Major Requirements

Credits Required: 

Total credits: 126 - 130, depending upon concentration
Minimum credits at CSUMB: 30
Total credits required for the major: 73
Upper-division credits in the major: 56

Please declare your Business major as soon as you decide because you should start your Business classes in your Freshman year if possible. 

Total credits of 126-130 can only be met with careful course selection of General Education and University Learning Requirements to maximize double-counts to meet graduation requirements.

We highly recommend meeting with an advisor in the Business Program (business@csumb.edu) prior to registration in your first semester at CSUMB.  We are happy to advise you prior to ANY college work, even at a community college, to make sure your graduation plan is as efficient as possible.

You officially begin the major by enrolling in  BUS 300: Major ProSeminar where you create or revise your Individual Learning Plan (ILP). That ILP maps out how you will achieve each of the Major Learning Outcomes (MLOs) designated below by successfully completing the listed courses. You conclude the major by completing 4 units of Capstone coursework such as the Capstone section of BUS 495: Special Topics: Bus Admin taken for 2 units two semesters in a row.

When planning your General Education Requirements, please note the following requirements for Business Majors:

  • General Education requires one lower division Math class but Business requires that you complete
  • General Education requires English Communication A & B in the lower division.
    • If you complete these classes at CSUMB, we strongly recommend that you take BUS 211: Reading, Writing & CT/Bus I & BUS 212: Business Communication to meet that requirement.
  • If you take one of your required Economics courses from a Community College or Junior College where that course has been approved to meet General Education Area D, when that course transfers to CSUMB, it will meet the University Learning Requirement for Community Participation

University Learning Requirements require you meet an Information Technology requirement.  If you are a Business Major, you should take BUS 200: Intro to Business Computing to meet this requirement. If you take CST 101: Technology Tools, you will need to take BUS 299: Excel Spreadsheet in addition to meet the required Excel knowledge level which is a pre-requisite for Business upper division classes.  If you take your computer course at another school, you should check assist.org for articulation or speak with a Business Program Advisor by emailing business@csumb.edu.

In addition to the remainder of the General Education and University Learning Requirements, the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration requires the following courses as pre-requisites to the Upper Division Core classes:

  • BUS 201: Macro Economics and BUS 202: Micro Economics.  If you take one of your Economics courses at a community college and that course is approved as a Section D class, you are not required to take Community Participation at CSUMB
  • BUS 203: Financial Accounting and BUS 205: Managerial Accounting
  • BUS 206: Business Law

CONCENTRATIONS:

Choosing a concentration is NOT required. Many students choose to have no concentration so that they can choose their electives from the entire range of elective courses we offer rather than being held to a short list.  Your concentration is not listed on your diploma, only on your transcript. 

Major Learning Outcomes

MLO 1 Leadership and Management

Including ability to ~ contribute to organizational effectiveness ~ manage innovation and change ~ exercise leadership effectively and ethically ~ inspire, motivate and empower others ~ use time and other personal assets productively.

Required Courses

  • This outcome is initially met by
  • BUS 305: Principles of Management (4 units)

MLO 2 Marketing skills

Including ability to ~ analyze markets, environments and their associated trends and competition ~ develop and use marketing information systems (customer/consumer research via traditional and Internet methods) ~ produce a marketing plan from a holistic perspective, i.e., a socially responsible view of all the organization's stakeholders.

Required Courses

  • BUS 306: Fundamentals of Marketing (4 units)

MLO 3 Finance skills

Including ability to ~ prepare and analyze financial statements and projections ~ analyze a proposed project or investment ~ identify and evaluate sources of financing ~ understand accounting and financial reporting from an ethical and strategic perspective.

Required Courses

MLO 4 Information technology skills

Including ability to ~ identify and analyze an organization's information needs ~ design and implement database systems to meet needs ~ use information technology to support effective and ethical decision making ~ recognize and use technology trends to start or expand entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial ventures ~ use the Internet to disseminate information.

Required Courses

  • BUS 308: Computer Information Systems (4 units)

MLO 5 Operations management skills

Including ability to ~ improve operational productivity of an enterprise ~ improve strategic decisions ~ consistently deliver quality products and services which satisfy customer needs.

Required Courses

  • BUS 309: Principles of Operations Mgmt (4 units)
  • OR
  • BUS 312: Principles of Hosp Oper Mgmt (4 units)

MLO 6 Entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship skills and attitudes

Including ability to ~ recognize and evaluate opportunities ~ envision and launch new initiatives ~ assess and continuously improve performance ~ understand strategic and stakeholder management.

