Business Administration, Finance Option, B.S.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

The goal of CoBA is to ensure that our graduates have learned and are able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, competencies, and values they will need to achieve their personal and professional goals. Students who graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration will be able to:

1. Effectively and professionally communicate both orally and in writing;
2. Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills;
3. Demonstrate interpersonal and collaboration skills;
4. Apply analytics to business situations;
5. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of information technology;
6. Apply ethical and socially responsible perspectives/viewpoints and demonstrate an understanding of their consequences;
7. Identify and apply global perspectives in making business decisions; and
8. Describe and apply foundational business concepts, theories, processes, and strategies.

Program Requirements

The undergraduate program leads to a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Careful planning is the key to efficiently meeting program requirements. There are General Education and university-wide graduation requirements, lower-division pre-business core, and upper-division requirements for the major.

All students applying for admission to the CoBA are initially classified as Pre-Business status. Students need to submit a Business Status Application (available at www.csusm.edu/coba) to the CoBA Advising Office in person, or via online, fax, or U.S. mail, along with complete copies of unofficial transcripts for all non-CSUSM coursework in the pre-business core. This is in addition to the official transcripts that are required by the Office of Admissions. Upon verification of successful completion of the pre-business core requirements, a student will be accepted in the Business Program (i.e., attain business status).

Completion of the pre-business core (Business Status) is a prerequisite for all upper-division CoBA business courses.

The CoBA requires that at least 50 percent of the upper-division major coursework required for each of its options be earned at Cal State San Marcos. Completion of the Senior Experience at Cal State San Marcos is required of all students.

Transfer Credit

Lower-division courses clearly equivalent in scope, content, and level will be accepted for transfer credit (if taken from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or from a foreign institution recognized by Cal State San Marcos and the CoBA).

Transfer credit will be granted for upper-division courses only in those cases where the course content and level are equivalent to Cal State San Marcos courses and/or where the courses were taken in a program accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Exceptions will be made on an individual basis only where a review of the proposed transfer credit course indicates content and depth at least equal to the equivalent of a Cal State San Marcos course. An Upper-Division Transfer Credit Approval Form is available on the CoBA website. A student requesting such a review will be required to provide supporting documentation, such as course syllabi and required texts, along with complete copies of unofficial transcripts. This is in addition to the official transcripts that are required by the Office of Admissions.

Requirements

In order to receive a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, a student must earn a minimum of 120 units. All courses counted toward the major must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Students interested in this major must apply to the College of Business Administration for admission. Eligible applicants will be admitted for available spaces based on the grade point average in the Lower-Division Pre-Business Core.

Students should refer to the College of Business Administration Advising web site (csusm.edu/coba/advising) for Business Status application and the Pre-Business Core GPA requirement in any given semester.

Lower-Division Pre-Business Core (24 Units)

• ACCT 201 - Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 3
• ACCT 202 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting Units: 3
• BUS 202 - Introduction to Business Law Units: 3
• BUS 203 - Business Writing Units: 3
• BUS 204 - Business Statistics Units: 3
• ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics Units: 3
• ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 3
• MATH 132 - Survey of Calculus Units: 3