The undergraduate English major (consisting of five options: Literature, Creative Writing, Subject Matter, FYI and JYI, and Honors) is designed for students who desire to concentrate in a specific field under the broader category of English. Students are required to choose one of these options at the time they declare their English major. For further information concerning the choice of options or related career opportunities for those with a B.A. in English, see an English department advisor.

The Four-Year Integrated (FYI) and Junior-Year Integrated (JYI) English Single Subject Matter Program for the Single Subject Credential options prepare students for a career in teaching English at the middle school and/or high school level. FYI and JYI integrate English subject matter coursework, GE requirements and the coursework included in professional preparation, permitting students who successfully complete the program to earn both a B.A. in English and a Single Subject English Preliminary Credential in four years for FYI students and in as few as two years for JYI students. These programs meet the California CTC subject matter requirements for the English Single Subject Credential. For details on the Single Subject Credential Program, see the Credential and Department of Secondary Education sections in this Catalog.

Admission into programs leading to licensure and credentialing does not guarantee that students will obtain a license or credential. Licensure and credentialing requirements are set by agencies that are not controlled by or affiliated with the CSU, and requirements can change at any time. For example, licensure or credentialing requirements can include evidence of the right to work in the United States (e.g., Social Security number or taxpayer identification number) or successfully passing a criminal background check. Students are responsible for determining whether they can meet licensure or credentialing requirements. The CSU will not refund tuition, fees or any associated costs to students who determine subsequent to admission that they cannot meet licensure or credentialing requirements. Information concerning licensure and credentialing requirements is available from the department. See Notice to Students: Licensure and Certification for more information.

The undergraduate English major (consisting of five options: Literature, Creative Writing, Subject Matter, FYI and JYI, and Honors) is designed for students who desire to concentrate in a specific field under the broader category of English. Students are required to choose one of these options at the time they declare their English major. For further information concerning the choice of options or related career opportunities for those with a B.A. in English, see an English department advisor.

The English Subject Matter Program for the Single Subject Credential option prepares students for a career in teaching English at the middle school and/or high school level. This option meets the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing subject matter requirements for the English Single Subject Credential. For details on the Single Subject Credential Program, see the Credential and Department of Secondary Education sections in this Catalog.

Admission into programs leading to licensure and credentialing does not guarantee that students will obtain a license or credential. Licensure and credentialing requirements are set by agencies that are not controlled by or affiliated with the CSU, and requirements can change at any time. For example, licensure or credentialing requirements can include evidence of the right to work in the United States (e.g., Social Security number or taxpayer-identification number) or successfully passing a criminal background check. Students are responsible for determining whether they can meet licensure or credentialing requirements. The CSU will not refund tuition, fees or any associated costs to students who determine subsequent to admission that they cannot meet licensure or credentialing requirements. Information concerning licensure and credentialing requirements is available from the department. See Notice to Students: Licensure and Certification for more information.

The undergraduate English major (consisting of five options: Literature, Creative Writing, Subject Matter, FYI and JYI, and Honors) is designed for students who desire to concentrate in a specific field under the broader category of English. Students are required to choose one of these options at the time they declare their English major. For further information concerning the choice of options or related career opportunities for those with a B.A. in English, see an English department advisor.

The Creative Writing option provides students with the opportunity to develop narrative, verse or playwriting skills, while building a solid background of study in British and American literature.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will:

1. Demonstrate critical reading skills.
2. Demonstrate effective writing skills.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of creative, literary, linguistic and/or rhetorical theories.
4. Analyze British and American cultural, historical and literary texts.
5. Analyze culturally diverse texts.

Creative Writing Undergraduate Option
Student Learning Outcomes

Students will:

1. Create and revise original writing by practicing techniques and strategies employed by experienced writers.
2. Analyze drama, narrative and/or poetry to identify writerly strategies.
3. Assess their own creative writing in relation to relevant literary and theoretical traditions.
4. Demonstrate advanced creative writing skills by applying contemporary methods in at least one genre in a final portfolio for a capstone course.

The undergraduate English major (consisting of five options: Literature, Creative Writing, Subject Matter, FYI and JYI, and Honors) is designed for students who desire to concentrate in a specific field under the broader category of English. Students are required to choose one of these options at the time they declare their English major. For further information concerning the choice of options or related career opportunities for those with a B.A. in English, see an English department advisor.

