Lower Division Business Core Registration

Lower Division Business Core

Registration Assistance

The Associate Dean’s office is able to provide registration assistance for the following courses (through a permission code to enroll):

• ACCT 220

• ACCT 230

• BLAW 280

• ECON 161

• SOM 120

To receive registration assistance for any of these courses, students must meet one of the following criteria listed below:

• Student has completed all prerequisites for the course (and reflects on their DPR) but are receiving an error message when trying to add an open section (on or after their registration appointment).

or

• Student is currently in-progress and on track to pass the prerequisite course at a community college.

STEPS: 

1)  Please confirm if you have either completed all or are currently enrolled in and on track to complete the listed pre-requisite/s for the class that you need assistance with (shown below):

• ACCT 220 - Introduction to Financial Accounting

  • Pre-requisites: "C" or higher in MATH 103 or higher-level mathematics course & Sophomore standing

• ACCT 230 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting

• Pre-requisites: ACCT 220, MATH 103 or a higher-level mathematics course with a grade of "C" or higher

• BLAW 280 - Business Law I

• Pre-requisites: Lower Division writing requirement & sophomore standing

• ECON 161 - Principles of Macroeconomics

• Pre-Requisites: Placement in or completion of (1) GE-level Mathematics (2) Completion of GE-level written Communication or 113A or 114A & (3) ECON 160

• SOM 120 - Basic Business Statistics

• Pre-requisite: MATH 103 or a higher-level mathematics course with a grade of "C" or higher

NOTE: If taken at a Community College, the above prerequisite courses require a grade of "C" or higher.

Please verify equivalencies of these courses if taken at a community college:   www.assist.org (Links to an external site.)

2)  Please click on the appropriate survey link below to make your request for Lower Division Business Core classes. 

NOTE:  On the survey, you will be asked to select an open section of the class of the specific course you need assistance with adding. 

Spring 2025

Survey Link: 

Survey

Please log-in using your myNorthridge Portal Username and Password

3)  After submitting your request and confirming your eligibility, you will receive a permission number to add the class.  Permission numbers will only be valid for 24 hours after sent to your CSUN email address.  Please check your email often! 

• Directions for using a permission number are available on the Admissions and Records website  www.csun.edu/anr/soc/guides/permission.htmlLinks to an external site.
• Please observe the payment deadline established by Cash Services, as additional permission numbers will not be issued if you are dropped for non-payment.

4)  Lastly, proof of final grades (C or higher) will be required for those who are currently in-progress of final pre-requisites at a community college.  Unofficial transcripts will need to be sent to prior to the deadline and official transcripts will need to be sent to CSUN Admissions for official processing.

• If a verified grade is not provided, you will be dropped from the course(s) by the second Friday of the semester.  No exceptions and no readmits to the course(s) until grades are transferred to CSUN.  Once transferred, you will then be able to enroll in the course(s) in the next semester.