California State University, Northridge

California State University, Northridge (CSUN), colloquially known as C-SUN or Cal State Northridge, is a state-funded university in Northridge, California, USA. It is part of the California State University System, and was formerly the San Fernando Valley State College. CSUN hosts the International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities each year. The university is nearing completion of a massive rebuilding project after an earthquake destroyed a significant portion of the campus.

Academics

On May 1, 2005, the L.A. Daily News reported that CSUN will be lowering its general education credit requirements from 58 credits to 48, in order to improve the university's embarrassingly low on-time graduation rate. In 2003, only 3.8 percent of the student body graduated within four years, and only 32 percent graduated within six years.

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There are eight colleges within the university, including the Michael D. Eisner College of Education. CSUN's admissions program is somewhat rigorous, especially in the increasingly competitive climate of California's educational systems, but especially in the graduate school the belief is that you can get in and then you have to prove you belong.

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The University has increased its outreach in the Southern California area. Degrees in the area of Public Sector Management have increased CSUN's presence in not only other areas of California, such as Santa Barbara, but it also in reaching-out to working professionals.

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