BA in Business Administration

California State University, Fullerton

Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission to the Online BA in Business Administration degree-completion program, students must have completed a minimum of:

  • 66* transferable semester units from one or more community colleges or other accredited institutions (including 6 units of American Institutions courses required by the State of California and 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:  
A.1 - Oral
Communication
 A.2 - Written Communication   
A.3 - Critical
Thinking
B.4 - Mathematics
/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:
  BUAD 201 - Business Writing   
MATH 135 - Business Calculus 
MGMT 246 - Business and Its Legal Environment
ACCT 201A - Financial Accounting
ACCT 201B - Managerial Accounting
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics

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 comprises 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, business core, and/or American Institutions courses at a local community college. 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.


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