Transfer Course Criteria for
Agricultural Business
Along with the general selection criteria, every major has required and recommended coursework for transfer students to have completed in order to be considered competitive during the selection process.
Required Courses
Before applying to a major, you should successfully complete or be in the process of completing the required courses to maximize (but not guarantee) your chance of selection. You must complete these units by the spring of the term before your intended fall enrollment to receive consideration during the selection process.
Desired Courses
Because the San Luis Obispo campus at Cal Poly is highly impacted and selection to all majors is very competitive, desired courses should also be successfully completed or in progress when you apply for admission.
Evaluating Your Courses
All the courses listed are Cal Poly courses. You can use www.assist.org to identify the course equivalencies between Cal Poly and the California Community Colleges. Be sure to use the corresponding academic year in which you completed the course. If you are out-of-state or a transfer student from another four-year institution, you may have to compare your catalog course descriptions with Cal Poly’s catalog to identify the equivalent courses. Cal Poly is unable to evaluate transcripts for you prior to selection.
Course Listings
Required Courses
English Communication
- Oral Communication
- English Composition
- Critical Thinking and Composition
Mathematics
- MATH 1267/Business Calculus
or MATH 1261/Calculus 1
Statistics
- STAT 1210/Business Statistics
Economics
- AGB 2212/Agricultural Economics
or ECON 2030/Microeconomics - ECON 2040/Macroeconomics
Major Related
- BUS 2207/Legal Responsibilities of Business
- AGB 2214/Agribusiness Financial Accounting
or BUS 2214/Financial Accounting
Desired Courses
Major Related
- AGB 1101/Introduction to Agribusiness
- AGB 2202/Introduction to Sales
Required Courses
English Language Communication and Critical Thinking
- Oral Communication
- Written Communication/English Composition
- Critical Thinking
Mathematics
- MATH 221/Calculus for Business and Economics
or MATH 141/Calculus I
Statistics
- STAT 251/Statistical Inference for Management I
Economics
- AGB 212/Agricultural Economics
or ECON 221/Microeconomics - ECON 222/Macroeconomics
Major Related
- BUS 207/Legal Responsibilities of Business
- AGB 214/Agribusiness Financial Accounting
or BUS 214/Financial Accounting
Desired Courses
Major Related
- AGB 101/Introduction to Agribusiness
- AGB 202/Introduction to Sales
All information is subject to change without prior notice.