What Does It Mean?
Current Students
Current Students are students who are currently enrolled and/or active at CSUB.
- Freshman: Earned 0 - 29 units
- Sophomore: Earned 30 - 59 units
- Junior: Earned 60 - 89 units
- Senior: Earned 90+ units
Returning Students
Returning Students are students who have not been in attendance at CSUB for more than two consecutive semesters, have reapplied to CSUB, been readmitted and need an appointment for their first semester back at CSUB.
Want to come back to CSUB as a returning student? Follow the steps from our admissions office on how to return.
Incoming Transfer Students
Incoming Transfer Students are students who are transferring to CSUB from a Community College or another University, have been admitted and need an appointment for their first semester at CSUB.First-time, First-year Students
First-Time, First-Year Students are students who are coming to CSUB from high school, have been admitted and need an appointment for their first semester at CSUB.CSUB Antelope Valley
View all the majors available at our Antelope Valley (AV) Campus.
Business Administration
Concentrations in:
- Accounting
- General Business
- Management
- Current Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: N/A
Computer Science
Starting Fall 2025
Concentrations in:
- Traditional Computer Science
- Current Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: N/A
Criminal Justice
- Current Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu or Dr. Melanie Taylor, mtaylor44@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: N/A
Human Development, and Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies
- Current Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu or Dr. Alexander Reid areid2@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: N/A
Interdisciplinary Studies
Concentration in:
- General Studies (create your own major)
- Current Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: N/A
Liberal Studies
Emphases in:
- Traditional
- Current Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: N/A
Religious Studies
Tracks in:
- General
- Double Major Track
- Current Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu or Dr. Mark Lamas, mlamas1@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: N/A
Sociology
Emphasis in:
- Traditional Sociology
Concentration in:
- Human Services
- Current Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu or Andres Sanchez, asanchez49@csub.edu or Dr. Katt Bongar-Hoban, kbongar-hoban@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Melissa Miller, mmiller53@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: N/A
CSU Bakersfield Main Campus
View all the majors available at the CSUB main campus.
Agricultural Business
- Current Students: Assigned Advisor from the BPA Advising Center listed in your myCSUB
- Returning Students: BPA Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: BPA Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: BPA Advising Center
Anthropology
Concentrations in:
- Cultural Resource Management
- Traditional Anthropology
- Current Students: Assigned Advisor from the SSE Advising Center listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: SSE Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: SSE Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: SSE Advising Center
Art
Emphases in:
- Art Education
- Art History
- Studio Art
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the AH Student Center and Art Faculty Advisor* both listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: AH Student Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: AH Student Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: AH Student Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email arts.humanities@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Biochemistry
Tracks in:
- Food Science
- Traditional Biochemistry
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Chemistry Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Dr. Jesse Bergkamp, jbergkamp@csub.edu and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: Dr. Jesse Bergkamp, jbergkamp@csub.edu and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Biology
Concentrations in:
- Traditional Biology
- Biotechnology
- CurrentStudents: Assigned Staff Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Biology Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Business Administration
Concentrations in:
- Accounting
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- General Business
- Health Care Management
- Human Resource Management
- Management
- Marketing
- Public Administration
- Supply Chain Logistics
- Current Students: Assigned Advisor from the BPA Advising Center listed in your myCSUB
- Returning Students: BPA Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: BPA Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: BPA Advising Center
Chemistry
Tracks in:
- Concentration in Management and Marketing
- Concentration in Occupational Safety and Health Management
- Chemistry Certified by the American Chemical Society
- Traditional Chemistry
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Chemistry Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Dr. Jesse Bergkamp, jbergkamp@csub.edu and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: Dr. Jesse Bergkamp, jbergkamp@csub.edu and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies
Concentrations in:
- General Track
- Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP) - This program requires a specialized admission process.
