GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS AND ADMISSIONS CRITERIA The university offers 47 graduate degrees including an educational specialist degree and 3 doctorates. The university also offers 13 certificates of advanced study. Information concerning these programs, as well as assistantships, scholarships, and fellowships, is available from the graduate coordinators and department programs listed below. All applicants must apply online at Cal State Apply a $55.00 fee to submit an application to the university is non-refundable. If you need additional information, phone 559.278.2448; fax 559.278.8340; or access our website www.fresnostate.edu/drgs.

GRADUATE PROGRAM (click on program for more information)

ADMISSION CRITERIA (GPA/ Test/ Letters)

Min.

TOEFL CB/PB/IB*

PROGRAM APPLICATION DEADLINE *

GRADUATE COORDINATOR Email/ Office #/ Dept # (559)

SPRING FALL

Agricultural Science, MS 2.75 GPA/ GRE/ Undergrad degree Prerequisites/ Statement of Purpose/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1 June 1 Amanda McKeith amckeith@csufresno.edu 278.4331 Office / 278.2971 Dept.

Art, MA 3.0 GPA/ Portfolio or Examples of Written Work/ Personal Statement/ Prerequisites/ 3 Letters of Recommendation/ Unofficial Transcripts/ CV

213/ 550/ 80 Oct. 1 April 1 Laura Meyer lmeyer@csufresno.edu 278.2571 Office / 278.2516 Dept.

Biology, MS 3.0 GPA/ GRE test scores/ 2 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1 April 1 Jason Bush jbush@csufresno.edu 278.2068 Office / 278.2001 Dept.

Biotechnology, MBt 3.0 GPA (overall and science)/ GRE/ Prerequisites/ Letters of Recommendation optional

213/ 550/ 80 N/A April 1 Alejandro Calderon calalea@csufresno.edu 278.4080 Office / 278.2001 Dept.

Business Administration, MBA

• EMBA • MBA

2.5 GPA/ GMAT-550 or GRE/ Work experience/ 2 Letters of Recommendation (GMAT may be waived by Grad Coordinator for applicant w/ Business Admin degree from Craig School of Business with a 3.2 GPA or higher, GMAT waived for the EMBA, 10 years of experience, 3 must be in managerial or profession role)

213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1

June 1 Bill Bommer wbommer@csufresno.edu 278.2493 Office / 278.2851 Dept.

Chemistry, MS 2.5 GPA in major/ Undergraduate coursework/ GRE/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1 April 1 Krish Krishnan krish@csufresno.edu

278.7944 Office / 278.2103 Dept.

Civil Engineering, MS

• Water Resources & Environmental Engineering

3.0 GPA/ GRE Quantitative – 146 (current scale)/ Letters of Recommendation not required

213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1 June 1 William Wright wfwright@csufresno.edu

278.5591 Office / 278.2889 Dept.

Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Counseling, MS Health

2.75 GPA/ Academic background/ Performance/ Experience/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

220/ 560/ 83 Nov. 1 June 1 Alicia Brown Becton abecton@csufresno.edu

278.0433 Office / 278.0340 Dept.

Communication, MA 3.0 GPA/ GRE/ BA Communication/ Readiness/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

250/ 600 / 100

N/A April 1 Marnel Niles Coins maniles@csufresno.edu

278.8804 Office / 278.2828 Dept.

Communicative Disorders, MA

• Deaf Education Online • Speech-Language Pathology

3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Undergrad preparation/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80 N/A June 1 Frances Pomaville fpomavil@csufresno.edu

278.2732 Office / 278.2423 Dept. Nov. 1 March 1

Computer Science, MS

3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Performance in Computer Science courses/ Three Letters of Recommendation/Statement of Purpose (SOP)/Resume

213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1 June 1 Alex Liu shliu@csufresno.edu

278.4307 Office / 278.4373 Dept.

Counseling, MS • Marriage, Family & Child Counseling • School Counseling • Student Affairs & College Counseling

3.0 GPA/ Experience/ Potential/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

220/ 560 / 83

Oct. 1 March 1

Chris Lucey clucey@csufresno.edu 278.0407 Office / 278.0340 Dept.