The Literature option focuses on the analytical reading of British and American literature.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will:

1. Demonstrate critical reading skills.
2. Demonstrate effective writing skills.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of creative, literary, linguistic and/or rhetorical theories.
4. Analyze British and American cultural, historical and literary texts.
5. Analyze culturally diverse texts.

More than two-thirds of all engineering professionals invest a significant portion of their career in managing and administering a wide range of technical engineering and research projects and budgets. As the engineering profession evolves, an increasing need has emerged for entry-level engineering professionals who have both a broad engineering background and the knowledge and ability to interface between the business and technical functions within organizations.

The engineer’s role in the industry has changed from performing solely technical tasks to being involved in the integration of engineering, technology and business operations. For this purpose, undergraduate Engineering Management Technology majors learn engineering fundamentals, together with the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing and controlling activities in technological environments. The Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management Technology equips entry-level engineering technology graduates with knowledge of the business of engineering, making them valuable to their employers and ensuring future professional growth. For students who enjoy understanding the technical aspect of a business as well as the people and resources side of the organization, the technical challenges of engineering and the opportunity to integrate higher-level organizational considerations into technological decision-making processes, engineering management technology is an ideal program of study. A bachelor’s degree in Engineering Management Technology prepares students to be successful contributors and leaders in technology-driven organizations, which are the mainstay of the U.S. economy in the 21st century.

The undergraduate Engineering Management Technology degree program includes studies in basic mathematics and sciences, the engineering sciences, engineering management disciplinary studies and technical electives, as well as general education. The selection of technical electives can be tailored to particular areas of student interest. The team project experiences in many courses approximate the professional environment that graduates will encounter in their future careers. Program culminating experiences include community service learning course projects and capstone course design projects. Students also have access to well-equipped laboratories, including computing laboratories with discipline-specific software programs that are essential to the achievement of program objectives.

“Nowadays the world is lit by lightning,” playwright Tennessee Williams wrote. But electrical and computer engineers prove him wrong every day.

From city lights to satellites, semiconductors, telephone switching systems and audio equipment, their work depends on electricity and the engineers who design and develop ways to harness its power.

Electrical Engineering majors at CSUN receive a solid, broad-based education. Among the many topic areas in the basic curriculum are mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer programming, engineering materials, electrical circuits, engineering mechanics, thermodynamics, engineering economy and numerical analysis. At the senior level, students are required to take an approved concentration in one of the Electrical and Computer Engineering areas: Biomedical Engineering, Communications, Digital Systems Design, Control Systems, Electronics, Microwave and Antenna Engineering, or Power Systems.

The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department has 17 labs associated with its ECE classes. In the labs, students work alongside professors who may be designing medical instrumentation for healthcare, designing microcontroller-based applications, developing pager and satellite communications systems, or working on innovations in electrical power systems.

All students in the EE or CompE programs take part in the department’s senior design program, modeled on industry workgroups that students will encounter on the job. Like professional engineers, students design and develop a project from conception through manufacture. In the process, they gain valuable experience in working as a team and dealing with personalities, as well as technical areas.

Senior design projects have included national intercollegiate competitions. Students compete in designing a micro mouse and training it to run through a 10-square-foot maze. Students also work on interdisciplinary teams to design, build, program and test an unmanned autonomous helicopter. Other projects include developing a sophisticated stereo system, a control system for a satellite tracking antenna, a television tuner, fabrication of a hybrid circuit, software-defined radio, etc.

In Economics, students learn how a market economy functions. Economics explains a great deal about business decisions and consumer behavior. Economics majors will learn why economies grow and the causes of business cycles. Also, understanding economics is useful for students interested in politics and public policy. Students will learn how taxes, subsidies and government regulation of business activity affect consumer welfare, job creation and prosperity.

The primary objectives of the Deaf Studies major program are: (1) to convey basic knowledge and understanding about the language and culture of Deaf people, including their history and social experiences and (2) to prepare students for advanced degree programs and/or professional careers working with Deaf people. CSUN is proud to be one of the few mainstream institutions in the nation that offers a comprehensive undergraduate program in the area of Deaf Studies and has long been acknowledged as a leader in providing quality education in a variety of deaf-related fields. In addition, CSUN provides Deaf Studies majors with a variety of other unique opportunities, including membership in student organizations, interaction with more than 200 Deaf/Hard of Hearing students who attend the University, the most extensive collection of resource materials related to deafness in the western United States, participation in a variety of campus/community events, including Deafestivals and ASL/Deaf Theatre productions, and on-the-job training while earning University credit.

