BS in Business Administration (General Management)

The General Management concentration permits a focus upon the skills of the manager, whether the manager is an entrepreneur or operating at the corporate or agency level, with emphasis on the skills of decision making as taught through the case method. Managerial skills in planning, organizing, and controlling are highly transferable within private industry and within the public and nonprofit sector as well, thus permitting a wide variety of career goals.

Note: The use of the words “business administration” throughout this section refers to courses designated as Accountancy (ACCY), Accounting Information Systems (AIS), Decision Sciences (DS), Entrepreneurship (ENTR), Finance (FIN), General Management (GM), Human Resources/Organizational Behavior (HROB), International Business (IBUS), Management (MGMT), Management Information Science (MIS), Marketing (MKTG), and Operations Management (OPM).

Note: Students graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (all concentrations) will not be subject to the University’s Foreign Language Graduation Requirement. Students who change major may be subject to the University’s Foreign Language Graduation Requirement.

Note: At least 15 units of upper division business administration courses must be taken in residence at (or under the auspices of) California State University, Sacramento. Of these 15 units, a minimum of nine units must be in upper division courses in the concentration.

Pre-Requisite Requirements

A student may not enroll in any of the Major program or Concentration courses until he/she has completed the Pre-Requisite lower division program with a grade of "C-" or better in each course and an overall GPA of 2.0 ("C"), with the exception of MATH 24 which requires a minimum acceptable grade of "C" or better.

Students enrolled as Expressed Interest in Business may enroll in the following courses after completing the lower division pre-requisite requirements:

Computer Literacy

All business majors must meet spreadsheet competency prior to taking upper division courses in the major. This requires completing MIS 10 (or equivalent).

Minimum Grade Requirements

The purpose of this requirement is to assure that all business administration students attain the minimum level of competency in all their coursework required for the business administration degree.

The minimum acceptable grade for any undergraduate course required for the business administration degree is “C-” with the exception of MATH 24 which requires a minimum acceptable grade of "C" or better.

A minimum grade point average of 2.0 (“C”) is required in the Pre-Requisite courses, Major Core courses, and the Concentration courses presented for the degree.

Program Requirements

Course also satisfies General Education (GE)/Graduation Requirement.

When enrolled in the last of the pre-requisite courses, students must file the supplemental business application to officially apply to Business Administration as their major.

Students who do not complete the required prerequisites as presented in the following Business Major program are subject to being administratively dropped from courses in which they are inappropriately enrolled.