Bachelor of Science in
General Business
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The General Business major provides an overview and fundamental working knowledge of the varied aspects of business.
Students receive a broad and generalized understanding of the function of business and how the various sub-disciplines of business interact to contribute to the success of an organization. Students select courses across all business sub-disciplines, obtaining an understanding of the field of business. Courses are selected within a particular sub-discipline to develop specialized knowledge of a particular area of business. Positions available to graduates with a General Business major are those that require a broad, overarching understanding of the business function, rather than a specialized knowledge within a particular business sub-discipline. Examples are in retailing, sales, and other service industries.
Who Hires Our Undergraduates?
General Business Curriculum
Requirements for current students may vary based upon catalog year. See the Admissions & Program Requirements page for year-specific information.
3 units selected from the following:
- ACCTG 201: Financial Accounting
- ACCTG 202: Managerial Accounting
- ECON 101: Principles of Economics (Macro)
- ECON 102: Principles of Economics (Micro)
- FIN 240: Legal Environment of Business
- MIS 180: Principles of Information Systems
- RWS 290: Business Communications (formerly BA 290)
- MATH 120 or MATH 150: Calculus for Business Analysis
- STAT 119 or ECON 201: Elementary Statistics for Business or Statistical Methods
3 units selected from the following:
- BA 300: Ethical Decision Making in Business (1-unit)
- BA 310: Foundations of Business in a Global Environment (1-unit)
- BA 323: Fundamentals of Finance
Prereq. Credit or concurrent registration in BA 310 - BA 350: Management & Organizational Behavior
Prereq. Credit or concurrent registration in BA 310 - BA 360: Introduction to Operations & Supply Chain
Prereq. STAT 119 or ECON 201; recommended: MATH 120;
Credit or concurrent registration in BA 310 - BA 370: Marketing
Prereq. Credit or concurrent registration in BA 310 - BA 404: Small Business Consulting OR
BA 405: International Business Strategy & Integration OR
BA 458: Management Decision Games
Prereq. BA 300, 310, 323, 350, 360, 370
3 units selected from the following:
- ACCTG 325: Intermediate Managerial Accounting
Prereq. ACCTG 202 - ACCTG 326: Intermediate Financial Accounting
Prereq. ACCTG 202
3 units selected from the following:
- FIN 321: Managerial Economics
- FIN 326: Financial Institutions Management
Prereq. BA 323 - FIN 327: Investments
Prereq. BA 323 - FIN 328: Entrepreneurial Finance
Prereq. BA 323 - FIN 329: International Business Finance
Prereq. BA 323 - FIN 331: Real Estate Principles
3 units selected from the following:
- MGT 352: Human Resource Management
- MGT 357: Multinational Business & Comparative Mgt.
Prereq. BA 350 - MGT 358: Fundamental of Entrepreneurship
3 units selected from the following:
- MIS 306: Information Systems Analysis
Prereq. MIS 180 - MIS 315: Business Application Programming
Prereq. MIS 180 - MIS 380: Data Management Systems
Prereq. MIS 180
4 units selected from the following:
- MKTG 371: Consumer Behavior (4-units)
Prereq. Minimum Grade of C in BA 370 - MKTG 372: Retail Marketing Methods (4-units)
Prereq. Minimum Grade of C in BA 370 - MKTG 373: Integrated Marketing Communication (4-units)
Prereq. Minimum Grade of C in BA 370 - MKTG 376: Global Marketing Strategy (4-units)
Prereq. Minimum Grade of C in BA 370 - MKTG 377: Selling Strategy and Practices (4-units)
Prereq. Minimum Grade of C in BA 370
6-7 units of 400-level and 500-level courses in the Fowler College of Business
You must have a 2.0 average or better in the courses listed above in order to graduate. Students must also complete 9 units of upper division General Education (Explorations) and a total of 120 units for the degree.