bowling for fall semester, she is on 7 wait lists for classes.</p>
<p>I think all double majors are doable, the problem is that the school will probably not let you have one due to the budget cuts. From what I understand their has been a freeze on minor and double majors for everyone until the budget id fixed.</p>
<p>As a Cal Poly Alum I would suggest that you try to survive the first year before you consider whether or not you are going to take Friday and Saturday off or add a second major. I wonder if you understand the problem of getting through Cal Poly.</p>
<p>My son is an Engineering major. It seems to be a common rumor about Cal Poly that they dont like you changing your major, but all I’ve heard from the school is to the contrary, if your grades are in good standing and youre not too far in yet. He is now wanting to d. major in computer sci. & math, and the profs hes talked to seem to be encouraging it. We’ll see how much extra work it is, but those two are closely related fields. Best of luck!</p>
<p>I go to Poly and to be honest, you’ll have to sacrifice a few things on your list to double major. To start off, you’re going to have a heck of a time even getting IN to all the classes you need to take every quarter. To graduate in 5 years you’ll have to take 16-18 units a quarter and you’ll have to GET IN to every class you need, every quarter. It’s already stressful even if you only have one major to worry about, and remember that biology courses have labs. So one 4-unit class will require a minimum of 6 hours in class, sometimes more (some classes have 2 labs, so that would be 3 hours of lecture and 6 hours of lab…for ONE class). Also, if you’re in the college of science/math or engineering, you’re going to have Friday classes…it’s inevitable. You’re also going to have labs at terrible times (8AM-11AM or 7PM-10PM) even if you don’t want to. So don’t expect to be in class for 4 hours day, 4 days a week unless you’re just going to stick to business.</p>
<p>Also, consider your personal qualities and if you’re really are willing to commit a full 25-35 if not more (yes more) hours outside of class towards studying — in addition to the 21-25 hours in class. Your performance in high school isn’t going to accurately reflect how you’ll do in college. Also think about why you want to double major. Remember it’s going to cost an additional year or two of tuition and room/board. So if the only reason is because you think it will land you a better job when you graduate, it’s much, much more beneficial to spend your summers interning or extra time researching for professors or working a part time job than to double major (in my opinion).</p>
<p>Though everything I just said may not even help if they deny your request to double major from the start (which wouldn’t be surprising considering the budget cuts). If you haven’t even attended Poly yet…it’s best not to seriously think about it until your sophomore year. But best of luck to you!</p>