GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS AND ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
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GRADUATE PROGRAM
ADMISSION CRITERIA
Min. TOEFL
CB/PB/IB*
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GRADUATE COORDINATOR
Area Code (559)
SPRING
Agricultural Science, MS
2.75 GPA in the last 60 units/ Bachelors in
Agricultural Science/Education or
equivalent/ Transcripts/ GRE (151V, 151Q)/
Personal Statement/ 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
Amanda McKeith amckeith@csufresno.edu
278.4331 Office / 278.2971 Dept.
Art, MA
3.0 GPA/ Bachelors in Art or equivalent/
Portfolio or Examples of Written Work/
Personal Statement/ CV or Resume/
Transcripts / 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Oct. 1
Stephanie Ryan sryan@csufresno.edu
278.2117 Office / 278.2516 Dept.
Accountancy (Suspended)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Biology, MS
2.5 GPA in last 60 units/ GRE/ Commitment
from two potential advisors/ Personal
Statement/ 2 Letters of Recommendation
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
Hwan Youn hyoun@csufresno.edu
278.8305 Office / 278.2001 Dept.
Biotechnology, MBt
3.0 GPA in Science and Math coursework/
GRE/ Prerequisites/ 3 Letters of Rec
optional
213/ 550/ 80
N/A
Alejandro Calderon calalea@csufresno.edu
278.4080 Office / 278.2001 Dept.
Business Administration, MBA
• MBA
• EMBA
2.5 GPA in last 60 units/ GMAT- 550 or
GRE/ Personal Statement/ Transcripts/ 2
Letters of Recommendation (GMAT may be
waived by Grad Coordinator for applicant w/
Business Admin degree from Craig School
of Business with a 3.2 GPA or higher,
GMAT waived for the EMBA)
