With an emphasis on developing a strong portfolio of specialized knowledge and practical
skills for managers and leaders in a variety of business environments, the Bachelor
of Arts in management offers a solid foundation upon which students can build as they
progress in their personal and professional development and in their careers. Students
will learn to organize, motivate, and lead individuals in diverse public and private
business enterprises. Students can also choose from a menu of course options that
allow them to tailor their studies around their unique professional and career interests.
Throughout their course of study, students will have the opportunity to learn from
and interact with faculty who are themselves business owners, specialists, experts,
and consultants in their fields. The faculty and staff who work with students in the
Bachelor of Arts in Management program are deeply committed to the academic success
as well as to the personal and professional development of students.
As a transfer-friendly degree, the Bachelor of Arts in Management is designed to maximize
the number of transfer credits counted toward the degree which can facilitate accelerated
degree completion that compliments the student’s schedule and career aspirations.
The Bachelor of Arts in management also provides preparation for success at the master’s
degree level in programs such as the Master of Science in Human Resource Management,
the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, the Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational
Psychology, the Master of Public Administration, as well as the MBA.
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Management
The BA in Management requires completion of 120 units follows: 36 units of general
education, 33 units of major, and 51 units of elective courses, including courses
taken toward minors. (See Declaring Minors below for more information.) 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.
All degree-seeking undergraduate students must complete their English, mathematics
and critical thinking requirements within their first 27 units at Golden Gate University,
unless they have already earned credit for the equivalent courses from another institution
and have had those courses accepted in transfer by Golden Gate University. If either
Math or English requirements for the degree have not been satisfied, newly enrolled
students must take placement tests to ensure proper placement in the appropriate Math
or English course. Students may also choose to waive the placement tests and enroll
in the first course in either series, which are ENGL 10A and MATH 10. (See the course
descriptions below to identify courses that have prerequisite course requirements.)
GENERAL EDUCATION - 36 UNITS
Lifelong Learning and Self Development - 3 units
- UGP 10
- Gateway to Success
Communication and Critical Thinking - 9 units
- CRTH 10
- Critical Thinking
- ENGL 60
- Research Writing
Plus one of the following:
- COMM 35
- Speech Communication
- COMM 40
- Understanding Communication
Quantitative Reasoning - 3 units
One of the following:
- MATH 20
- Applied Intermediate Algebra
- MATH 50
- From Numbers to Decisions
Liberal Studies - 21 Units
- ARTS 50
- Contemporary Arts and Culture (or any other ARTS course offered)
- HIST 50
- Contemporary American Economic History (or any other HIST course offered)
- HUM 50
- Examining the Humanities (or any other HUM course offered)
- LIT 10
- LIT 10 Foundations of Literary Study OR LIT 160 Business in Movies (or any other LIT course offered)
- PHIL 50
- Professional & Personal Ethics (or any other PHIL course offered)
- SCI 50
- Science, Technology & Social Change (or any other SCI course offered)
- SOSC 50
- American Government in the 21st Century (or any other SOSC course offered)
OR:
- PSYCH 10
- Introduction to Psychology (or any other PSYCH course offered)
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS - 33 UNITS
Foundation Courses - 12 units
- ACCTG 1A
- Introductory Financial Accounting
- ECON 1
- Principles of Microeconomics
OR
- ECON 2
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- ENGL 120
- Business Writing
- MATH 40
- Statistics
Management Courses - 15 units
- MGT 100
- Manager as Communicator
- MGT 140
- Management Principles
- MGT 141
- Organizational Leadership
- MGT 160
- Management & Leadership Strategy
- OLHS 115
- Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations
Emphasis Courses - 6 units
Students may select one course from each group or both courses from the same group.
