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Special Admission for DS Credential Courses Only
 (One year to complete all ECTS DS Credential Courses
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Anyone who will be taking only ECTS courses required for their Designated Subjects (DS) Career and Technical Education (CTE) Teaching Credential, and who can complete all the required ECTS courses within one year can be admitted to CSUSB as a transitory "DS Credential Courses Only" student without meeting entrance exam, math/English and transcript requirements!

 

IMPORTANT DATES:

Cutoff dates for filing for "Special Admission for DS Credential Courses Only" are found by following the CSUSB admission website: https://www.csusb.edu/admissions/apply-csusb/deadlines

Applicants whose teaching jobs may depend on their being admitted and enrolled in the ECTS "Credential Only" courses may be able to be admitted after the cutoff dates, but will, at the time of their application, need to indicate on their application that they need the ECTS courses NOW in order to meet credentialing requirements, and include that information in the e-mail you send to Dr. Joe Scarcella at:

jscarcel@csusb.edu

 Also, if you would like a head start, ask Dr. Scarcella about starting to work online on DS/CTE on the Credential (ECTS) course assignments in any of the courses he teaches prior to the start of of the Quarter you intend to officially enroll.

In order to insure that the courses needed remain open, it is ESSENTIAL to apply for admission for the appropriate Quarter and then officially enroll in the courses needed AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!


PLEASE NOTE: "Special Admission for DS Credential Courses Only" applicants are not eligible for financial aid and not eligible for fee waivers through CSUSB. Financial aid and fee waivers may be available for students admitted to either a bachelor or master degree program if they follow the regular admission process for traditional degree seeking students. The link just below leads to current information about:
Any "Special Admission for DS Credential Courses Only" applicants who later decide to enter a degree program or pursue any other course of study, must reapply for admission to CSUSB as a traditional student and must at that time meet all of the admission requirements for the program they want to pursue. All of the ECTS credentialing courses can be applied to our Career and Technical Education Bachelor or Master Degree Programs.

Anyone interested in our Bachelor Degree Programs in Career and Technical Education, please contact
Sid Burks (SBurks@csusb.edu)

Anyone interested in our Masters Degree Program in Career and Technical Education, please contact
Dr. Joe Scarcella (jscarcel@csusb.edu)

Anyone interested in the expedited "Credential Only" application, please follow the three step process indicated below.

STEP 1 - APPLYING FOR ADMISSION

If you want to apply for "Special Admission for DS Credential Courses Only," please follow the link to the "DS Credential Courses Only Application Form" below, then print and complete that paper form and send it with the application fee (a check for $55 made out to CSUSB Admission) via US Postal Mail to: Completed applications that are sent in via fax are processed more quickly. The fax number is 909-537-7034 and the cover page should indicate "Attention: Processing Unit, Office of Admissions, DS Credential Courses Only Program". If you fax your application, please mail the $55 check to the Admissions Office (Processing Unit) with a note attached indicating your name and the date your DS Credential Courses Only application was faxed.

After downloading the "DS Credential Courses Only Application Form" from the link below, Please RETURN TO THIS PAGE and follow the "VERY IMPORTANT" directions and examples on the remainder of this page to complete the application process.

Follow the text link just below to download the:

 

The "DS Credential Courses Only Application Form" (link just above) is a MS Word document. If you do not have the MS Office software installed on your computer you can follow this link to download a free Office File Viewer from the Microsoft.com web site.

VERY IMPORTANT: To facilitate the admission process, any "Special Admission for DS Credential Courses Only" applicant must also send, on the same day that the Application for Admission form is mailed or faxed, an e-mall (as indicated below) to:

Dr. Joe Scarcella ~ jscarcel@csusb.edu
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That e-mail should include the following information (all 6 items):
  1. Your first and last name (as on the application).

  2. Indicate either "Graduate" OR "Undergraduate"
    If you have a Bachelors Degree you are a "Graduate"
    Otherwise, you are an "Undergraduate.

