SDSU Research Foundation requires all employees and supervisors to participate in mandatory training courses.

All employees are provided with a username and password to access the online training modules. All training can be accessed through CSU Learn.

The following are course descriptions for mandatory training:

Information Security Awareness (Data Security and FERPA)

This online course provides the tools to ensure CSU employees understand our responsibilities regarding data protection, acceptable use of CSU networking resources, and are equipped with the knowledge to protect information systems and sensitive data from internal and external threats.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) guarantees both the confidentiality of students' education records and students' right of access to their own records. After covering what is and isn’t an educational record, the course explains the confidentiality rule and its exceptions. It also includes practical tips and other resources. Estimated Duration: 60 minutes.

Gender Equity and Title IX

This course trains faculty and staff who are likely to witness or receive sexual harassment and violence, and to recognize and report sexual misconduct, whether it occurs on campus, off campus, or online. The course also covers federal requirements for preventing and responding to suspicions of sexual misconduct.

Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP)

The California State University offers this course to support your success in fulfilling a very important responsibility for CSU employees – creating, maintaining, promoting, and contributing to a safe work environment. This course includes information about how to address COVID-19 and its variants.

Workplace Violence Prevention Plan

California Senate Bill 553 requires employers to develop and implement a workplace violence prevention plan in accordance with newly codified Labor Code section 6401.9, which sets out the requirements for the plan. Starting July 1, 2024, the majority of employers in California must establish, implement, and maintain a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan that includes: • Prohibiting employee retaliation. • Accepting and responding to reports of workplace violence. • Employee workplace violence training and communication. • Emergency response. • Workplace violence hazard assessments. • Other requirements, such as maintaining a Violent Incident Log.

Sexual Harassment Awareness

Sexual harassment is a serious problem in the workplace. Victims of sexual harassment can suffer physical and emotional damage while companies can suffer financially from the negative publicity and litigation costs as well as from the loss of job productivity and deteriorated work environment for its employees.

This course has been designed to help prevent incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace as well as provide guidelines on what to do if such an incident occurs. It aims to help employees recognize the seriousness of violations or sexual harassment policy.

California state law requires at least two hours of sexual harassment training for all supervisory employees every two years and within six months of becoming a supervisor.

Ethics in the Workplace

In our ever changing society, ethics is something that must be a part of the working world, whether the setting is corporate, medical, educational, or governmental. This course focuses on ways to incorporate ethical principles into the workplace in order to create a more positive atmosphere for both employees and employers.

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