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Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with Options in:

·     Marketing  Management (100 units)
·     Retailing (100 units)

 

Advisement: Department of Marketing

The BSBA degree with either of these options requires completion of the BSBA Core (72 units) and one set of Option Requirements (28 units).

 

Core Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (72 units)
Lower Division Required Courses  (28 units)

ACCT

200 AB

Principles of Accounting  (4, 4)

CIS

100

Business Computer Systems  (4)

ECON

201, 202

Principles of Economics I, II  (4, 4)

ECON

209

Applied Business and Economic Statistics I (4)

FIN

205

Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business I  (4)

Upper Division Required Courses  (44 units)

ACCT

300

Managerial Accounting  (4)

CIS

301

Management Information Systems  (4)

ECON

309

Applied Business and Economic Statistics II  (4)

FIN

303

Business Finance  (4)

BUS

305

Business Communications  (4)

MGMT

306

Production and Operations Management  (4)

MGMT

307

Management and Organizational Behavior  (4)

MGMT

308

Business Responsibilities in Society  (4)

MGMT

497

Capstone: Global Strategic Management  (4)

MKT

304

Principles of Marketing (4)

Select one from the following:

ECON

303

Money, Banking, and the Economy (4)

ECON

310

Managerial Economics (4)

Option Requirements for Marketing Management  (28 units)

The option develops an understanding of marketing techniques and strategies used to formulate plans and policies to deal with marketing environmental problems and to integrate marketing with other business functional areas.

Required Courses (16 units)

MKT

325

High Performance Professional Skills (4)

MKT

342

Consumer Behavior  (4)

MKT

442

Marketing Management  (4)

MKT

446

Marketing Research  (4)

Electives (12 units)

Select 12 units with adviser approval

Option Requirements for Retailing (28 units) 

This option prepares students for positions in the retail industry, or to become successful entrepreneurs in their own retail business.

Required Courses (16 units) 

MKT

325

High Performance Professional Skills (4)

MKT

342

Consumer Behavior  (4)

MKT

344

Principles of  Retailing  (4)

MKT

349

Retail Merchandising and Sales Promotion  (4)

Electives (12 units)

Select 12 units from the following with adviser approval

ART 430

MKT 340, 345, 346, 442, 443, 448, 452

Certificate Program in Commercial Transportation

The Department of Marketing, in cooperation with the Office of Extended Education, offers a credit certificate program in Commercial Transportation, designed for individuals intending to pursue a career or enhance their advancement potential in the field of industrial traffic and transportation or carrier operation. 

A total of 28 units is required.  Refer to the Undergraduate Studies: General Information chapter of this catalog for general regulations governing all certificate programs. 

Requirements for the Certificate  (28 units)

Students select seven courses, with approval of a transportation adviser.  Five courses must be about transportation (the adviser may allow substitution of one or two GEOG or TECH courses when appropriate);  the other two must be upper division courses in marketing or elsewhere within the College of Business and Economics.

Certificate Program in Marketing

The Department of Marketing offers a credit certificate in Marketing designed to prepare students for professional careers in marketing in both profit and nonprofit organizations.  A total of 24 units is required. Refer to the Undergraduate Study: General Information chapter of this catalog for general regulations governing all certificate programs.

Requirements for the Certificate  (24 units) 
Required courses  (12 units)

MKT

304

Principles of Marketing  (4)

MKT

341

Salesmanship  (4)

MKT

342

Consumer Behavior  (4) or

MKT

446

Marketing of Services  (4)

Electives (12 units)

Select marketing electives with adviser approval.

Certificate Program in Retail Professional Development

The Department of Marketing offers a credit certificate in Retail Professional Development  designed to provide the skills required for executive positions in the retail industry and to prepare individuals to become successful entrepreneurs in their own retail business.  A total of 24 units is required.  Refer to the Undergraduate Studies: General Information chapter of this catalog for general regulations governing all certificate programs. 

Requirements for the Certificate  (24 units) 
Required courses  (16 units) 

MKT

304

Principles of Marketing (4)

MKT

342

Consumer Behavior  (4)

MKT

344

Principles of Retailing  (4)

MKT

349

Retail Merchandising and Sales Promotion  (4)

Electives 

Select 8 units from the following:

ART 430

MKT 340, 345, 346, 442, 443, 448, 452


*Please refer to the University catalog at http://catalog.calstatela.edu for the latest information


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