November 15, 2004
 
 
In this issue:  
Winter Term 2005 Preview
Begin 2005 with a solid educational accomplishment! Get closer to achieving your degree or certificate by enrolling in an academic credit or noncredit course during Winter Term (Jan. 3-28). This year, both types of course offerings – 78 in all – will be listed in a single catalog, available on campus during the third week of November. All Winter Term course information is currently available online.

Registration information:
• Academic credit courses – Online registration begins Nov. 30 and ends at 11:59 p.m., Jan. 1. Mail-in/drop-box registration begins Nov. 30 and ends Dec. 17. (Registration paperwork will be returned if not postmarked by Dec. 17.) In-person registration at the Matador Bookstore Complex, Room 100, begins Monday, Dec. 6, and ends at noon Thursday, Dec. 23.

NOTE: Late registration for Winter Term credit courses is available Jan. 3-7 for a $25 fee.

• Noncredit courses – All modes of registration are now open. Online registration is available until midnight of the day before the course begins. Registration via mail, telephone or in-person is available up to the day the class begins.
 
MPA Winter Courses
The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is offering four courses – Public Budgeting and Financial Administration, Public Policy Analysis, Public Policy Process (Seminar) and Research Methods for Public Administration – during Winter Term. Classes will be offered in Burbank and Thousand Oaks as well as on campus. Registration for MPA Winter Term begins Nov. 30. For additional information, contact Alice Lu at (818) 677-5635 or alice.lu@csun.edu.
 
Certificate Program Winter Courses
During Winter Term, The Tseng College is offering the following certificate program courses:
• Criminal and Investigative Analysis I  (Crime and Intelligence Analysis program)
• Planned Giving  (Fundraising and Institutional Advancement program)
• Employee Retention Strategies and Strategic Leadership for Human Resources (Human Resources Management program)
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) Review of Grammar I   (Interpretation and Translation program)
 
Instructor News
Bruce Campbell, instructor in the Fundraising and Institutional Advancement certificate program, has been named a member of the “subject matter expert corps” of CFRE International. The corps comprises a group of fundraising experts who have earned the CFRE (certified fund raising executive) designation and completed additional training that prepares them to write test questions for the CFRE examination and to recommend texts for the CFRE “resource reading list.” Campbell is a specialist in planned giving and major gifts. His Planned Giving course starts on January 5.

Phoebe Kelsoe, long-time instructor of Criminal Investigative Analysis I , is recovering from injuries received when she tripped over her new Shar-Pei puppy. Kelsoe’s popular course, which focuses on the behavior and personality characteristics of rape and homicide offenders – originally scheduled for Nov. 5-7 – will now meet Jan. 21-23.
 
Coming in January: CDS Cohort Registration Deadline
The sixth cohort of CSUN’s online master’s degree program in Communication
Disorders and Sciences – Speech-Language Pathology  is scheduled to begin in May 2005. Applications to join this cohort are due on Jan. 10. For more information, contact program coordinator, Dr. Karen Green, at (818) 677-2880 or karen.j.green@csun.edu.
 
Coming in Spring: “NEW SAT” Test Prep Workshop
As a result of modifications made by the Educational Testing Service to the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) for high school students, The Tseng College will begin offering a “NEW SAT” workshop in the Spring Term. The course will provide practice for the test’s new writing and expanded college-preparatory math sections. For information about course content and exam format, call (818) 225-8981. Spring Term course and registration information will be available online Nov. 22 at http://www.csun.edu/exl/schedule/spring.

NOTE: The Tseng College is offering five test prep courses – CBEST, CSET, GMAT, GRE, and LSAT – during the Winter Term.
 
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Faculty and Staff of The Roland Tseng College of Extended Learning!