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the SSE Advising Center and HD-CAFS Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: SSE Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: SSE Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: SSE Advising Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email Brenda Portillo Castro, bportillo3@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Communications
Concentrations in:
- Digital Media
- Journalism
- Public Relations
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the AH Student Center listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: AH Student Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: AH Student Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: AH Student Center
Computer Engineering
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Computer Engineering Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Dr. Saeed Jafarzadeh, sjafarzadeh@csub.edu and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First Time, First Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Computer Science
Concentrations in:
- Traditional Computer Science
- Computer Information Systems
- Information Security
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Computer Engineering Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Dr. Saeed Jafarzadeh, sjafarzadeh@csub.edu and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First Time, First Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Criminal Justice
- CurrentStudents: Assigned Staff Advisor from the SSE Advising Center and Criminal Justice Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: SSE Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: SSE Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: SSE Advising Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email Madison Tingey, mtingey@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Economics
Concentrations in:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Supply Chain Logistics
- Current Students: Assigned Advisor from the BPA Advising Center listed in your myCSUB
- Returning Students: BPA Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: BPA Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: BPA Advising Center
Electrical Engineering
Emphases in:
- General Electrical Engineering
- Energy and Power Engineering
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Computer Engineering Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Dr. Saeed Jafarzadeh, sjafarzadeh@csub.edu and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First Time, First Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Engineering
Emphases in:
- General Engineering
- Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
- Energy and Power Engineering
- Engineering Management
- Petroleum Engineering
- CurrentStudents: Assigned Staff Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Engineering Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Dr. Travis Moore, tmoore24@csub.edu, and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
English
Emphases in:
- Credential (EMCE)
- Language and Literature (EMLL)
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the AH Student Center and English Faculty Advisor* both listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: AH Student Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: AH Student Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: AH Student Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email arts.humanities@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Environmental Resource Management
Tracks in:
- General
- Safety
- Current Students: Assigned Advisor from the BPA Advising Center listed in your myCSUB, and Dr. Aaron Hegde, shegde@csub.edu
- Returning Students: BPA Advising Center and Dr. Aaron Hegde, shegde@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: BPA Advising Center and Dr. Aaron Hegde, shegde@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: BPA Advising Center and Dr. Aaron Hegde, shegde@csub.edu
Geology
- Current Students: Assigned Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Geology Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Dr. Anthony Rathburn, arathburn@csub.edu, and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
History
Emphases in:
- Public History
- Traditional History
Concentration in:
- Social Science Teaching
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the AH Student Center and History Faculty Advisor* both listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: AH Student Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: AH Student Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: AH Student Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email arts.humanities@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Human Biological Sciences
- Current Students: Assigned Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Human Biological Sciences Faculty Advisor both listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Interdisciplinary Studies
Concentrations in:
- Ethnic and Area Studies
- General Studies (create your own major)
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Current Students: Janine Cornelison, jcornelison1@csub.edu and Dr. TiffanyTsantsoulas, ttsantsoulas@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Janine Cornelison, jcornelison1@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Janine Cornelison, jcornelison1@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: Janine Cornelison, jcornelison1@csub.edu
Kinesiology
Concentrations in:
- Allied Health
- Applied Exercise Science
- Physical Activity Leadership
- CurrentStudents: Assigned Staff Advisor from the SSE Advising Center and Kinesiology Faculty Advisor* both listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: SSE Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: SSE Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: SSE Advising Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email Emily Walker, ewalker18@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Liberal Studies
Emphases in:
- General (Non-Teaching)
- Integrated Baccalaureate for Excellence in Studies and Teaching (IBEST)
- Integrated Special Education (ISPED)
- Subject Matter Authorization - English
- Subject Matter Authorization - Math
- Subject Matter Authorization - Science
- Traditional
- Current Students: Assigned Liberal Studies Advisor listed in your myCSUB
- Returning Students: Liberal Studies Advisor
- Incoming Transfer Students: Liberal Studies Advisor
- First-Time, First-Year Students: Liberal Studies Advisor
Mathematics
Concentrations in:
- Applied Mathematics
- Blended Teaching
- Pure Mathematics
- Statistics
- Teaching
- Current Students: Assigned Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Mathematics Faculty Advisor both listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Dr. Maureen Rush, mrush@csub.edu, and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First Time, First Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Music
Emphases in:
- General Music
- Music Education
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the AH Student Center and Music Faculty Advisor* both listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: AH Student Center and Dr. Angel Vazquez-Ramos, avazquezramos@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: AH Student Center and Dr. Angel Vazquez-Ramos, avazquezramos@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: AH Student Center and Dr. Angel Vazquez-Ramos, avazquezramos@csub.edu
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email arts.humanities@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Natural Sciences
Concentrations in:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Foundational Science
- Geology
- Physics
- Current Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Natural Sciences Faculty Advisor both listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Nursing
If you are not admitted into the Nursing program, please view the Pre-Health major to find your advisor.
