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Imperial Valley Campus
Emeritus: Ayala, Baldwin, Erzen, Franklin, Harmon, King, Lovely, Rodney, Smith, Spencer, Varela-Ibarra, Wilson
Professors: Balch, Ballesteros (Dean of the Campus), Dunn, Elizondo, Ryan, Simon
Associate Professors: Padmanabhan, Polich, Reyes, Stampfl
Assistant Professors: Castaneda, Garrison, Hill, Mora, Neumann, Robinett, Sabath, Shumaker, Zelina
The Imperial Valley Campus, in cooperation with academic units and the Graduate Division on the San Diego campus, offers selected graduate programs leading to advanced degrees, credentials, and certificates. Such programs, scheduled on a part-time basis for working professionals, have been offered for the Master of Arts degree in Education with a concentration in Administration and Supervision, the Master of Arts degree in Education with a concentration in Elementary Curriculum and Instruction or Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, the Master of Science degree in Counseling, Special Education Specialist credentials, the Master's degree in Social Work, and the Master's degree in Public Administration.
The Imperial Valley Campus is a two-year upper-division campus of San Diego State University serving the desert area of southeastern California. It is accredited as an integral division of SDSU and operates under the same academic calendar. Established in 1959 by an act of the State legislature, the campus is located in the Imperial Valley on the Mexican Border in the city of Calexico. Offering only the last two years of undergraduate education as well as a fifth year credential program for teacher preparation and occasional M.A. programs, the campus accepts transfer students, from community colleges or other colleges, who have at least 56 units. As a small campus, the Imperial Valley Campus offers students the advantages of small classes and individual contact with the faculty. Interactive television provides students in Calexico the opportunity to participate in some classes broadcast live from the San Diego campus. The Imperial Valley Campus schedules its classes to meet once a week in three-hour blocks so that students who work full time can earn 6-12 units a semester by attending classes once or twice a week. Classes are also offered on the weekends.
The location on the Mexican border provides the opportunity for involvement in a bicultural environment. There are many opportunities to participate in the cultural life of Mexicali, just across the border, a city of nearly 800,000 people. There are also many opportunities on the U.S. side of the border to be involved in a bilingual/cross-cultural setting. There is an exchange program for students between the Imperial Valley Campus and the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California which allows students to take classes at either of the participating universities and receive credit at their home institution. Among the faculty are professors with Latin American emphases in history, geography, sociology, and Spanish. The faculty is also augmented with other Latin American specialists from Mexico and from the San Diego campus.
The Imperial Valley is one of the richest agricultural centers in the country. It has a desert climate with mild winters and little rainfall. Because of this, the area has great potential for the development of alternative energy sources. Geothermal energy is already being produced in the area and solar and wind energy are both potentially important sources for future development. The desert also offers the opportunity to study a fragile ecological environment. Highly significant archaeological discoveries have been made in the area and there is continuing archaeological fieldwork.
The campus is located on an eight-acre city block in the heart of Calexico's Civic Center, across from Rockwood Plaza. This was originally the site of Calexico's first high school, and some of the campus buildings, including Rodney Auditorium, are part of the original school structures. In 1980 the Legislature approved funding to construct a new classroom building and a library and media center which was dedicated in February 1983. Seven new buildings were dedicated in 1995, including doubling the size of the library.
The library, located in the center of campus, is designed to facilitate research and to provide a pleasant atmosphere for study. It features open stacks and a variety of study areas including carrels, large tables, special collections, and comfortable, upholstered chairs. The collection of over 80,000 volumes supports the curricula offered on the Imperial Valley Campus and includes a large bicultural collection. The library receives over 500 periodical and serial titles as well as a significant collection of microfilm and microfiche resources. Among the services provided library patrons are reference assistance, photocopying machines for print and microforms, typing rooms, interlibrary and intercampus loans, and computerized information retrieval.
The computer and media center provide assistance to the faculty in the use of educational technology. It has a wide range of equipment for use in the classroom. A modern computer laboratory, computer laboratory, and tutoring center are available to the campus community.
A student union, bookstore, art gallery, administration/student services building, faculty office and shop buildings complete the facilities on the campus.
To apply for admission to the Imperial Valley Campus, students must file a complete application and transcripts as outlined in Part Two of this bulletin. Both completed application forms and transcripts should be sent to the Admissions Office, San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus, 720 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California 92231. Please telephone (619) 357-5509 for further information. Because of the size of the campus, the registration process is easily accomplished in a short period of time.
The Imperial Valley Campus holds its own commencement exercises each spring, before commencement exercises on the San Diego campus.