Emphasis on Leadership, Human Skills Development, and Diversity Skills and Knowledge
- MGT 165
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- MGT 190
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business
- OLHS 110
- Emotional and Social Intelligence at Work
- OLHS 114
- Leading Effectively through People, Teams, and Organizations
- OLHS 116
- Innovation and Creativity in Organizations
- OLHS 117
- Adaptability and Agility in a Disruptive World
- PSYCH 143
- Psychology of Leadership
Emphasis on Qualitative and Technical Skills and Knowledge
- ACCTG 1B
- Introductory Managerial Accounting
- DATA 50
- Introduction to Business & Data Analytics
- DATA 101
- Data Visualization for Business
- FI 160
- Personal Financial Planning
- MGT 173
- Human Resource Management
- MGT 179
- Introduction to International Business
- MKT 100
- Principles of Marketing
51 ELECTIVE UNITS
Select seventeen additional 3-unit upper or lower-division courses from any subject
for a total of 51 units. Note: courses used tocomplete minors also count toward this
requirement.
Declaring Minors
To be eligible to declare minors, students must have already completed the required
coursework, or be able to complete it intheir final terms without requiring waivers,
substitutions, or directed study courses, unless they are approved in advance by thedepartment
chair, program director, or dean.
Students may declare minors when they have completed the required coursework, or after
the “Last Day to Drop Course with-out Tuition Charge” (per the Academic Calendar)
for their final terms.
Students may declare up to two minors in a given degree program. Students seeking
to declare more than two minors will be re-quired to appeal to the dean for approval.
Students’ diplomas will list the minors that they had successfully completed at thetime
their degrees were conferred. Students may not declare additional minors after their
degrees have been conferred.
The following minors are available for this major:
- Accounting Minor
- Business Minor
- Data Analytics Minor
- Finance Minor
- Human Resource Management Minor
- Information Technology Minor
- International Business Minor
- Law Minor
- Literature Minor
- Management Minor
- Marketing Minor
- Operations and Supply Chain Management Minor
- Organizational Leadership and Human Skills Development Minor
- Psychology Minor
- Public Administration Minor
Management Minor
The Management Minor offers a selection of specialized courses that address current,
emerging, and future areas of managementand leadership practice. Specifically, this
program of study offers students an introduction to essential management concepts,techniques,
practices, and strategies all of which are designed to strengthen employee engagement,
boost morale, and accelerateorganizational performance.
Required Courses - 15 units
- MGT 100
- The Manager as Communicator
- MGT 140
- Management Principles
- MGT 141
- Organizational Leadership
- MGT 160
- Management and Leadership Strategy
- MGT 165
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- MGT 165
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- MGT 190
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business
- OLHS 110
- Emotional and Social Intelligence at Work
- OLHS 114
- Leading Effectively through People, Teams, and Organizations
- OLHS 115
- Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations
- OLHS 116
- Innovation and Creativity in Organizations
- OLHS 117
- Adaptability and Agility in a Disruptive World
- PSYCH 143
- Psychology of Leadership
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students who complete the Bachelor of Arts in Management, including the general education
curriculum, will be able to:
- Construct written communications that clearly articulates and promotes business ideas,
arguments, or solutions (written communication)
- Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills in collaborative projects, through
persuasive speech, and in providing clear directions, instructions, and guidelines
within a business setting (oral communication)
- Address a complex problem in business management using strategies and tactics that
lead to the development of actionable solutions (problem solving/critical thinking)
- Demonstrate ethical decision-making in business and develops strategies, practices,
and policies that advance ethical management practices and corporate social responsibility
(ethics/specialized knowledge)
- Locate, evaluate and apply information, using a variety of research tools, in analysis
of a complex business management problem (information literacy/critical thinking)
- Analyze and interpret quantitative data and apply results to improve business management
strategy, tactics, and practice (quantitative fluency)
- Demonstrate the self-awareness and habits required to identify, integrate, and apply
new information and skills that increase personal and professional effectiveness in
business contexts (lifelong learning)
- Define, explain, and correctly apply concepts, theories and practices in business
management (specialized knowledge)
- Develop innovative approaches and solutions to an existing or emerging challenge in
business management that also draw on disciplinary perspectives of ethics, other humanities
and/or social sciences (broad integrative knowledge/creative thinking/problem solving)
- Integrate and apply concepts, theories, strategies, and tactics of business management
in the construction of summative projects (specialized knowledge/broad integrative
knowledge)
