Associate Degree for Transfer Students
Two programs can help you transfer from one of the California Community Colleges (CCC) to the California State University (CSU) and complete your bachelor's degree in a timely and cost-effective way. The programs are:
- Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADT)
- California Promise Two-Year Pledge Program
Learn more below.
Where are you in your transfer journey?
- Just beginning at a CCC? Discover the benefits of an ADT and explore your transfer options.
- Considering an ADT? Find out which majors are accepted for transfer at 快活林性息 and other participating four-year universities.听
- Already started an ADT pathway? Make sure the CSU you plan to attend accepts your major as a 鈥渓ike major鈥 for transfer.
IMPORTANT: ADT applicants, please also review 快活林性息 Transfer Admissions.
The Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) is designed to help California community college students transfer to California State University (CSU) schools. Unlike regular AA or AS degrees, the Associate in Art for Transfer (AA-T) and the Associate in Science for Transfer (AS-T) degrees come with certain benefits.
ADT Benefits at 快活林性息
If you meet 快活林性息's upper-division transfer admission eligibility requirements and earn a verified AA-T or AS-T degree that matches a major at 快活林性息, you will:
- Receive priority admission consideration even when a 快活林性息 major is impacted.*
- Enter 快活林性息 with junior standing, ready for upper-division course work.
- Be able to complete the transfer major in 60 more semester units as long as you do not change your major.
- Receive priority registration each semester.听
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As a student with a verified AA-T or AS-T degree who also meets the CSU鈥檚 upper-division transfer admission eligibility requirements, you are guaranteed admission to a CSU though not necessarily to a particular campus or major.
Verify Your ADT Major for 快活林性息听
IMPORTANT!
- If you plan to earn an ADT at a California community college and transfer to 快活林性息, verify that your ADT major matches one at 快活林性息. Matching majors are listed In the table on this page.
- For transfer admission to 快活林性息 under this program, your final transcript听must show that you have earned a verified ADT from a California community college.
Find Matching ADT & 快活林性息 Majors.
Keep Your ADT Advantage
Once you're admitted to 快活林性息 as an ADT student, you'll want to maintain your ADT status. Review how to keep your advantage in the 快活林性息 University Catalog at . There, you will also find Degree Road Maps for completing your major in 60 additional units. Your 快活林性息 academic advisor will also assist you.
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If you are admitted to 快活林性息 with a verified Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) in a matching major, you can participate in the California Promise Program. You will take the Two-Year Pledge to complete your bachelor鈥檚 degree in two additional college years. This means you will take 30 semester units per year, which may include enrolling in summer and winter terms.
If you qualify for California Promise, you will:
- Receive priority registration each semester.
- Receive routine and thorough academic advisement especially for ADT students.
For program requirements, qualifications and the pledge form, visit .
For systemwide details, visit the .
Verify Your ADT Major for 快活林性息
Make sure your California community college major matches one at California State University, Northridge (快活林性息). To qualify for admission to an ADT degree-completion program and/or the California Promise Program at 快活林性息, you must:
- Be pursuing one of the California Community College ADT听majors listed in the table below (left column),听and
- Apply for admission to the matching 快活林性息-approved major and option if applicable (right column of table),听and
- Meet the eligibility criteria at听听补苍诲 .
Note:听As a California resident with an AA-T or AS-T degree, you will also be affected by听听if you have chosen an impacted major.
