Welcome to a minor in Chinese, French, German, Italian Studies, Japanese, or Spanish!

Please click the link for the appropriate Minor Agreement Form below (based on the first initial of your last name).  This will initiate the power form and will ask you and your minor advisor to sign and date the form and will send it on for processing.

• Ask your advisor questions about minor credit for coursework taken at another school. For Study Abroad, consult the minor advisor before your trip to ensure transferability of courses.
• Each minor consists of 24-quarter units of coursework specified by the Department: a minimum of 12 units must be upper division. A minimum grade point average of 2.75 must be maintained.
   

You are responsible for monitoring progress towards your minor and having course substitutions approved by your minor advisor.

Contact your advisor in your major department to plan the best way to integrate your language minor into your major program. For additional information, consult the College of Liberal Arts Advising Center, 47-22B or call 756-6200.

For general university requirements, please see "Minors" in the Cal Poly Catalog. 

To declare a minor, please complete click the minor form link for the language of interest and fill in your information. That will initiate the minor form which will be sent to your advisor then onward for processing.

Chinese

Visit the Chinese minor page for a description of the minor and course schedule. More information about the Chinese minor is available on the Cal Poly Catalog website.

• Advisor: Dr. Sophia Chen
  Office: Bldg. 47, Rm 26
  Phone: 756-2865
  Email: hchen07@calpoly.edu

Chinese Minor Form (catalog years 19-26)

French

More information about the French minor is available on the Cal Poly Catalog website. Click here for more information.

• Advisor A-Z: Dr. Brian Kennelly
  Office: Bldg. 47, Rm. 26C
  ​Phone: 805-756-2889 
  Email: bkennell@calpoly.edu

French Minor Form (catalog years 17-26) [Last Name A-M]
French Minor Form (catalog years 17-26) [Last Name N-Z]

• Advisor: Dr. John Thompson *On leave Fall 2023*
  Office: Bldg. 47, Rm. 26A
  Phone: 805-756-2094
  Email: jjthomps@calpoly.edu

 

German

Visit the German minor page for a description of the minor and course schedule. More information about the German minor is available on the Cal Poly Catalog website.

• Advisor: Dr. Christian Anderson
  Office: Bldg. 47, Rm. 26Q
  Phone: 805-756-1620
  Email: cander55@calpoly.edu

German Minor Form (catalog years 17-26)

Italian

More information about the Italian minor is available on the Cal Poly Catalog website.

• Advisor: Teresianna Matarrese
  Office: Bldg. 52, E24 Cubicle H
  Phone: 756-2097
  Email: tmatarre@calpoly.edu

Italian Studies Minor Form (catalog years 19-26)

Japanese

More information about the Japanese minor is available on the Cal Poly Catalog website.

• Advisor: Junko Cleave
  Office: Bldg. 52, E24 Cubicle K
  Phone: 756-7505
  Email: jcleave@calpoly.edu

Japanese Minor Form (catalog years 22-26)

For more information, please contact both Junko Cleave (jcleave@calpoly.edu) and Dr. John Thompson (jjthomps@calpoly.edu), copied on the same email.

Spanish

More information about the Spanish minor is available on the Cal Poly Catalog website.

• Advisor — Last name A-G:  Dr. Fernando Sanchez
  Office: Bldg 47, Rm. 28
  Phone: 805-756-1212
  Email: ffsanche@calpoly.edu

Spanish Minor Form (catalog years 17-26) [Last Name A-G]

• Advisor - Last name H-M: Dr. Karen Muñoz-Christian
  Office: Bldg. 47, Rm. 26M
  Phone: 805-756-2035
  Email: kschrist@calpoly.edu

Spanish Minor Form (catalog years 17-26) [Last Name H-M]

• Advisor — Last name N-S: Dr. Silvia Marijuan
• Office: Bldg. 47, Rm. 26P
  Phone: 805-756-2269
  Email: smarijua@calpoly.edu

Spanish Minor Form (catalog years 17-26) [Last name N-S]

• Advisor — Last name T-Z: Dr. Martha Galvan-Mandujano
  Office: Bldg. 47, Rm. 26D
  Phone: 805-756-2992
  Email: mgalvanm@calpoly.edu

Spanish Minor Form (catalog 17-26) [Last Name T-Z]