Gitima Sharma gsharma@csufresno.edu

278.0069 Office / 278.0340 Dept.

Kyoung Mi Choi kchoi@csufresno.edu

278.0070 Office / 278-0340 Dept.

Creative Writing, MFA 3.0 GPA/ Writing sample approval/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

250/ 600 / 100

N/A April 1 Steven Church stchurch@csufresno.edu

278.3919 Office / 278.2553 Dept.

Criminology, MS 3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Background/ 3 Letters of Recommendation/ Personal Essay

213/ 550/ 80 N/A April1 (priority)

Hollianne Marshall holmarshall@csufresno.edu 278.2289 Office / 278.2305 Dept.

Education, MA • Counseling & Student Services • Curriculum & Instruction • Early Childhood Education • Educational Leadership & Administration • Multilingual & Multicultural Education • Reading/Language Arts • Teaching, MA Online

(CSS, CI) 2.75 GPA (ECE, ELA, MM, RLA) 2.5 GPA Academic background/ Performance/ Experience/ 3 Letters of Recommendation (MAT) 2.75 GPA/ Letter of Purpose/ Teaching Credential/ Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA)/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

250/ 560 / 83 220/ 560/ 83

Oct. 1 March 1 Song Lee malee@csufresno.edu 278.0349 Office / 278.0340 Dept.

Nov. 1 HEAL N/A

June 1 HEAL– Mar. 1

Carol Fry Bohlin carolb@csufresno.edu 278.0247 Office / 278.0240 Dept.

Cathy Yun cyun@csufresno.edu

278.0238 Office / 278.0250 Dept.

Mabel Franks mafranks@csufresno.edu

278.0265 Office / 278.0350 Dept.

Teresa Huerta thuerta@csufresno.edu

278.0364 Office / 278.0250 Dept.

Imelda Basurto ibasurto@csufresno.edu 278.0238 Office / 278.0250 Dept.

Nancy Akhavan nakhavan@csufresno.edu

278.0345 Office / 278.0240 Dept. Educational Leadership, Ed.D. • Collaborative Online Doctorate in Educational Leadership (CODEL)

3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Individually reviewed/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80 Spring: NA Summer: June 1

Fall: June 1 Ken Magdaleno kmagdaleno@csufresno.edu 278.0294 Office / 278.0427 Dept.

Engineering, MS • Computer Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Mechanical Engineering

(CE & EE) 3.0 GPA/ GRE Quantitative/ 3 Letters of Recommendation (ME) 3.0 GPA/ GRE Quantitative/ Letters of Recommendation not required

213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1 June 1

Nagy Bengiamin bengiami@csufresno.edu

278.8339 Office / 278.2726 Dept.

Mazier Ghazinejad mghazinejad@csufresno.edu 278.0382 Office / 278.2368 Dept.

English, MA

• Rhetoric and Writing Studies • Literature

3.0 GPA/ Writing sample/ Letters of Recommendation not required

250/ 600 / 80

Oct. 15 April 15 John Beynon jbeynon@csufresno.edu

278.2240 Office / 278.2553 Dept.

Geology, MS 2.7 GPA/ GRE/ 3 Letters of Recommendation 213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1 April 15 Christopher Pluhar Cpluhar@csufresno.edu 278.1128 Office / 278.3086 Dept.

History, MA • Teaching

3.0 GPA last 60 units/ GRE/ 3 Letters of Recommendation/ Personal Statement

250/ 600 / 100

Nov. 1 June 1

Brad Jones brajones@csufresno.edu

278.2351 Office / 278.2153 Dept.

Industrial Technology, MS 2.5 GPA/ GRE/ Achievement/ Commitment/ Career/ Resume/ Statement of Purpose/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1 May 1 Arun Nambiar anambiar@csufresno.edu 278.1443 Office / 278.2145 Dept.

