Degree Completion

Overview

Degree Completion
Finish Your Degree at Sacramento State

It’s your time.

Whether you’re ready for a promotion, a career change or the next milestone in your life, finishing your degree can help you achieve your personal and professional goals.

We offer a variety of degree completion programs to meet the unique needs of non-traditional students, including one-on-one advising, to make returning to college a reality. Our programs provide the academic quality of a traditional four-year university but are designed to fit your busy schedule, allowing you to balance school with your commitments.

Why choose our degree completion programs?

  • Finish in less time
  • Affordable tuition and financial aid opportunities
  • Personal academic advising
  • Flexible classes held evenings, weekends and online
  • Degrees are awarded by Sacramento State

Why finish your degree?

  • Higher earning potential
  • Career advancement
  • Greater job security and satisfaction
  • Personal satisfaction/sense of accomplishment

Learn more about enhancing your career and life goals with a bachelor’s degree.

Learn more about taking the next steps to complete your degree.

Overview

Associate Degree in Nursing to Bachelor of Science in Nursing
(ADN to BSN) Collaborative

Overview

The ADN to BSN Collaborative program is designed to advance the associate degree RN to the next level in the profession, preparing BSN nurses for professional leadership roles in society. 

The program provides a seamless transition for students who want to complete an Associate Degree in Nursing and then continue to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

Sacramento State’s College of Continuing Education and School of Nursing have partnered with the following community colleges to develop and deliver this innovative program:

Bachelor's Bachelor's DegreeOnline

Bachelor of Arts in Arts & Letters

Overview

Have you been thinking about finishing your degree, but life got in the way? Sacramento State designed a degree completion program just for you!

The new Bachelor of Arts in Arts & Letters is a multi-disciplinary major that’s relevant to your personal and professional life. The flexible, online format allows students to complete their degree while juggling family and work. 

You will gain a well-rounded education in many topics, such as art, communication, design, language, history, music, philosophy, theater and dance.

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Sac State College of Continuing Education adds new degree completion program

Sacramento State’s College of Continuing Education has partnered with the College of Arts and Letters to provide a new degree completion program for former students who dropped out just short of graduation.

Bachelor's Bachelor's DegreeOnline3 years

Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Development
Concentration in Early Development , Care and Education

Overview

This degree completion program leads to Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Development (CHAD) with the concentration in Early Development, Care and Education. Participants are also eligible for the Early Childhood Education (ECE) permit as they work toward the credential. The State of California invested billions of dollars in ECE, creating many employment opportunities in public and private schools and preschools.

Course Listing

Child and Adolescent Development Courses

All fees subject to change.

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An Impact on Futures: Meet Regina Swaney

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“The most inspiring aspect of studying Child Development lies in the profound realization of how early experiences shape the trajectory of a person’s life,” says Regina Swaney, one of the cohort facilitators for the Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Development program at Sac State’s College of Continuing Education (CCE).

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Opening More Horizons: Meet Mickey Eichenhofer

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Mickey Eichenhofer, a cohort facilitator in the Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Development (CHAD) program at Sac State’s College of Continuing Education (CCE), shares an inspiring quote with all of her students, attributed to author Mark Twain: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

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Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Overview

Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, cognition and emotion. It is a broad discipline that includes both basic research and the application of research findings to everyday life. 

Earning a Bachelor of Science in Psychology is a major accomplishment, and Sacramento State’s new online and accelerated degree completion program provides the flexibility, accessibility and affordability to help you finish your degree.

Bachelor's Bachelor's DegreeOnline2 years

Bachelor of Science in Career and Technical Studies

Overview

The Bachelor of Science in Career and Technical Studies (BSCTS) is designed to prepare individuals with practical, marketable skills to successfully enter new careers or advance in their current fields. 

As a 100% online degree completion program, Career and Technical Studies is designed specifically for working adults, so you can take classes while still balancing all of life’s other responsibilities. This program also gives you the opportunity to earn college credit after an assessment of your work experience, so you can apply your real-life skills to your studies and earn your degree faster.   

What can I do with a Career and Technical Studies degree? 

After completing the program, most students continue to work in their current field. However, a bachelor’s degree is valuable no matter what subject you study, especially a versatile major like Career and Technical Studies. As California faces a shortage of almost a million college-educated workers by 2025, having a degree will open many doors for career opportunities and advancement. 

Information Sessions

Please join us at one of our upcoming information sessions to learn about the BSCTS program.

When: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, 2024  

Where: Zoom

Meeting ID: 896 0579 4602

Passcode: 102024

“The flexibility of the classes allowed me to continue to work and learn skills that were applicable to my job. I was able to apply content I learned in class and the mentorship from instructors directly to my career and my life.” – Jon Wedding, Career and Technical Studies graduate 

Bachelor's Bachelor's DegreeOnline2 years

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Overview

Sacramento State has been a leader in criminal justice and public safety education in California since the early 1960s. For the past 15+ years, we have expanded access to our quality education in criminal justice through this fully online degree program. 

Students will earn a comprehensive education that includes training essential for careers that help to create a safer community.

This program is offered through a partnership between the College of Continuing Education and the College of Health and Human Services at Sacramento State.

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Restorative Justice Workshop to be Offered at Sac State

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The California State University, Sacramento [CSUS] Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution (CAPCR) held an educational training workshop in the fall of 2020 via Zoom focused on domestic violence, in response to the demands of COVID-19, plus another training in the spring of 2022.

Course Listing

Criminal Justice Courses

The online criminal justice major is a 60 unit program, 12 of which are transferred in as prerequisites and the remaining 48 in the major are taken online in this program. 

All fees subject to change.