- Current Students: Nursing Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Nursing Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- Incoming Transfer Students: Nursing Faculty Advisor listed in your MyCSUB*
- First-Time, First-Year Students: N/A
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email nursing@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Nursing (RN to BSN)
- Current Students: Odessa Ribaya, oribaya@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Odessa Ribaya, oribaya@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Odessa Ribaya, oribaya@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: N/A
Philosophy
Emphases in:
- General Philosophy
- Law, Justice, and Social Policy
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the AH Student Center and Philosophy Faculty Advisor* both listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: AH Student Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: AH Student Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: AH Student Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email arts.humanities@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Physics
- Current Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Physics Faculty Advisor both listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Dr. Zhongzhe Liu zliu3@csub.edu and NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Political Science
Emphases in:
- American Politics
- Global Politics
- Pre-Law
- Power and Justice
- Current Students: SSE Advising Center and Political Science Faculty Advisor both listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: SSE Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: SSE Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: SSE Advising Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email Micaela Yanez, myanez@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Pre-Health
- Current Students: Helen Li, hli7@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Helen Li, hli7@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Helen Li, hli7@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: Helen Li, hli7@csub.edu
Psychology
- CurrentStudents: Assigned Staff Advisor from the SSE Advising Center listed in your myCSUB
- Returning Students: SSE Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: SSE Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: SSE Advising Center
Public Administration
- Current Students during the school year: Assigned Staff Advisor from the BPA Advising Center and Dr. Steve Daniels, rdaniels@csub.edu, both listed in your MyCSUB*
- Current Students during breaks: Assigned Staff Advisor from the BPA Advising Center listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: Dr. Steve Daniels rdaniels@csub.edu and BPA Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: Dr. Steve Daniels rdaniels@csub.edu and BPA Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: Dr. Steve Daniels rdaniels@csub.edu and BPA Advising Center
Public Health
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the NSME Student Advising and Success Center and Public Health Faculty Advisor both listed in your MyCSUB*
- Returning Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: NSME Student Advising and Success Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email sciencecenter@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Religious Studies
Paths in:
- General Religious Studies
- Double Major
- Current Students: Assigned Staff Advisor from the AH Student Center and Religious Studies Faculty Advisor* both listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: AH Student Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: AH Student Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: AH Student Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email arts.humanities@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Sociology
Concentrations in:
- Human Services
- Racial and Ethnic Dynamics
- Traditional Sociology
- CurrentStudents: Assigned Staff Advisor from the SSE Advising Center and Sociology Faculty Advisor* both listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: SSE Advising Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: SSE Advising Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: SSE Advising Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email Stephanie Garcia, sgarcia13@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Spanish
- Current Students: Assigned Advisor from the AH Student Center and Spanish Faculty Advisor* both listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: AH Student Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: AH Student Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: AH Student Center
*If your myCSUB account does not reflect a faculty advisor, please email arts.humanities@csub.edu and one will be assigned to you.
Theatre
- Current Students: Assigned Advisor from the AH Student Center and Theatre Faculty Advisor* both listed in your MyCSUB
- Returning Students: AH Student Center
- Incoming Transfer Students: AH Student Center
- First-Time, First-Year Students: AH Student Center
Undeclared
- Current Students: Dr. Anayeli Gomez-Navarro agomez14@csub.edu
- Returning Students: Dr. Anayeli Gomez-Navarro agomez14@csub.edu
- Incoming Transfer Students: Dr. Anayeli Gomez-Navarro agomez14@csub.edu
- First-Time, First-Year Students: Dr. Anayeli Gomez-Navarro agomez14@csub.edu
Undeclared students must declare a major by the time they earn 40 semester units.