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California State University, Long Beach (色中色), known as "The Beach," offers international students a vibrant, diverse, and welcoming environment.

Located in beautiful Southern California, 色中色 is an ideal place to live, learn, and discover. 色中色 offers nationally recognized academic programs for affordable tuition. Long Beach offers a safe, suburban learning environment within the greater Los Angeles region. It's no wonder so many students choose to come to The Beach!

Undergraduate Programs

For more information, visit College of the Arts (COTA).

  • Art (BA), options in:
    • Art Education
    • Art History
    • Studio Art
  • Art (BFA), options in:
    • Ceramics
    • Drawing & Painting
    • Graphic Design
    • Illustration/Animation
    • Photography
    • Printmaking
    • 3-D Media 
  • Dance, options in:
    • Dance (BA/BFA)
    • Dance Science (BS)
  • Design, options in:
    • Industrial Design (BS)
    • Interior Design (BFA)

  • Cinematic Arts (BA)

     

  • Music, options in:
    • Composition (BM)
    • Music Education: Choral-Vocal (BM)
    • Music Education: Instrumental Music (BM)

    • Performance (BM)

       

  • Theatre Arts, options in:
    • Technical Theatre

For more information, visit College of Business (COB). 

*STEM Designated Degree Program

  • Business Administration (BS), options in 
    • Accountancy 
    • Finance 
    • Information Systems* 
    • International Business 
    • Management 
    • Marketing 
    • Operations and Supply Chain Management 

For more information, visit: College of Education

  • Liberal Studies (BA)

     

  • Single Subject Teacher Credential Program

For more information, visit College of Engineering (COE).

*STEM Designated Degree Program

  • Engineering (BS), options in 
    • Aerospace Engineering* (BS)
    • Biomedical Engineering* (BS)
    • Chemical Engineering* (BS)
    • Civil Engineering* (BS) 
    • Computer Engineering* (BS)
    • Computer Engineering Technology 
    • Computer Science* (BS)
    • Construction Engineering Management* (BS)
    • Electrical Engineering* (BS)
    • Engineering Technology* (BS)
    • Mechanical Engineering* (BS)

For more information, visit College of Health and Human Services (CHHS). 

*STEM Designated Degree Program

  • Criminology and Criminal Justice (BS)

     

  • Family and Consumer Sciences (BA), options in 
    • Child Development and Family Studies 
    • Consumer affairs
    • Family Life Education 
    • Fashion Design (BA)
    • Fashion Merchandising (BA)
  • Health Care Administration (BS), options in 
    • Healthcare Data Analytics
    • Risk Management and Safety 
  • Health Science (BS), options in:
    • Community Health Education
    • School Health Education

  • Hospitality Management (BS)

     

  • Kinesiology (BS), options in:
    • Exercise Science
    • Fitness
    • Physical Education- Teacher Education
    • Sport Psychology and Leadership

  • Nursing (BSN)

     

  • Nutrition and Dietetics* (BS)

     

  • Recreation (BA) options in:
    • Recreation Therapy (BS)

  • Social Work (BASW)

     

  • Speech-Language Pathology (BA)

For more information, visit:

  • Africana Studies (BA)

     

  • American Sign Language Linguistics & Deaf Culture (BA)

     

  • American Studies (BA)

     

  • Anthropology (BA)

     

  • Asian and Asian American Studies (BA), options in:
    • Asian Studies
    • Asian American Studies
    • Chinese Studies
    • Japanese

  • Chicano and Latino Studies (BA)

     

  • Classics (BA), options in:

    • Greek and Greek Civilization

       

  • Communication Studies (BA), options in:
    • Communication, Culture, and Public Affairs

    • Interpersonal and Organizational Communication

       

  • Comparative World Literature (BA)

     

  • Economics (BA), options in:
    • Business Economics

    • Mathematical Economics and Economic Theory

       

  • English (BA), options in:
    • Creative Writing
    • English Education
    • Literature
    • Rhetoric and Composition
    • Special Emphasis

  • Environmental Science and Public Policy (BA/BS)

     

  • French & Francophone Studies (BA)

     

  • Geography (BA/BS*) 

     

  • German (BA)

     

  • History (BA)

     

  • Human Development (BA)

     

  • International Studies (BA)

     

  • Italian Studies (BA)

     

  • Journalism (BA)

     

  • Linguistics (BA), options in:
    • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
    • Translation Studies

  • Modern Jewish Studies (BA)

     

  • Philosophy (BA)

     

  • Political Science (BA)

     

  • Psychology (BA)

     

  • Public Relations (BA)

     

  • Religious Studies (BA)

     

  • Sociology (BA)

     

  • Spanish (BA)

     

  • Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (BA)

For more information, visit: College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (CNSM).

*STEM Designated Degree Program

  • Biochemistry (BA/BS)

     

  • Biology* (BS), options in:
    • Biology Education
    • General Biology 
    • Marine Biology 
    • Microbiology 
    • Molecular Cell Biology and Physiology 
    • Zoology, Botany, and Ecology 

  • Chemistry (BA/BS*)

     

  • Earth Systems* (BS)

     

  • Geology* (BS)

     

  • Applied Data Science (BS)

     

  • Materials Science (BS)

     

  • Mathematics* (BS), options in 

    • Applied Mathematics 
    • Applied Statistics
    • Mathematics Education

     

  • Physics* (BS), option in 
    • Materials Science