Impacted Majors
Campus Impaction
"Campus Impaction" means that a campus has reached its enrollment capacity for instructional resources and physical support and cannot accommodate all the eligible undergraduate applications it receives. Cal Poly Pomona has established a local admission area for upper-division transfers. In general, applicants from outside the designated local area will be held to a higher admission standard than those received from applicants inside the local area.
Please note, the following requirements and recommendations are effective starting the 2023-2024 academic year.
Local Area Admission Preference
Transfer applications applying to an impacted major will receive "Local Preference" for admission consideration if the majority of their units are coming from one of our local area schools. As a campus, Cal Poly Pomona provides a varying transfer GPA bump, based on major, to ensure a local area admission preference. In addition, as a part of our commitment to provide access to veterans, Cal Poly Pomona gives "Local Preference" to all veterans regardless of transferring institution.
Supplemental Required and Recommended Courses
Cal Poly Pomona has implemented a multifactor admission (MFA) model to evaluate all incoming transfer applicants. Many of our majors have required or recommended supplemental courses that will help prepare prospective applicants for further studies in their major.
- Required supplemental courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher to be considered for admission
- Recommended supplemental coursework will earn additional consideration based on how many of the recommended courses are completed with a "C" or higher
- Local area applicants must complete any required coursework to be admissible and will receive a local preference bump
- Local area applicants will receive additional points for any recommended coursework and will receive a local preference bump
Please note, supplemental coursework is waived for all impacted majors by completion of an associate degree for transfer (ADT) in a similar major. ADT recipients receive additional points for completing an ADT in similar major and for recommended coursework regardless of completion status.
| Major | Recommended Course(s) | CPP Course(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Health Science | ||
| General Chemistry I & Lab | CHM 1210/L | |
| Basic Bio & Lab | BIO 1150/L | |
| Statistics | STA 1200 | |
| Animal Science (General) Animal Science (Pre-Vet) |
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| General Chemistry I & Lab | CHM 1210/L | |
| Foundations of Bio/Lab | BIO 1210/L | |
| Statistics | STA 1200 | |
| Major | Recommended Course(s) | CPP Course(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | ||
| Business Calculus or Calculus 1 | MAT 1250 or MAT 1140 | |
| Financial Accounting | ACC 2070 | |
| Managerial Accounting | ACC 2080 | |
| Statistics | STA 1200 |
| Major | Required Course(s) | CPP Course(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | ||
| Calculus I | MAT 1140 | |
| Calculus II | MAT 1150 | |
| Intro to Newtonian Mechanics | PHY 1510/L | |
| General Chemistry I or Chemistry for Engineers | CHM 1210/L or CHM 1150 | |
| Chemical Engineering* | ||
| Calculus I | MAT 1140 | |
| Calculus II | MAT 1150 | |
| Civil Engineering | ||
| Calculus I | MAT 1140 | |
| Calculus II | MAT 1150 | |
| Intro to Newtonian Mechanics | PHY 1510/L | |
| General Chemistry I & Lab | CHM 1210/L | |
| Computer Engineering | ||
| Calculus I | MAT 1140 | |
| Calculus II | MAT 1150 | |
| Intro to Newtonian Mechanics | PHY 1510/L | |
| Intro to Electromagnetism & Circuits | PHY 1520/L | |
| Electrical Engineering | ||
| Calculus I | MAT 1140 | |
| Calculus II | MAT 1150 | |
| Intro to Newtonian Mechanics | PHY 1510/L | |
| Intro to Electromagnetism & Circuits & Lab | PHY 1520/L | |
| Mechanical Engineering | ||
| Calculus I | MAT 1140 | |
| Calculus II | MAT 1150 | |
| Intro to Newtonian Mechanics | PHY 1510/L | |
| General Chemistry I or Chemistry for Engineers | CHM 1210/L or CHM 1150 |
* Has both required and recommended coursework
| Major | Recommended Course(s) | CPP Course(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering | ||
| Intro to Newtonian Mechanics | PHY 1510/L | |
| General Chemistry I | CHM 1210/L |
| Major | Recommended Course(s) | CPP Course(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Trigonometry | MAT 1060 | |
| Physics of Motion, Fluid & Heat or Intro to Newtonian Mechanics | PHY 1210/L or PHY 1510/L |
| Major | Recommended Course(s) | CPP Course(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Communication | ||
| Advocacy & Argument | COM 2204 | |
| Interpersonal Communication | COM 1103 | |
| Survey of Mass Communication | COM 1101 | |
| Psychology | ||
| Intro to Psychology | PSY 2201 | |
| Research Methods in Psychology | PSY 2204 | |
| Mind, Brain and Behavior | PSY 2210 | |
| Statistics | STA 1200 | |
| Sociology | ||
| Intro to Sociology | SOC 2201 | |
| Research Methods in Sociology | SOC 2205 | |
| Statistics | STA 1200 |
| Major | Required Course(s) | CPP Course(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science* | ||
| Calculus I | MAT 1140 | |
| Calculus II | MAT 1150 | |
| Intro to Newtonian Mechanics | PHY 1510/L |
* Has both required and recommended coursework
| Major | Recommended Course(s) | CPP Course(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Biology | ||
| Fundamentals of Biology: Energy, Matter & Information | BIO 1210/L | |
| Fundamentals of Biology: Ecology & Biodiversity | BIO 1220/L | |
| General Chemistry I & Lab | CHM 1210/L | |
| General Chemistry II & Lab | CHM 1220/L | |
| Biotechnology | ||
| Fundamentals of Biology: Energy, Matter & Information | BIO 1210/L | |
| Fundamentals of Biology: Ecology & Biodiversity | BIO 1220/L | |
| General Chemistry I & Lab | CHM 1210/L | |
| General Chemistry II & Lab | CHM 1220/L | |
| Chemistry | ||
| Calculus I | MAT 1140 | |
| Calculus II | MAT 1150 | |
| General Chemistry I & Lab | CHM 1210/L | |
| General Chemistry II & Lab | CHM 1220/L | |
| Computer Science | ||
| Discrete Structures | CS 1300 | |
| Environmental Biology | ||
| Fundamentals of Biology: Energy, Matter & Information | BIO 1210/L | |
| Fundamentals of Biology: Ecology & Biodiversity | BIO 1220/L | |
| General Chemistry I & Lab | CHM 1210/L | |
| General Chemistry II & Lab | CHM 1220/L | |
| Kinesiology (General) | ||
| Basic Biology & Lab or Foundations of Biology & Lab | BIO 1150/L or BIO 1210/L | |
| Statistics | STA 1200 | |
| Physics | ||
| Calculus I | MAT 1140 | |
| Calculus II | MAT 1150 | |
| Intro to Newtonian Mechanics | PHY 1510/L | |
| Into to Electromagnetism & Circuits | PHY 1520/L |