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• Prospective Students

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• Scholarships

• Class Schedule

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• College Based Fee Initiative

The department has a number of scholarships and awards available to Architecture majors. The majority require design competence and demonstrated financial need. Current scholarships are posted the last half of winter quarter for the following school year. Recipients are awarded each spring quarter with funding available in the fall.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY, APRIL 9TH BY 5:00 PM

• Scholarships
• Scholarship Application Form - Please return completed applications to the the Architecture office at 05-212A (be sure to complete the university's Financial Aid Application(FAFSA) by the March deadline in order to be considered for any scholarships that have a "financial need" criteria.) 

ADMISSION: Prospective students should review all admission information posted on the Cal Poly Admissions website. Admission to Cal Poly is all handled by the Admissions Office, not by individual academic departments. For your convenience there is some information posted here that you may find helpful, but all official admission information is on the Admissions website.

Freshmen applicants are encouraged to take Advanced Placement Tests prior to coming to Cal Poly. Doing so could earn you college credits and lighten your course load during your first year on campus.

Transfer students are required to satisfy a series of specific course requirements in order to qualify for admission to the architecture program.

• Interim Curriculum Flowchart 2004-2005
  New students for Fall 2004 should follow the course plan outlined on this flowchart. More information will be available at the Summer Advising Program and Week of Welcome Meeting.
• Curriculum Flowchart 2005-2007
• Transfer Student Admission Requirements 2004-05
•         4 semester preparation plan
• Transfer Student Admission Requirements 2005-06
• Change of Major & Double Major Guidelines
• Comunity College Cross Reference Guide
• Portfolio Review Information for Transfer Students - Transfer students are required to participate in a portfolio review after being accepted into our program. Please do not mail portfolio materials to Cal Poly. You will be contacted with information about where and when portfolio reviews are scheduled after you are notified of your acceptance into the Bachelor of Architecture program.

Once you have received notification of your admission to the Bachelor of Architecture program, you need to download the following important information, and review it thoroughly prior to coming to Cal Poly. There are course options that you need to aware of, a shopping list, computer recommendations, and other important information for our new students. If you have questions about anything in these brochures, be sure to contact our office right away. We are here to help you get off to a good start as you prepare to enter our program.

Click on the title below to download a PDF file of the document to your computer. Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view and print the files. You can get it free here.

• By Laws
• Nomination Petition
• 2002-03 Actual Expenditures Report
• 2003-04 Steering Committee
• Cumulative List of Proposals and Awards
• 2003-04 Lecturers hired for Arch courses via CBF funds
• 2003-04 Year-End Report on CBF funds