Business Administration, B.S.

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A total of 120 units is required for the Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, of which 66-72 units are in the major.

For Major Specific Admissions Criteria go to http://www.calstatela.edu/admissions/major-specific-criteria

Requirements for the Major (66-72 units)

All options require a common core of 45 units of lower and upper division courses in the College of Business and Economics. In addition, each student with upper division standing completes one of the following options:

Option

Department or Program

Accounting	Dept. of Accounting
Business Prelegal	Dept. of Finance and Law
Business Economics	Dept. of Economics and Statistics
Entrepreneurship	Dept. of Management
Finance	Dept. of Finance and Law
Healthcare Administration	Dept. of Management
Human Resources Management	Dept. of Management
International Business	Dept. of Marketing
Management	Dept of Management
Marketing	Dept. of Marketing
Operations and Supply Chain Mgmt	Dept. of Management
Real Estate	Dept. of Finance and Law
Retailing	Department of Marketing
Special Business	Interdisciplinary Progs. in Business

Core Requirements (45 units)

Lower Division Required Courses (15 units)

ACCT 2100 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
ACCT 2110 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
ECON 2010 - Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics (3)
ECON 2020 - Principles of Economics II: Macroeconomics (3)
FIN 2050 - Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business I (3)
- Note: ECON 2010 or ECON 2020 is double-counted in GE Block D.

Upper Division Required Courses (30 units)

Notes:

Note 1: BUS 4970 is the capstone course and requires completion of all other core courses, both lower and upper division.
It is strongly recommended that the course be taken toward the end of the program.

Note 2: It is strongly recommended that when taking the upper division core courses, students follow the sequence: CIS 3010,
BUS 3050, FIN 3030, ECON 3060, MKT 3100, MGMT3060, MGMT 3070, MGMT 3080, BUS 4150, and BUS 4970.

Note 3: ECON 3060 is double-counted in upper division GE Block B: Natural Science and Mathematics

Note 4: MGMT 3080 is double-counted in GE Block C: Upper Division Requirement: Arts and Humanities.

Note 5: BUS 3050 is designated as a Writing Intensive (WI) course.

Discipline Skills Requirement

In addition, all students must complete a 3-unit skills course specified by their option.

Options (21-27 units, including a 3-unit skills course)

All departmental and program information will be found in the corresponding section on the Academic Programs page.

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