Business Administration Certificate

(SIMS Code: 221703)

SDSU Imperial Valley Only

This certificate is designed primarily for persons who want to gain an increased understanding of essential principles through upper division business courses, and for students who decide to go on to pursue the B.S. degree with a major in either Management, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Information Systems, or Real Estate at the San Diego campus. For those not seeking the B.S. degree it provides a program designed to give self-improvement opportunities for the purpose of securing employment, promotion or upward mobility on the job.

Lower Division Units

All students seeking admission to the program must have successfully completed 56 transferable lower division units with a grade point average of 2.0. This includes completion of the lower division preparation required for any business administration major, i.e.,

ACCTG 201 - Financial Accounting Fundamentals Units: 3
ACCTG 202 - Managerial Accounting Fundamentals Units: 3
ECON 101 - Principles of Economics Units: 3
ECON 102 - Principles of Economics Units: 3
FIN 240 - Legal Environment of Business Units: 3
MIS 180 - Principles of Information Systems Units: 3
MATH 120 - Calculus for Business Analysis Units: 3 (or an approved calculus course)
RWS 290 - Business Writing and Rhetoric Units: 3
STAT 119 - Elementary Statistics for Business Units: 3
or
ECON 201 - Statistical Methods Units: 3
but not both

Required Courses

(15 units)

The certificate will be awarded upon successful completion of the following courses:

B A 323 - Fundamentals of Finance Units: 3
B A 350 - Management and Organizational Behavior Units: 3
B A 370 - Marketing Units: 3
B A 360 - Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management Units: 3
or
MIS 301 - Statistical Analysis for Business Units: 3
but not both

Three Units Selected from

FIN 321 - Managerial Economics Units: 3
FIN 589 - Personal Financial Planning Units: 3
MGT 444 - Business Ethics and Corporate Governance Units: 3