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Common Courses Across CSUS Universities

84 Common Courses

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The Connecticut State University System recognizes that students' lives and interests are best served by improving access to information related to the transfer of academic credits, easing the transfer of applicable credits, and expanding options available to students to advance in their academic work.

Working towards those goals, department chairs in 21 disciplines at the CSUS universities conducted a thorough analysis of the credit transfer patterns, course content and learning outcomes for the most enrolled lower division courses.

First List of Common Course Equivalents

The result: the first set of common course equivalents at CSUS, which includes 84 courses in 21 disciplines, and which are to be designated in appropriate course registration materials at each of the universities. All the courses are also listed on a common course chart, which is to be updated annually.

A Common Course Equivalent is one that
  • transfers among at least three CSUS universities in a fully reciprocal fashion
  • is made easily identifiable to students and the general public, and
  • is maintained and updated at each university responding to any curricular changes that may take place
The set of common courses include 100 to 200 level courses meeting General Education/Liberal Arts requirements at each university.

Course Credit in Transfer Toward Intended Major

Annotations of General Education/Liberal Arts credit refer to general university requirements. They do not necessarily reflect lower division course requirements for specific major programs. In addition to the common course chart, students are urged to consult curriculum sheets for the intended major at the university they are attending, or considering attending.

Transferring Credits from CT Community Colleges

CSUS and the Connecticut Community College system have developed a Transfer Compact in recent years which offers Dual Admission to students who are planning to enroll at a CSUS university after completing an associate's degree. In addition, various specific academic programs have transfer compacts in place that provide effective pathways to advance from the community college to university.

Dual Admission Program


First-Year Experience (FYE)

Revised and enhanced First-Year Experience (FYE) programs at Central, Eastern, Southern, and Western Connecticut State Universities focusing on freshmen are contributing to the success of students entering college for the first time. The results are evident in stronger student retention and academic performance.

  • Central

    CCSU
    Central CT State University
    New Britain, CT
    Central FYE


  • Eastern

    ECSU
    Eastern CT State University
    Willimantic, CT
    Eastern FYE


  • Southern

    SCSU
    Southern CT State University
    New Haven, CT
    Southern FYE


  • Western

    WCSU
    Western CT State University
    Danbury, CT
    Western FYE





Library Resources

CSUS Library Resources CSUS has a fully integrated library automation system designed to give students and faculty access to the catalogs of the four university libraries 24 hours a day. The system also provides access to worldwide library collections through the Internet while giving Internet users access to CSUS libraries.

For more information about each CSUS library:

CONSULS: shared library information system

Visit CONSULS.org CONSULS is a shared library information system that operates from a dedicated computer at the Connecticut State University System (CSUS) office in Hartford, Connecticut.

The system was founded by the CSUS for shared use by the Central, Eastern, Southern, and Western Connecticut State University Libraries.

In May 1997, the State Library of Connecticut joined the CONSULS system. The Connecticut State Library collection includes materials on Connecticut history, government, genealogy, and a complete State and Federal Documents collection.

Currently there are more than 1.2 million bibliographic records describing 1.9 million volumes held in the collections of the CONSULS member libraries.

In addition to the catalog of the four CSUS libraries and the State Library of Connecticut, CONSULS also provides access to a number of indexing and abstracting services including: Biosis Previews (Biological Abstracts), Books In Print, CINAHL (Nursing), ERIC: Resources in Education, EbscoHost, Encyclopedia Britannica, Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe, Medline, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts

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Athletics at CSUS

Intercollegiate athletics for men and women is an integral part of life for students attending Connecticut State University System institutions.

The athletic programs offered at CSUS benefit not only the physical and mental well-being of the participants, but are also an integral part of our communities, locally and statewide.

For more information about athletics at CSUS, click the team icons below to learn more.

  • Central

    CCSU
    Central CT State University
    Blue Devils

  • Eastern

    ECSU
    Eastern CT State University
    Warriors

  • Southern

    SCSU
    Southern CT State University
    Owls

  • Western

    WCSU
    Western CT State University
    Colonials

Alumni Information

CSUS Alumni Information The Connecticut State University System has more than 180,000 alumni - individuals who attended Central, Eastern, Southern or Western Connecticut State Universities.

To learn more about the Alumni Association at each university, including special benefits, publications, events alumni linkand the latest about the organization and the university, contact information is listed below.


University Bookstores

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Eastern CT State University
Southern CT State University
Western CT State University

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Academic Calendars

University Academic Calendars

CSUS Academic Calendar

FALL SEMESTER 2011 2012 2013 2014
Semester Begins Aug 22 Aug 27 Aug 26 Aug 25
Orientation Sessions Aug 26 Aug 28 Aug 27 Aug 27
Labor Day - No Classes Sept 5 Sept 3 Sept 2 Sept 1
First Day of Classes Aug 29 Aug 29 Aug 28 Aug 28
Thanksgiving Recess - No Classes Nov 23-27 Nov 21-25 Nov 27- Dec 1 Nov 26-30
Make-up/Reading Day Dec 9 Dec 10-11 Dec 10 Dec 10
Final Exams Dec 10-16 Dec 12-18 Dec 11-17 Dec 11-17
Semester Ends Dec 16 Dec 18 Dec 17 Dec 17

SPRING SEMESTER 2012 2013 2014 2015
Semester Begins Jan 17 Jan 11 Jan 10 Jan 9
Martin Luther King Holiday Jan 16 Jan 21 Jan 20 Jan 19
First Day of Classes Jan 18 Jan 14 Jan 13 Jan 12
President's Holiday - No Classes Feb 17-20 Feb 15-18 Feb 14-17 Feb 13-16
Spring Break - No Classes Mar 19-24 Mar 25-30 Mar 17-22 Mar 23-28
Day of Reflection - No Classes Apr 6-7 n/a Apr 18-19 Apr 3-4
Make-up/Reading Day May 5 May 2 May 2-3 May 1-2
Final Exams May 7-12 May 3-9 May 5-10 May 4-9
Semester Ends May 12 May 9 May 10 May 9
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