Completion of all Admission Requirements
Campuses require that all admission requirements (Golden 4, units, GPA requirements, supplemental requirements) must be completed by the end of spring for fall admission or by the end of fall for spring admission. CSU Channel Islands, CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU East Bay, Fresno State, CSU Long Beach, CSU Los Angeles, CSU Sacramento, San Jose State University, and CSU Stanislaus require admission requirements for spring semester to be completed by the end of the prior summer.
Completion of the “Golden Four”
The following semester campuses require the "Golden Four" courses (Oral Communication, Written Communication, Critical Thinking, Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning) be completed the semester before the start of the upcoming term.
Bakersfield
| Fall
| Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term
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Spring
| Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission term
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Channel Islands
| Fall
| Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term
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Spring
| Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission term |
Chico
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the fall prior to the spring admission term |
Dominguez Hills
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission term |
East Bay
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by the end of the fall prior to the spring admission term
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Fresno
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term
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| Spring | Complete by end of the summer term prior to the spring admission term
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Fullerton | Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission term |
Humboldt
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the fall prior to the spring admission term |
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Long Beach | Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission term |
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Los Angeles | Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission term |
Maritime Academy
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | N/A
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Monterey Bay | Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission term |
Northridge
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
Spring
| Complete by end of the fall prior to the spring admission term |
Pomona
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission term |
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Sacramento | Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission term |
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San Bernardino | Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term
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| Spring | Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission
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San Diego
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
Spring
| Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission term |
San Francisco
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the fall prior to the spring admission term
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San José
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term
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| Spring | Complete by end of fall prior to the spring admission term
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San Marcos
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the summer term prior to the spring admission term |
Sonoma
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term
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Spring
| Complete by end of the fall term prior to the spring admission term
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Stanislaus
| Fall | Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term |
| Spring | Complete by end of the summer prior to the spring admission
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The following quarter campuses require the Golden Four courses be completed one quarter or more before the start of the upcoming term.
San Luis Obispo
| Fall
| Complete by end of the spring term prior to the fall admission term. Open for transfer admission ONLY in the fall term. All of the Golden Four courses must be completed by the end of the prior spring term.
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Winter
| Open for admission to the fall term only
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Spring
| Open for admission to the fall term only
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