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Freshmen
	Fall Checklist

qApply to Fresno State October 1 - November 30
qCreate your Fresno State email and my.fresnostate.edu account once you receive your
Letter of Acknowledgment
qCheck your admission status at my.fresnostate.edu
	Spring Checklist

qSubmitall admissions documents by February 1
qAttend Preview Day
qAccept your admission to Fresno State: March 15 - May 1
qRegister and pay for *Dog Days, the mandatory new student orientation: March 15 - May 1
qAttend Dog Days in June/July
qSubmit oficial high school and college transcripts by June 30
	
Requirements for Freshmen Students: Earn a high school diploma or equivalent
Complete the minimum A-G subject requirements with a letter grade C- or better in each course.The CSU will accept grades of “Credit” or “Pass” to satisfy
“a-g” requirements completed during winter, spring or summer 2021 terms.
California residents and graduates of California high schools may be eligible for admission by earning a 2.50 or greater

“a-g” GPA.

Note: Students may have to meet campus/program admission selection criteria. Please visit admissions selection web page for more information. http://fresnostate.edu/studentaffairs/are/futurestudent/freshmen/freshmen-selection.html

Transfer
	
Fall Checklist

qMeet with Transfer Counselor or Fresno State Recruitment Counselor
qApply to Fresno State October 1- November 30
qCreate your Fresno State email account once you receive your Letter of Acknowledgment
qCheck your admission status at my.fresnostate.edu
	
Spring Checklist

qSubmit oficial transcripts with Fall grades and Spring in-progress coursework by February 1
qCheck your admission status at my.fresnostate.edu
qAttend Preview Day
qAccept your admission to Fresno State: March 15 - June 1
qRegister and pay for *Dog Days, the mandatory new student orientation by June 1
qSend final transcripts by June 30 qAttend Dog Days in July
	
Requirements for Upper-Division Transfer Students:
60 or more transferable semester units (90 quarter units)
Foundation courses (Areas A1, A2, A3, and B4) with a grade of C- or better
Meet the minimum cumulative GPA for the major a student chooses
Meet the minimum of 30 semester units (45 quarter units) of CSU General Education
Must be in “good standing” at the last college attended. Good standing means student is eligible to re-enroll at that institution
			
Returning Students
qApply to Fresno State October 1 - January 15 qCheck your admission status at my.fresnostate.edu
q Submit all admissions documents (Residency, readmission petition, if needed, and transcript) by February 1 qRegistration begins mid-April (No Dog Days Orientation required)
qSubmit final transcripts by June 30

		
Check your Fresno State email weekly for latest updates
	
For assistance: gotofresnostate.comor 559.278.2261

	
* Dog Days: New Student Orientation is a program designed to help new students transition into the University. During orientation students will meet with an academic counselor, a major adviser, and register for classes. Dog Days is mandatory for all incoming students.

Fresno State is impacted for the current application cycle and will use an Admission Selection Process at the program level during the admission review period. For more details, visit gotofresnostate.com. *Admission requirements and deadlines are subject to change.

Valley of the Bold

Fresno State has a number of student support programs available, including

Fresno State is a vibrant, diverse and award-winning university. Fresno State offers high-quality academic programs that prepare students to tackle real-world needs and transform communities in the region and in the world.

Our faculty are regionally, nationally and globally recognized and are at the top of their professions
in the areas of agriculture, arts and humanities, business, education,
engineering, health

FREE services such as the Student Cupboard, the Clothing Closet, the Learning Center and the Student Health
and Counseling Center.

and human services, San Francisco	science and math,

and the social sciences.

FRESNO

Los Angeles

Bulldog students provide more than
1 million hours of volunteer community
service per year.

At California State University, Fresno, Theatre and Dance students work side-by-side with faculty and staff to create exciting and dynamic productions.

The Save Mart Center is the largest university indoor arena on the West Coast of the U.S.,
featuring everything from concerts to bull riding to NCAA basketball playoffs to commencement ceremonies.

	

Campus Pointe, located on the Fresno State Campus, is the ultimate playground for students and the community. It has
restaurants, a movie theater, apartments and is host
to many live concerts and events throughout the year.

Fresno State’s
renowned Henry Madden Library offers a variety of free services, including technology lending, tutoring and research assistance. Students have access
to study rooms, the Graduate Writing Studio and Starbucks®.
		
	Fresno State Student Housing, an on-campus living experience, comprises nine housing communities of both suite and community- style living.

	

The Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Union will help create a greater sense of belonging on campus, enriching student life, and advancing student success.
Learn more: fresnostate.edu/newusu

Bold Competitors
As the only major college athletics Southern California and the Bay Ar champions in the classroom, in co

program between
ea, Fresno State builds mpetition and in life.

