My daughter’s plan is to major in English and get her single subject teaching credential. I only recently discovered CSUN’s FYI program where students can do the classes required for their bachelors degree and do the classes required for the teaching credential at the same time instead of having to graduate then do an additional year post-grad for the credential.
I’ve been researching the application process and saw references to not doing it through the Cal State Apply website. Has anyone done it who could shed some light? We’ll be going to the school soon and will definitely ask for information, but I figured I’d also ask here and get the perspective of folks who may have done it.
Wow, very inactive thread. I’m the last person who posted in here. Now that I have some answers to the questions I asked, I figured I’d share them if anyone ever comes looking. I asked the question at the tour and my daughter has also now finished her CSU apps.
The English-Four Year Integrated program is indeed applied to through Cal State apply like any other major. The extra requirements I saw at one point must have been for the post-bac credential applications.
When you get to the point where you’re picking a major for CSUN in Cal State Apply, my daughter wasn’t sure how it would be listed, so she started typing Four-year integrated. It popped right up. It’s listed as: English - four year integrated (FYI) English
Final comment with additional information if anyone comes looking in the future:
The program is not impacted. The school also does not capitalize on the uniqueness of the program for English and History majors (only 4-yr program like it in the CSU or UC systems. SDSU has something like it, but only for Chem, Mart, or SpEd majors. Not for Engl or Hist). In fact, the number of applications for the program have been dwindling and it’s a small program now (10-15 students a year). I’m not sure why the school is not advertising the program. It’s amazing and an incredible money and time saver for anyone who knows they want to major in Engl or Hist and get a credential. The fact that it’s not an impacted program makes it likely most applicants qualified to apply to the CSUs will be accepted if they apply.
I hope more kids and families learn about it so that the program doesn’t go away.