Bachelor of Arts in Management

Edward S. Ageno School of Business
Undergraduate Programs

The bachelor of arts degree in management allows students to shorten the time it takes to complete an undergraduate business degree, while advancing their careers. Degree candidates will acquire a core set of essential management concepts and techniques while learning to organize, motivate and lead individuals in diverse public and private business enterprises.

The BA management degree offers a flexible course of study designed to maximize the number of transfer credits that will be counted toward the degree, resulting in a shorter time to completion. Drawing on Golden Gate University's exceptional professional-practice faculty, students learn first hand from industry experts who bring relevance and currency to the classroom. Students can immediately apply the lessons learned in the classroom to their current job, while preparing to advance their careers to the next level.

Golden Gate University offers undergraduate certificates in a wide variety of professional fields. Through careful selection of elective classes, students in this degree program can leverage these certificates for additional academic and practical achievements in areas such as human resource management, accounting, operations and supply chain management, marketing, finance and international business. In addition, BA management students may also satisfy some or all of the foundation requirements for many of Golden Gate University's graduate programs while earning this degree. Courses are offered in San Francisco, Monterey Bay, Roseville, San Jose and Walnut Creek, and on the Internet through our CyberCampus.

All degree-seeking undergraduate students must complete their English, mathematics, computer and critical thinking basic proficiency requirements within their first 27 units at Golden Gate University. Diagnostic tests are given during the first week of ENGL 10A/B, ENGL 1A and MATH 10/20/30 to ensure your placement in the proper courses.

The BA in management requires completion of 123 units as follows: 27 units of lower-division course work, 21 units of liberal studies core, 27 units required for the major and 48 units of general electives. Each course listed carries three semester units of credit, unless otherwise noted.

A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 (C) or higher is required in all courses taken at Golden Gate University, as well as in the courses designated "Required for the Major." Prerequisites to a course, if any, are shown in the course descriptions.

LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS - 27 units

BASIC PROFICIENCIES - 21 units
· CRTH 10 Critical Thinking
· ENGL 1A Expository Writing
· ENGL 1B Research Writing
· UGP 100 Gateway To Success
· MATH 20 Intermediate Algebra
· MATH 40 Statistics

One of the following:
· COMM 35 Speech Communication
· COMM 40 Understanding Communication

MAJOR FOUNDATION - 6 units

Two of the following:
· ACCTG 1A Financial Accounting
· ACCTG 1B 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

REQUIRED FOR THE MAJOR - 27 units
· ENGL 120 Business Writing
· MGT 100 The Manager as Communicator
· MGT 140 Management Principles
· MGT 141 Organizational Behavior
· MGT 145 Law of Contracts, Sales & Commercial Transactions
· MGT 173 Human Resource Management
· Any three upper-division courses (9 units) with the following prefixes: ACCTG, ECON, FI, ITM, MGT, MKT, OP, PAD or PSYCH.

GENERAL ELECTIVES - 48 units
· Sixteen additional upper- or lower-division units for a total of 48.

The bachelor of arts degree in management is available at the following Golden Gate University locations:

· San Francisco
· CyberCampus