Business Administration

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Department Mission

The Department of Business Administration at Sonoma State University offers high-quality, relevant education in business to aspiring and practicing professionals, managers, and entrepreneurs in the private and public sectors. It does this in a liberal arts and sciences environment in which faculty emphasize the development and continuous improvement of the skills of critical thinking, effective communication, ethical reasoning, maintaining a global perspective, and applying disciplinary tools.

Careers in Business Administration

The Department of Business Administration offers a wide selection of specialized courses designed to meet a variety of career objectives. These career objectives include, but are not limited to, management-level positions in business, non-profit or government; accounting; financial analysis, management or planning; investment banking, and insurance; general management, personnel, labor relations, public relations, wage and salary administration, training, and international business; data analytics, marketing research, advertising and promotion, product development, and sales management; and business management positions in the wine industry.

Programs

• Business Administration, BS

• Accounting Concentration
• Finance Concentration
• Financial Management Concentration
• Management Concentration
• Marketing Concentration
• Special Concentration
• Wine Business Strategies Concentration

• Business Administration, MBA
• Executive Master of Business Administration, MBA

• Business Administration, Minor

• French Language Certificate for Wine Business
• Professional Sales Certificate

• Business Administration, BS, Sample Four-Year Plan

• Business Administration, BS, Sample Two-Year Plan

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