The campus is home to a 1,000-acre, student-staffed farm that is home to permanent and annual crops and livestock.

Dr. Dave Goorahoo, plant science professor, was selected for Fresno State’s 2020 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Goorahoo regularly advises students and supervises research projects. Many of his students have gone on to
receive top University awards.

Three National Parks, Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon are right
in Fresno State’s backyard.

Bold Opportunities
California State University, Fresno offers the following baccalaureate degrees, minors, and graduate degree programs. Requirements for approved undergraduate majors are listed in the appropriate college/school and department sections of our online catalog.

Disclaimer: Listed majors are subject to change.

Advertising and Public Relations: Minor Aerospace Studies: Minor
Africana Studies: B.A., Minor Agricultural Business: B.S.; Minor Agricultural Education: B.S. (options:
Agricultural Communications, Teacher Preparation)
Agricultural Science: M.S. American Indian Studies: Minor Applied Behavior Analysis: M.A.
Animal Sciences: B.S. (options: Production Management, Science); Minor
Anthropology: B.A., Minor Architectural Studies: B.S. Armenian Studies: Minor Art: B.A.; M.A.; Minor
Art History: B.A ; Minor
Asian American Studies: Minor Asian Studies: Minor Astronomy: Minor
Athletic Training: M.S. Biology: B.S.; M.S.; Minor Biochemistry: B.S. Biomedical Physics: B.S. Biotechnology: M.Bt.
Business: Minors (Entrepreneurship, General Business, Graduate Business Preparation)
Business Administration: B.S.
(options: Accountancy, Data Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Management, Computer Information Systems, International Business, Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies, Management, Marketing, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, Special, Sports Marketing); online M.B.A., M.B.A., E.M.B.A.
Chemistry: B.A., B.S.; M.S.; Minor Chicano/Latino Studies: Minor Chicano Studies: B.A.
Child and Family Science: B.S. (options: Child Development, Family Science), Minor
Chinese: Minor
City and Regional Planning: B.S., Minor Classical Studies: Minor
Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling: M.S.
Cognitive Science: B.S., Minor Communication: B.A., M.A.; Minor Communicative Disorders:
B.A. (options: Audiology, Deaf Education, Deaf Studies, Interpreting, Speech-Language); M.A. (option: Deaf Education); Minor
Computational Linguistics: Minor Computer Engineering: Minor Computer Science: B.S.; M.S.; Minor
Construction Management: B.S.; M.S.; Minor Counseling: M.S. (option: School Counseling; Student Affairs and College Counseling) Creative Writing: M.F.A.; Minor
Criminology: B.S. (options: Corrections, Law Enforcement, Victimology); M.S.; Minor
Dance: B.A., Minor Economics: B.A., Minor
Education: M.A. (options: Curriculum and Instruction, Early Childhood Education,

Educational Leadership and Administration, Multilingual and Multicultural Education, Reading/Language Arts)
Educational Leadership: Ed.D.
Educational Leadership and Administration: M.A. Electrical Engineering: Minor
Engineering: M.S.
(options: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering)
Civil: B.S.; M.S. Computer: B.S. Electrical: B.S. Geomatics: B.S. Mechanical: B.S.
English: B.A. (options: Creative Writing, Literature); M.A. (option: Literature, Rhetoric and Writing Studies); Minor
English Literature: Minor English Studies: B.A. Enology: B.S., Minor Environmental Sciences: B.S.
Fashion Merchandising: B.A., Minor Film and Media Arts: Minor
Food and Nutritional Sciences: B.S. (options: Culinology, Dietetics and Food Administration, Food Science); M.S.; Minor
Forensic Behavioral Sciences: B.S.; Minor French: B.A., Minor
French and Francophone Studies: Minor Geography: B.A., Minor
Geology: B.S.; M.S.; Minor German: Minor Gerontology: Minor Graphic Design: B.F.A.
Health Science: B.S. (options: Community Health, Environmental/Occupational Health and Safety, Health Administration)
Higher Education Administration and Leadership (HEAL): M.A.
History: B.A., M.A. (option: Teaching); Minor Hmong: Minor
Humanities: Minor Industrial Technology:
B.S. (option: Agricultural Systems Management); M.S.; Minor
Interdisciplinary Studies: M.A., M.S. Integrated Design: B.A.
Interior Design: B.A.
International Political Economy: Minor Italian Studies: Minor
Japanese: Minor Jewish Studies: Minor
Kinesiology: B.S. (options: Exercise Science, Physical Education Teacher Education, Sport Administration); M.A. (options: Exercise Science, Sport Administration, Sport Psychology)
Latin American Studies: B.A., Minor Liberal Studies: B.A.
Linguistics: B.A. (options: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages/Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, General Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Interdisciplinary Language Studies); M.A. (option: TESOL/SLAT); Minor

