This is an archive of the 2015-2016 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

This is an archive of the 2015-2016 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2015-2016

Academic First Year Experiences

The Academic First Year Experiences Program includes University 100 (The Freshman Seminar); the cohorted classes in the Freshman Connection; the First Year Experience Living Learning Community; the Freshman Common Reading Program; the Freshman Faculty Series; and additional academic programs serving significant numbers of first-year students and the faculty and staff who work with them. Mission: The …

Center for Innovative and Engaged Learning Opportunities (CIELO)

The Center for Innovative and Engaged Learning Opportunities (CIELO) enhances teaching in support of meaningful, deep, and sustained learning experiences while supporting the scholarship of teaching, learning, and engagement. CIELO brings together four CSUN Programs: Faculty Development, New Faculty Orientation and Programs, Community Engagement, and Academic First Year Experiences. Founded on the belief that enhanced …

Community Engagement

Community Engagement offers course-based, credit-bearing educational experiences that allow students to participate in a faculty-organized community-learning opportunity that: Addresses community needs identified by a not-for-profit community. Fulfills identified and course-specific learning objectives. Engages students throughout the semester. Incorporates shared and learning, structured reflection and problem-solving as to gain further understanding of course content. Encourages students …

Faculty Development

Faculty Development is dedicated to supporting faculty in their multiple roles as teachers, scholars, artists and members of the University’s academic community. Its goals are to promote effective teaching and learning practices, foster professional growth, strengthen collegial ties and support the scholarship of teaching and learning. The office is responsible for coordinating new faculty orientation …

General Education Honors Program

The General Education Honors Program offers high achieving CSUN students a diverse, enriched academic experience in General Education that promotes the fullest development of students’ academic potential. General Education Honors students enroll in special sections of GE courses taught by outstanding Northridge faculty. These courses satisfy required areas of the University’s General Education Program. Each GE Honors course …

International and Exchange Student Center

The International and Exchange Student Center (IESC) provides approximately 2,900 international students with immigration advisement and provides cross-cultural programming to positively underscore important issues of diversity. In addition, IESC provides services to the study abroad and exchange programs through allowing students the opportunity to explore another country and/or another institution within the United States. IESC provides services …

Learning Resource Center

The Learning Resource Center (LRC) serves students needing assistance in courses or desiring to improve such skills as reading, writing, note taking, test taking and study strategies—skills necessary for effective university-level learning. The LRC also provides services that support, supplement and enrich the University’s regular academic curriculum. Writing Center: Writing Center consultants help students with academic, …

Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Program at CSUN, UCLA Army

Students attending CSUN or surrounding community colleges can participate in the UCLA Army ROTC Program at CSUN. For more information, call or visit us at the ROTC Office on campus, located in Redwood Hall 120.  

Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Program, Air Force

The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) program’s mission is to develop young men and women into quality leaders for the United States Air Force. Air Force ROTC prepares college students to become an Air Force Officer while also earning their college degree. Air Force ROTC also offers a variety of scholarships for students …

Southern California Marine Institute (SCMI)

CSUN is a member of the Ocean Studies Institute (OSI) which is composed of the eight CSU’s in southern California. OSI is a major partner in the Southern California Marine Institute (SCMI), a consortium combining the marine resources of OSI and several other universities in southern California. SCMI operates a small marine laboratory in Los Angeles …

Special Major

The Special Major is designed to meet the academic needs of students whose educational goals require study in at least three academic disciplines and cannot be achieved within the framework of existing majors and minors and within 120 units. The Special Major consists of a minimum of 44 units and a maximum of 66 semester units, …