With a flexible course of study designed to maximize the number of transfer credits counted toward the degree, the bachelor of arts degree in management may allow you to shorten the time it takes to complete an undergraduate business degree, while advancing your career. Degree candidates will acquire a core set of essential management concepts and techniques while learning to organize, motivate and lead individuals in diverse public and private business enterprises.
In addition, BA management students may also satisfy some or all of the foundation requirements for many of Golden Gate University’s graduate programs while earning this degree.
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Management
The BA in management requires completion of 123 units as follows: 27 units of lower-division coursework, 21 units of liberal studies core, 27 units required for the major and 48 units of general electives. Each course listed carries three semester units of credit, unless otherwise noted.
A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 (C) or higher is required in all courses taken at Golden Gate University, as well as in the courses designated “Required for the Major.” Prerequisites to a course, if any, are shown in the course descriptions.
All degree-seeking undergraduate students must complete their English, mathematics, and critical thinking basic proficiency requirements within their first 27 units at Golden Gate University. Placement tests must be taken prior to enrolling in ENGL 10A, 10B or 1A and MATH 10, 20 or 30 to ensure proper placement in the sequences (see course descriptions in this catalog for details).
Lower Division Requirements — 27 units Basic Proficiencies — 21 units CRTH 10 Critical Thinking ENGL 1A Expository Writing ENGL 1B Research Writing UGP 100 Gateway to Success MATH 20 Intermediate Algebra MATH 40 Statistics
One of the following:
COMM 35 Speech Communication COMM 40 Understanding Communication
Major Foundation — 6 units
Two of the following:
ACCTG 1A Introductory Financial Accounting
ACCTG 1B Introductory Managerial Accounting
ECON 1 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 2 Principles of Macroeconomics
Liberal Studies Core — 21 units
Arts
ARTS 105 Contemporary Arts and Culture
or any other ARTS course offered
History
HIST 88 Business in World History
or any other HIST course offered
Humanities
HUM 156 Business and Civilization
or any other HUM course offered
Literature
LIT 150 Business in Literature or LIT 160 Business in Movies or any other LIT course offered
Philosophy
PHIL 125 Ethics in Personal and Professional Life
or any other PHIL course offered
Science
SCI 125 Science, Technology and Social Change
or any other SCI course offered
Social Sciences
SOSC 88 Leadership and New Social Demands or any other SOSC course offered
Required for the Major — 27 units
ENGL 120 Business Writing
MGT 100 The Manager as Communicator
MGT 140 Management Principles
MGT 141 Organizational Behavior
MGT 145 Law of Contracts, Sales and Commercial
Transactions
MGT 173 Human Resource Management
Any three upper-division courses (nine units) with the following
prefixes: ACCTG, ECON, FI, ITM, MGT,
MKT, OP, PAD or PSYCH.
General Electives — 48 units Sixteen additional upper- or lower-division courses for a total of 48 units.
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