Jun 25, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Lucas College and Graduate School of Business


Office: Business Tower 950

Telephone: (408) 924-3400

Emails: College Directory

Website: www.sjsu.edu/cob

Leadership:

Priya Kannan, Dean
Meghna Virick, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs
David Czerwinski, Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Programs

Overview

Since 1928, the College of Business has served the business education needs of our community. We provide San José and Silicon Valley with talent, thought leadership and service, ensuring our region’s growth in the global marketplace. An institution of opportunity, our accessible, high-value education empowers and transforms the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds. Both our challenging undergraduate curriculum and our innovative graduate program in the Donald and Sally Lucas Graduate School of Business equip graduates with the tools, work ethic and skills to succeed in the ever-changing global economy. 

The Donald and Sally Lucas College and Graduate School of Business is the institution of opportunity, providing innovative business education and research for the Silicon Valley region and beyond since 1928. The College offers an accessible, high value education that empowers people of all ages and backgrounds to transform their lives. Faculty and staff are strongly committed to the College’s mission; maintain a collegial, inclusive teaching and learning environment; and are dedicated to continuous improvement in all areas of academic achievement, scholarship, teaching and service.

The college is an active member of the San José and Silicon Valley community and provides a talent pool, thought leadership and service that supports the region’s growth in the global marketplace. The college is one of the 755 institutions worldwide that are accredited by the prestigious AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Fewer than five percent of business programs worldwide have earned the AACSB’s certification of excellence. In addition, the college is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) and the California State Board of Education.

The college is dedicated to equipping graduates with the tools, work ethic and skills to succeed in the ever-changing global economy. This is accomplished through a challenging undergraduate curriculum and an innovative, high quality graduate education in the Donald and Sally Lucas Graduate School of Business .

The Business Honors Practicum

The Business Honors Practicum provides the best students in the College of Business with the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom to real business problems. Students are selected based on a combination of high GPA, prerequisites, and excellent communication skills. Students are typically placed in groups of three to work on projects at Silicon Valley businesses for college course credit. The program also includes international study trips, executive level guest speakers, and networking events. Through seminar sessions students are also exposed to current issues, ideas, and practices in their own disciplines and other fields of business. Students who complete two semesters in the program, have a 3.5 GPA or above and write a scholarly paper qualify to graduate with honors from the College of Business.

Undergraduate Business Education

The college provides a rich undergraduate education through six departments and schools - Accounting and Finance Global Innovation and Leadership Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management Information Systems and Technology Management , and Marketing and Business Analytics . Infused throughout the undergraduate program are opportunities to develop competencies in a number of key areas – communication, teamwork, global perspectives, critical thinking, ethics, entrepreneurship, community service, and innovation. The rigorous and challenging curriculum prepares graduates to be future leaders that succeed in the global economy.

The college is building upon its existing expertise in entrepreneurship, management, global finance, accounting, and leadership and organizational change. In addition, the college showcases the best and brightest students through the Business Honors Program and the Thompson Global Internship Program.

Jack Holland Student Success Center

Email: jackholland-center@sjsu.edu

Website: https://www.sjsu.edu/lcobssc/

The Jack Holland Student Success Center, located on the garden level of the Boccardo Business Center, provides advice to students about undergraduate business courses and programs. Prospective students are encouraged to talk with advisors about requirements for business major and general education courses. Prospective graduate students are encouraged to meet a graduate advisor in the Graduate Program Office in the Business Tower.

Business Tutoring Centers

Peer Connections supports students through tutoring, mentoring, supplemental instructions, learning assistants and student success events in an inclusive, welcoming environment. Peer Connections serves business students in the Boccardo Business Center room BBC 303 for 1:1 tutoring and in the Business Tower room BT 053 for group tutoring sessions.

Donald and Sally Lucas Graduate School of Business

The Donald and Sally Lucas Graduate School of Business  offers a high-value education with a global focus, innovative programs, and deep ties to Silicon Valley corporations and leaders. Our distinguished faculty provide a relevant business education focusing on excellence in teaching and applied research and serving the needs of diverse students from the Silicon Valley and beyond.

We offer an Early Career MBA program with three tracks: accelerated (12 months), full-time (21-24 months), and part-time (33-36 months). Our MBA for Professionals is a flexible part-time program suitable for working professionals who set their own pace. We also offer a STEM designated Master of Science in Accounting and Analytics, Master of Science in Finance, Master of Science in Taxation, and Master of Science in Transportation Management.

Programs