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
Harry Xia [email protected]du
278.2931 Office / 278.2107 Dept.
Chemistry, MS
2.5 GPA in major/ Bachelors in Chemistry or
equivalent/ GRE/ Transcripts/ 3 Letters of
Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
Krish Krishnan krish@csufresno.edu
278.7944 Office / 278.2103 Dept.
Civil Engineering, MS
• Water Resources & Environmental
Engineering
3.0 GPA in last 60 units/ Bachelors in Civil
Engineering, Geomatics Engineering, or
equivalent/ GRE 146Q
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
William Wright wfwright@csufresno.edu
278.5591 Office / 278.2889 Dept.
Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental
Health Counseling, MS
3.0 GPA in last 60 units/ Transcripts/
Statement of Purpose/ Writing Competency/
Prerequisites/ 3 Letters of Rec
220/ 560/ 83
NA
Alicia Brown Becton abecton@csufresno.edu
278.0433 Office / 278.0340 Dept.
Communication, MA
3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Bachelors in
Communication/ Transcripts/ Personal
Statement/ Writing Sample/ 3 Letters of Rec
250/ 600 / 100
N/A
Marnel Niles Goins mngoins@csufresno.edu
278.8804 Office / 278.2826 Dept.
Communicative Disorders, MA
• Deaf Education Online
3.0 GPA/ Bachelors in Communicative
Disorders or equivalent/ Prerequisites/ GRE/
3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
N/A
Frances Pomaville fpomavil@csufresno.edu
278.2732 Office / 278.2423 Dept.
Oct. 1
Computer Science, MS
3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Performance in Computer
Science courses/ 3 Letters of
Rec/Statement of Purpose/ Resume
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
Alex Liu shliu@csufresno.edu
278.4789 Office / 278.4373 Dept.
Counseling, MS
• Marriage, Family & Child
Counseling
• School Counseling
• Student Affairs & College
Counseling
3.0 GPA in last 60 units/ Prerequisites/
Transcripts/ Writing Competency/ Statement
of Purpose/ 3 Letters of Rec
220/ 560 / 83
Oct. 1
Chris Lucey clucey@csufresno.edu
278.0407 Office / 278.0340 Dept.
NA
Gitima Sharma gsharma@csufresno.edu
278.0069 Office / 278.0340 Dept.
Kyoung Mi Choi kchoi@csufresno.edu
278.0070 Office / 278-0340 Dept.
Creative Writing, MFA
3.0 Major GPA/ Personal Statement/ Writing
Sample/ Transcripts/ 3 Letters of Rec
250/ 600 / 100
N/A
Steven Church stchurch@csufresno.edu
278.3919 Office / 278.2553 Dept.
Criminology, MS
3.0 GPA in last 60 units/ Bachelors in
Criminology or equivalent/ Prerequisites/
GRE/ Personal Statement/ 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
N/A
Hollianne Marshall
holmarshall@csufresno.edu
278.2289 Office / 278.2305 Dept.
Education, MA
• Counseling & Student Services
2.75 GPA in last 60 semester units/
Transcripts/ Statement of Purpose/ Writing
Competency/ Prerequisite/ 3 Letters of Rec
250/ 560 / 83
NA
Song Lee malee@csufresno.edu
278.0349 Office / 278.0340 Dept.
• Curriculum & Instruction
2.75 GPA in last 60 semester units/
Transcripts/ Statement of Purpose/ Writing
Competency/ 3 Letters of Rec
250/ 560 / 83
Nov. 1
Carol Fry Bohlin carolb@csufresno.edu
278.0247 Office / 278.0240 Dept.
• Early Childhood Education
2.75 GPA in last 60 semester units/
Transcripts/ Statement of Purpose/ Writing
Competency/ 3 Letters of Rec
250/ 560 / 83
Nov. 1
Heather Horsley hhorsley@csufresno.edu
278.0119 Office / 278.0250 Dept.
• Educational Leadership &
Administration
- HEAL Pathway
2.75 GPA in last 60 semester units/
Transcripts/ Statement of Purpose/ Writing
Competency/ 3 Letters of Rec
250/ 560 / 83
Nov 1
Mabel Franks mafranks@csufresno.edu
278.0265 Office / 278.0350 Dept.
N/A
Susana Hernandez s[email protected]u
278.0320 office / 278.0350 Dept.
• Multilingual & Multicultural
Education
2.75 GPA in last 60 semester units/
Transcripts/ Statement of Purpose/ Writing
Competency/ 3 Letters of Rec
250/ 560 / 83
N/A
Teresa Huerta thuerta@csufresno.edu
278.0364 Office / 278.0250 Dept.
• Reading/Language Arts
2.75 GPA in last 60 semester units/
Transcripts/ Statement of Purpose/ Writing
Competency/ 3 Letters of Rec
250/ 560 / 83
N/A
Imelda Basurto ibasurto@csufresno.edu
278.0235 Office / 278.0250 Dept.
Educational Leadership, Ed.D.
• Fresno State
• Collaborative Online Doctorate in
Educational Leadership (CODEL)
3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Statement of Purpose/
Resume/ Professional Writing Samples/
Employer Statement of Support/ 3 Letters of
Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Spring:
NA
Sum:
April 1
Ignancio Hernandez
ihernandez@csufresno.edu
278.0166 Office / 278.0457 Dept.
Engineering, MS
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
3.0 GPA/ Bachelors in Electrical or
Computer Engineering or equivalent/ GRE
150Q/ 2 Letters of Recommendation
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
Nagy Bengiamin bengiami@csufresno.edu
278.8339 Office / 278.2726 Dept
• Mechanical Engineering
3.0 GPA/ GRE 550Q/ Letters of
Recommendation not required
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
Sankha Banerjee sankhab@csufresno.edu
278.4265 Office / 278.2368 Dept
English, MA
• Rhetoric and Writing Studies
• Literature
3.0 GPA/ Bachelors in English or
equivalent/ Writing sample/ Letters of
Recommendation not required
250/ 600 / 80
Oct. 15
April 15
John Beyon jbeynon@csufresno.edu
278.2240 Office / 278.4269 Dept.
Food and Nutritional Sciences
(Suspended)
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Geology, MS
2.7 GPA/ GRE/ 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
April 15
Christopher Pluhar cpluhar@csufresno.edu
278.1128 Office / 278.3086 Dept.
History, MA
• Traditional
• Teaching
3.0 GPA last 60 units/ Bachelors in History
or equivalent / Personal Statement/ 3
Letters of Rec
250/ 600 / 100
Nov. 1
June 1
Brad Jones brajones@csufresno.edu
278.2351 Office / 278.2153 Dept.
Industrial Technology, MS
2.5 GPA in last 60 units/ Bachelors in IT,
Technology Education, or equivalent/ GRE /
Resume/ Personal Statement/ 3 Letters of
Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
May 1
Arun Nambiar anambiar@csufresno.edu
278.1443 Office / 278.2145 Dept.
Interdisciplinary Studies, MA, MS
3.0 GPA/ Bachelors/ GRE/ 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
June 1
James Marshall jamesm@csufresno.edu
278.2448 Office / 278.2448 Dept.
International Relations
(Suspended)
