Capital Fellows

The Center for California Studies administers the Assembly Fellowship, Executive Fellowship, Judicial Administration Fellowship, and California Senate Fellowship (Capital Fellows) programs. Fellows are normally presumed to be strong candidates for admission to the MPPA program.

A typical use of units from the Fellows programs is:

• internship waived
• 6 units toward elective credit
• Judicial Administration Certificate/Concentration students who have successfully completed the Judicial Administration Fellowship Program may substitute PPA 298A/B for PPA 291, Court Governance and Operations.

The Capital Fellows programs cover a combination of internship and seminar, which substitutes for elective units. Consequently all Fellows admitted to the PPA program must take all PPA core courses (27 units) and complete a thesis/project (3 units) to earn an MPPA. A full-time student can expect to finish in 2 years or less under this arrangement.

Application
Fellows wishing to apply to the MPPA program must complete a university application (which includes an application fee) and a supplemental program application. Current Fellows cannot simply reclassify into a graduate program at CSUS. All materials should be submitted to the PPA department unless otherwise noted.
Application to the PPA program must include:

1. CSUS Application (submit to Graduate Center
2. Two sets of official transcripts from all educational institutions attended (submit to Graduate Center )
3. Supplemental program application
4. Graduate Record Exam (additional GRE information )
5. One to two page statement of purpose
6. Three letters of recommendation (these should be new letters using the PPA recommendation form and not simply copies of letters submitted with Fellowship applications)
7. International students must meet standards for admissions (see the Office of International Programs)
8. TOFEL scores for students whose primary language is not English (additional information)
9. Optional -- resume or curriculum vitae

Other Requirements
Applicants must have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or better.
A grade of B or better is required in all prerequisite courses. Prerequisites are: microeconomics, statistics, and government/political science (the Fellowship seminar can be substituted for the last prerequisite). Applicants with deficiencies may be required to complete additional course work.

Deadline
The application deadline is the first Friday in March November 30.

For admissions advising, please contact:
Rob Wassmer, Ph.D. by email or phone 916/278-6304, or see faculty office hours.