Admission Requirements

A Bachelor of Science/Arts Degree or equivalent from a fully accredited institution. (Degree in either natural or social sciences)
- Students can satisfy recommended background by providing transcript showing four lower-division courses in fields closely related to Environmental Science (e.g., biology, chemistry, geography, geology, oceanography, physics, etc) with grades of ‘C’ or better.
All students are required to have completed one lower division course in statistics or calculus.
Grade point average of 3.0.
- Students with GPAs between 2.5 and 2.9 in the last 60 semester (90 quarter) units, may be granted conditional admission.
GRE is NOT required.

International applicants are required to show English proficiency. Applicants with a baccalaureate degree from a non-English speaking university or who have not attended schools at the secondary level or above for at least three years full-time where English is the principal language of instruction are also required to submit proof of English proficiency. Please visit https://www.csudh.edu/future-students/international/english-proficiency for details.
- 1. A minimum score of 80 on the internet-based TOEFL exam (iBT),
  2. A minimum score of 213 on the computer-based TOEFL exam
  3. A score of 6.5 or higher on the IELTS Academic Test, or
  4. A score of 53 or higher on the Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic