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January 8, 2013
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CSU Dominguez Hills among First Campuses
to Offer Degree Programs through New Cal State Online
(Carson, CA) – California State University, Dominguez Hills will be among the first CSU
campuses to offer bachelor’s and master’s degrees through the new Cal State Online, an
initiative to provide a centralized structure of online program delivery for the CSU system.
The Cal State Online website, www.calstateonline.net, launched earlier this month and is
accepting applications for programs to start later this year. Three of those will be
administered by CSU Dominguez Hills. They include the university’s existing Bachelor of
Science in Applied Studies, an interdisciplinary degree completion program geared to
working individuals who have some college course credits; as well as the expansion of its
Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA)
offerings. The programs will be delivered in an accelerated format, with two eight-week
sessions per semester and in summer, providing the potential for a student to complete
his/her degree in 18 months from anywhere in the world.
CSU Dominguez Hills has a proven history of online education. In 1995, it was the first CSU
campus to offer a degree fully online, a Master of Science in Quality Assurance, and today
offers three bachelor’s, six master’s and seven certificate programs via distance learning
methods—online and television/Internet broadcasts— more than any other CSU. By
partnering with Cal State Online, CSU Dominguez Hills can leverage the resources a
systemwide approach affords with its campus expertise to provide even greater access,
expanded student support services, and diversity of programs.
The university has developed several new MBA and MPA concentrations that will be
exclusive to Cal State Online. They include MBA concentrations in entrepreneurship;
microenterprise and small business; global logistics and supply chain; hospitality
management; sports management; and entertainment management; and MPA
concentrations in healthcare administration, criminal justice administration, and not-forprofit administration. The university’s existing MBA and MPA online programs will continue
to be offered and will not change.
“We have strong traditional MBA and MPA programs in house already,” said Joseph Wen,
dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy. “These new specialized
programs will give us a competitive edge. We won’t be just another MBA/MPA program.”
The new concentrations play to the university’s proximity to the largest port complexes in
the world, the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, to Hollywood, Las Vegas and major
sports venues, including one right on our campus, The Home Depot Center, as well as being
in one of the largest counties in the nation. They will be taught by qualified scholars and
practitioners with expertise in these areas.
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To learn more about CSU Dominguez Hills degrees offered via Cal State Online, and more
about the initiative, visit www.calstateonline.net.
For a list of CSU Dominguez Hills programs currently offered online, visit
dominguezonline.csudh.edu.
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