More Information

For more information about this program, contact the Deaf Studies department office at (818) 677-5116 (voice) or (818) 435-8152 (videophone).

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate an ability to communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) with Deaf people.
2. Identify the major features of and issues in the Deaf community and Deaf culture.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of power, privilege and oppression on the Deaf community that result in Deaf people’s experience of prejudice, discrimination and inequity.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of how the study of Deaf Studies enables individuals to make informed judgments that strengthen the Deaf community.
5. Demonstrate an appreciation of the contributions of Deaf arts and humanities for shedding light on what it means to be Deaf.
6. Describe communication between hearing people and Deaf people that is vital to society.
7. Analyze critically how a Deaf person’s socio-cultural history influences one’s sense of self and relationship to others.
8. Reflect critically on one’s abilities to interact with Deaf individuals socially and professionally, and evaluate the level of integration achieved.

The Criminology and Justice Studies program promotes the theoretical, analytical and practical understanding of crime, victimization and the criminal justice system from a social scientific perspective. The program provides a foundation for the study of criminology and criminal justice based in critical thinking and application, theory and research methodology, understanding diversity and global perspectives, writing, and fundamentals of law and ethical practice. Students who major in Criminology and Justice Studies are equipped to enter the criminal justice and related workforce with a solid understanding of the system of criminal justice and the ability to critically engage in an examination of that system and the work within it. Graduates of the program are also well equipped to enter into graduate study in criminal justice and other fields. Coursework in criminal justice complements many other fields, including sociology, political science, psychology, social work, counseling, child development, health and any other field that addresses or is impacted by deviant or criminal behavior.

Sociology majors with the option in Criminology and Criminal Justice will not be allowed to double-major with Criminology and Justice Studies.

Student Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Objective 1: Criminology and Justice Studies students will demonstrate essential qualifications for employment in criminology, criminal justice and related occupations that include the mastery of core criminology and justice principles and the ability to think critically and to speak and write effectively within the field.

• Student Learning Outcome 1A: Students will critically apply core criminology and criminal justice principles to situations related to crime, criminal justice and related areas of practice.
• Student Learning Outcome 1B: Students will effectively communicate in writing and speaking in the presentation of ideas and their application to issues and situations related to criminology and criminal justice.

Program Learning Objective 2: Criminology and Justice Studies students will demonstrate the ability to apply criminological theory, research methods and appropriate technology to assess, evaluate and address issues in the practice of criminology and criminal justice.

• Student Learning Outcome 2A: Using core concepts from criminological theory, students will conduct a research study creating appropriate research questions, methodology and analysis to draw valid, ethical, empirically based conclusions.
• Student Learning Outcome 2B: Students will apply criminological theory and research findings to hypothetical or real case study situations in the practice of criminology and criminal justice.

Program Learning Objective 3: Criminology and Justice Studies students will demonstrate a critical understanding of diversity and inequality as manifested in the criminal justice system locally, nationally and globally. Students will apply these understandings to both the study and practice of criminology and criminal justice, including an engagement with diverse local and global communities around issues of crime, criminal justice and other problem behaviors.

• Student Learning Outcome 3: Students will develop and apply a personal understanding of diversity and the way it impacts work in criminology and criminal justice.

Program Learning Objective 4: Criminology and Justice Studies students will develop a fundamental commitment to ethical analysis, research and practice, and they will demonstrate the ability to apply these principles to work within criminology, criminal justice and related fields.

• Student Learning Outcome 4: Students will apply key principles in criminal justice ethics to analyze real-life and hypothetical decision-making situations in the practice of criminal justice.

The construction industry is the single largest industry in America, accounting for 14 percent of the nation’s Gross National Product (GNP). Students interested in becoming construction manager need a solid background in building science, business and construction management. They need to understand contracts, plans and specifications, and they have to be knowledgeable about construction methods, materials and laws and regulations. Familiarity with computers and software programs for job costing, scheduling and estimating also is important.