Welcome!
Credential Office
Address
18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8265
Office
College of Education —Education Building E103 | Map
credprep@csun.edu
Telephone
(818) 677-2586 Phone lines are opened 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily
FAX
(818) 677-5722
Office email
credprep@csun.edu
Office Hours
Monday: 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m*
Tuesday: 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m*
Wednesday: 8:00 a.m to 7:00 p.m*
Thursday: 12:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m*
Friday: 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m*
*Office hours may change. Please check our website prior to visiting our office for important announcements and closure days.
Services
- Process applications for credential program admission.
- Process applications for student teaching.
- Evaluate, verify and make recommendations for teaching and services credentials.
- Provide prospective students with pre-admission advisement and information on undergraduate programs and a full array of credential, certificate and master’s programs.
- Provide information and advisement to students admitted to the traditional Multiple Subject, Single Subject, and Education Specialist Credentials & Certificate programs.
- Provide information sessions for prospective students, and orientations for students newly admitted to the traditional Multiple Subject, Single Subject, and Education Credential programs.
- Admission interview scheduling
- Plan and organize various on- and off-campus events and activities for student outreach and recruitment.
- Provide information on teacher education scholarships.
Mission
To serve the diverse educational needs of students and the community as we assist in the preparation of teachers, counselors, administrators and other education professionals.
Vision
To provide a centralized location in which prospective and current students, faculty, staff and the community can receive accurate, comprehensive and complete information and advisement regarding the requirements involved in obtaining California Credentials and Certificates authorizing service in California schools.
There are three major categories of credentials available at California State University, Northridge, College of Education: teaching, specialist, and services. All CSUN credential programs are accredited by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Credentialing (NCATE).