 

Required Courses

  • BUS 310: Entrepreneurship (4 units)

Concentrations

Accounting

Required Courses

  • BUS 383: Intermediate Accounting I (4 units)
  • BUS 383: Intermediate Accounting I (4 units)
  • BUS 384: Intermediate Accounting II (4 units)
  • BUS 384: Intermediate Accounting II (4 units)
  • BUS 385: Income Tax I (4 units)
  • BUS 385: Income Tax I (4 units)
  • BUS 482: Audit I (Financial Auditing) (4 units)
  • BUS 482: Audit I (Financial Auditing) (4 units)
  • BUS 484: Advanced Accounting I (4 units)
  • BUS 484: Advanced Accounting I (4 units)
  • This concentration requires five courses (20 elective units) to complete
  • This concentration requires five courses (20 elective units) to complete

Agribusiness

Required Courses

  • BUS 435: Supply Chain Mgmt for Agribus (4 units)
  • AND
  • BUS 434: Policy/Regulatory Env Agribus (4 units)
  • AND
  • BUS 498: Internship (4 units)
  • plus one of the following:
  • BUS 322: Prod Managemt/Marketing (4 units)
  • BUS 330: Human Resources Management (4 units)
  • BUS 421: Marketing Research (4 units)
  • BUS 425: Global Marketing (4 units)
  • Agribusiness Concentration students must also take a Plant and Soil Science class. There are two pre-approved classes at Hartnell College. Any other course must be pre-approved by the Faculty Advisor for Agribusiness.

Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship

Required Courses

  • BUS 322: Prod Managemt/Marketing (4 units)
  • AND
  • BUS 451: Venture Formation/Finance (4 units)
  • plus any two of the following:
  • BUS 356: Personal Financial Mgmt (4 units)
  • BUS 421: Marketing Research (4 units)
  • BUS 460: E-Com: Emerg Bus Models-Iss (4 units)
  • BUS 469: Database Management (4 units)
  • BUS 498: Internship (4 units)

Hospitality Management

Required Courses

  • BUS 313 *
  • BUS 323: Service Marketing (4 units)
  • BUS 330: Human Resources Management (4 units)
  • BUS 471: Customer Service Management (4 units)
  • BUS 498: Internship (4 units)
  • BUS 312 **
  • Note:
  • BUS 313 is currently under revision. Students may substitute BUS 495 (4 units) sections titled Internship or Work/study.
  • BUS 312 replaces the CORE requirement of BUS 309 for this concentration. BUS 312 is currently under revision. Students may substitute BUS 395 sections titled Principles of Service Operations.
  • This concentration requires five courses (18 elective units) to complete.

Hotel/Resort Management

Required Courses

  • BUS 313: Hospitality Prof Work Exp (2 units)
  • BUS 323: Service Marketing (4 units)
  • BUS 330: Human Resources Management (4 units)
  • BUS 471: Customer Service Management (4 units)
  • BUS 498: Internship (4 units)
  • Note: BUS 313 is currently under revision. Students may substitute BUS 495 sections titled Internship or Work/study.
  • BUS 312 replaces the CORE requirement of BUS 309 for this concentration. BUS 312 is currently under revision. Students may substitute BUS 395 sections called Principles of Service Operations.
  • This concentration requires five courses (18 elective units) to complete.

Information Technology/e-Commerce

Required Courses

  • BUS 460: E-Com: Emerg Bus Models-Iss (4 units)
  • AND
  • BUS 469: Database Management (4 units)
  • AND
  • Two other Upper Division Business Electives of your choice

Management & International Business

Required Courses

  • BUS 330: Human Resources Management (4 units)
  • BUS 331: Organizational Behavior (4 units)
  • BUS 493: Int'l Comparative Mgmt (4 units)
  • BUS 425: Global Marketing (4 units)
  • Depending on availability, and approval of the Chair of the School of Business, the following classes can occasionally substitute for one of the 4 required classes:
  • BUS 460: E-Com: Emerg Bus Models-Iss (4 units)
  • BUS 469: Database Management (4 units)
  • BUS 435: Supply Chain Mgmt for Agribus (4 units)
  • BUS 356: Personal Financial Mgmt (4 units)

Marketing

Required Courses

  • BUS 421: Marketing Research (4 units)
  • AND
  • BUS 322: Prod Managemt/Marketing (4 units)
  • Plus any two of the following:
  • BUS 323: Service Marketing (4 units)
  • BUS 356: Personal Financial Mgmt (4 units)
  • BUS 425: Global Marketing (4 units)
  • BUS 460: E-Com: Emerg Bus Models-Iss (4 units)
  • BUS 469: Database Management (4 units)
  • BUS 471: Customer Service Management (4 units)
  • BUS 498: Internship (4 units)