Preparation for the Business Major (5 or 6 courses = 17 or 19 units)
BUS 110 - Introduction to Business (3)
BUS 151 - Financial Accounting (4) or BUS 150+200 (6 units)
BUS 201 - Managerial Accounting (3)
ECO 220 - Microeconomics (3)
ECO 221 - Macroeconomics (3) or Economics 221Honors– Macroeconomics (3)
MTH 270 - Statistics (4)
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MTH 105 (4) or MTH 115 (4) and MTH 120 - Business Calculus (4)
Business Core Courses (10 courses = 31 units)
Students may enroll in Business Core courses as soon as individual course pre-requisites have been met.
ECO/GS/HIS 135 - Perspectives on Global Development (3)
BUS 240 - Business Ethics (3)
BUS 260 - Business Law (3)
BUS 300 – Principles of Management (3)
BUS 301 - Management for Sustainability (3)
BUS 350 – Principles of Marketing (3)
BUS 360 - Information Systems for Management (3)
BUS 380 – Corporate Finance (4)
BUS 497& 498 - Capstone (2 semesters, 3 units each)
Advising Notes
Recommended for graduate-school-bound Business students:
Mathematics 130-131 Calculus I & II (8) or Mathematics 120 Business Calculus (4)
Courses taken for the Business degree may also be used to satisfy general education distribution requirements (for example, ECO 221 counts as both Prep for major and Social/behavioral science; Math meets Business and GE Math requirement; Eco/Hist 135 satisfies a Business core degree requirement, History general education, and cross-disciplinary requirement)
Completion of one Business Concentration is required for the BA in Business.
Business students are encouraged to choose more than one concentration and add business electives to their program. Two or more concentrations will be offered each year in multi-year rotation.
A Choice of Concentrations (9-10 units per concentration, see list of options)
Business Communications (choose 3 courses = 9 units)
BUS 325 - Organizational Behavior (3)
BUS 330 - Communication and Leadership (3)
BUS 331 - The Art of Negotiation (3)
BUS 332 - Multicultural Communication (3)
BUS 456 - Integrated Marketing Communications (3)
The Business Communication concentration develops an understanding of the communication needs within organizations and with diverse constituencies, with a focus on practice, feedback, leadership, and respect for cultural context.
Business For Community Development (choose 3 courses = 9 units)
Required:
ECO 400 - People, Profit, Planet (3)
BUS 415 - Entrepreneurship for Social Change (3)
Select your third course from the choices below:
ECO 300 - Business, Government, and Society (3)
BUS 456 - Integrated Marketing Communications (3)
ECO 410 - Economics of Population, Energy and Resources (3)
ECO 420 - Economic Systems and Innovation (3
This Concentration is designed to provide students with a multi-disciplinary foundatios that combines a global and more macro understanding of economics with an in-depth study of the business model, beliefs, and practices contained within the field of social entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship (choose 3 = 9 units)
BUS 215 - Retail Merchandising (3)
BUS 270 - Small Business Management (3)
BUS 315 - Entrepreneurship I (3)
BUS 316 - Entrepreneurship II (3)
BUS 415 - Entrepreneurship for Social Change (3)
The Entrepreneurship concentration allows students to learn through a case-study approach in a seminar setting, with guest speakers from both successful and struggling organizations. Students have the opportunity to critique one another’s business plans, laying the foundation for the development of their own capstone project.
The Global Economy (choose 3 = 9 units)
ECO 302 - California in the Global Economy (3)
ECO 420 - Economic Systems and Innovation (3)
Select your third course from the electives below:
BUS 304 - International Marketing (3)
ECO 410 - Economics of Population, Energy and Resources (3)
The Global Economy concentration develops an understanding of the global and institutional context in which organizations operate, with an examination of social and economic institutions, the business enterprise as locus of innovation and agent of change, the role of government, and the identification of regional strengths and challenges.
Management Science (3 courses = 10 units)
BUS 370 – Decision Making for Management I (3)
BUS 371 – Decision Making for Management II (3)
BUS 460 – Project Management (4 units)
MTH 270 – Statistics (4) (if not already counted for their core Math requirement)
Management Science students develop mathematical modeling for problem solving with business applications in finance, marketing, management, including extensive analysis using commercial software, with a focus on case studies and team projects.
Marketing (3 courses = 9 units)
BUS 452 - Marketing Analysis and Forecasting (3)
BUS 454 - New Product Development (3)
Select your third course from the electives below:
BUS 304 - International Marketing - Webster (3)
BUS 456 - Integrated Marketing Communications (3)
This concentration provides the student with a solid understanding of the foundations within the Marketing field while exploring the details associated with new product development along with the tools and techniques associated with conducting marketing analysis and forecasting.
Operations & Systems Management (3 courses = 9-10)
BUS 401 - Operations Management (3)
BUS 402 - Integrative Quality Mamangement (3)
Select your third course from the electives below:
BUS 403 - Theory of Constraints (3)
BUS 460 - Project Management (4)
BUS 435 - Leadership and Effective Organizations (3)
This concentration provides students with an in-depth understanding of two inter-connected fields. The first, Operations Management, focuses on the tools and techniques used to plan, manage, and control the “value-adding” activities within an organization – both the traditional ‘push’ and more holistic ‘pull’ models. The second, Systems Management, focuses on the basic philosophy, techniques, and practices being used to create and manage more sustainable organizations.
