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San Francisco State University (SF State)

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Basic information

  • Enrollment
  • 29607students
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  • Telephone
  • (415) 338-1438
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  • Address
  • 1600 Holloway Ave #101, San Francisco, CA 94132

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Why This School?

  • - Small class sizes
    - Wall Street Journal ranks SF State University Top 5 for diversity
    - One of the top feeder schools for employees at Apple, Google, Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo and Oracle.

About the  San Francisco State University (SF State)

  • From the heart of a diverse community, SF State honors roots, stimulates intellectual and personal development, promotes equity, and inspires the courage to lead, create, and innovate. Building on a century-long history of commitment to quality teaching and broad access to undergraduate and graduate education, the University offers comprehensive, rigorous, and integrated academic programs that require students to engage in open-minded inquiry and reflection. SF State encourages its students, faculty, and staff to engage fully with the community and develop and share knowledge.



Conditional admission

  • International students who are academically qualified to apply for admission to the University but have an insufficient score on the TOEFL or IELTS can study for at least one full semester at the American Language Institute (ALI), SF State's intensive English program.

    You can study until you have satisfactorily completed the recommended level of English courses and received a TOEFL Waiver, OR obtain the required TOEFL, IELTS or PTE score.

    After you meet the English requirement, you can apply to San Francisco State University degree programs or apply to Academic Certificate Programs.

    To know if you are academically qualified to apply to the University, submit the Conditional Admission/Eligibility Form (PDF) and your academic documents when you apply to the ALI.

    Program Requirements 

    Undergraduate Degree Programs : 

    - International Freshman: 2.5 GPA or B- average in academic courses completed after 9th grade 

    - International Transfers: 2.0 overall college GPA in all transferable courses (impacted majors may require a higher GPA) 

    * English Proficiency Requirement 

    500 ITP 

    61 iBT 

    6.0 IELTS 



Course Information

  • Focus of Study :

    The English for Academic Preparation program​ curriculum provides a serious, intensive program of language preparation that focuses on academic skills and university preparation. The program includes 25 hours of instruction during the ten-week summer term and 20 hours of instruction during the 16-week fall and spring terms.


    Benefit, Goal of this course :
    - Well-trained, enthusiastic teachers and small classes with individual attention to all students
    - A curriculum that gives you strategies to understand and use English at an American university
    - TOEFL waivers for qualified students applying to SF State undergraduate degree programs
    - Advisors to help you apply to SF State and assist you with immigration questions, academics and American life
    - Student activities to help you enjoy your city and American culture
    - Free course Living in San Francisco (AU 110) introduces history, culture and neighborhoods with field trips

    Curriculum :

    Morning: Reading/ Writing for 2 hours 
    Break 
    Late Morning: Grammar or Elective for 1 hour 
    Lunch 
    Afternoon: Conversational Groups or Conversation Partner Program optional 
    Late Afternoon: Listening/ Speaking 2 hours 




Course Information

Schedule 16 Weeks

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Course Schedule

2025-01-23
※ From the Course Starting Dates 16Weeks(month) Choose

Fees

Tuition

School's Admin fee
Tuition
16 Week Week Week Week Week
(USD)$ 5,995
Week Week Week Week Week

Accomodation

Housing Placement fee
Accommodation Fee
Terms Homestay On-Campus Dorm/residence Off-Campus residence

Airport Pickup

Airport Pickup
Other Charges

Remarks / Other Information

  • * Dates and Fees are approximate and may change without prior notice.

Course information

  • Accountancy: Master’s Degree

    Accounting: Bachelor’s Concentration, Graduate Certificate

    Adult Education: Master’s Concentration

    African Studies: Minor

    Africana Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    American Indian Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    American Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Animation: Minor, Certificate

    Anthropology: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Apparel Design & Merchandising, Design: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Apparel Design and Merchandising, Merchandising: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Applied Mathematics: Bachelor’s Degree

    Arab & Muslim Ethnicities & Diasporas Studies: Minor

    Art: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Art, Art History & Studio Art: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Art, Studio Art: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor

    Art History: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Asian American Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Astronomy: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor, Master's Concentration

    Astrophysics: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Athletic Coaching: Minor

    Augmentative & Alternative Communication: Graduate Certificate

    Autism Spectrum: Graduate Certificate

    Biochemistry: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Concentration

    Biology, General: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Biology, Botany: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Biology, Cell & Molecular: Bachelor’s Concentration, Master’s Concentration

    Biology, Conservation Biology: Bachelor's Concentration

    Biology, Ecology: Bachelor’s Concentration, Bachelor's Concentration

    Biology, Evolution: Bachelor's Concentration

    Biology, Integrative Biology: Masters Concentration (formerly Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation Biology)

