MINOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The minor is designed to be supportive of a variety of arts, humanities, and science majors. All students interested in the minor should meet with an advisor in the College of Business Administration. To graduate with a minor in Business Administration, students will be required to complete the requirements in effect at the time of declaration. The minimum grade in every prebusiness and business course is a C, with a minimum overall GPA of 2.5 in the Pre-Business Core. The Pre- Business Core and completion of the ELM and EPT requirements are prerequisites for upper-division CoBA courses. Pre-business and business courses may not be taken Credit/No Credit. Pre-business students must apply to the CoBA to be eligible for upper-division business status. The CoBA requires that at least 50% of the upper-division minor coursework be earned at CSUSM. The requirements are as follows:

Lower-Division Pre-Business Core

(13 units minimum)

ACCT 203* 4 units

ECON 250* 3 units

MATH 132 3 units

PSYC 100 or SOC 101 3 units

or

GESS 101 and GESS 102 6 units

Four 2-Unit Foundation of Business

Courses (8 units) selected from:

BUS 302 2 units

FIN 302 2 units

MGMT 302* 2 units

MIS 302 2 units

MKTG 302* 2 units

POM 302^ 2 units

An approved 4-unit upper-division

Business Course (4 units)

Students must meet all prerequisites

for the selected 4-unit course.

Minimum Total Units 25 units

*Courses in the minor provide a base for satisfying the Core requirement for the CSUSM MBA program. To meet the requirements of the MBA Core, all courses marked with * should be taken. The minimum grade in each of these courses is a C with an overall GPA of 3.0 or better. ^BUS 304, Business Statistics, is a prerequisite for POM 302.