California State University, Dominguez Hills

Innovation and Instruction – Suite 3100

(310) 243-3693

https://www.csudh.edu/gsr/graduate-studies/

updates about courses, take assignments and tests, participate in course discussions, view

young children with typical development from 18–30 months and young children with

Welch Hall and the University Theater.

and ensure that you meet the necessary milestones and requirements on your path to

obtaining your degree and graduating. Your academic advisor can help you navigate your

academic career at CSUDH in a multitude of ways: reviewing the services available to you as a

graduate student, informing you of applicable campus policies and procedures, discussing your

educational and career plans, and assisting with course selection and your degree roadmap. It is

appointment.

The Office of Graduate Studies and Research houses some of the graduate student academic

forms on the Graduate Studies website. These forms include the Graduate Student Program

students, International Student Services assists with navigating the university and our

programs, completing the admission process, coordinating travel and resolving student visa

issues, transitioning to life in the United States, and more. Located at Extended Education

The Multicultural Affairs serves as a focal point on campus for creating intercultural awareness,

sensitivity and communication. The Center is a safe haven for individuals and groups to explore

not only their own ethnicity but all ethnicities. The Center provides cultural programming,

campus community involvement, and volunteer and leadership opportunities for students and

243-2519 or mca@csudh.edu.

program. The program has 30 iPad 2s

and 99 Dell Latitude D630 laptops. The

technology checkout program is

available to currently registered

undergraduate and graduate students. In

order to check out a laptop or iPad

during the Summer or Winter sessions, you must be registered to take classes during those

sessions. This means that if you are enrolled for Fall semester classes and want to check out a

laptop or iPad in mid-July, you cannot do so. To checkout an iPad or Laptop, contact the

Technology Checkout Office, Library South 2nd Floor Room 2039, or by phone (310) 243-2173.

at any stage of the writing process, from setting goals and generating topics, to clarifying ideas

and incorporating source materials, organizing, and revising.

The Writing Center also supports reading success, offering guidance as students evaluate,

annotate, interpret, analyze, summarize, paraphrase, and incorporate source texts. Multimedia

and multimodal projects are invited and always welcome. Contact the Writing Center via email

at [email protected] or visit them in the Student Success Hub, University Library, 3rd

The Queer Culture and Resource Center

(QCRC) supports the campus community to

community, find support, and build

connections and relationships to queer

culture, people, and programs. The QCRC is

located in Loker Student Union 215 and can

be e-mailed at [email protected].

The Student disAbility Resource Center (SdRC) is focused on making sure CSUDH students with

disabilities have full access to the university’s educational, cultural, social, and physical facilities

and programs. We provide a centralized source for information for students with disabilities as

well as faculty and staff who work with them. Our services are aimed at helping students with

education for the university's students, faculty, staff, and visitors. The University Police

The Office of Graduate Studies and Research offers the Thesis of the Year Award competition.

The award recognizes one outstanding thesis and one outstanding project each academic year

with a certificate, a small celebration, and a congratulatory prize. Winners will be recognized in

the program at the commencement ceremony in May. The recipients’ thesis also will be sent

Award competition for the opportunity to win $1,000 and travel expenses to receive the award

at WAGS annual meeting. Each college may submit one thesis and one project nomination for

the CSUDH Career Center website at https://www.csudh.edu/career-center/.

Your admission status is stated in the admission letter you received from Admissions and

Records.

If you were admitted before your undergraduate degree was earned or posted on your

Your department may specify that you must complete specific prerequisites or other

requirements. If you do not meet the conditions set for admission, you may be removed from

your program.

time of admission.

complete the required form the final semester of your senior year.

university for a 30-unit program. The work must have been completed as a graduate student,

and must be relevant to the degree program as a whole. The formal request for transfer of

graduate credit must be completed and approved by your department and submitted to the

schedule. After this date, there will not be an option to add a course, as the registration portal

for that semester will be closed.

You must formally withdraw from a course either online through your MyCSUDH or by petition.

Do not assume that a faculty member has withdrawn you if you do not attend or stopped

attending class. Check your class enrollment status online. You will not be withdrawn by the

instructor if you do not attend the first day of class. If you do not formally withdraw from a

class you will earn a “WU,” which is calculated for the GPA as an “F.”

this registration information by logging into your my.csudh.edu account and clicking on the

"Student Center" tab.

Note: Students who are veterans or dependents of veterans should contact the Financial Aid

office for required unit loads.

proficiency shall be no less than the level required for GWAR certification at the baccalaureate

level." The requirement must be fulfilled within the first 9 units of coursework. Students who

have not met this requirement may not begin their culminating activity (thesis or

comprehensive exam).

There are four existing pathways for entering graduate and post-baccalaureate students to

immediately satisfy GWAR: GL requirements:

1. Graduate students who earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or

university in the United States satisfy the GWAR: GL.

2. Graduate students who earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited non-US

institution where English is a primary language of instruction satisfy the GWAR: GL.