    Biology, Marine Biology & Limnology: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Biology, Microbiology: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Biology, Physiology: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Biology, Physiology & Behavioral Biology: Master’s Concentration

    Biology, Zoology: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Biomedical Science, Biotechnology: Master’s Concentration

    Biomedical Science, Stem Cell Science: Master's Concentration

    Biotechnology: Certificate, Master's Concentration

    Biotechnology - Data Science and Machine Learning for: Certificate

    Botany: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, Master's of Fine Arts, Minor

    Business Administration: Minor, Master’s Degree

    Business Administration, Accounting: Bachelor's Concentration

    Business Administration, Decision Sciences: Bachelor's Concentration

    Business Administration, Finance: Bachelor's Concentration, Graduate Certificate

    Business Administration, General Business: Bachelor's Concentration

    Business Administration, Information Systems: Bachelor's Concentration

    Business Administration, International Business: Bachelor's Concentration

    Business Administration, Management: Bachelor's Concentration

    Business Administration, Marketing: Bachelor's Concentration

    Business Analytics: Master's Degree

    Business Ethics & Compliance: Graduate Certificate

    Business Principles: Graduate Certificate

    California Studies: Minor

    Cell & Molecular Biology: Bachelor’s Concentration, Master’s Concentration

    Chemistry: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Child & Adolescent Development, Early Childhood: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Child & Adolescent Development, School Age Child and Family: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Child & Adolescent Development, Youth Work and Out of School Time: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Chinese: Master’s Degree

    Chinese, Flagship Chinese: Bachelor's Concentration

    Chinese Language: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor

    Chinese Literature & Linguistics: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor

    Cinema: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Cinema Studies: Master’s Degree

    Civil Engineering: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Classics: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Climate Change Causes, Impacts, and Solutions: Certificate

    Clinical Laboratory Science: Graduate Certificate

    Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Master's Degree

    Clinical Psychology: Master’s Concentration

    Comic Studies: Minor

    Communication Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Communicative Disorders: Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree

    Comparative & World Literature: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Composition: Master’s Concentration

    Computational Linguistics: Undergraduate Certificate, Graduate Certificate,

    Computer Engineering: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Computer Science: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Computing Applications: Minor

    Conflict Resolution: Certificate

    Cooperative Education: Certificate

    Counseling: Minor, Master’s Degree

    Creative Writing: Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Concentration, Master’s Concentration, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts

    Credential Programs: Teaching & Educational Services

    Criminal Justice Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, CEL Bachelor's Degree Completion, Minor

    Critical Pacific Islands & Oceania Studies: Minor

    Critical Social Thought: Minor

    Curriculum and Instruction Master's Degree

    Cybersecurity for Managers: Certificate

    Cybersecurity, Enterprise: Graduate Certificate

    Dance: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Data Science and Machine Learning for Biotechnology: Certificate

    Data Science, Statistical: Master's Degree

    Data Science for Biology and Chemistry: Graduate Certificate

    Decision Sciences: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor

    Design: Master's Degree, Minor

    Design & Industry: see Design, Industrial Arts, Industrial Design, and Visual Communication Design

    Design/Technical Production (Theatre Arts): Master’s Concentration

    Developmental Psychology: Master’s Concentration

    Dietetics: [see Nutrition and Dietetics]

    Digital Animation: Certificate

    Digital Media Production: Certificate

    Drama: [see Theatre Arts]

    Early Childhood Education: Master’s Concentration

    Earth Sciences: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Minor

    Ecology: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation Biology: Master’s Concentration

    Economics: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Education: Overview

    Education: Doctoral Degree

    Education: Minor

    Education, Special Interest Area: Master’s Concentration

    Educational Administration: Master’s Concentration

    Educational Leadership: Doctoral Degree

    Educational Technology: see Instructional Technologies

    Electrical Engineering: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Elementary Education: Master’s Concentration

    Embedded Electrical and Computer Systems: Master’s Concentration

    Energy Systems: Master’s Concentration

    Engineering, Civil Engineering: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Engineering, Computer Engineering: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Engineering, Electrical Engineering: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Engineering, Embedded Electrical and Computer Systems: Master’s Concentration

    Engineering, Energy Systems: Master’s Concentration

    Engineering, Mechanical Engineering: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Engineering, Structural/Earthquakes: Master’s Concentration

    English, Composition: Master’s Concentration

    English, Creative Writing: Bachelor’s Concentration, Master’s Concentration, Master of Fine Arts

