Apr 23, 2024  
2019-2020 General Catalog 
    
2019-2020 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Program/Degree Changes and Updates


The following is a list of program/degree corrections appended to this catalog:

(alpha order by program/degree)


Adapted Physical Education program:
Admissions to APE is suspended as of Fall 2019.

American Multicultural Studies, BA:
AMCS 350 has been changed from being a major/minor core requirement to being an elective;
AMCS 392 has been changed from being an elective to being a major/minor core requirement.

Business Administration, Minor:

The Minor in Business Administration has the following features and requirements:

  1. The Business minor consists of 5 courses. There are 4 required courses and one elective. The elective course may be any upper-division Business course. A student must meet the prerequisites to be eligible to take the chosen upper-division Business course. The 5 courses are:
    BUS 230A - Financial Accounting     
    BUS 344 - Organizational Behavior  
    BUS 360 - Introduction to Marketing   
    BUS 370 - Introduction to Managerial Finance 
    Upper-division Business elective
     
  2. The Business minor must consist of a minimum of 20 units in business administration and must be approved by the chair of the Business Administration department. In addition to the required courses listed above, additional coursework, chosen with consent of the department chair, may be selected as needed to obtain the 20-unit minimum.
     
  3. The student must have a minimum GPA of 2.50 in order to apply for the Business minor.
     
  4. Students must complete a Business Minor Declaration Form and submit it to the Business Administration department office.
     
  5. Students must have completed BUS 230A  in their first semester of business courses and earn a grade of C or better.
     
  6. BUS 344 , BUS 360 , BUS 370 , and the upper-division Business elective must be completed at Sonoma State University.
     
  7. Business minor students will usually take only one of the above courses per semester. However, students are allowed to take two business courses in one semester subject to seat availability.
     
  8. Students who are eligible to take BUS 344 , BUS 360 , and BUS 370  , or the elective course must submit a Request to Take an Upper-Division Business Administration Course form to the School of Business and Economics Office. The student will then be given a permission number in order to be allowed to register for the course.
     
  9. Contract course such as BUS 399, BUS 495 and BUS 499 may not be taken as the minor elective.

Depth Psychology, MA:
Admissions to Depth Psychology has been suspended as of Fall 2019.

Film Studies, Minor:
Has been placed under American Multicultural Studies, moved to Communication and Media Studies as of Spring 2020.

Gerontology:
The Gerontology minor and academic certificate will be discontinued as of Spring 2020.

Human Development:
Pre-Human Development Requirement 1. “2.50 overall GPA” should read “2.5 overall and SSU GPA.”

Physical Sciences for Elementary School Teachers, Minor
Discontinued as of Fall 2019