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How To Guides for Students

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How To Guides for Students

As a Cal State Northridge student, you'll view and manage your academic, financial and personal information using the CSUN student portal called myNorthridge.

New! The myNorthridge Portal and SOLAR Student Center have been upgraded. Learn more.

Use the How To Guides below to learn about myNorthridge and SOLAR Student Center navigation and features. We've updated the guides marked "new" to reflect the changes. The guides not marked new are still useable. Work is in progress, so please check back.


Click a link to tour a topic. No login is required:

Access the SOLAR Student Center

Activate CSUN User ID and Password

Add a Class

Add a Class - Summer Appointment / Enrollment

Add a Class Using a Permission Number

Add Component Classes (for selected Chemistry Classes only)

Add Co-requisite Classes

Class Search

Drop a Class

Freshmen and Transfer Students - Intent to Register

My (Admissions) Checklist

myNorthridge Portal Upgrade - New!

Order Official Transcripts Online - New!

Swap Classes

Update Personal Information

View Contract for a Grade of Incomplete

View Enrollment Appointment

View Final Exam Schedule

View Holds

View My Class Schedule - New!

View My Student Account Information

View Textbooks in Class Search

View Withdrawals/Repeats - Undergraduate Students


DPR and MAP

The following guides explain Degree Progress Report (DPR) and My Academic Planner (MAP):

Interpreting DPR and MAP

Navigating to DPR and MAP

Using MAP to Plan Courses