Literature of Diversity: Minor
Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling: M.S. Mass Communication
and Journalism: B.A. (options: Advertising and Public Relations,
Broadcast/Multiplatform Journalism, Digital Journalism, Film and Media Arts); Minor
Mathematics: B.S. (options: Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, General Mathematics, Teaching, Integrated Teaching);
M.S.; Minor Media Arts: Minor
Medical Physics: Minor Meteorology: Minor Middle East Studies: Minor Military Science: Minor
Music: B.A. (options: Music as a Liberal Art, Music Education, Instrumental Performance, Vocal Performance,
Composition, Jazz Studies); M.A. (options: Music Education, Performance); Minor
Natural Sciences: B.A. (options: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics)
Nursing: B.S.; (option: Nurse Practitioner/Primary Care Family)
Nursing Practice: D.N.P.
Peace and Conflict Studies: Minor Philosophy: B.A. (options: Prelaw,
Religious Studies); Minor Philanthropic and Community-based
Leadership: Minor Physical Science: Minor Physical Therapy: D.P.T. Physics: B.S.; M.S.; Minor
Plant Science: B.S., M.S.; Minor Political Science: B.A., Minor
Precision AgricultureTechnology: Minor Psychology: B.A.; M.A.; Minor
Public Administration: M.A.; Minor Public Health: M.P.H. (option: Health
Promotion), Minor
Recreation Administration: B.S.; Minor School Psychology: Ed.S.
Social Work: B.A., M.S.W. Sociology: B.A., Minor Southeast Asian Studies: Minor Spanish: B.A., M.A.; Minor Special Education: M.A. Special Major: B.A., B.S.
Speech-Language Pathology: M.A. Sports Coaching: Minor
Statistics: Minor Teaching: M.A.
Teaching English as a Second Language: Minor
Theatre Arts: B.A.; Minor Urban Civic Education: Minor Viticulture: B.S., Minor Viticulture and Enology: M.S.
Water Resource Management: M.S. Women’s Studies: B.A., Minor

** The Collaborative Online Doctorate in Educational Leadership is offered jointly with CSU Channel Islands.

EXPENSES
	
With Family
	Campus Housing
	
Off Campus
	
Books/Supplies
	$1,124
	$1,124
	$1,124
	
Room/Board
	$8,934
	$10,758
	$16,004
	
Transportation
	$1,364
	$1,018
	$1,530
	
Personal
	$2,362
	$2,774
	$2,774
	
Fees/Tuition
	$6,650
	$6,650
	$6,650
	
TOTAL
	$20,434
	$22,324
	$28,082

Bold Support

Important Contact Information
Area Code is 559

Admissions and Recruitment 278.2261 • gotofresnostate.com

Athletics gobulldogs.com

Campus Tours
278.8236 • gotofresnostate.com

Dog Days: New Student Orientation 278.4885 • fresnostate.edu/dogdays

Dream Outreach Center 278.5750 • fresnostate.edu/doc

Educational Opportunity Program 278.6025 • fresnostate.edu/eop

Financial Aid and Scholarships 278.2182 • fresnostate.edu/financialaid

International Ofice (Admissions) 278.2782 • fresnostate.edu/issp

Outreach and Special Programs 278.5374 • fresnostate.edu/outreach

Renaissance Scholars Program (Serves current and former foster youth) 278.5055 • fresnostate.edu/rsp

Services for Students with Disabilities 278.2811 • fresnostate.edu/ssd

Student Housing
278.2345 • fresnostatehousing.org 1.800.555.0482

Veterans Services
(Assists veterans, reservists/guard/active duty service members and dependents)
278.6036 • fresnostate.edu/veterans

Financial Aid priority filing period for the school year is October 1 - March 2

Financial Aid

Financial Aid is assistance intended to help students pay for college and reach their educational goals. Assistance may come in a variety of forms, such as grants, scholarships, work and loan programs. Fresno State awards financial aid and/or scholarships to over 70% of our students. You can submit your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at studentaid.gov. The FAFSA can be submitted October 1 – June 30. Fresno State’s priority deadline is March 2.
		
Apply for Fresno State Scholarships October 1 - March 2

Fresno State Scholarships Recognizing your talents and achievements

Fresno State awards over a thousand scholarships totaling more than 4.3 million dollars in free money to incoming and continuing students. Scholarships are offered by various colleges, departments, and organizations to students who meet specific criteria. Regardless of your accomplishments, interests, background, we encourage all students to apply for scholarships.
Apply at fresnostate.edu/scholarships.

Smittcamp Family Honors College

The Smittcamp Family Honors College selects 50 high-achieving high school seniors to receive the President’s Honors Scholarship. For more information, visit fresnostate.edu/honors. The application period is October 1- Dec. 9, 2021.

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