Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

The BBA is the undergraduate equivalent of the MBA. An essential element of the degree is an 11-course core curriculum on the theory and practice of business. While studying the core subjects, you’ll also explore a wide spectrum of business-related issues, such as how to run a business (including your own, should entrepreneurship be your goal); how to understand the changing definition of profit in today’s global marketplace; and an in-depth examination of the causes of business success and failure. Your BBA degree will be useful to you in any company.

For students with an area of special interest, the degree offers seven concentrations, listed below. You may also design your own program, depending on your interests and career goals, through the general course of study.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration

Completion of 123 units is required for the bachelor of business administration degree program as follows: 33 units of lower-division coursework, 21 units of liberal studies core, 33 units of business core, three units of additional requirements and 33 units of electives. Students may choose one of the following seven concentrations in place of the 33-three units of electives: finance, human resource management, information technology, international business, marketing, operations and supply chain management and public administration.

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.

Lower-Division Requirements — 33 units Basic Proficiencies — 21 units CRTH 10 Critical Thinking ENGL 1A Expository Writing ENGL 1B Research Writing UGP 100 Gateway to Success MATH 30 College Algebra MATH 40 Statistics

One of the following:

COMM 35 Speech Communication COMM 40 Understanding Communication

Major Foundation — 12 units

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

Business Core — 33 units
ENGL 120 Advanced Business Writing
FI 100 Financial Management
ITM 125 Management Information Systems
MGT 100 The Manager as Communicator
MGT 140 Management Principles
MGT 141 Organizational Behavior
MGT 156 Management Policy and Strategy
MGT 173 Human Resource Management
MGT 179 Introduction to International Business
MKT 100 Principles of Marketing
OP 100 Principles of Operations Management

Additional requirement — 3 units MATH 104 Applied Regression Analysis

General electives — 33 units

(For those students who do not choose a concentration) Eleven additional upper- or lower-division courses for a total of 33 units.

In place of the 33 units of general electives, students may
choose one of the following concentrations.

BBA, Finance Concentration — 33 units Finance experts are among the most valued employees in any corporation. From investments and portfolio work, to corporate strategy and financial services, this concentration exposes you to the world of finance and will assist you in adding value to your company through a sound understanding of the field.

 

Required courses — 15 units
ECON 103 Money and Banking
FI 102 Financial Analysis
FI 105 Modeling for Financial Analysis
FI 120 Investments

One of the following:
FI 101 Strategic Decisions in Financing and Investing
FI 106 International Corporate Finance
FI 160 Personal Financial Planning
FI 197 Internship: Finance
FI 198A-ZZ Selected Topics in Finance
FI 199 Directed Study in Finance

Electives — 18 units

Six courses ( 18 units) from any upper- or lower-division courses.