  3. Your correct current e-mail address.

  4. The exact date the application was mailed or faxed.

  5. The Quarter and Year to be officially enrolled
    (such as Fall 2011 or WINTER 2012, etc.).

  6. The online ECTS course numbers you plan to enroll in for that
    quarter (such as ECTS 501, 504, 518 & 519 or ECTS 502 & 503).
    All of the "main campus" ECTS courses are done all online.

SPECIAL NOTE for PALM DESERT CAMPUS (ONLY) - Anyone who lives in the Palm Desert area and plans to actually attend the ECTS classes on the Palm Desert Campus, please add an item #7 that states "Palm Desert Campus".

Please be sure to indicate the "SUBJECT" of your e-mail as "DS Credential Only Application" and your name (such as "Mary Smith").

An EXAMPLE of what your e-mail should look like is as follows:
    TO:jscarcel@csusb.edu
    CC:jscarcel@csusb.edu
    SUBJECT: DS Credential Only Application - Mary Smith

    1. My first and last name is Mary Smith.
    2. I am an UNDERGRADUATE
    3. My e-mail address is WordSmith@whatever.com
    4. My application was mailed on July 1, 2017
    5. I need to enroll for FALL Quarter, 2017.
    6. I plan to enroll in the "all online" ECTS 501, 504, 518 & 519.
Once admitted, it is still necessary to register and pay for the specific ECTS courses needed before the beginning of the quarter indicated on the application. All distance learning students must register for one of the main campus sections of each ECTS course they wish to enroll in (no attendance at any class session is required for any ECTS distance learning student).

After your application for admission has been processed you must then complete the enrollment process described in STEP 2 just below.

STEP 2 - ENROLLING IN COURSES

As soon as possible after you have been admitted (as either "Special Admission for DS Credential Courses Only" or to a specific degree progran) you need to activate your "MyCoyote" student ID and complete the registration process through the "MyCoyote" system. For information and directions about how to do that, follow this link to: Your MyCoyote Student ID number should be sent to you in an e-mail or letter from CSU San Bernardino. If you do not receive that letter within two weeks of the time you apply for admission, please e-mail Dr. Joe Scarcella ~ jscarcel@csusb.edu ASAP to indicate the date you applied, that no application status information is posted on the "status" link referenced above and that you have not received any information about the status of your application. It will also helpful to remind Dr. Pendleton of the specific ECTS courses you need to be enrolled in.

It is highly recommended to enroll in the following all-online courses; ECTS 501, ECTS 519, ECTS 504 and/or ECTS 518, during the your first Quarter. If the ECTS 501 and ECTS 518 courses offered by Dr Pendleton are taken together, additional time (if needed) may be allowed to complete the ECTS 518 course assignments.

Courses offered at the Palm Desert Campus are done in traditional in-class format.

Check online to get the Call Numbers for the ECTS courses you need to register for in the Quarter that you need to officially enroll in those courses. This information is available online at: VERY IMPORTANT: Please pay your registration (enrollment) fees at the same time you register for ECTS courses. In some cases it is possible to register without paying the fees, but anyone who hasn't paid the fees within 5 days of registration is dropped from the courses they have enrolled in by the registration software program. If you register without paying and are dropped from the course because of that, you will need to REINROLL by going through the whole enrollment process again!

PLEASE - After completing the online course registration process, double check your MyCoyote account information to confirm that you have been officially enrolled in the courses you need and that all of the required fees have been paid in full.

After you have been officially admitted and have your MyCoyote Student ID nunber, if you encounter any difficulty with the "MyCoyote" course registration process, please telephone Janet Brooks at 909-537-7370 for assistance.

STEP 3 - CONTACT COURSE INSTRUCTOR

As soon as you have completed the official registration process, please send an e-mail message to the course instructor for each ECTS course you have enrolled in. Include your full name, your "MyCoyote" student ID number and a list of all the ECTS courses you have enrolled in for the current quarter. If you have not already done so, please also request the link to that instructor's most current course materials (E-TEXT).

PLEASE NOTE: The DS Credential Courses Only Application for Admission should be completed as far in advance as possible and registration completedand paid for as soon as possible.

For additional program and course information