Social Science Subject Matter Waiver Program
Department Chair: Douglas Dodd
Office: Humanities Office Building (HOB), 131
Phone: (661) 654-3079
Email: cziegler@csub.edu
Social Science Subject Matter Waiver Program
Students may also earn a Social Science Subject Matter Waiver separately from the degree program by successfully completing the Social Science Program requirements outlined below. Please note that the Social Science Subject Matter Waiver Program alone is not a degree program.
Additional Information and Policies
If you are seeking subject matter certification through the CSUB Social Science Subject Matter Waiver Program, you may be admitted to the Credential Program if you have successfully completed 80% of the subject matter program course work and have met the minimum 2.7 Social Science GPA requirement. You must successfully complete 100% of the Social Science Program requirements prior to beginning Stage II of the Credential Program.
Courses taken at an institution other than CSUB
To earn a Subject Matter Waiver from the CSUB Social Science Program, at least 70% of your upper-division Social Science course work must be completed at CSUB. Students may be required to present syllabi for evaluation of upper-division requirements not taken at CSUB. Exceptions to this policy will be made only after consideration and approval by the Social Science Academic Petitions Committee. Candidates must present requests for exceptions to the committee prior to the semester they are seeking certification. Additionally, please note that only those courses in which a candidate has earned a C-or better will be accepted.
Courses taken at an institution other than CSUB
If you are seeking subject matter certification through the CSUB Social Science Subject Matter Waiver Program, you may be admitted to the Credential Program if you have successfully completed 80% of the subject matter program course work and have met the minimum 2.7 Social Science GPA requirement. You must successfully complete 100% of the Social Science Program requirements prior to beginning Stage II of the Credential Program.
Currency of courses
All required Social Science courses have a content currency ten-year expiration date. In order for courses to count for your waiver, they must have been taken within ten years of completing the waiver program for content currency. For example, if you expect to be issued a certification in May 2020, your Social Science coursework must have been completed after May 2010 to be eligible and counted for the waiver.
Evaluation Fee
For non-CSUB students requesting a transcript evaluation for Social Science coursework, there is a $75.00 fee assessed by the History Department, Social Science Program. If you earned a baccalaureate degree from CSUB you are considered a native student.