Golden Gate University

ProGRAM Highlights

With an emphasis on developing skills for leaders in the business environment, the bachelors in management provides a solid foundation in essential management concepts and techniques, communication, and organizational behavior. Our faculty help teach students to organize, motivate, and lead individuals in diverse public and private business enterprises.

Our flexible course of study is designed to maximize the number of transfer credits counted toward the degree, so the bachelors in management can facilitate accelerated degree completion. Students can focus their skill set by selecting of concentrations specifically designed to support their professional goals.

The bachelors in management provides preparation for success at the master's level in a variety of programs. Our nationally recognized CyberCampus allows students to pursue an online degree, regardless of distance from our teaching centers. When pursuing an online degree, students still can connect with professors and even research our library electronic reserves from anywhere; we believe distance shouldn't hinder degree completion.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who complete the BA in Management, including the General Education program, will be able to:

• Analyze data and argument, as informed by interdisciplinary approaches to business management and organizational leadership.
• Demonstrate advanced communication skills.
• Recognize the need for information in professional and business contexts and to responsibly access, evaluate and apply information using a wide variety of research tools.
• Develop strategies for organizational challenges using management theory, principles, ethical reasoning and innovative approaches.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• Learn about admission to the Bachelor of Science in Business

TUITION

Undergraduate Courses: $1,770 per 3-unit course

Tuition varies for other courses. See Tuition & Fees for details.

Locations

This program is offered at the following locations: San Francisco , Online .

Student Success rates

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General Concentration — 51 Units

Seventeen additional upper- or lower-courses for a total of 51 units.

Human Resource Management Concentration — 51 units

A focused concentration designed to groom undergraduate management students for Human Resource leadership.

A concentration in Human Resource Management allows management students a chance to hone their skills in HR and staffing. Students will learn new methods to find and develop employees who are innovative, well-trained, utilized, and compensated and are the type of people who will lead their companies to competitive advantage. Students will obtain a versatile skill set that will serve them in making decisions about topics like training, compensation, and recruitment.

Required courses — 15 units

One of the following:

Electives — 36 units

Twelve courses from any upper- or lower-division courses.

Information Technology Concentration — 51 units

A technical concentration designed to train undergraduate management students to stay on the cutting edge of tech trends in the workplace.

The convergence of people, business and information is the driving force in the marketplace today. As the world becomes more dependent on the integration of these areas, individuals who have the knowledge to skillfully navigate the incorporation of this thinking in business will be on the cutting edge and a valuable asset to any company.

Required courses -- 15 units

Electives -- 36 units

Twelve courses from any upper- or lower-division courses.

Marketing Concentration — 51 units

A comprehensive concentration designed to prepare undergraduate management students for work in the marketing field.

Marketing professionals must understand their market and their customers, and possess the skills to design and deliver valuable products and services. This concentration provides the student with the fundamentals and the basic toolkit every quality marketing professional should have.

Required courses — 15 units

One of the following:

Electives — 36 units

Twelve courses from any upper- or lower-division courses.

Public Administration Concentration — 51 units

A customizable concentration designed to train undergraduate management students on the recent changes and developments in the field of public policy.

Today's public administrators have to deliver public services in close coordination and partnership with businesses and community-based organizations, domestically and internationally. Thus, there is a compelling need to deepen the student's critical understanding of governance institutions, policy-makers, legal and regulatory processes, business-government-civil society relations, as well as ethics, accountability, and anti-corruption strategies.

Students who complete the BA in Management, including the General Education program, will be able to:

• Analyze data and argument, as informed by interdisciplinary approaches to business management and organizational leadership.
• Demonstrate advanced communication skills.
• Recognize the need for information in professional and business contexts and to responsibly access, evaluate and apply information using a wide variety of research tools.
• Develop strategies for organizational challenges using management theory, principles, ethical reasoning and innovative approaches.

Required courses — 15 units

Four of the following:

Electives — 36 units

Twelve courses from any upper- or lower-division courses.