Applicable Terms
Fall Quarter 2015 or 2016
Major
Materials Engineering
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Selection to all majors is competitive. Cal Poly continues to have more qualified applicants than available new
student spaces. All students must declare a major when submitting their application. Cal Poly
comprehensively reviews all applications as we look for students who have strong academic records and are
active in and outside the classroom. Beyond the basic qualifications for the California State University, Cal
Poly considers other factors for admission and does so in an objective format. In fact, it is impossible to
predict a candidate’s chances of admission by looking at the academic record alone. That is why when we
review your application, we consider:
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Number of units completed
Your intended program of study (the major to which you are applying)
Completion of CSU and Cal Poly program required coursework with a grade of ‘C’ or better.
General Education or IGETC courses
Academic performance in your classes (GPA)
Your extracurricular and work experience as specified on the Application for Admission.
All transfer applicants must have a minimum of 60 transferable semester (90 quarter) units completed prior
to transfer. For Fall Term admission, applicants must have the coursework completed no later than the end of
the previous Spring Term.
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSEWORK CONSIDERATIONS RELEVANT TO UNDERGRADUATE
MAJORS:
Applicants will receive consideration for any General Education courses completed, but those who have all
G.E. (General Education Breadth) or IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum)
completed will receive maximum consideration in this category. “Completion” refers to:
Completion of the CSU lower-division GE requirements—39 units
Or
Completion of IGETC—37 units—including the graduation requirements in History (Area 4F) & Political
Science, Government & Legal Institutions (4H).
Note: If you’re current institution does not have a G.E. Breadth or IGETC curriculum, reference Cal Poly’s
General Education curriculum: http://www.catalog.calpoly.edu/2011cat/ge.pdf
COURSES IMPORTANT FOR MATERIALS ENGINEERING MAJOR:
Courses listed below are important in applying to this major and maximize (but not guarantee) your chance of
selection by taking the number of desired units in each of the subject areas. Fall Term applicants must
complete these units by the Spring, not Summer, preceding their term of enrollment to receive consideration in
the admission selection process.
Courses listed in bold are required for selection to this major. You will not be competitive in the selection
process without them! Courses listed as “desired” will make you more competitive.
NOTE: Use www.assist.org to identify the articulation (course equivalencies) between Cal Poly and
California Community Colleges for these courses. Out-of-state and four-year transfer students may have
to compare their catalog course descriptions with Cal Poly’s catalog to identify the equivalent course content
for these courses. Cal Poly is unable to evaluate transcripts prior to selection.
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Courses that articulate with:
Courses that articulate with:
MATH 141- Calculus I,
MATH 181- Calculus 1,
MATH 142- Calculus II,
MATH 182- Calculus,
MATH 143- Calculus III,
MATH 183- Multivariable Calculus,
MATH 241- Calculus IV,
And
And
MATH 184- Linear Algebra and Differential
MATH 244- Linear Analysis I
Equations
PHYS 141- General Physics IA,
PHYS 161- Engineering Physics 1,
PHYS 132- General Physics II,
PHYS 162- Engineering Physics 2,
And
And
PHYS 133- General Physics III
PHYS 163- Engineering Physics 3
CHEM 124- General Chemistry
CHEM 150- General Chemistry 1
Or
or
CHEM 124- General Chemistry
CHEM 151- General Chemistry 2
AND
CHEM 125- General Chemistry II
Major Related Course 1*
MATE 210- Materials
ENGR 161- Materials Science,
Engineering (3),
ENGR 162- Materials Science Lab,
MATE 215- Materials Lab I,
And
And
ENGR 152- Statics
ME 211- Engineering Statics
Major Related Course 2*
CSC 231- Programming for
No Articulation Established
Engineering Students
OR
OR
CS 111- Fundamentals of Programming I
CSC 234- C and Unix
Major Related Course 3*
EE 201- Electric Circuit Theory
ENGR 170- Electric Circuit Analysis
And
And
EE 251- Electric Circuits Lab
ENGR 171- Electric Circuits Laboratory
Required
Required
Required
Required
Desired
Desired
Desired
*These courses correspond to the Major Related section of the Application for Admission for this
major.