Business Administration with a Concentration in Management, BS

Sonoma State University, via the Schools of Business and Economics and Extended & International Education, provides a pathway for students to earn a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Management at several North Bay community colleges through the Degree Completion Program (DCP).

Courses are taught by SSU faculty, scheduled evenings and Saturdays. All program courses are online. The program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and is designed specifically for students with work, family or other commitments who are not able to join traditional Business degree programs on the main SSU campus in Rohnert Park.

The DCP program consists of 57 units: 48 upper division units in the major plus 9 units of upper-division general education. Time to completion depends on many factors; advising will be available before and during the program to develop individual completion plans.

Remaining lower-division general education
Remaining electives
How many units can comfortably taken in a semester, depending on individual work and family commitments
Whether a student is able to take Summer or Winter Intersession courses at Sonoma State

The program is designed to be completed in two years at 12 units per semester if a student has 60 units at transfer, has completed all lower-division GE and is able to take Summer/Winter Intersession. We estimate that part-time students taking 8 units per semester will take about three years to finish their requirements.

Admission into the DCP program requires prior completion of BUS 230A Financial Accounting (4 units), BUS 230B Managerial Accounting (4 units) and BUS 225 Legal Environment of Business (4 units); these 3 courses count towards meeting the number of units required in the major. Although the Business Administration major consists of 60 units (10-course core and 5-course concentration), students in the DCP program will have already completed 3 core courses prior to admission into the program and therefore are only required to complete an additional 48 business units after admission into the DCP program. This is in addition to and separate from the requirement to complete 3 courses (9 units) of upper-division general education courses in the DCP program.

Additional program details may be found at http://seie.sonoma.edu/programs/degree-completion-landing.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students should be able to:

Demonstrate general business problem-solving skills
Employ ethical reasoning
Apply global perspectives
Interpret quantitative applications
Demonstrate written communication skills
Show oral communication skills

Required Lower-Division Business Major Courses

Lower-division coursework in the major consists of both (a) lower-division preparatory courses for the Business Major and (b) lower-division business core courses.

Lower-Division Preparatory Courses for the Business Major

(units are not included in the GPA major calculation)

ECON 204 - Introduction to Macroeconomics Unit(s): 4
ECON 205 - Introduction to Microeconomics Unit(s): 4
MATH 131 - Introduction to Finite Mathematics Unit(s): 3
OR
MATH 161 - Differential and Integral Calculus I Unit(s): 4
BUS 211 - Business Statistics Unit(s): 4
OR
MATH 165 - Elementary Applied Statistics Unit(s): 4
OR
ECON 217 - Statistics for Economics and Business Unit(s): 4

Lower-Division Business Core Courses

(units count in the major)

BUS 225 - Legal Environment of Business Unit(s): 4
BUS 230A - Financial Accounting Unit(s): 4
BUS 230B - Managerial Accounting Unit(s): 4

Upper Division Business Administration Core Courses

All Business Administration students must complete the following seven upper-division core courses:

BUS 316 - Operations and Supply Chain Management Unit(s): 4
BUS 319 - Introduction to MIS Unit(s): 4
BUS 320 - Business Data Analysis and Interpretation Unit(s): 4
BUS 344 - Organizational Behavior Unit(s): 4
BUS 360 - Introduction to Marketing Unit(s): 4
BUS 370 - Introduction to Managerial Finance Unit(s): 4
BUS 491 - Seminar in Management Strategy and Policy Unit(s): 4

Management Concentration Coursework

Management Concentration Core Classes

In addition to the general Business Administration Core classes above, students must complete the following coursework in the Management concentration. The core Management classes are:

BUS 340 - Survey of Human Resource Management Unit(s): 4
BUS 350 - Management Unit(s): 4
BUS 452 - Leadership Unit(s): 4

Management Concentration Elective Classes

Program faculty will select two additional courses from the following list to complete the Concentration:

BUS 386MG - Social Entrepreneurship Unit(s): 4
BUS 391 - Cross-cultural Communication and Negotiation Unit(s): 4
BUS 393 - Introduction to International Business Unit(s): 4
BUS 399MG - Advanced Work Experience in Management Unit(s): 3-4
BUS 451 - Entrepreneurship / Small Business Management Unit(s): 4
BUS 453 - Small Business Analysis Unit(s): 4
BUS 499MG - Internship in Management Unit(s): 3-4

Internships

After students have completed two Management Concentration courses, students may substitute an Internship (BUS 499MG) for one of the Concentration Elective courses. See the School of Business & Economics Internship website for details.

Internships must be paid.
Internships must be completed in the semester of registration. No retroactive Internships will be approved.
Each Internship should represent about 180 hours of hands-on experience (12 hours/week).
Existing jobs do not qualify; you must work in a different department or a different organization.
To locate internship opportunities, you may search the School of Business and Economics Internship Program site above, or you can visit the SSU Career Services site.
Students cannot register for BUS 499MG online; they require prior approval from the SBE Internship Director, Dr. Karen Thompson.
Your approved Internship Agreement form must be submitted to SEIE along with a paper registration form, no later than the deadline specified for Special Studies each semester.

Upper Division General Education

Students who have reached upper-division standing (60 or more CSU-transferable semester units) are required to take 9 units of upper-division general education as described in the Sonoma State catalog. Courses fulfilling this requirement will either be included as part of the class selection available in Fall and Spring semesters, or students will be pointed to convenient opportunities, such as online courses offered in Summer or Winter Intersession.

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)

The Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement is intended to ensure that all students graduating from a California State University have acquired the writing skills necessary for competent written communication. At Sonoma State University, there are two ways students may complete the GWAR: either by passing a Writing Intensive Course (WIC), or by passing the Written English Proficiency Test (WEPT). When possible, Writing Intensive Courses will be chosen for upper-division general education course offerings in the program. Alternatively, the College of Marin Assessment & Testing Center may proctor the WEPT.