<p>you are admitted to a certain major, how do you get your minor?</p>
<p>I mean: do you need to get some sorta approval to work on it?</p>
<p>From what I have heard it is not easy to minor at Cal Poly. they are really pushing to have students complete a degree in 4 years. That is nearly impossible with a minor. I am sure it can be done in some majors, but not in really time consuming ones like engineering, architecture or the sciences that have a lot of labs. Check with you advisor and they will help you decide and plan. Right now i think it is hard enough to get the classes you need to complete a major.</p>
<p>Minors exist, and even us engineers can complete them. There are lots of ‘real’ engineers that get Math or Physics minors because they can with little additional class load, because most of the classes that are necessary are required as support for support for their major. Even I could take advantage of that if I wanted to. I’m figuring that I’m only three classes away from either a Math or Music minor. I probably will not be able to complete either (re, 5th year CSC thing). If you plan on doing a minor, it’s reasonably easy if you apply and start before you are an upperclassman. Many, if not most minors have an intro class that counts as a GE. If you are interested in an area, drop by their department office and take a look at the minor flowchart. Take an intro class in the minor (usually support or GE), then go back and grab the minor application form from said department office.</p>
<p>The catch (yes, you knew it was coming) is that ‘declaring a minor’ really doesn’t make much of a difference to the College of Engineering. The 4 unit rule still applies. The 6 unit progress rule does not count minor coursework. Completing a minor puts something shiny on your transcript and… um… that’s about it as far as the University is concerned. It still might be worthwhile if you would take most of those classes anyways…</p>