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Title of AA-T or AS-T Degree | 听Major/Option Matches at 快活林性息 |
Administration of Justice | BA - Criminology and Justice Studies - General |
Anthropology | BA - Anthropology - General |
Art History | BA - Art - General |
Studio Arts | BA - Art - General |
Biology | BA - Biology - General BS - Biology / Biotechnology option |
Business Administration* | BS - Business Administration / Business Analytics option BS - Business Administration / Business Law option BS - Business Administration / Global Supply Chain Management option BS - Business Administration / Management option BS - Business Administration / Marketing option* BS - Business Administration / Pre-Finance option BS - Business Administration / Real Estate option BS - Business Administration / Systems and Operations Management option BS - Consumer Sciences / Consumer Affairs option*** BA - Economics - General |
Chemistry | BA - Chemistry - General |
Child and Adolescent Development | BA - Child and Adolescent Development / Applied Developmental Science option BS - Family and Consumer Sciences / Family Studies option |
Communication Studies | BA - Communication Studies - General |
Computer Science | BS - Computer Science - General |
Early Childhood Education | BA - Child and Adolescent Development / Early Childhood Development option |
Economics | BA - Economics - General |
Elementary Teacher Education | BA - Liberal Studies / Pre-Credential option |
English | BA - English / Creative Writing option BA - English / Honors option BA - English / Literature option BA - English / Subject Matter Program option |
Environmental Science | BS - Geography and Environmental Studies BS - Geology - General |
Film, Television and Electronic Media | BA - Cinema and Television Arts / Emerging Media Production option BA - Cinema and Television Arts /听Entertainment Media Management option BA - Cinema and Television Arts / Media Theory and Criticism option BA - Cinema and Television Arts / Screenwriting option |
Geography |
BS - Geography and Environmental Studies |
Geology | BS - Geology - General |
Global Studies | BA - Anthropology - General BA - Asian American Studies - General BA - Central American Studies - General BA - Chicana and Chicano Studies - General BS - Consumer Sciences / Consumer Affairs*** BS -听Consumer Sciences / Family and Consumer Sciences*** BA - English / Creative Writing option BA - English / Honors option BA - English / Literature option BA - English / Subject Matter Program option BA - Gender and Women's Studies - General BS - Geography and Environmental Studies BA - History - General BA - Interdisciplinary Studies BA - Linguistics - General BA - Philosophy - General BA - Religious Studies - General BA - Sociology - General Sociology option BA - Spanish / Hispanic Linguistics option BA - Spanish / Language and Culture option BA - Spanish / Literature option BA - Spanish / Translation and Interpretation option BA - Urban Studies and Planning - General |
History | BA - History - General |
Hospitality Management | BS - Tourism, Hospitality, and Recreation Management |
Journalism | BA - Journalism - General BA - Journalism - Broadcast option BA - Journalism - Public Relations option |
Kinesiology | BS - Kinesiology / Dance option BS - Kinesiology / Sport Studies option |
Law, Public Policy, and Society | BA - Criminology and Justice Studies BA - Political Science / Law and Society option BA - Political Science / Politics and Government option BA - Political Science / Public Policy and Management option |
Mathematics | BA - Mathematics - General BA - Mathematics / Secondary Teaching option BS - Mathematics / General BS - Mathematics 听/ Applied Mathematical Sciences option BS - Mathematics / Statistics option |
Music | BA - Music/Breadth Studies option |
Philosophy | BA - Philosophy - General BA - Jewish Studies - General BA - Religious Studies - General |
Physics | BA - Physics - General BS - Physics - General BS - Physics / Astrophysics option |
Political Science | BA - Political Science / Law and Society option BA - Political Science / Politics and Government option BA - Political Science / Public Policy and Management option |
Psychology | BA - Psychology - General BS - Family and Consumer Sciences / Family Studies option |
Social Justice Studies | BA - Asian American Studies - General BA - Central American Studies - General BA - Chicana and Chicano Studies - General BA - English / Creative Writing option BA - English / Honors option BA - English / Literature option BA - English / Subject Matter Program option BA - Gender and Women's Studies - General BA - Interdisciplinary Studies option BA - Linguistics - General BA - Philosophy - General BA - Religious Studies - General BA - Sociology - General Sociology option BA - Spanish / Hispanic Linguistics option BA - Spanish / Language and Culture option BA - Spanish / Literature option BA - Spanish / Translation and Interpretation option BA - Urban Studies and Planning - General |
Social Work and Human Services | BA - Sociology - General |
Sociology | BA - Criminology and Justice Studies - General BA - Sociology - General |
Spanish | BA - Central American Studies - General BA - Chicana and Chicano Studies - General BA - Spanish / Hispanic Linguistics option BA - Spanish / Language and Culture option BA - Spanish / Literature option BA - Spanish / Translation and Interpretation option |
Theatre Arts** | BA - Theatre / Theatre Arts option** BA - Theatre / Acting and Directing option** BA - Theatre / Design and Production option** |
*Starting with fall 2022 admission,听only the new听Business Administration 2.0 ADT, which includes statistics, will match听the 快活林性息 Business Administration听Marketing option. Please consult with your community college counselor.
**Starting with spring 2025 admission, the new Theatre options will be available.
***Starting with spring 2026 admission, three new Consumer Sciences options will be available.
How to Apply
Please return to 听补苍诲 听to review admission application instructions, transcript requirements and deadlines.
Questions? Please contact the Office of Admissions at (818) 677-3400 or email admissions@csun.edu.