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Beginning the summer 2025 term, our program will re-open with a flexible, fully online, asynchronous set of classes designed with the working professional in mind. Courses will be offered year-round, and you can start when the time is right for you. Take one or two classes to enhance your teaching, OR complete the full set of course requirements to add a Supplementary Authorization to your credential. Courses and registration will open summer 2025. Please let us know, using the form on this page, if you'd like to receive a reminder when registration opens. 

The online Computer Science Supplementary Authorization Program at California State University, Chico provides credentialed K-12 teachers the coursework necessary to secure the supplementary authorization required to teach computer science.

New computer science content standards have been developed by the CA Department of Education for grades K-12. As of October 2020, a broader range of classes, including computer science and other quantitative reasoning subjects, can fulfill the recommended high school math requirements of students planning to apply to a CSU or UC. By 2027, a recommended 4th year of computer science/quantitative reasoning may become a requirement. This adds up to a strong need to expand the offerings of courses such as computer science. 

About the Program

Chico State's Computer Science Supplementary Authorization Program meets the coursework requirements for your choice of two Supplementary Authorizations*:

The Introductory Computer Science Supplementary Authorization:

• …added to single subject teaching credential authorizes the holder to teach at any grade level the supplementary subject matter content typically included in curriculum guidelines and textbooks for study in grades 9 and below.
• …added to a Multiple subject teaching credential authorizes the holder to teach departmentalized classes related to the supplementary in grades 9 and below.

The Specific Computer Science Authorization:

• …added to the Single subject teaching credential authorizes the holder to teach the specific subject in grades preschool, kindergarten-12, and classes organized primarily for adults.

Details in California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Leaflets:

• Supplementary Authorization for Multiple Subject
• Supplementary Authorization for Single Subject

* Supplementary Authorizations May Be Added To: Single Subject Credentials; Multiple Subject Credentials; Standard Elementary and Secondary Credentials; University Internship Credentials (Multiple and Single Subject only); Special Secondary Credentials in Academic Subject: Art, Business Education, Homemaking, Industrial Arts, Music, Physical Education, Speech Arts, and Vocational Agriculture

Coursework

Take one or two classes to enhance your teaching OR complete the full set of course requirements to add a Supplementary Authorization to your credential. The courses below are listed in recommended order, but you can choose your preferred sequence.

(Please note that all courses will be offered during the summer 2025 term, except CSED 590, which will launch fall 2025.)

Introductory Authorization: 10 units

• CSED 500 Exploring Computer Science | 3 Units 
• CSED 501 Computing Practice and Programming | 3 Units 
• CSED 510 Technology for Computer Science Education | 2 Units 
• CSED 511 Computing in Society | 2 Units 

Specific Authorization: 10-13 units

• CSED 500 Exploring Computer Science | 3 Units (OPTIONAL)
• CSED 501 Computing Practice and Programming | 3 Units 
• CSED 510 Technology for Computer Science Education | 2 Units 
• CSED 511 Computing in Society | 2 Units 
• CSED 590 Software Design, Data Structures, and Algorithms | 3 Units (Available fall 2025)

Get Started

Courses and registration open summer 2025, and links will be posted below. There is no application and no prerequisites.