Your Bridge to a True U.S.A. University Experience

IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – A Global Center for Education, Entertainment,

Technology and Trade

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International Programs and Partnerships

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About California State University, Northridge (CSUN)

CSUN’s 171 academic programs and centers enjoy international recognition for excellence. The university partners with more than 100 higher education institutions in 22 countries and attracts the largest international student population of any U.S. master’s level institution.

✓ The David Nazarian College of Business and Economics – one of largest business schools in the U.S. – is accredited by AACSB, the world’s largest network of business schools.

✓ The undergraduate degree programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science are accredited by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology).

✓ The Tseng College of Extended Learning specializes in creating graduate-degree and professionally focused certificate programs as well as English-language and college-preparation instruction for international students.

✓ As a public university, CSUN delivers top-quality higher education for a tuition lower than those charged by private U.S. universities.

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A True U.S.A. University Experience

✓ One of the largest universities in the United States, serving more than 38,000 students each year.

✓ Students are part of a multicultural community – both on campus and within the local area.

✓ CSUN students come from over 93 countries worldwide.

✓ CSUN’s spacious, park-like campus covers 144 hectares.

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Earn a degree or a professional graduate certificate from California State University, Northridge

CSUN Admissions Information

FOR FRESHMEN – Students attending a college or university for the first time can apply if they meet the following basic criteria:

✓ 3.0 grade-point average (GPA)

✓ English-language proficiency scores of 5.5* on the IELTS, 61 on the TOEFL iBT, 45 on the PTE Academic, or 5.0 on the iTEP

FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS – Entry requirements for graduate programs vary by department.

Typical minimum requirements include the following:

✓ 3.0 GPA in the applicant’s previous university degree program

✓ English-language proficiency scores: 6.0* on the IELTS or 79 on the TOEFL iBT, 58 on the PTE Academic

Note: Graduate departments may require higher scores than the minimums listed above, and some departments require separate departmental applications.

Estimated student tuition and fees for two semesters:

Undergraduate $15,930

Graduate $15,084

*Most likely to change effective Fall 2015.

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CSUN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENT

*Most likely to change effective Fall 2015.**Some graduate departments may require a higher scores.

Undergraduate Graduate**

iBT TOEFL 61 79

IELTS* 5.5* 6.0*

iTEP 5.0

PTE Academic 45 58

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Available Degree Programs

CSUN offers conditional admission to all of it’s bachelor’s degree – as well as to selected master’s degree – programs.Green: yes Red: no

MIKE CURB COLLEGE OF ARTS, MEDIA, AND COMMUNICATION

ART • Art History BA/MA• Art Education BA/MA• Visual Arts BA/MA/MFA - Animation BA - Ceramics BA/MFA - Drawing BA/MFA - Graphic Design BA/MFA - Illustration BA/MFA - Painting BA/MFA - Photography BA/MFA - Printmaking BA/MFA - Public Art MFA - Sculpture BA/MFA - Video/Digital Art BA/MFA

CINEMA AND TELEVISION ARTS• Electronic Media Management BA• Film Production BA• Media Theory and Criticism BA• Multimedia Production BA• Radio Production BA• Screenwriting BA/MFA• Television Production BA

COMMUNICATION STUDIES• Communication Studies BA • Rhetorical Studies MA• Intercultural Communication MA• Interpersonal Communication MA• Communication Theory MA• Performance Studies MA• Language Behavior MA• Cultural Studies MA

JOURNALISM• Journalism BA• Mass Communications MA

MUSIC• Breadth Studies BA• Composition BM/MM• Conducting BM/MM• Music Education BA/MA• Music Industry Studies BA• Music Therapy BA• Performance BM/MM - Choir BA - Commercial and Media Writing BM - Instrumental BA - Jazz Studies BM - Keyboard/Organ Emphasis BM

EDUCATION• Elementary Education MA• Secondary Education MA - Curriculum and Instruction MA - English Education MA - Education Technology MA - Mathematics Education MA - Multicultural and Multilingual MA - Science Education MA

