Business Law

BLAW and Real Estate Upper Division Advisement

BLAW and Real Estate Advisement

Business Law & Real Estate Upper Division Students who are currently enrolled or have completed BUS302/L, have earned 60 or more units, have a 2.00 CSUN and Total GPA, may seek an upper division advisement for questions regarding: 

  • Major advisement
  • Application for graduation
  • Change of major processing if you have earned 90 or more units
  • Career advisement
  • Professional certification information
  • Graduate programs

Change of Major or Minor

You do not need an appointment in order to request a change of major or minor.

  • Students who have completed 90 or more units need to submit the paper Change of Major or Minor form.
    • If you are changing/adding majors: Please attach a copy of your Degree Progress Report from the current month under the desired major.
    • If you are requesting to add a minor: Please attach a copy of your Degree Progress Report from the current month under your current major.
  • You may submit the appropriate documents to the Associate Dean's Office in BB 3109.

Students who have completed less than 90 units may add, change or drop their major/minor online by visiting their myNorthridge account. A tutorial is available online at: http://www.csun.edu/admissions-records/change-major-minor.

Applying for Graduation

Students do not need to schedule an appointment in order to apply for graduation. Please follow the steps below

Apply for graduation online!

  • Who can apply? Undergraduate students who meet the following criteria:
    • Must be in a declared major
    • Must have completed 90 units (including work in progress)
    • Must have completed one semester at CSUN
  • When can you apply?
    • Eligible students can apply up to one year in advance of their expected graduation date.
    • Application submission deadlines have changed. Please refer to the Undergraduate Degree Services (UDS) Calendar for the updated deadlines.
  • Where can you apply?
    • Students can access the link to apply for graduation through their SOLAR Student Center.
  • What happens after you apply?
    • Once a student applies to graduate online, an advisement hold will be placed on their account immediately blocking registration for the semester in which they are graduating.
  • Who cannot apply online and must fill out the paper Graduation Application?
    • 2nd Bachelor Students
    • Discontinued Students
    • Students submitting an application after the Online Graduation Application submission deadline.

Important Links

Business Law / Real Estate / Finance / Management / Marketing
Majors and Minors

 After applying for graduation online, please complete the following steps to remove your advisement hold:

1. Drop off a current copy of your Degree Progress Report (DPR)/Planner to Bookstein Hall (BB)* 3109. Appointment Not Necessary!
2. Be sure that all of your remaining requirements are planned on your DPR/Planner based on course pre-requisites. For your major advisement sheet listing all pre-requisites, visit http://www.csun.edu/cobaessc/undergraduate-programs-business.
3. The Upper Division Mentor will review your DPR/Planner within 10-15 business days. Your advisement hold will be removed once the review is completed.

Course Planning and Questions

To schedule an appointment, please call the Associate Dean's Office at (818) 677-2466 or visit in person in BB 3109.

Please bring a copy of your Degree Progress Report from the current month to your appointment.

Pre-Law and Career Mentoring

Pre-Law and Career Mentoring: Business Law Faculty Mentors

Although the American Bar Association has advised that a pre-law undergraduate major is not necessary to attend law school, some students who major in Business Law may be interested in becoming lawyers. The decision to go to law school is often difficult. Preparing to apply for law school involves thoughtful and serious reflection. There are many factors that law school admissions committees will consider about your background and interests, your achievements, and your performance on the admissions exam and in your undergraduate studies.

All Business Law department faculty members are attorneys who can give advice to prospective law students. In addition, the following information, prepared by one of our faculty members, should prove helpful.

For more information please follow the link "You Can Get There From Here: A Beginner's Guide to Getting Into Law School"(.pdf) by Professor Melanie Stallings Williams, J.D.

Law School Preparation Useful Information

There is a variety of useful information online regarding law school preparation, the application process, and the law school experience. You may find the following websites to be particularly helpful.

ABA Required Disclosures 

This site provides detailed information about all accredited law schools.

Law School Admission Council

This site contains useful information about registering for and taking the LSAT, as well as information about applying to law school.

Internet Legal Resources Guide Pre-Law Student Services

This useful site contains information and links to information ranging from taking the LSAT and law school rankings to applying to law schools and financial aid.

Graduate School Guide

This site has information and links to law schools and graduate programs in other fields.

Campus Tours

In addition to information about financial aid and links to student-oriented websites, you can "visit"  and take a virtual tour of many university campuses using interactive maps, college web-cams, online video tours, campus photos.

U.S. News & World Report's Graduate School Rankings

Law school rankings and other graduate school rankings appear on this site.

Association of American Law Schools

You can find links here to all of the law school programs accredited by the American Bar Association.

Embark.com: Going to Law School

You will find information here on preparing for, choosing, applying to, and financing law school.

Preparing for Legal Education

This is the American Bar Association's official statement about preparing for law school.