    English, English and American Literature: Minor

    English, English Education: Bachelor’s Concentration

    English, Immigrant Literacies: Certificate

    English, Linguistics: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor, Master’s Concentration

    English, Literature: Bachelor’s Concentration

    English, Professional Writing and Rhetoric: Bachelor's Concentration

    English, Teaching Composition: Certificate

    English, Teaching Post-Secondary Reading: Certificate

    English, TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages): Certificate, Master’s Concentration

    English Literatures: Master’s Degree

    Enterprise Cybersecurity: Graduate Certificate

    Enterprise Information Systems: Graduate Certificate

    Environmental Science: Bachelor’s Degree

    Environmental Studies: Bachelor’s Degree

    Environmental Studies, Natural Resource Management and Conservation: Bachelor's Concentration

    Equity & Social Justice in Education: Master’s Concentration

    Ethical Artificial Intelligence: Certificate

    Ethnic Studies Empowerment, Certificate

    Ethnic Studies: Graduate Certificate, Master’s Degree

    Ethnography: Certificate

    European Studies: Minor

    Exercise & Movement Sciences: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Exercise Physiology: Graduate Certificate

    Family & Consumer Sciences: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree

    Family & Community Sciences: Bachelor’s Degree

    Family Nurse Practitioner: Master’s Concentration, Graduate Certificate

    Film: see Cinema

    Film & Media Studies: Certificate

    Finance: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor, Graduate Certificate

    Flagship Chinese Language: Bachelor’s Concentration

    French: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Genetic Engineering: Graduate Certificate

    Geographic Information Science: Master’s Degree

    Geography: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning: Master's Concentration

    Geology: see Earth Sciences

    Geosciences: Master’s Degree

    German: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Gerontology: Master’s Degree

    Global Peace, Human Rights & Justice Studies: Minor

    Health Education: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Historical Research: Certificate

    History: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    History Education: Certificate

    Holistic Health: Minor, Certificate

    Home Economics: see Family & Consumer Sciences

    Hospitality & Tourism Management: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Certificate

    Human Sexuality Studies: Minor, Master’s degree

    Humanities: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Immigrant Literacies: Graduate Certificate

    Inclusive Early Childhood: Graduate Certificate

    Industrial Design, Product Design & Development: Bachelor’s Degree

    Industrial Organizational Psychology: Master’s Degree

    Information Systems: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor, Graduate Certificate

    Information Technology Auditing: Certificate

    Instructional Technologies: Master’s Concentration

    Interdisciplinary Studies (Graduate) Master’s Degree

    Interior Design: Bachelor’s Degree

    International Business: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor, Certificate

    International Business and Global Leadership: Graduate Certificate

    International Relations: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Italian: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Japanese: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Jewish Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Journalism: Minor

    Journalism, Photojournalism: Bachelor's Concentration

    Journalism, Print and Online: Bachelor's Concentration

    Kinesiology: Master’s Degree

    Kinesiology, Exercise and Movement Sciences: Bachelor's Concentration

    Kinesiology, Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP) in Physical Education: Bachelor's Concentration

    Labor & Employment Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Language & Literacy Education: Master’s Concentration (Temporarily Suspended)

    Latin American Studies: Minor

    Latina/Latino Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies: Minor

    Liberal and Creative Arts: Certificate

    Liberal Studies: Bachelor’s Degree

    Linguistics: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor, Master’s Concentration

    Literature: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Literature in English: Minor

    Management: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor

    Marine Biology & Limnology: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Marine and Estuarine Sciences (Interdisciplinary): Master’s Degree

    Marine Science: Bachelor's Concentration

    Marketing: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor

    Marketing in the Digital Economy: Certificate

    Marriage, Family & Child Counseling: Master’s Concentration

    Mathematics: Minor, Master’s Degree

    Mathematics, Advanced Study: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Mathematics, Applied: Bachelor's Degree

    Mathematics, Liberal Arts: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Mathematics, Teaching: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Mathematics Education (elementary): Master’s Concentration

    Mathematics Education (secondary): Master’s Concentration

    Mechanical Engineering: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Media Literacy: Minor

    Medical Technology: see Clinical Laboratory Science or Biomedical Science

    Mental Health Counseling (Clinical): Master's Degree

    Meteorology: see Earth Sciences

    Microbiology: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Middle East & Islamic Studies: Minor

    Mind, Brain & Behavior: Master’s Concentration

    Modern Greek Studies: Minor (Temporarily Suspended)

    Modern Languages & Literatures: see Individual Languages

    Modern Language Learning and Teaching: Certificate

    Movement Science: Graduate Certificate

    Museum Studies: Minor, Master’s Degree

    Music: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, Minor, Master of Arts, Master of Music

