General Business
Bachelor of Science

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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?

Apple

Adobe

Boeing

Walt Disney Studios

Who Hires Our Graduates?

General Business Curriculum

You must have a 2.0 average or better in the courses listed below 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.

Lower Division (27 Units)

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

Business Core (17 Units)

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

Accountancy (3 Units)

3 units selected from the following:

ACCTG 325: Intermediate Managerial Accounting
Prereq. ACCTG 202
ACCTG 326: Intermediate Financial Accounting
Prereq. ACCTG 202

Finance (3 Units)

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

Management (3 Units)

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

Management Information Systems (3 Units)

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

Marketing (4 Units)

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