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Welcome to LAES!

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Enjoy the Freedom to ...


          Design Your Studies

          Follow Your Passions

          Solve Complex Global Problems with Elegant, Imaginative Solutions

          Create Innovative Careers Combining the Arts, Technology and Culture

2009 Fall Term Notices:
The LAES Program Office has moved to Building 47, Third Floor, Room 34G.
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday; closed Fridays and Thanksgiving week.


We are an Interdisciplinary Studies Degree Program

All Cal Poly students are welcome to apply to the Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies BA degree program. True to our motto of freedom and flexibility, we allow students to double-major in LAES with another degree. We also encourage students to minor in other degrees.

Learn more in our About Us section and download our summary sheet (PDF).


Student Testimonials


"LAES is the spark that Cal Poly needs to ignite the entrepreneurial fire that California needs in this troubled economy." - Bill Trammel

"Before LAES, an education was something you learned. Now it’s something you make." - Roman Couvrette


Course Offerings

The following INDEPENDENT STUDY courses are being offered in the WINTER 2010 Quarter and will be available on PASS October 27th. View the 2009-2011 Catalog descriptions.

  • LAES 200 Special Problems for Undergraduates (1–4) - Individual investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems. Total credit limited to 8 units, with a maximum of 4 units per quarter.
  • LAES 400 Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates (1–4) - Individual investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems. Total credit limited to 8 units, with a maximum of 4 units per quarter.
  • LAES 430 Internship (2–12) (CR/NC) - Work experience in business, industry, government and other areas of student career interest. Periodic written progress reports, final report, and evaluation by work supervisor required. Credit/No Credit grading. Total credit limited to 12 units.
  • LAES 461 Senior Project in Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies (4) - Under faculty supervision, the selection and completion of a senior project, demonstrating an interdisciplinary focus in LAES. With one-on-one format with the instructor, individual or small group work through many iterations of the senior project, with occasional showing of works in small student groups. Prerequisite: LAES 411, senior standing.
  • LAES 462 Capstone Senior Seminar in Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies (4) - The final refinement and completion of LAES senior projects and other projects. In a development workshop format, presentation of final versions of works-in-progress to combined faculty and professional review committees throughout the quarter. Prerequisite: LAES 461.
  • LAES 485 Cooperative Education Experience (6) (CR/NC) - Part-time work experience in business, industry, government, and other areas of student career interest. Positions are paid and usually require relocation and registration in course for two consecutive quarters. Formal report and evaluation by work supervisor required. Major credit limited to 6 units; total credit limited to 18 units. Credit/No Credit grading only.
  • LAES 495 Cooperative Education Experience (12) (CR/NC) - Full-time work experience in business, industry, government, and other areas of student career interest. Positions are paid and usually require relocation and registration in course for two consecutive quarters. A more fully developed formal report and evaluation by work supervisor required. Credit/No Credit grading only. Major credit limited to 6 units; total credit limited to 24 units.

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