Business Administration

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• Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Business Administration
  options available in accounting, finance, international business, management, and marketing
  
  
• Minor in Business Administration
  
  
• Master of Business Administration
  
  
• College Faculty Preparation Program
  
  
  

School Chair
Saeed Mortazavi, Ph.D.

School of Business
Siemens Hall 111
(707) 826-3224
www.humboldt.edu/~sbe

The Program

Our goal is to educate students for lifelong learning. Our curriculum emphasizes critical thinking and communication skills stressing integration of business disciplines with options in accounting, finance, international business, management, and marketing.

Humboldt State University is committed to teaching in small classes. Business students learn to produce professional quality written assignments and oral presentations delivered in a realistic business setting.

Business students apply a wide-range of computing skills including projects that develop their information research capability. Acquisitions, analysis and presentation of statistical data are quantitative skills that get special emphasis in our program.

We are a small department that encourages frequent, personal contact with students; our office doors are open to encourage student interaction. Business majors can participate in student club activities, in internships, and in other special events that provide professional, practical experience.

Preparation

High school students should follow preparation requirements for the CSU system.

Community college students may be able to transfer credit for lower division core courses. Community college courses may not be transferred to fulfill upper division core or option requirements.

Consult your community college or advisor or contact the School of Business if you have questions about transfer credit for business courses.

Requirements for the Major

Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in all required courses required.

LOWER DIVISION CORE [20 units]

BA 210 Legal Environment of Business
BA 232 Introductory Business Statistics
BA 250 Financial Accounting
BA 252 Management Accounting
ECON 210 Principles of Economics

UPPER DIVISION CORE [20 units]

BA 340 Principles of Marketing
BA 360 Principles of Finance
BA 370 Principles of Management
BA 412 Social Environment of Business
BA 414 Strategic Management

OPTIONS [22-24 units]

Select one of the options listed below.

Be sure to check with the department office or with an advisor regarding the availability of option courses.

Accounting:

BA 450 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
BA 451 Interm. Financial Accounting II
BA 452 Cost Accounting, Planning, & Control
BA 453 Tax Accounting
BA 454 Financial Statement Auditing
ECON 310 Intermediate Microtheory & Strategy

Finance:

BA 332 Interm. Business Statistics
BA 460 Investment Management
BA 462 Problems in Financial Management
BA 464 Multinational Corporate Finance
BA 468 Capital Budgeting
ECON 435 Principles of Money and Banking

International Business:

BA 410 International Business
BA 444 International Marketing
BA 464 Multinational Corporate Finance
BA 475 International Management
ECON 305 International Economics & Globalization
Elective (determined with advisor)

Management:

BA 310 Business Law
BA 401 Advanced Sustainable Management Applications
BA 470 Management Theory
BA 472 Change Management
BA 475 International Management
ECON 309 Economics of a Sustainable Society

Marketing:

BA 332 Interm. Business Statistics
BA 443 Online Marketing
BA 444 International Marketing
BA 446 Marketing Research
BA 448 Consumer Behavior
ECON 310 Intermediate Microtheory & Strategy

Requirements for the Minor

Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in all required courses.

A minimum of 18 units, nine of which must be upper division. A suggested minor program is:

BA 210 Legal Environment of Business
BA 345 Marketing Essentials
BA 355 Essentials of Financial & Management Accounting
BA 365 Finance Essentials
BA 375 Management Essentials
ECON 104 Contemporary Topics in Economics

Before completing two courses in the program, students must receive approval for their minor program from the business minor advisor.

NOTE: If students intend to pursue our one-year MBA program, we suggest following the MBA prerequisite courses for their minor in Business Administration.

Requirements for the Master's Degree

Graduate students must maintain a 3.0 minimum G.P.A. No grade less than a C will count for progress toward the degree.

Master of Business Administration

Our MBA is designed for students from any undergraduate major. Students can take the MBA prerequisite courses during their undergraduate program. Many Humboldt State University students fulfill requirements for an undergraduate business minor while preparing for the MBA. The graduate program can be completed in one year (fall, spring, and summer) by full-time students.

The MBA provides qualification in management for those who seek a new job, want to improve their career prospects, or are interested in setting up a business of their own. MBA courses are general purpose in content, covering essential areas of knowledge and skills required in today's competitive business marketplace.

Our curriculum provides tools for solving business problems and for making decisions within the framework of a strategic plan. The MBA imparts traditional knowledge of accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing. It also equips graduates with the foundation for effective team building, quantitative and qualitative analysis for decision making, and creative problem solving.

Admission to the MBA program requires a minimum GMAT score of 500 and a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.75.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

• Undergraduate Prerequisite Courses (24 Units)

Applicants must complete all the degree requirements shown above before enrolling in MBA courses.

• MBA Core Courses (32 units)

College Faculty Preparation Program

A Graduate Certificate in College Teaching: Business Administration

This discipline-specific program is designed to better prepare the graduate student interested in a teaching career at the community college or university level. Participation requires completion of, or current enrollment in, the biology master's program.

The certificate consists of five components (12 units), described below. After consulting with your graduate advisor, and under the advisement of the College Faculty Preparation Program coordinator, develop a plan of study tailored to meet your specific timelines and professional goals. The CFPP coordinator and the dean for Research and Graduate Studies must approve each plan of study.

Notation of certificate completion will appear on your official university transcript.

1) Discipline-Specific Teaching Methods

Introduces undergraduate teaching through a practical presentation of the processes and issues involved in business instruction. Students work with instructors of core courses in business administration. Three units, taken first or second semester of the MBA program:
MBA 699 Methods of Laboratory Instruction

2) Higher Education Teaching Methods

Guidance in the skills and knowledge relevant to teaching in higher education. Three units, taken first or second semester of the MBA program:
EDUC 583 Teaching in Higher Education

Certificate requirements #3 & #4 come after completion of #1 (Discipline-Specific Teaching Methods) and after or concurrent with #2 (Higher Education Teaching Methods).

3) Professional Development Seminar

Explore the nature and philosophy of postsecondary institutions and their roles and functions in higher education. One unit, concurrent with the fourth requirement, which follows.
SP 684 Orientation to Higher Education

4) Mentored Teaching Internship Experience

• Community College Track:
  Three units of a mentored teaching experience at College of the Redwoods.
  SP 683 College Faculty Preparation Internship (Note: Students successfully completing this course may apply in later semesters for a paid CR Faculty Internship if positions are available.)

  OR

• Pre-doctoral College Track
  See Business Graduate Coordinator for advice on what course number to use.

5) Capstone Experience

Guidance in developing a professional teaching portfolio and job-search support materials. Two units, taken after all previous components have been completed.
SP 685 Instructional Resources for Higher Education