Welcome!
Credential Office
Address: 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8265
Office: College of Education —Education Building E103 | Map
Email: Prospective Students / Admitted Students
Telephone: (818) 677-2586 - Phone lines are open 10:30AM- 5:00PM
FAX: (818) 677-5722
Office Hours:
Monday 10:30 am – 5:00 pm*
Tuesday 10:30 am – 7:00 pm*
Wednesday 10:30 am – 7:00 pm*
Thursday 10:30 am – 5:00 pm*
Friday 10:30 am – 5:00 pm*
*Hours may change. Please check our website for the most updated information.
Services
- Process applications for credential program admission.
- Process applications for student teaching.
- Evaluate, verify and make recommendations for teaching and service 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 credential programs.
- Provide information sessions for prospective students, and orientations for students newly admitted to the traditional Multiple Subject, Single Subject, and Education Specialist 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) .
Office email: credprep@csun.edu