5.02

Evidence of Compliance:

Admission

The Department follows the University procedures and policies in these matters as set forth in the 2018-2019 CSULB Catalog. Links to these policies are provided here:

CSULB Admissions Policies and Procedures

CSULB Policy on Probation and disqualification

Information about these policies is also available on the CSULB Admissions website, which is available via this link: CSULB Admissions Website

Requirements to declare a recreation major are determined by whether a student seeks to declare the major when applying as a freshman, after being admitted as a native freshman, as a transfer student from a community college or other university, or as a CSULB student who wish to change majors. All students must have a declared major by the time they reach 60 earned units. This applies equally to students who are:

· Undeclared

· Were admitted into a ‘pre-major’ and are requesting to declare the major

· Requesting to change major

· Requesting to add a major

Admission: Freshman Applicants Declaring the Recreation Major

Students applying for admission to CSULB can declare the major as they apply. Information about freshman applications is available on this website. Freshman Admission Requirements and Application Process

Admission: Native Freshman Declaring the Recreation Major after Admission

In Fall 2018, students admitted to CSULB as native freshmen in another major must meet the following requirement to declare a Recreation Major:

· Minimum Cumulative GPA: 2.0 for Recreation Management and 2.4 for Recreation Therapy

· Minimum lower division preparation (grade of C or better required):

· General Education Category D – Social Science and Citizenship (minimum 3 courses totaling 9 units which satisfy the entire area)

· Required General Education courses not covered by major preparation courses:

o Written Communication

o Oral Communication

o Critical Thinking

o Mathematics

· Additional lower division preparation required of CSULB students (grade of C or better required):

· Lower division core requirements of the Recreation major

· REC 141 – Introduction to Leisure Services (fulfills GE Category D)

· REC 225 – Programming Recreation Activities

These requirements are publicly posted on the following website: Fall 2018 Policy of Major Specific Declaration Requirements

Admission: Transfer Students Declaring the Recreation Major

Beginning in the Fall of 2103, all CSULB undergraduate majors become "impacted." As a result, all transfer into CSULB from community colleges or other universities will have major specific admission and declaration requirements. This policy is posted on the CSULB Admissions website for transfer students, and is available via this link: CSULB Admission Website for Transfer Students

Specific requirements for each majors are posted on the CSULB Major Specific Admissions Requirements for Transfer Students website, including requirements specific to the Recreation major. These websites are available via these link: Major Specific Admission Requirements for Transfer Students

Students transferring into the Recreation major must have a GPA of 2.0 for Recreation Management and 2.4 for Recreation Therapy, and have completed 9 units of Social Science and Citizenship with a grade of C or better. All students earning a degree at in the CSU system must complete a U.S. History course and a U.S. Constitution and Ideals course (as provided for in Title 5, Article 40404). Fulfilling these requirements will complete 6 of the 9 units of required Social Science and Citizenship course work. The additional units can be met by community college classes equivalent to:

REC 141, Introduction to Leisure Services

SOC 100, Principles of Sociology

PSY 100, General Psychology

These classes will fulfill requirements for our major (although our major requires either SOC 100 or PSY 100, not both).

CSULB publicly posts information about which courses fulfill the Social Science and Citizenship course requirement (commonly known as GE category D) on the website accessible via this link: CSULB Website listing Social Science and Citizenship Courses

Students can identify equivalent classes available at other public California college and universities via CSU Assist, which is “an online student-transfer information system that shows how course credits earned at one public California college or university can be applied when transferred to another” (as stated on the Assist Home Page). The Assist Homepage can be accessed via this link: Assist Website

Admission: Changing majors to the Recreation Major

Two policies affect CSULB students’ ability to change majors: the Timely Graduation for Undergraduate Students policy and the Academic Progress Rules for Undergraduate Programs policy. The first limits the number of units an undergraduate student can have completed before changing majors, so that students who are seniors (who have completed 90 units) are only allowed to change majors if doing so does not extend the time required to complete their degree. The second requires students who are not processing toward their stated degree to seek advising. If their intended degree is unattainable (due to failing to meet GPA requirements), students will be dismissed from the program and guided to a more appropriate degree goal. Information about these policies is publicly available at the following links:

Timely Graduation for Undergraduate Students

Academic Progress Rules for Undergraduate Programs

Retention

The university probation policy requires that undergraduate students maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher to remain in good standing. This policy is published in the 2018-2019 CSULB Catalog, and is available via the following link: CSULB Probation Policy

The department policy for retention requires that “Student must maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA on all units attempted and achieve a "C" or better in each course of the Recreation major to progress in the sequence of study. Students earning less than a "C" grade in a course required in the major must repeat that course.”

Disqualification

Student who are on probation for two semesters are subject to academic disqualification. The university policy on is published in the 2018-2019 CSULB Catalog, and is available via the following link: CSULB Disqualification Policy