Bilingual / Cross-Cultural Education M.A.
Getting Started
Admission to the Program
In addition to the general requirements of the university, specific requirements for admission to classified graduate status are:
1. A valid teaching credential, teaching experience, or departmental approval;
2. A grade point average of at least 2.5 in the last 90 quarter units and a 3.0 ("B") in all bilingual/cross cultural courses;
3. Demonstrated proficiency in Spanish;
4. Completed the graduate entrance writing requirement.
Students who do not meet these criteria may be admitted as conditionally classified graduate students. Students admitted in this category may be changed to classified standing with approval of the College of Education. No more than 20 quarter units may be used to demonstrate fitness to complete the program.
Advancement to Candidacy
In order to be formally advanced to candidacy, a student must have:
1. Achieved classified standing;
2. Completed, with a grade point average of 3.0 ("B"), 16 quarter units of course work, at least 12 of which must have been on this campus and approved by an advisor in the College of Education;
Note: Between the time of completing 15 units and 23 units of applicable course work the student is required to apply for advancement to candidacy.
3. Filed an approved graduate program for completion of the degree. This must be prepared in consultation with an advisor in the College of Education and approved by the Dean of the College of Education and the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Please refer to the University catalog at http://catalog.csusb.edu for official information.