    Music and Recording Industry: Certificate

    Natural Resource Management & Conservation: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Nursing: Bachelor’s Degree, ADN-BSN, Master’s Degree

    Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner: Master's Concentration, Graduate Certificate

    Nutrition and Dietetics: Bachelor’s Degree, Graduate Certificate

    Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietetics and Nutrition Science: Bachelor's Concentration

    Nutrition and Dietetics, Foods and Community Nutrition: Bachelor's Concentration

    Oceanography: see Earth Sciences

    Pacific Asian Studies: Minor

    Paralegal Studies: Certificate

    Persian Studies: Minor

    Philosophy: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Philosophy & Religion: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Photojournalism: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Physical Activity: Social Scientific Perspectives: Graduate Certificate

    Physical Education (Integrated Teacher Education Program in): Bachelor’s Concentration

    Physical Therapy: Doctoral Degree

    Physics: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Physics for Teaching: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Physiology: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Physiology & Behavioral Biology: Master’s Concentration

    Political Science: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Pre-health Professions: Certificate

    Pre-nursing: Certificate

    Print & Online Journalism: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Product Design & Development: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Professional Writing and Rhetoric: Bachelor's Concentration, Minor

    Psychological Science: Master’s Degree

    Psychology: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Public Administration: Master’s Degree

    Public Health: Master’s Degree

    Queer Ethnic Studies: Minor

    Race & Resistance Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Race, Ethnicity, and Health: Bachelor's Degree

    Reading, Elementary: Graduate Certificate

    Reading, Post-Secondary: Graduate Certificate

    Recreation: Minor

    Recreation, Parks & Tourism Administration: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree

    Religious Studies: Minor

    Resource Management and Environmental Planning: Master’s Concentration

    Russian: Minor

    School Age Child & Family: Bachelor’s Concentration

    School Psychology: Master’s Concentration

    Screenwriting: Certificate

    Secondary Education: Master’s Concentration

    Sexuality Studies, Human: Minor, Master’s Degree

    Social Psychology: Master’s Concentration

    Social Work: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree

    Sociology: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Software Engineering: Certificate

    South Asian Studies: Minor

    Spanish: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Spanish and English Interpretation: Certificate

    Special Education: Minor, Master’s Degree, Doctoral Concentration

    Special Major: Bachelor’s Degree

    Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree

    Statistical Data Science: Master's Degree

    Statistics: Bachelor’s Degree

    Structural/Earthquakes: Master’s Concentration

    Studio Art: Bachelor’s Concentration, Minor

    Sustainable Business: Graduate Certificate

    Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: Master’s Concentration

    Teaching of Composition: Graduate Certificate

    Teaching Post-secondary Reading: Certificate

    Technical & Professional Writing: Certificate

    Theatre Arts: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Training Systems Development: Graduate Certificate

    Urban Studies & Planning: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor

    Visual Communication Design: Bachelor’s Degree

    Weather Study: Certificate

    Women & Gender Studies: Bachelor’s Degree, Minor, Master’s Degree

    Women’s Health Issues: Minor

    World Development Studies: Minor

    World Music & Dance: Minor

    Youth Work & Out of School Time: Bachelor’s Concentration

    Youth & Human Services Non-profit Agency Administration: Certificate

    Zoology: Bachelor’s Concentration


Course information

Schedule 52 Weeks

requirements

  • N/A

Course Schedule

2025-01-24
※ From the Course Starting Dates 52Weeks(month) Choose

Fees

tution

School's Admin fee
Tuition
52 Week Week Week Week Week
(USD)$ 18,886
Week Week Week Week Week

Accommodation

Housing Placement
Accommodation Fee
Terms Homestay On-Campus Dorm/residence Off-Campus residence

Airport Pickup

Airport Pickup
Other Charges

Remarks / Other Information

  • * Dates and Fees are approximate and may change without prior notice.

Location


Accommodation

  • On-campus housing 
    - Manzanita Square
    - Marry Ward Hall 
    - Towers at Centennial Square 
    - Towers Junior Suites 
    - University Park North 
    - University Park South 
    - Village at Centennial Square 
    - Mary Park hall 

    Off-campus housing 
    - City Gardens
    Special rate for SF State students
     (starting at $985) 
    - Parkmerced 

Facilities

  • Conference Centers 
    Event Centers 
    Performance Venues 
    Classrooms & Lecture Halls 
    Cox Stadium 
    Maloney Field 
    Tennis Courts 
    Softball field 
    Mashouf Multipurpose field 
    West campus green 

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