Interdisciplinary Studies, MA, MS 3.0 GPA/ GRE/ 3 Letters of Recommendation 213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1 June 1 James Marshall jamesm@csufresno.edu

278.2448 Office / 278.2448 Dept.

Kinesiology, MA

• Exercise Science • Sport Administration • Sport Psychology

3.0 GPA last 60 units/ GRE or MAT/ Letters/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80 Nov. 1 June 1 Jenelle Gilbert jgilbert@csufresno.edu

278.8902 Office / 278.2016 Dept.

GRADUATE PROGRAM ADMISSION CRITERIA

(GPA/ Test/ Letters)

Min. TOEFL

CB/PB/IB*

PROGRAM APPLICATION

DEADLINE * GRADUATE COORDINATOR

Email/ Office #/Dept # (559)

SPRING FALL

Linguistics, MA • Teaching English as a Second Language (Peace Corps studies available)

2.9 GPA/ Prerequisites/ Preparation/ 2 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

Nov. 1 April 1 Jidong Chen jchen@csufresno.edu 278.2441 Office / 278.2441 Dept.

Marine Science, MS (Suspended) 3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Research interest/ 2 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

N/A N/A Larry Riley lriley@csufresno.edu 278.2997 Office / 278.2001 Dept.

Mathematics, MA • Teaching

3.0 GPA (Upper Division Math Courses)/ Subject GRE/ Undergraduate preparation/ 2 Letters of Rec. GRE score 500 or higher

213/ 550/ 80

Nov. 1 June 1 Doreen De Leon doreendl@csufresno.edu 278.4009 Office / 278.2992 Dept.

Music, MA • Music Education • Performance

3.0 GPA/ GRE/ BA in Music/ References 213/ 550/ 80

Nov. 1 May 1 Donald Henriques dhenriques@csufresno.edu 278.2620 Office / 278.2654 Dept.

Nursing, MS • Adult-Gero Clinical Nurse Specialist • Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist • Primary Care/Nurse Practitioner

3.0 GPA/ GRE/ RN clinical experience/ Primary care exp./ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

N/A April 1 Kammi Yap Sayaseng ksayaseng@csufresno.edu 278.6678 Office / 278.2041 Dept.

Physical Therapy, DPT (see program details for int’l applicants)

3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Interview/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

N/A

Jan 15 PETCAS: Oct. 2

Jennifer Roos jroos@csufresno.edu 278.4063 Office / 278.2625 Dept.

Physics, MS 2.5 GPA/ GRE/ Undergrad. Background/ Quantitative/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

Nov. 1 April 1 Gerardo Munoz gerardom@csufresno.edu 278.4131 Office / 278.2371 Dept.

Plant Science, MS (Peace Corps studies available)

2.75 GPA/ GRE/ Background/ Writing and research skills/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

Nov. 1 June 1 Sharon Benes sbenes@csufresno.edu 278.7391 Office / 278.2861 Dept.

Psychology, MA • Applied Behavior Analysis • General/Experimental

3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Research & experience/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

ABA: N/A Feb. 1 Marianne Jackson majackson@csufresno.edu

278.2757 Office / 278.2691 Dept.

Gen: N/A Feb. 1 Martin Shapiro mashapiro@csufresno.edu 278.2358 Office / 278.2691 Dept.

Public Administration, MPA 3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Experience/ 2 Letters of Recommendation/ Personal Statement Letter

213/ 550/ 80

Nov. 1 June 1 Kurt Cline kcline@csufresno.edu 278.2865 Office / 278.2988 Dept.

Public Health, MPH • Health Promotion

2.5 GPA/ GRE/ Interest & experience/ Goals/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

N/A April 1 Mohammad Rahman mrahman@csufresno.edu 278.4222 Office / 278.4014 Dept.

School Psychology, Ed.S. 3.0 GPA/ GRE + CBEST/ Research & experience/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

N/A Feb. 1 Marilyn Wilson marilynw@csufresno.edu 278.5129 Office / 278.5129 Dept.

Social Work, MSW 2.75 GPA/ GRE/ Experience/ Background/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

N/A Feb. 7 Betty Garcia bettyg@csufresno.edu 278.2550 Office / 278.3992 Dept

Spanish, MA 3.0 GPA/ BA Spanish/ Oral-written fluency/ 3 Letters of Recommendation/ Statement of Purpose/ Spanish Writing Sample

213/ 550/ 80

Nov. 1 June 1 Paula Sanmartín psanmartin@csufresno.edu

278.8803 Office / 278.2386 Dept.

Special Education, MA 3.0 GPA/ Letters/ Statement of Purpose/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

220/ 560/ 83

Nov. 1 June 1 Kimberly Coy kcoy@csufresno.edu 278.1724 Office / 278.0250 Dept.

