Business Administration Minor

Program of Study

The Minor in Business Administration is designed to be supportive of a variety of arts, humanities, and science majors. All students interested in the minor should meet with an advisor in the College of Business Administration. To graduate with a Minor in Business Administration, students will be required to complete the requirements in effect at the time of declaration. The CoBA requires that at least 50 percent of the upper-division minor coursework be earned at Cal State San Marcos. The requirements are as follows:

Note:

• Students are considered “Pre-Business” status until they have completed the Pre-Business Core and are changed to “Business” status.
• The Pre-Business Core is a prerequisite for all upper-division CoBA courses and must be completed with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher to qualify for Business Status. Business Status is required in order to register for upper-division business courses.
• The minimum grade for every Pre-Business Core course and upper-division CoBA course must be a “C” or higher or must be repeated. 
• Pre-Business Core courses and upper-division CoBA courses may NOT be taken Credit/No Credit. 
• Students must submit a Business Status Application to the CoBA Advising Office no later than one week prior to the first day of classes for any given semester.
• Business Status Application forms are available in the CoBA Advising Office and on the website at www.csusm.edu/cba.

Lower-Division Pre-Business Core (6 Units)

• ACCT 201 - Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• BUS 204 - Business Statistics Units: 3

Foundation of Business Courses (12 Units)

Selected from:

• BUS 302 - Foundations of Business Environments Units: 2 *
• FIN 302 - Foundations of Finance Units: 2 ^*
• MGMT 302 - Foundations of Organizational Behavior Units: 2 ^*
• MIS 302 - Foundations of Management Information Systems Units: 2 ^*
• MKTG 302 - Foundations of Marketing Units: 2 ^*
• OM 302 - Foundations of Operations Management Units: 2 *^*

Upper-Division CoBA Course (2 Units)

• BUS 442 - Business Strategy Units: 2

Total (20 Units)