Office: Business Tower 350

Telephone: 408-924-3420

Email: lucas-school@sjsu.edu

Website: www.sjsu.edu/lucasgsb

The Donald and Sally Lucas Graduate School of Business offers the following graduate degree programs:

• Master of Business Administration
  • Early Career MBA  
  • MBA for Professionals (Special Session)  
• Master of Science in Accountancy  
• Master of Science in Taxation (Special Session)  
• Master of Science in Transportation Management (Special Session)  

All of the Lucas School’s business degree programs are accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Mission of the Donald and Sally Lucas Graduate School of Business

The Lucas School provides advanced business and professional education to high potential individuals with diverse backgrounds and work experiences. We prepare our graduates to make responsible, personally enriching, and professionally advantageous decisions. The Lucas School’s business programs bring together an interesting mix of full-time and part-time students from a variety of academic, career, and cultural backgrounds. Given SJSU’s Silicon Valley location, students come to the classroom with a wealth of real-world experience, including technical expertise (in engineering or software, for example), and wanting to develop business acumen, advance in managerial positions, or deepen their knowledge base.

Our Programs

The programs are innovative in design and delivery and offer a range of academically challenging and multi-disciplinary opportunities that enable students to improve and keep pace continuously within the dynamic Silicon Valley environment.

1. The Master of Business Administration provides advanced management education with the opportunity for a generalist degree. The Lucas MBA programs offer high caliber applied learning in an enriching environment thoroughly integrated with the Silicon Valley Experience. Courses are taught by an optimal faculty mix of academics involved in cutting edge research and professionals with extensive experience in the mosaic of businesses that constitute Silicon Valley. Students are exposed to leading business practices in the classroom and networking opportunities as an integral part of an innovative educational experience. The Lucas MBA programs consist of forty-two semester units including thirty units of core courses and twelve units of elective courses. Within an MBA program, all students complete the same core courses whereas the elective courses are selected depending on the individual’s interests and learning objectives.
   1. The Early Career MBA  is a program tailored for individuals with limited professional work experience (0-5 years). Classes meet on the vibrant San José State University Campus where students have access to a wealth of resources. Courses typically meet evenings and Saturdays in eight-week sessions during the Fall and Spring semesters and five-week sessions during the Summer semester. Students follow a pre-set sequence of core courses and select elective courses depending on their area of interest. An approved three unit Internship may count as one of the elective courses. This unique MBA program offers three different tracks that vary in length and pace:
      • Accelerated Track - Designed for individuals who are willing to follow a very intense academic pace and wish to complete their MBA degree in 12 months.
      • Full-Time Track - Designed for individuals who are interested in completing their MBA degree in 21-24 months. The full-time track is ideal for international students and complies with all student visa requirements.
      • Part-Time Track - Designed for individuals who are working in full-time professional positions and are interested in completing their MBA degree in 33 to 36 months.
   2. The MBA for Professionals  is a Special Session program that is tailored for individuals with extensive professional work experience (5+ years). Offering a high level of flexibility, this program accommodates students with demanding work and life schedules. Classes meet on the vibrant San José State University Campus where students have access to a wealth of resources. The diverse educational and professional backgrounds of the students makes the Silicon Valley Experience for Professionals an integral part of the MBA curriculum. Courses typically meet evenings and Saturdays in eight-week sessions during the Fall and Spring semesters and five-week sessions during the Summer semester, with some courses available online. Students are able to choose and adjust the pace in which they complete their degree. This program can be completed in 2 to 3 years.
2. The MS - Accountancy (MSA)  program prepares students for careers in public, corporate, and governmental accounting. Students develop and apply an analytics-oriented mindset to audit, tax, advisory and managerial scenarios. Coursework is structured to combine academic learning and accounting internship experience in a well-rounded preparation for careers in professional accounting. The program balances technical study and preparation for the CPA exam with business soft skills needed for recruitment and a career in accounting. The 30-unit program, taught on the SJSU campus, admits both accounting and non-accounting undergraduate majors in a competitive process.  Non-accounting undergraduate students have the opportunity to prepare for the program in a 15-unit summer certificate program preceding fall enrollment in the MSA.
3. The MS - Taxation (MST)  is a Special Session program that offers students technical knowledge, an understanding of tax policies and research and analytical skills development. Study of the tax law is enhanced through discussion of related accounting, legal and financial concepts and issues. The academic calendar is designed around the scheduling needs of working tax professionals. The extensive range of courses allows students flexibility in career specialization. The MST courses are offered on the San José State University Campus.
4. The MS - Transportation Management (MSTM)  is a Special Session program that provides opportunities for individuals from both technical and non-technical disciplines to obtain advanced specialization in surface transportation management. The program draws on the latest in transportation policy, administration and management concepts from several disciplines, and enables students to develop a fuller understanding of the diverse and sometimes conflicting needs of modern transportation management for better serving their employers, community and society. The degree is available through distance-learning facilities and online video-conferencing. 
5. The MBA/MS Engineering (with specializations in Systems Engineering and Software Engineering) - is a Special Session Off-Campus accelerated evening sequential degree program is a combined program for engineering professionals who wish to pursue technical and executive management positions.

Programs

• Accountancy, MS
• Business Administration (Early Career), MBA
• Business Administration (For Professionals), MBA
• Taxation, MS
• Transportation Management, MS

Two types of certificates are available: Advanced Certificates  and Basic Certificates . The description of each certificate program identifies the type of certificate. 

