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This scholarship has been dedicated in honor of the late Professor Shirley V. Svorny. During her time at CSUN from 1978 to 2018, Dr. Svorny was a professor of economics where she taught health, labor, and urban economics. In 1996, she founded CSUN's San Fernando Valley Economic Research Center and served as its director for four years. From 2003 to 2009, she served as Chair of the Department of Economics. 

Dr. Svorny would not have wanted financial hardship to get in the way of a promising student's academic success. Therefore, an appropriate way to honor and commemorate Dr. Svorny's mark on the Department of Economics and its students is to award a $1,000 scholarship in her name annually to a full-time Economics major who has excelled academically and who faces financial need.

The requirements for this scholarship are a minimum of a 3.5 GPA in the Economics Major, 3.0 overall CSUN GPA, full-time Junior standing, and have completed ECON 310 with a "B" or higher. To apply, please submit the Professor Shirley V. Svorny Scholarship Application by date TBA. This scholarship will be given out at the Nazarian College Scholarship Dinner held in May 2025.

Professor Shirley V. Svorny Scholarship Form

When Professor Richard Friedman died in 1997, the Department of Economics established a memorial award in his name. Rick was always the friend of students in need. For this reason, we thought he would be most honored by an award to a student who had overcome significant adversity (personal, health, financial, family, political). The Department of Economics gives an award of $300 in the spring semester to the economics major who has overcome significant odds in getting their education--the Richard Friedman Memorial Award. 

The only requirement is that you have completed five upper division economics courses (current semester courses do not count). Please note that the scholarship committee will review all of the applications and choose one lucky student. Nonetheless, your application information will remain confidential. To apply, please submit the Richard Friedman Memorial Scholarship Application by date TBA. The award is given out at the Economics Department Annual Awards Event.

Richard Friedman Memorial Scholarship Form

The Department of Economics has funds for scholarships (up to $200) for students who are taking Graduate Exam Preparation Programs. Please submit the Grad Exam Prep Award Application by the date TBA. If you receive financial aid on this campus, this scholarship would reduce the amount of aid you receive by an equal amount.

On the CSUN campus, the Tseng College offers graduate exam preparation courses. Here is a link to more information:  http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/workshops.html

Graduate Exam Preparation Programs Form

CSUN: https://www.csun.edu/financialaid/csun

CSU Foundation: https://www.csun.edu/financialaid/csu-foundation

College and Department: https://www.csun.edu/financialaid/college-and-department-scholarships

Outside Scholarships: https://www.csun.edu/financialaid/scholarships-off-campus

Web Sources: https://www.csun.edu/financialaid/web-sources

Personal Essay Tips: https://www.csun.edu/financialaid/essayletter-help

Why Apply? https://www.csun.edu/financialaid/why-apply

The top award given to a graduating senior who has the highest grade point average in upper division Economics courses. The award and honor is accompanied by a $150 check.

2021-2022 Award Recipients

Konstantin Nikolaev, Fall 2021

Zachary Gunner, Spring 2022

Certificate of Excellence: 1999-2022 (.pdf)

Certificate of Distinction: 2002-2022 (.pdf)

Outstanding Student: 1996-2022 (.pdf)

Richard Friedman Memorial Scholarship: 1997-2022 (.pdf)

Photos from previous years' awards assemblies: 2022 (.pdf), 2019 (.pdf), 2018 (.pdf), 2017 (.pdf), 2016 (.pdf), 2014 (.pdf), 2013 (.pdf), 2012 (.pdf), 2011 (.pdf), 2010 (.pdf), 2009 (.pdf), 2008 (.pdf), 2007 (.pdf), 2006 (.pdf), 2005 (.pdf), 2004 (.pdf), 2003 (.pdf), 2002 (.pdf)

Use the Major/Minor Change paper forms if you have already completed 90 units, if your major does not allow online changes (rare), or if you are enrolled in a major through the Tseng College (extension), otherwise you should make the change through SOLAR (see below).

• Change of Major (.pdf)
• Change of Minor (.pdf)
• Change of Major or Minor (under 90 units)

Use this form to request a substitution or waiver in the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics. Send an email from your CSUN email account with the Subject Line "Course Substitution Request" to the appropriate department chair and include:

1. a completed substitution/waiver form (.pdf),
2. a current Degree Progress Report/Planner, and
3. supporting documents (i.e. course descriptions and/or syllabus, etc.) as attachments

Use the Graduation Application paper form if applying after the online deadline, if electronic submission is not possible, or if a discontinued student, otherwise you should apply through SOLAR (see below).

• Online Graduation Application Process
• Application for Bachelor's Degree and Diploma (.pdf)
• Bachelor's Degree Date Change (.pdf)
• Undergraduate Degree Services FAQs

• Weeks 4 - 12+: Late Change in Academic Schedule - Undergraduate and 2nd Bachelor's Students Only (.pdf)
• Medical Withdrawal: Student Consent and Health Care Provider Guidelines (.pdf)
• Extra Unit Authorization
• Request for Third Enrollment
• Request for a Grade of Incomplete (.pdf)

The CSUN Department of Economics has adopted standards for citing reference materials in term papers and other research.

• Students are to use the APA standard for bibliographic citations (citations of articles, books, electronic sources and other sources of information) in term papers and other research assignments. Use this guide: APA Form for Citation of References.
• All citations in the body of the paper should be of the "in-text" type rather than in footnotes. Use this guide: APA In-Text Citation.
   

If you use a direct quote OR if you paraphrase an idea or statement someone else has made, you must use an "in-text citation." If it is a direct quote, you must put it in quotation marks. See the CSUN Policy on Plagiarism below. The Economics department will strictly enforce this policy.

• Unless otherwise instructed, use this format for term paper assignments: Economics Term Paper Format.

...Cheating or plagiarism in connection with an academic program at a campus is an offense for which a student may be expelled, suspended, or given a less severe disciplinary sanction...
(California State University Northridge Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog)
 

Plagiarism: Intentionally or knowingly representing the words, ideas, or work of another as one's own in any academic exercise. Comments [modified from the original as the Department of Economics is requiring in-text citations rather than alternative methods of citation, such as footnotes]:

• Direct Quotation: Every direct quotation must be identified by quotation marks, or by appropriate indentation or by other means of identification, and must be followed immediately by an in-text citation (see the APA In-Text Citation guide linked above).
• Paraphrase: Prompt acknowledgement is required when material from another source is paraphrased or summarized in whole or in part in your own words. To acknowledge a paraphrase properly, one might state: "to paraphrase Locke's comment..." and include an in-text citation identifying the exact reference. A citation acknowledging only a direct quoted statement does not suffice to notify the reader of any preceding or succeeding paraphrased material.
• Borrowed Facts or Information: Information obtained in one's reading or research which is not common knowledge among students in the course must be acknowledged. Examples of common knowledge might include the names of leaders of prominent nations, basic scientific laws, etc. Materials which contribute only to one's general understanding of the subject may be acknowledged in the bibliography and need not be immediately cited. One citation is usually sufficient to acknowledge indebtedness when a number of connected sentences in the paper draw their special information from one source. When direct quotations are used, however, quotation marks must be inserted and prompt acknowledgement is required.