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 Graduate and Postbaccalaureate
Requirements
Graduate and postbaccalaureate applicants may apply
for a degree objective, a credential or certificate
objective, or may have no program objective. Depending on
the objective, Cal State L.A. will consider an
application for admission as follows:
General Requirements: The minimum requirements
for admission to graduate and postbaccalaureate studies
at a California State University campus are in accordance
with university regulations as well as Title 5, chapter
1, subchapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations.
Specifically, a student shall:
- have completed a four year college course of
study and hold an acceptable baccalaureate degree
from an institution accredited by a regional
accrediting association, or shall have completed
equivalent academic preparation as determined by
appropriate campus authorities;
- be in good academic standing at the last college
or university attended;
- have attained a grade point average of at least
2.5 (A = 4.0) in the last 60 semester (90
quarter) units attempted; and
- satisfactorily meet the professional, personal,
scholastic, and other standards for graduate
study, including qualifying examinations, as
appropriate campus authorities may prescribe. In
unusual circumstances, a campus may make
exceptions to these criteria.
If you meet the minimum requirements for graduate and
postbaccalaureate studies, you will be considered for
admission in one of the following four categories:
 Postbaccalaureate
Unclassified - To enroll in graduate level courses for
professional or personal growth, you must be
admitted as a postbaccalaureate unclassified
student. By meeting the general requirements, you
are eligible for admission as a postbaccalaureate
unclassified student. Some departments may
restrict enrollment of unclassified students due
to heavy enrollment pressure. Admission in this
status does not constitute admission to, or
assurance of consideration for admission to, any
other graduate degree or credential program; or
- Postbaccalaureate
Classified
- If you wish to enroll in a credential or
certificate program, you will be required to
satisfy additional professional, personal,
scholastic, and other standards, including
qualifying examinations, prescribed by the
campus; or
- Graduate
Conditionally Classified
- You may be admitted to a graduate degree program
in this category if, in the opinion of
appropriate campus authority, you can remedy
deficiencies by additional preparation; or
- Graduate
Classified
- To pursue a graduate degree, you will be required
to fulfill all of the professional, personal,
scholastic, and other standards, including
qualifying examinations, prescribed by the
campus.
TOEFL Requirement
All graduate and postbaccalaureate applicants, regardless
of citizenship, whose preparatory education was
principally in a language other than English must
demonstrate competence in English. Those who do not
posses a bachelor's degree from a postsecondary
institution where English is the principle language of
instruction must receive a minimum score of 550 or above
on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
e-mail: Admission@CalStateLA.edu
Last revised: September 1, 2003
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