• Accounting Fundamentals Certificate
• Advanced Accounting Topics Certificate
• Advanced Global Leadership Certificate
• Advanced Taxation Certificate
• Business Analytics Certificate
• High Technology Taxation Certificate
• High-Speed and Intercity Rail Management Certificate
• International Taxation Certificate
• Tax Practice Certificate
• Transportation Management Certificate
• Transportation Safety, Security, and Emergency Management (TSSEM) Certificate

Courses

• BUS 200L - Leadership Communication
• BUS 200W - Business Research and Communications
• BUS 201 - Business Communications
• BUS 202 - Managing in the Global Economy
• BUS 203 - International Experience for American Executives
• BUS 210 - Developing and Managing People
• BUS 220 - Financial and Managerial Accounting
• BUS 220A - Financial Statement Analysis for Accountants
• BUS 220B - Financial Reporting and Analysis I
• BUS 220C - Accounting Information Systems I
• BUS 220D - Financial Analysis and Markets
• BUS 220E - Financial Reporting and Analysis II
• BUS 220F - Management Accounting and Control Systems
• BUS 220G - Tax Factors of Business and Investment Decisions: Theory and Practice
• BUS 220H - Auditing: Concepts and Practice
• BUS 220I - Forensic Accounting
• BUS 220J - Business Communications & Ethics
• BUS 220K - Accounting Practicum
• BUS 220L - Legal and Ethical Environment of Accounting Practice
• BUS 220M - Accounting Ethics
• BUS 220N - Management of Organizations and Projects
• BUS 220P - Taxation of Individuals and Flow-Through Entities
• BUS 220R - Software Applications for Accounting
• BUS 220S - Financial Reporting and Analysis III
• BUS 220T - Accounting Information/Tax
• BUS 220U - IT Audit & Internal Controls
• BUS 220V - Special Topics in Accounting
• BUS 220X - Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements
• BUS 220Z - Data Analytics for Accounting
• BUS 223A - Tax Research and Decision Making
• BUS 223B - Taxation of Partnerships
• BUS 223F - Tax Accounting Methods/Periods
• BUS 223G - Taxation of Business Entities
• BUS 223H - Tax Policy Capstone
• BUS 224 - Financial Statement Analysis
• BUS 225A - Taxation of Estates and Trusts
• BUS 225B - Taxation of Corporate Reorganizations
• BUS 225C - International Tax - US Corporations with Foreign Activities
• BUS 225D - International Tax - Individuals and Foreign Corporations
• BUS 225E - Data Analytics and Security
• BUS 225F - State Taxation Fundamentals
• BUS 225G - Taxation of S Corporations
• BUS 225H - Taxation of Property Transactions
• BUS 225I - Tax Practices, Penalties and Procedures
• BUS 225K - Advanced Individual Taxes
• BUS 225L - Accounting for Income Taxes
• BUS 225P - Advanced International Tax - US Corporations
• BUS 225Q - Tax Practicum
• BUS 225S - Consolidated Returns
• BUS 225U - Fundamentals of Transfer Pricing
• BUS 225V - Tax Considerations for High Tech Companies
• BUS 225W - Introduction to International Taxation
• BUS 225X - International Taxation - US and Foreign Individuals
• BUS 225Y - Accounting Ethics
• BUS 225Z - Personal & Business Leadership Skills for Tax Professionals
• BUS 227A - Individual Tax Compliance
• BUS 227B - Ethics for Tax Practitioners
• BUS 227C - Tax Symposium
• BUS 227D - Employment Taxation and the Modern Workforce
• BUS 227E - Foundation for Understanding Taxation
• BUS 227F - Personal and Business Leadership Skills for Tax Practitioners
• BUS 230 - Marketing Management
• BUS 231 - Consumer and Market Behavior
• BUS 231C - High Tech Marketing
• BUS 233 - Business to Business Marketing
• BUS 234A - Social Media Marketing
• BUS 235A - Introduction to Business Analytics
• BUS 235B - Business Research
• BUS 235C - Data Mining for Business Analytics
• BUS 235D - Business Analytics Simulation
• BUS 235E - Data Visualization and Management
• BUS 235F - Forecasting for Business Analytics
• BUS 237 - Sales Management
• BUS 238 - International Marketing
• BUS 240 - Electronic Commerce
• BUS 243 - Database Management
• BUS 247 - Big Data Management
• BUS 248 - Cyber Risk Management
• BUS 250 - Law and Ethics
• BUS 251 - Strategic Human Capital Performance Management
• BUS 252 - Managing Organizational Change
• BUS 253 - Negotiation and Conflict Management
• BUS 254 - Advanced Personnel Management
• BUS 255 - Diversity in the Workforce
• BUS 259 - Mg Legal Aspects of Tech & New Prod Dev
• BUS 260 - Managerial Decision Analysis
• BUS 262 - Leadership
• BUS 262A - Global Leadership and Innovation
• BUS 262B - Global Leadership Development
• BUS 263 - High Performance Management
• BUS 264 - Introduction to Technology Planning and Management
• BUS 265 - Silicon Valley Experience
• BUS 265P - Silicon Valley Experience for Professionals
• BUS 268 - Managing Across Cultures
• BUS 270 - Financial Management
• BUS 271 - Capital Markets
• BUS 272 - Current Topics in Finance
• BUS 273 - Business Valuation
• BUS 274 - Financial Analysis of Technology-Based Firms
• BUS 275 - Corporate Finance: Cases in High Tech Firms
• BUS 276 - New Venture Finance