Welcome to the CAED Advising Center

Dual Advising Model

The College of Architecture and Environmental Design offers a dual advising model for students in the college. This means that you will have access to two sources of academic advising, the CAED Advising Center and your departmental Faculty Advisor.

Please check with your department to find out the name, office location and advising hours of your faculty advisor. Meet with your faculty advisor before registration every quarter. Some departments have mandatory advising. If advising is mandatory, please contact your faculty advisor to schedule an appointment. Failure to do so will result in a hold on your future registration.

Faculty advisors can provide the following services and more:

• Help students plan a balanced and realistic schedule.
• Answer course content questions
• Help students improve their academic performance.
• Provide career advising
• Provide information about graduate schools, coops, and future jobs

We encourage you to proactively build rapport with your professional academic advisors and your faculty advisor for academic and career guidance throughout your time at Cal Poly.

Advising Tools & Resources

First-Year Advising

• If you are a first-time freshman, you will meet with the professional advisors in the Mustang Success Center throughout your freshman year. Visit the Mustang Success Center.

  First-Year Block Scheduling

  Cal Poly uses block scheduling for all first-time freshmen.

  First-year students are enrolled in a full-time schedule of courses in their Fall quarter and partial schedules in Winter and Spring. For more information, click the link below: https://advising.calpoly.edu/block-schedules. If you have questions about your block schedule, please contact Mustang Success Center.

  We look forward to meeting with you in your second year and beyond.

Transfer Students

CAED Transfer Students Website

Advising Services

• General Education and Breadth requirements (GE&B)
• Information on jobs, scholarships, competitions
• Process student-related forms such as curriculum substitution, course withdrawal, course conflict, change of major, etc.
• Referral to university resources
• Review of student's academic record

CAED Multicultural Program

• The CAED Multicultural Program is still in its development phase. However, this program has been piloted to allow for a space in which students can develop a sense of community and belonging with one another and within the individual college. This is intended to create an inclusive environment that will allow students to feel more comfortable within their setting and be more likely to have peers with whom they feel supported.

   

  The specific objectives of this program are provided below.

  Students will:

  · Develop a deeper sense of belonging with their peers.

  · Feel a stronger sense of support coming from their peers.

  · Feel a stronger sense of support coming from staff and faculty.

  · Develop a deeper sense of community with the College of Architecture and Environmental Design.

  Upcoming Events for 2024-2025

  · Buddy Program

  The internal Buddy Program was piloted during the entirety of the 2020-2021 academic school year. The main objective of this program is for all eligible students to be able to partake in an initiative that will allow them to develop a more profound sense of belonging and connect with peers that they may not have initially been able to connect with. For more information about the program, please contact caedadvising@calpoly.edu

  We look forward to hearing from you!

Academic Probation

• Probation & Disqualification

  An undergraduate student is automatically placed on academic probation when his or her grade point average drops below 2.0 for the current term, the Cal Poly cumulative, or the higher education cumulative.

  Visit the CAED Academic Probation Page for more information.

Former Students Returning

Returning Students

Study 25-35 Hours/Week

• The College of Architecture and Environmental Design Advising Center supports the "Study 25-35 Hours per Week" program.

   

  25-35: What is it?

  Academic success is your responsibility, in class and out of class. You must approach your coursework as a 40-50 hour work week.

  Study 2 hours/week/unit or 25-35 hours in addition to in-class time. Lab/studio courses sometimes entail additional out-of-class expectations.

  Good study habits are the foundation of a successful career at Cal Poly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Click here to read our frequently asked questions.