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CourseMatch at Sacramento State

CourseMatch is the CSU Chancellor's office initiative to provide CSU students greater access to the fully online courses offered throughout the CSU system. Chancellor’s Office approval will be considered for entirely online, asynchronous, highly successful courses, which fulfill general education requirements, lower division major preparation requirements, or other high demand courses. Instructors must have completed a Chancellor's Office Quality Matters training program or equivalent Sacramento State training program.

For questions, please contact Sharyn Gardner at gardner@csus.edu

CourseMatch Program applications for Fall 2025

NOTE: This application is open every semester for the following semester. If you had your course accepted in a semester and you want to open it for CourseMatch again, you will have to apply every semester.

Application Due Date

Application is due to Academic Affairs by April 7, 2025

Apply by April 7, 2025

The deadline for applying is April 7, 2025 . The chancellor's office will send notification of approval courses by early May, 2025.

Information needed for the application (beyond contact and course information):

  • Syllabus
  • Comparative Grades (to show low DFW rates).
    • Online Grades compared to non-online grades (hybrid and face-to-face) (Preferred)
    • Online Grades over time (if the class has not been taught non-online recently)
  • Identify how academic integrity is maintained (i.e. reduce cheating and plagiarism): Practices and Technology Programs.
  • Here is a PDF of the entire application survey in case you want to look at it in advance and then return to fill out the electronic application.
  • Here are some DFW spreadsheets you will need:

To see if you are eligible and to guide you through the application process, please review the presentation materials and FAQ below:

The deadline for applying is April 7, 2025. The chancellor's office will send notification of approval courses by early May, 2025.

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