Viticulture and Enology, MS (Temporarily Suspended)

3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Undergraduate coursework/ 3 Letters of Recommendation

N/A N/A Eric Person eperson@csufresno.edu 278.7179 Office / 278.2089 Dept.

Water Resource Management, MS • Online

3.0 GPA/ GRE/ 1 Letter of Recommendation

213/ 550/ 80

Dec. 18 N/A Peter VandeWater pvandewater@csufresno.edu

278.2912 Office / 278.3086 Dept.

*Minimum TOEFL Scores required: CB=Computer-based, PB=Paper-based, IB=Internet-based

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Adult-Gero Clinical Nurse Specialist

Kammi Sayaseng (Suspended) ksayaseng@csufresno.edu 278.6678 Office / 278.2041 Dept.

Biotechnology Alejandro Calderon-Urrea

calalea@csufresno.edu 278.4080 Office / 278.2001 Dept.

Composition Melanie Hernandez

jbmelanieh@csufresno.edu 278.4921 Office / 278.2553 Dept.

Criminal Justice Counseling Specialist

Bernadette Muscat (Suspended) bmuscat@csufresno.edu 278.1012 Office / 278.2305 Dept.

Dietetics Shabnam Pooya shabnampooya@csufresno.edu 278.5068 Office / 278.1601 Dept.

Educational Technology Roy Bohlin royb@csufresno.edu 278.0245 Office / 278.0240 Dept.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Zhi Wang zwang@csufresno.edu

278.4427 Office / 278.3086 Dept.

Homeland Security

Keith Clement (Suspended)

kclement@csufresno.edu 278.1011 Office / 278.2305 Dept.

Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist

Kammi Sayaseng (Suspended) ksayaseng@csufresno.edu 278.6678 Office / 278.2041 Dept.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Janice Sanders Janices@csufresno.edu 278.2429 Office / 278.2041 Dept.

Teaching American History

Brad A. Jones bradjones@csufresno.edu 278.2351 Office / 278.2153 Dept.

TESOL Jidong Chen jchen@csufresno.edu 278.2441 Office / 278.2441 Dept.

Community and Regional Planning

Hongwei Dong hdong@csufresno.edu 278-2890 Office / 278-2797 Dept.

CREDENTIAL PROGRAMS

Basic Credential Renee Flores reflores@csufresno.edu

278.0300 Office / 278.0300 Dept.

Advanced Credential with Master’s

Susan Tracz susant@csufresno.edu

278.0347 Office / 278.0347 Dept.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Additional Program Application Deadlines

If your program of interest indicates a program application deadline you will need to contact the Graduate Program Coordinator for program application materials, required paperwork, and verification of deadlines. All paperwork required by the program should be submitted directly to the coordinator/program office.

Please take time to visit our graduate website at www.fresnostate.edu/gradstudies. From here, you can navigate to program information, applications, current catalog, schedule of courses, and much more. Our “News and Events” site will also give you an inside look at current graduate students, faculty, and financial opportunities. This information is also provided on www.csumentor.edu. Contact information for each program coordinator may be found at www.fresnostate.edu/gradstudies. Please feel free to call the Division of Graduate Studies at 559.278.2448 if you have additional questions.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Division of Graduate Studies

Frank W. Thomas Bldg. Rm 132 559.278.2448 / www.fresnostate.edu/gradstudies

Financial Aid

Joyal Administration, Room 296 559.278.2182

Graduate Admissions Office (for domestic students)

Joyal Administration, Rm 121 559.278.4073 / Graduateadmissions@listserv.csufresno.edu

Graduate Admissions Office (for international students)

Joyal Administration, Rm 211 559.278.2409 / IntlAdm@listserv.csufresno.edu

Testing Services

Family Food Science Bldg, Room 110 559.278.2457 / www.fresnostate.edu/testing

University Web site - www.fresnostate.edu

Fresno State 559.278.2448 www.fresnostate.edu/drgs calstate.edu/apply

* UNIVERSITY APPLICATION DEADLINES: Spring 2018 – Nov. 1, 2017 / FALL 2018 – June 1, 2018. Earlier deadlines for individual programs are also noted. Deadline subject to change; please contact program department for the most current deadline information.