Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Business Administration

General Education 
units Lower-Division Core 
Upper-Division Core 
Electives (Must include 1 Practicum) 
Capstone 
Total  

30 units
15 units
36 units
36 units 
03 units
120 units

Courses will be offered in a systematic manner, i.e., where applicable, prerequisites must be completed before the student can enroll in subsequent high-level offerings. General Education and Elective Requirements are described in the following paragraphs.

General Education (30 units)
Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration must complete a breadth requirement of 30 General Education units. The Business Administration area requires that students select at least one course from among the disciplines listed below. Students may elect to take the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams to meet this requirement instead or in combination with courses. Credit given for General Education courses taken through CLEP exams is based on passing scores as determined according to the range of acceptable scores established.

• Communications (written/oral)
• Computation (quantitative reasoning/concepts)
• Social Science (history, sociology, economics, and politics)
• Computer Technology & Practice
• Humanities (literature, philosophy, language, culture, the arts)
• Life/Physical Sciences

Lower Division Core (15 Units)
The course descriptions for the following lower-division and upper-division requirements are listed according to individual disciplines.

• Introduction to Financial Accounting
• Business Law I
• Mathematics for Business Applications
• Principles of Management Information Systems
• Introduction to Business Statistics

Upper Division Core (36 Units)

• Introduction to Managerial Accounting
• Introduction to Business Communications
• Business Law II
• Principles of Business Economics (Micro)
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Principles of Finance
• Fundamentals of Human Behavior in Organizations
• The International Business Environment
• Management Theory & Practice
• Business Data Communications
• Introduction to Management Science
• Introduction to Marketing

Electives (36 Units)
In addition to completing General Education Requirements and a lower and upper division Core, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration students are expected to complete an elective program by selecting 36 units from among the disciplines listed below. Students may choose electives in either a breadth format or a specific area or areas of concentration. Courses should be selected with the approval of the Business Administration Faculty and/or Dean.
Elective Areas:

• Accounting
• Business Elective Credit
• Business Law
• Economics
• Finance
• Health Care Management
• Human Resources Management
• International Business Administration
• Management
• Management Information Systems
• Management Science
• Marketing

Required Capstone (3 Units)

• Strategic Planning & Management

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