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION• Higher Education MA• K-12 MA

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP• Community College Leadership EdD• Educational Leadership and Policy

Studies MA• Prek-12 Leadership EdD

SPECIAL EDUCATION• Deaf and Hard of Hearing MA• Early Childhood Special Education MA• Educational Therapy MA• Mild/Moderate Disabilities MA• Moderate/Severe Disabilities MA

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

COMPUTER ENGINEERING • Computer Engineering BS

COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY• Computer Information Technology BS

COMPUTER SCIENCE• Computer Science BS/MS

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY• Construction Management Technology BS

ENGINEERING• Civil Engineering BS• Construction Management Technology BS• Electrical & Computer Engineering BS/MS• Engineering Management BS/MS• Manufacturing Systems BS/MS• Materials Engineering MS• Mechanical Engineering BS/MS• Software Engineering MS• Structural Engineering MS

- Keyboard/Piano Pedagogy BM - Keyboard/Piano Performance BM - Percussion BM - Strings/Guitar BM - Strings/Orchestral BM - Vocal Arts BM - Winds BM

THEATRE• Theater BA/MA

DAVID NAZARIAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

ACCOUNTANCY• Accountancy BS/MS

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION• Business Administration BS/MBA• Business Law BS• Global Supply Chain Management BS• Insurance/ Financial Services BS• Real Estate BS• Systems and Operations Management BS

ECONOMICS• Economics BA

FINANCE• Finance BS

INFORMATION SYSTEMS• Information Systems BS

MANAGEMENT• Management BS

MARKETING • Marketing BS

TAXATION• Taxation MS

MICHAEL D. EISNER COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

COUNSELING• Career Counseling MS• College Counseling and Student

Services MS• Educational Psychology MA• Marriage and Family Therapy MS• School Counseling MS• School Psychology MS

DEAF STUDIES• Deaf Studies BA

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COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

ATHLETIC TRAINING• Athletic Training BS

CHILD & ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT• Child & Adolescent Development BA

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS AND SCIENCES• Speech and Language Pathology BA/MS• Audiology BA

ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH• Environmental and Occupational

Health BS/MS

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES• Apparel, Design, and Merchandising BS/MS• Consumer Affairs BS/MS• Family and Consumer Sciences Education BS• Family Studies BS/MS• Interior Design BS/MS• Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science BS/MS

HEALTH SCIENCE• Health Administration BS/MS• Health Education BS/MS• Nursing BSN• Public Health MPH - for Fall admission• Public Health Promotion BS• Radiologic Sciences BS

KINESIOLOGY• Adapted Physical Activity MS• Applied Fitness BS• Biomechanics MS• Dance BS/MS• Exercise Physiology MS• Exercise Science BS• General Studies BS• Motor Behavior MS• Pedagogy in Physical Education MS• Physical Education BS• Sport Studies MS

PHYSICAL THERAPY• Physical Therapy MPT/DPT

TOURISM, HOSPITALITY AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT• Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation

Management BS/MS - for Fall admission

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES• Asian-American Studies BA

CENTRAL AMERICAN STUDIES• Central American Studies BA

CHICANA AND CHICANO STUDIES• Chicana and Chicano Studies BA/MA

ENGLISH • Literature BA/MA• Creative Writing BA/MA• English Subject Matter BA• Rhetoric and Composition Theory MA

FRENCH• French Literature BA• French Language & Culture BA

GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES• Gender and Women’s Studies BA

HUMANITIES• Humanities BA/MA

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES• Interdisciplinary Studies MS

