Research Programs
In conjunction with the NSS academic programs, the College supports several undergraduate and graduate interdisciplinary programs that foster collaborative research and exciting fieldwork, doctoral program preparation, and career guidance. Various programs may offer generous student assistantships and fellowships as well as travel funds to encourage students to attend national meetings. The programs are under the leadership of Cal State L.A.’s finest scholars in the natural and social sciences, and the students are among the most inquisitive and productive, with thousands of published research articles in prominent scientific journals.

Departments

Research Centers

Note: More information on CSULA Research Centers can be found at the Office of Graduate Studies and Research.

Center for Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing (CSARS)

Center for Environmental Analysis (CEA-CREST)

Center for Korean-American and Korean Studies (CKAKS)

Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP)

Minority Biomedical Research Support-Research 
Initiative for Scientific Enhancement Program (MBRS-RISE) 

Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP)  

Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE)

Office for the Advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM-Ed)

Anthropology

Mesoamerican and Maya Cave Archaeology  

Forensic Anthropology

California Archeology 

Biology

Collaborative Research @ Undergraduate Institutions (CRUI)

CSULA Marine Biology Research Project 

Hispanic Educational Human Genome Project  

National Marine Fisheries Service

Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB)  

Cal Tech Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials  

Collaborative Research @ Undergraduate Institutions (CRUI)  

Multiple Subject Teaching Credential  

Geology

Summer Field Course

Geography

Latin American Studies

Multiple Subject Teaching Option or Blended Multiple Subject Matter Teacher Preparation

Natural Science

Single Subject Science Teaching Credential 

BEST: Better Educated Science Teachers  

Mathematics

Credential Program 

Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship (CSEMS)

Physics

Astronomy & Astrophysics 

CURE: JPL & Cal State L.A. 

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 

Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Astronomy (REU)  

Science Education Through Extraterrestrial Research (SEER)

Social Science

Single Subject Science Teaching Credential