Admission Requirements
To be considered for admission to the Online BA in Business Administration degree-completion
program, students must have completed a minimum of:
- 60* transferable semester units from one or more community colleges or other accredited
institutions (including 30 semester units (45 quarter units) in CSU-approved general education
(GE) coursework) completed two semesters prior to transfer.
- A 2.50 cumulative grade point average. Returning CSUF students must have a 2.0 grade
point average.
- Good academic standing at the last college or university attended.
- The “Golden Four” general education requirements with a grade of C- or higher two semesters prior to transfer:
Communication
Thinking
/Quantitative Reasoning
- At least four* of the seven lower-division business core courses with a grade of C or higher, two of which must be Business Writing and Business Calculus. The lower-division business core courses are:
The required transfer coursework can also be achieved by earning an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) in Business Administration from a California Community College.
* The degree-completion program is comprised of 54 upper-division semester units (18 courses). CSUF requires a minimum of 120 units to be eligible for graduation. Therefore, to earn the degree, students must transfer 66 units and complete any outstanding lower-division general education and business core courses at another institution. For a complete list of graduation requirements, please consult the University Catalog.
To see if courses from your community college will transfer to Cal State Fullerton,
you can use ASSIST, a database that houses the transfer agreements between all California community
colleges and California public universities. Contact the advising and counseling center
at your college for assistance.
If you are not a California resident, please view the state regulations page 
to verify your eligibility for enrollment. You may also contact the advising and
counseling center at your community college for assistance.
“I apply everything that I learned in class to my job, and it really helped me understand what I did right and what I did wrong.”
- David Holder, BABA alum
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Program Fees
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