Business Administration, Professional Business Concentration B.A. (online)
The online Professional Business concentration is a degree completion program designed primarily for business professionals who plan to become effective managers dealing with processes and people. It is targeted to those wishing to gain a solid understanding of fundamental business disciplines. Students will be exposed to core elements of business and will be able to thrive in such careers as general management, international business, financial operations, general consulting and government. Students in this program prefer a general degree rather than specialized concentrations (accounting, finance, etc.). The program is offered only through Extension and International Programs at a higher tuition rate.
Admission Requirements
Admission to the online Professional Business Concentration program requires incoming students to have earned 66 transferable semester units from one or more community colleges or other accredited institutions and a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average; and be in good academic standing at the last college or university attended; or, have earned an AS or AA degree in business from a California community college. The 66 units should comprise CSU general education requirements and Cal State Fullerton lower-division business courses (listed below) or approved equivalents.
CSU-Approved General Education Courses (minimum 30 semester/45 quarter units)
General education requirements must include courses from the following categories (“Golden Four” requirements) and be completed with a “C” (2.0) or better:
- Oral Communication
- Written Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
To see if courses from a particular community college will transfer to Cal State Fullerton, check ASSIST.org, a database that houses transfer agreements between all California community colleges and California public universities. Also contact the community college counseling center for assistance.
CSUF Lower-Division Business Core Classes (21-22 Units)
- ACCT 201A - Financial Accounting (3)
- ACCT 201B - Managerial Accounting (3)
- BUAD 201 - Business Writing (3)
- ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)
- ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
- MGMT 246 - Business and Its Legal Environment (3)
- MATH 130 - Calculus for the Natural Sciences (4) or
- MATH 135 - Business Calculus (3)
Study Plan
Key features of the Professional Business Concentration are:
- The program takes three years to complete
- Students take one class at a time; with the exception of the semester when they take their two upper-division G.E. courses
- All courses are eight weeks long
Upper Division Core (27 units)
- BUAD 301 - Advanced Business Communication (3)
- ECON 315 - Intermediate Business Microeconomics (3)
- FIN 320 - Financial Management I (3)
- ISDS 351 - Principles of Information Systems (3)
- ISDS 361A - Business Analytics I (3)
- ISDS 361B - Business Analytics II (3)
- MGMT 339 - Managing Operations (3)
- MGMT 340 - Organizational Behavior (3)
- MKTG 351 - Principles of Marketing (3)
Global Business (3 units)
- ECON 333 - Economic Development: Analysis and Case Studies (3) or
- ECON 335 - The International Economy (3)
Concentration Courses (18 units)
- ACCT 301A - Intermediate Accounting (3)
- ECON 340 - Economic Research Methods (3)
- FIN 321 - Financial Management II (3)
- ISDS 442 - Business Modeling Using Spreadsheets (3)
- MGMT 343 - Human Resource Management (3)
- MKTG 379 - Marketing Research Methods (3)
General Education (9 units)
- ANTH 304 - Traditional Cultures of the World (3)
- ECON 335 - The International Economy (3)
- ISDS 361A - Business Analytics I (3)