LANGUAGES AND CULTURES• Armenian BA• Italian BA• Japanese BA

LIBERAL STUDIES• Liberal Studies BA

LINGUISTICS • Linguistics BA/MA

MODERN JEWISH STUDIES • Modern Jewish Studies BA

PHILOSOPHY• Philosophy BA

RELIGIOUS STUDIES• Religious Studies BA

SPANISH • Spanish Language and Culture BA/MA• Spanish Literature BA

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

BIOCHEMISTRY• Biochemistry BS/MS

BIOLOGY • Biology BA/BS/MS• Biotechnology/Medical Technology BS• Cell & Molecular Biology BS• Microbiology BS• Marine Biology BS• Environmental Biology BS

CHEMISTRY• Chemistry BA/BS/MS

GEOLOGY• Environmental Geology BS• Geology BS/MS• Geophysics BS/MS• Secondary Teaching BS

MATHEMATICS• Applied Mathematical BS/MS • Mathematics BA/BS/MS• Secondary Teaching BS/MS• Statistics BS

PHYSICS• Astrophysics BS/MS• Physics BA/BS/MS

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES• African American Arts & Literature BA• African American Social Sciences BA• African and African American Cultural

Studies BA

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ANTHROPOLOGY• Anthropology BA/MA• Public Archaeology MA

GEOGRAPHY • Geography BA/MA• Geographic Information Science BA/MA

HISTORY • History BA/MA

POLITICAL SCIENCE• Law and Society BA • Politics and Government BA• Public Policy and Management BA• Political Science BA/MA

PSYCHOLOGY• Behavioral Clinical Psychology MA• Clinical Psychology MA• General Experimental MA• Human Factors and Applied MA• Psychology BA

SOCIAL WORK• Social Work MSW

SOCIOLOGY• Criminology and Criminal Justice BA• General Sociology BA/MS• Social Welfare BA• Work and Society BA

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING • Urban Studies and Planning BA

TSENG COLLEGE OF EXTENDED LEARNING

The Tseng College specializes in creating graduate-degree and professionally focused certificate programs for working adults who are seeking promotions or new careers.

The Tseng College also operates CSUN’s international Intensive English and University Pathways programs, Semester at CSUN, and customized short and professional programs.

DEGREE PROGRAMS

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING • Assistive Technology Engineering MS

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY STUDIES AND HUMAN SERVICES• Assistive Technology Studies and Human

Services MS

BEHAVIORAL CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY• Behavior Clinical Psychology MA

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS AND SCIENCES• Communication Disorders and Science MS

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION• Educational Administration MA

HUMANITIES• Humanities MA

LIBERAL STUDIES• Liberal Studies BA

MUSIC INDUSTRY ADMINISTRATION• Music Industry Administration MA

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION• Health Administration MPA• Nonprofit Sector Management MPA• Public Sector Management and

Leadership MPA (on campus MPA is eligible for conditional admission)

PUBLIC HEALTH: COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION • Public Health: Community Health

Education MPH

PUBLIC POLICY• Public Policy MPP

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT • Public Sector Management BA

SOCIAL WORK• Social Work MSW

TAXATION • Taxation MS

TOURISM, HOSPITALITY, AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT• Tourism, Hospitality, and Recreation

Management MS

GRADUATE-CREDIT CERTIFICATES

• Business Administration (this certificate is eligible for conditional admission)

• Health Administration• Nonprofit Sector Management• Urban Studies and Planning

PROFESSIONAL-DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES

• Assistive Technology Applications• Neurodevelopmental Strength-Based

Approach to Teaching and Learning• Radiologic Technology – CT/MRI

Certificate• Speech-Language Pathology Assistant

BA - Bachelor of Arts BM - Bachelor of Music BS - Bachelor of Science BSN - Bachelor of Science in Nursing DPT - Doctor of Physical Therapy EdD - Doctor of Education MA - Master of Arts MBA - Master of Business Administration MFA - Master of Fine Arts MM - Master of Music MPA - Master of Public Administration MPH - Master of Public Health MPP - Master of Public Policy MPT - Master of Physical Therapy MS - Master of Science MSW - Master of Social Work

All degrees are awarded by California State

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Improve your English-Language skills in CSUN’s Intensive English Program (IEP)

✓ 35 years of providing English-language and college-preparation instruction for international students in the United States ✓ Offered year-round ✓ Easy way for international students to enter CSUN ✓ TOEFL and IELTS offered on campus ✓ Nearly 100 IEP students successfully enroll in CSUN degree programs each year

Benefits of IEP:

✓ Conditional Admission IEP students can be pre-approved

for admission before meeting the English-language proficiency requirements of CSUN or a partnering institution.

