Weekend College Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

The Bachelor of Science Program in Business Administration, offered in the Weekend College, is designed for adult professionals who wish to advance and solidify their careers in business. Built on the strong liberal arts foundation provided through General Education requirements, the Business Administration major is generalist in scope and covers key functional areas in business-management information systems, organizational behavior, business law, accounting, marketing and finance. Courses emphasize discussion, case studies, group projects and communication exercises. The program has been structured to incorporate workplace experience into the fabric of the classroom.

The Bachelor of Science Program in Business Administration, offered in the Weekend College, offers five areas of emphases: Accounting, Marketing, Management, International Business, and Healthcare Management.

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting Concentration, at Mount Saint Mary’s University (MSMU) offers 124 credit units, which allows graduates to sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam in California. However, the state boards of accountancy require students to complete 150 academic credit units to be eligible to become a licensed CPA. For a full list of California CPA licensure requirements, please visit This Way to CPA, California. Individual states may also have additional requirements and, therefore, Mount Saint Mary’s University is in the process of researching those professional licensure requirements in other states. Contact the Business department at busadmin@msmu.edu to discuss additional requirements that may be needed to obtain a CPA license in any particular state. For a general overview of CPA licensing requirements by state and territory, students may contact an individual state board of accountancy or visit This Way to CPA, state requirements.

For students transferring in business courses, at least 21 units of the upper division business courses must be completed at Mount Saint Mary’s University.

Once enrolled at Mount Saint Mary’s University, all upper division business courses must be completed at the University.

Required Courses B.S. Degree in Business Administration

Lower Division Core Requirements:

BUS 5Business Law I

3

BUS 15AAccounting Principles I

3

BUS 15BAccounting Principles II

3

BUS 21The Essentials of Business Writing and Presentation

3

ECO 1Microeconomics

3

MTH 28Mathematical Analysis for Business

3

MTH 38Elements of Probability and Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours:18
*ECO 2 Macroeconomics is required as part of the lower division LACE General Education Central Core requirements.

Upper Division Core Requirements:

BUS 122Management Communications

3

or

BUS 106Business Law II

3

 

BUS 130Principles of Finance

3

BUS 131Managerial Accounting

3

BUS 160Principles of Marketing

3

BUS 177Management Information Systems

3

BUS 184Organizational Behavior

3

BUS 185Principles of Management

3

BUS 191Senior Seminar

3

BUS 192Business Policy and Strategy

3

PHI 192Business Ethics

3

Total Credit Hours:30
In addition to core requirements, eighteen (18) upper division business units are required for the major in Business Administration.

Plus General Education requirements and electives totaling 124 semester units.

*BUS 192 fulfills the capstone requirement for Business. Must be taken at Mount Saint Mary's University.

Students who wish to pursue a specific business area concentration may do so by completing twelve (12) of these eighteen (18) units as follows:

Accounting Concentration

BUS 137Intermediate Accounting I

3.0-4.0

BUS 138Intermediate Accounting II

3.0-4.0

BUS 179Ethics for Accountants

3

BUS 186Tax Accounting

3

BUS 188Auditing

3

BUS 198Advanced Accounting

3

Marketing Concentration

BUS 161Principles of Advertising

3

BUS 163Marketing Research

3

BUS 175Sales Management

3

BUS 165New Media Marketing

3

BUS 166Consumer Marketing Research

3

BUS 194Consumer Behavior

3

BUS 195International Marketing

3

Management Concentration

BUS 157Human Resources Development

3

BUS 181Global Business

3

BUS 187Management Seminar: Selected Topics

3

And any one of the following courses:
BUS 170Real Estate

3

BUS 171Real Estate Law and Management

3

BUS 176Small Business Management

3

BUS 189International Management

3

BUS 193Selected Topics

1.0-3.0

International Business Concentration

BUS 181Global Business

3

BUS 189International Management

3

BUS 195International Marketing

3

And three units from the following:
BUS 123Travel and Study Abroad

3

ECO 112World Economic History

3

or

HIS 112World Economic History

3

BUS 193Selected Topics

1.0-3.0

(One unit in each of the following areas: China, European Union, Eastern Europe,Mercusor, Africa and the Four Tigers)

Healthcare Management Concentration

BUS 121Financing Healthcare in America

3

BUS 151American Health Care System

3

And any two of the following courses
BUS 157Human Resources Development

3

BUS 162Marketing and Planning for Healthcare Organizations

3

BUS 178Healthcare Management Information Systems

3