Welcome to the CAFES Advising Center

Professional advisors provide assistance with navigating the university system. This includes things like:

• Academic policies and procedures
• Long-term schedule planning
• Change of major contracts
• Graduation checks for seniors
• Academic probation issues
• Readmission questions and processes
• Study Abroad questions (after student consults with the Study Abroad Office)
• Leave of Absence and taking terms off

Scheduled appointments are required and each appointment can last up to 30 minutes.

Professional advisors contacts >

Faculty Advisors can be visited during their individual office hours (posted by office doors, or check with departmental office). Faculty Advisors are experts in their field, and are an excellent resource for the following issues:

• Concentration Questions 
• Internship Opportunities
• Industry Connections
• Senior Projects 
• Career Options

See Faculty Advisor information >

Peer Advising is available. For advising needs, please email CafesAdvising@calpoly.edu with advising questions or click above link for drop-in advising.

Peer Advisors can assist with the following:

• Finding more classes to register for
• Registration problems
• Summer courses
• Declaring concentrations
• Minors
• Transfer credits/community college questions
• assist.org
• Change of major
• Degree Planner

• Curriculum Sheets & Flow Charts
• When Courses are are typically offered and their prerequisites 
• Schedule Builder
• Degree Progress Report  (Found in your Cal Poly Portal)
• Declare Concentration
• Degree Planner - (Always keep this updated at least 3 quarters out, and login once per quarter, minimum)
• Polyprofile- (View grades, AP scores, Progress Gauge, and Transferred Courses) Login to your Portal.
• Class Registration Demos
• Class Search
• Cal Poly University Advising Resources
• CAFES virtual librarian: Leyla Cabugos, lcabugos@calpoly.edu