✓ TOEFL Waiver Successful IEP students can enter CSUN

degree programs without taking the TOEFL examination.

✓ Free Tutoring✓ IELTS/TOEFL preparation and electives✓ Option to take CSUN classes✓ University math training preparation

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RC = Required Class AC/T = Activity Class / Tutoring

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Start DateApplication

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Admission Fee Tuition

2015 SPRING 20 JAN 2015 $150 $155 $6,240

2015 SPRING MID-ENTRY

23 MAR 2015 $150 $155 $6,240

2015 SUMMER 08 JUN 2015 $150 $155 $3,120

All information subject to change without notice. Find the most current information at csun.edu/iep

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Semester at CSUN (SAC) Enroll in regular university courses

If you meet CSUN’s English-language proficiency requirements, SAC is your opportunity to experience life as an undergraduate at CSUN for up to two semesters.

For more information, email sac@csun.edu

SEMESTER AT CSUN (SAC)

All information subject to change without notice. Find the most current information at csun.edu/iep

Start DateApplication

FeeTuition

Application Deadline

2015 SPRING 20 JAN 2015 $300 $6,900 01 OCT 2014

2015 FALL AUG 2015 $300 $6,900 APR 2015

2016 SPRING JAN 2016 $300 $6,900 OCT 2015

Customized Short Programs

The IEP also designs and hosts customized short-term (two-week to year-long) English- language and other programs for groups with common educational or professional interests.

Examples of recent customized short programs:

✓ Business✓ Health Administration✓ Nursing✓ Teacher training✓ And more...

For more information, email iep@csun.edu

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Live on campus as an active member of the CSUN community

International students enjoy access to campus facilities and services, such as the library, the Student Health Center, computer labs, our Wi-Fi network, Student Recreation Center and Valley Performing Arts Center.

On-campus Housing

✓ Furnished two-bedroom, apartment-style units are available on a first-come, first-served basis on the CSUN campus.

Immigration Services

✓ Our staff offers one-on-one help with student visas as well as other required documentation throughout your stay at CSUN.

Academic Support Services

✓ We not only provide assistance with enrollment and registration but also help you select the courses with the credits you need to earn your degree.

✓ Our staff provides ongoing IEP academic and student-life counseling, as well as an orientation to help new students familiarize themselves with CSUN.

✓ The TOEFL/IELTS exams are offered on campus monthly and our students receive advanced registration.

Special Activities and Excursions

✓ All IEP students take a tour of Los Angeles that includes a shopping experience.

✓ Optional trips to popular destinations, such as the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara, San Francisco – even Hawaii – can be arranged.

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For more information

CSUN Homepage csun.edu

Admissions csun.edu/anr

International Students Admissions csun.edu/anr/intl/apply/index.html

Academic Calendars csun.edu/facultyaffairs/calendar

Course Catalogs csun.edu/catalog

CSUN News and Achievements blogs.csun.edu/news

Campus Housing tsengcollege.csun.edu/IEP/housing/html

Intensive English Program (IEP) tsengcollege.csun.edu/ieup

Semester at CSUN (SAC) tsengcollege.csun.edu/sac

Online Degree Programs tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/online

Graduate Certificate in Business Administration tsengcollege.csun.edu/GCBA

Master’s Degrees at Tseng College of Extended Learning tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/bydegree/masters

Professional Development Programs tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/professionaldevelopment

Still have questions?

Send us an email at iep@csun.edu

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