BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

This program is designed to provide the student with a foundation and marketable skills in business administration, organization, management, and communication guided by international and multicultural applied perspectives. A logically sequenced curriculum presents a practical orientation for developing and implementing effective entrepreneurial systems and administrative strategies targeting the needs, issues, and trends of the 21st Century global marketplace. The student completes core courses in business administration in tandem with the fulfillment of lower and upper division general education courses from the University’s approved undergraduate completion program in Humanistic Studies. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program in Business Administration may enrich the breadth of their undergraduate major by completing an additional Specialty curriculum in either Communications or Information Technology Systems, respectively. The Specialization curricula consists of seven (7) courses in either Communications or Information Systems Technology, and are designed as supplemental professional skills training logically integrated with and directly relatable to the organized sequence of studies comprising the major in Business Administration.

PREREQUISITES:

High school diploma or the equivalent (GED) are minimum requirements for admission. Students having earned an Associate of Arts degree, or the equivalent, from a state approved or regionally accredited institution may transfer a maximum of one hundred thirty-five (135) quarter or ninety (90) semester units. The B.A. program in Business Administration requires all transfer students to complete a minimum of sixty (60) quarter units. The SAT's are not required for admission.

REQUIREMENTS:

The Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration degree program requires the completion of one hundred eighty (180) quarter units at the undergraduate level. The student completes one hundred five (105) quarter units in basic collegiate education and seventy-five (75) quarter units in Business Administration. This includes twenty-one (21) lower and upper division courses logically sequenced from the University’s approved undergraduate curriculum and fifteen (15) specialty courses in Business Administration. Completion of this program also requires the student to fulfill a capstone Senior Research Project relative to applied topics in Business Administration and allied fields such as international marketing and finance, for example. Students majoring in Business Administration have the option of pursuing additional specialty instruction in either Communications or Information Technology Systems, and each specialty curriculum consists of thirty-five (35) quarter units, which is the equivalent of seven (7) courses beyond the minimum graduation requirement of one-hundred eighty (180) quarter units. As such, students fulfilling either Specialization course sequence complete a total of two-hundred fifteen (215) quarter units in completing all graduation requirements.