Systemwide Committees: Eligibility

All students who serve on regular or ad hoc systemwide committees must meet the following criteria:

• Incumbent Unit Load
  Undergraduate students must earn a minimum of 6 semester or 9 quarter units per term while serving on a committee. Graduate and credential students must earn a minimum of 3 semester or 4 quarter units per term while serving. Students at quarter campuses must attend a minimum of two quarters during the academic year to maintain eligibility.
  
  
• Candidate Residency
  Undergraduate nominatees for systemwide committee appointment must have been enrolled in the CSU system and have completed one semester or two quarters prior to the appointment, earning a minimum of 6 semester (9 quarter) units during that year. Graduate and credential nominates must have 6 semester (or 9 quarter) units of continuous attendance as a new graduate or credential student to be eligible. Graduate and credential students who received a bachelor’s degree or credential within the past three years from the same campus must have earned a total of 12 (18 quarter) units during their last year as an undergraduate to be eligible.

Exceptions

Under extraordinary circumstances the campus president may make an exception to the requirements for unit load, maximum allowable units, residency, and GPA.

For more on CSU requirements for student officeholders, please visit Student Services and click on the second link at the top, “Qualifications for Student Officeholder.”