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Kinesiology, MA
• Exercise Science
• Sport Administration
• Sport Psychology
3.0 GPA last 60 units/ Transcripts/ GRE
(150V or greater, 141Q or greater) or MAT
(399 or higher)/ Letters/ 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
June 1
Jenelle Gilbert jgilbert@csufresno.edu
278.8902 Office / 278.2016 Dept.
Linguistics, MA
• Teaching English as a Second
Language
2.9 GPA/ Personal Statement/ 2 Letters of
Recommendation
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
June 1
Jidong Chen jchen@csufresno.edu
278.2441 Office / 278.2441 Dept.
Mathematics, MA
• Traditional
• Teaching
3.0 GPA in upper division math courses/
Bachelors in Mathematics (preferred)/ GRE
Mathematics Subject Test - 500/ 2 Letters of
Recommendation
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
May 31
Oscar Vega ovega@csufresno.edu
278.4903 Office / 278.2992 Dept.
Music, MA
• Music Education
• Performance
3.0 GPA/ Bachelors in Music (preferred)/
Audition/ GRE
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
May 1
Donald Henriques dhenriques@csufresno.edu
278.2620 Office / 278.2654 Dept.
Nursing, DNP
3.0 GPA/ RN clinical experience/ Primary
care experience/ Interview/ 1 Letter of
Recommendation
213/ 550/ 80
NA
June 1
Helda Pinzon-Perez hpinzon[email protected]du
278.5329 Office / 278.4014 Dept.
Nursing, MS
• Adult-Gero Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Primary Care/Nurse Practitioner
3.0 GPA/ GRE (160V or higher, 4AW or
higher/ RN clinical experience/ Primary care
experience/ Essay/ Transcripts/ 3 Letters of
Rec/ NursingCAS Application
213/ 550/ 80
NA
March 1
Kammi Yap Sayaseng
ksayaseng@csufresno.edu
278.6678 Office / 278.2041 Dept.
Physical Therapy, DPT
3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Prerequisites/ Observation
Hours/ Interview/ 3 Letters of Rec/ PTCAS
Application
213/ 550/ 80
NA
Jan 15
PETCAS
: Oct. 2
Jennifer Roos jroos@csufresno.edu
278.4063 Office / 278.2625 Dept.
Physics, MS
2.5 GPA in last 60 units/ GRE 150Q or 300
combined Q and V/ 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
April 1
Gerardo Munoz gerardom@csufresno.edu
278.4131 Office / 278.2371 Dept.
Plant Science, MS
2.75 GPA in last 60 units/ Prerequisites/
GRE (152V, 147Q, 3.0AW)/ Transcripts/
Personal Statement/ 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
June 1
Sharon Benes sbenes@csufresno.edu
278.2255 Office / 278.2861 Dept.
Psychology, MA
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• General/Experimental
3.0 GPA cumulative and in Psychology
courses/ Prerequisites/ GRE/ Personal
Statement/ Interview/ Transcripts/ 3 Letters
of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
ABA: NA
Feb. 1
Marianne Jackson majackson@csufresno.edu
278.2757 Office / 278.2691 Dept.
Gen: NA
Feb. 1
Martin Shapiro mashapiro@csufresno.edu
278.2358 Office / 278.2691 Dept.
Public Administration, MPA
2.7 GPA/ GRE (147V, 145Q, 3.5AW)/
Personal Statement/ 2 Letters of
Recommendation
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
June 1
Kurt Cline kcline@csufresno.edu
278.2865 Office / 278.2988 Dept.
Public Health, MPH
• Health Promotion
3.0 GPA in last 60 units/ Prerequisites/
GRE/ Transcripts/ Personal Statement/ 3
Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
NA
April 1
Mohammad Rahman rahman@csufresno.edu
278.4222 Office / 278.4014 Dept.
School Psychology, Ed.S.
3.0 GPA/ Prerequisites/ GRE/ CBEST/
Transcripts/ CV or Resume/ Personal
Statement/ Interview/ 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
NA
Feb. 1
Marilyn Wilson marilynw@csufresno.edu
278.5129 Office / 278.5129 Dept.
Social Work, MSW
2.75 Cumulative GPA/ Prerequisites for
non-SW majors/ Transcripts/ Personal
Statement/ 2 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
NA
Jan. 31
Betty Garcia bettyg@csufresno.edu
278.2550 Office / 278.3992 Dept
Spanish, MA
3.0 GPA/ BA Spanish, but open to others/
Oral-Written fluency/ Statement of Purpose/
Spanish Writing Sample/ 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Nov. 1
June 1
Paula Sanmartín psanmartin@csufresno.edu
278.8803 Office / 278.2386 Dept.
Special Education, MA
3.0 GPA in last 60 units/ Transcripts/
Preliminary Education Specialist Credential/
Interview/ Writing Competency/ Personal
Statement/ 3 Letters of Rec
220/ 560/ 83
Nov. 1
June 1
Kimberly Coy kcoy@csufresno.edu
278.1724 Office / 278.0250 Dept.
Speech Language Pathology, MA
3.0 GPA/ Bachelors in Communicative
Disorders or equivalent/ Prerequisites/
GRE/ 3 Letters of Rec
213/ 550/ 80
Oct. 1
March 1
Frances Pomaville fpomavil@csufresno.edu
278.2732 Office / 278.2423 Dept.
Teaching, MA
3.0 GPA/ Teaching Credential/ Reflection or
TPA, PACT, FAST etc. scores/ Transcripts/
SOP/ Writing Competency/ 3 Letters of Rec
220/ 560 / 83
Closed
June 1
Nancy Akhavan nakhavan@csufresno.edu
278.0345 Office / 278.0240 Dept
Viticulture and Enology, MS
3.0 GPA/ GRE/ Undergraduate coursework/
3 Letters of Rec
NA
Oct. 31
June 1
Luca Brillante lucabrillante@csufresno.edu
278.3940 Office / 278.2089 Dept.
Water Resource Management, MS
• Online
3.0 GPA in the last 60 units/ GIS
Proficiency/ GRE/ CV or Resume/ 1 Letter
of Recommendation
213/ 550/ 80
Dec. 1
June 1
Peter VandeWater
pvandewater@csufresno.edu
278.2912 Office / 278.3086 Dept.
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