4. Students coming from baccalaureate programs offered in non-English speaking

university settings can qualify to enter a graduate program by meeting one of the

following options: take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and achieve

a score of : 550 (paper- based); 80 (internet-based); 213 ( computer-based);or

achieve an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.5.

Note: Candidates enrolled to receive Teaching Credentials and not seeking a master's degree

are not required to satisfy the GWAR at this time.

Departments and programs may, at their discretion, establish additional writing requirements

for their graduate students. Some programs require the satisfaction of GWAR as a condition of

undergraduate students. Graduate students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 in every semester of

Student performance in each course is reported at the end of each semester by one of the

following grades (with the grade points earned): A-F, I, IC, WU, W, AU, CR, NC, RP, RD.

 I (Incomplete): The symbol "I" (Incomplete Authorized) indicates that a portion of

required course work has not been completed but there is still a possibility of

earning credit. An "Incomplete" must be made up within one calendar year following

the end of the term during which it was assigned. A final grade is assigned when the

work agreed upon has been completed and evaluated. If the "Incomplete" is not

converted to a credit-bearing grade within the prescribed time limit, or any

extension thereof, it shall be counted as a failing grade in calculating grade point

 IC (Incomplete Charged): The "IC" symbol may be used when a student who

received an authorized incomplete "I" has not completed the required course work

"F," "WU," or "NC" grades for all courses on his/her official schedule.

 WU (Withdrawal Unauthorized): The symbol "WU" shall be used when a student,

who was enrolled on the census date, did not withdraw from the course and also

failed to complete course requirements. The "WU" is used where letter grades are

assigned. For purposes of grade point average computation, is equivalent to an "F."

Unlike the "I" grade, the "WU" grade may not be changed by submitting additional

work. Rather, the student must re-enroll in the course and, if appropriate, use the

 RP (Report in Progress): The "RP" symbol is used in connection with courses that

extend beyond one academic term. It indicates that work is in progress but that

assignment of a final grade must await completion of additional work. Work is to be

be used in connection with thesis, project, and similar courses in which assigned

requirements for a master's degree shall be graded on a traditional basis. The

remaining units may be graded "CR/NC," if the course is offered only on that basis.

(Probation/Disqualification)

For students with family obligations, the responsibilities and expectations can be even greater.

can meet all deadlines.

at CSUDH as a graduate student. You will be placed on academic probation if your overall or

of the student).

2. The student becomes subject to academic probation while on administrative-

students are placed on scholastic probation if they fail to maintain a cumulative

2. Students who have been disqualified from a master’s degree program may be

admitted to another degree program only on the recommendation of the

This time limit commences with the semester of the earliest course used on the student's

advance, an extension of the leave. The total number of approved Planned Graduate Student

discretion of the student's graduate coordinator. For more information on planned leaves, visit

the Records & Registration website at www.csudh.edu/records-registration and/or consult with

attendance in regular or special session each fall and spring semester of the college year.

TO THE DEADLINE DATES.

The CSUDH Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a committee comprised of faculty, staff, and

community members who review research studies that involve the use of human subjects. The

purpose of the IRB is to protect the rights of human research subjects by ensuring compliance

with university and governmental regulations as specified by the Office for Human Research

Regulated through the CSUDH Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), animal

research may include activities involving live vertebrate animals, or the use of tissues or other

samples.

If your research involves human participants or animals, you are required to submit and IRB

and/or IACUC research applications so that the committee can determine the appropriate level

of review.

This application is separate and distinct from the Culminating Experience Proposal. The IRB or

IACUC application informs the Institutional Review Board (IRB) or the Institutional Animal Care

and Use Committee (IACUC) how the researcher intends to work with the human volunteers or

animal subjects.

 Process of maintaining confidentiality of the research participants

 Process of obtaining informed consent from human volunteers

Human and Animal Protection, cont.

IRB or IACUC office staff will determine if your Human Research protocol needs review by the

IRB committee or if it can be reviewed administratively by the IRB chair. The office staff will also

process the Animal subject protocols and refer them to the IACUC for review.

Note: You must complete the CITI training before you are eligible to submit a human subject’s

protocol to the IRB.

For more information contact Judith Aguirre, Research Compliance Officer at (310) 243-2136

animal subjects without receiving an official approval letter from the IRB or IACUC. The

approval letter will arrive by email. Submit a research protocol well ahead of any deadlines for

research can be approved. Be sure to respond promptly to any requests for revisions.

2. Information about you. Although the recommender has agreed to write a

3. Materials requested. Remember you asked them to write about you – provide them

recommender with a folder with all the information and due date so that they can

1. Provide faculty with sufficient time to write a letter of recommendation. Give your

recommender three to four weeks to write your letter of recommendation. This is a

process that should not be rushed. To facilitate a response, give a deadline one week

ahead of your planned application submission date.

reminder will help them complete and submit on time.

To Do: Your Last Semester

graduation deadlines.

Feel free to call, e-mail, or visit the

Office of Graduate Studies and Research for assistance.

310-243-3693