California State University, Dominguez Hills is located on the historic Rancho San Pedro, the oldest Spanish land grant in the Los Angeles area. Its 346-acre campus was in the continuous possession of the Dominguez family through seven generations, from its concession to Juan Jose Dominguez in 1784 to its acquisition by the people of the state for the University.

The Legislature of the State of California authorized the establishment of this University in 1960, and the first students were enrolled in the fall of 1965. The campus is strategically located in the heart of a major technological, industrial and transportation complex. Moreover, it is central in a population that is international and multiethnic; the people of this area are genuinely heterogeneous. Cultural pluralism is a major characteristic of the University. At the same time, there is a continuing focus on the Hispanic heritage of California.

California State University, Dominguez Hills is an institution dedicated to excellence and committed to preparing students of diverse ages, cultural backgrounds and interests for lives of accomplishment in a world of unprecedented challenge and change. Our mission is to provide educational opportunities and services of high quality to students at both the undergraduate and graduate level. We are guided by commitment to all who see education as a key to a career and personal fulfillment, and we strive to offer our programs at times and places accessible to the populations we serve: on-campus, off-campus, and at those sites best served by state-of-the-art technologies.

A fundamental condition of this University's existence is the multiethnic and multicultural nature of our setting. We seek to enhance that pluralism in our programs and in the makeup of our student body, faculty and staff. We invite international perspectives, cultivate programs that serve students from other nations, and encourage our students to participate in study in other countries.

Our faculty, staff and administration are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in student achievement, instructional programs and supportive services. We foster faculty-student collaboration in learning, encourage and support the research, scholarship and creative activity of our faculty, and seek to contribute to the development of the communities we serve.

An MBA program was established at Dominguez Hills by the Division of Management in 1972. The Division launched undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Public Administration in 1973, and a professional undergraduate degree program in Business Administration was established with the School of Business and Public Administration in 1974.

The California State University system offers more than 1,600 Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in some 240 subject areas. Many of these programs are offered so that students can complete all upper-division and graduate requirements by part-time late afternoon and evening study or by distance learning from home or work via computer or television. In addition, a variety of teaching and school service credential programs is available. A limited number of doctoral degrees are offered jointly with the University of California and with private institutions in California.

Enrollments in fall 1997 totaled 344,000 students who were taught by over 18,000 faculty. The system awards more than half of the Bachelor's degrees and 30 percent of the Master's degrees granted in California. Some 1.7 million students have been graduated from CSU campuses since 1960.

California State University Dominguez Hills is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) located at P.O. Box 9990, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 94613-9990. The School of Business and Public Administration is also accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) located at 7007 College Blvd., Suite 420, Overland Park, KS, 66211. The MPA program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) located at 1120 G. Street, N.W., Ste. 520, Washington DC 20005.