Jun 05, 2025

DRAFT 2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Business Administration, Entrepreneurship Concentration, BS

The concentration in Entrepreneurship, offered by the School of Global Innovation and Leadership , prepares students with a drive for innovation and the passion to create new businesses to be entrepreneurs or corporate innovators. Students who complete the program will gain a global perspective of entrepreneurship, an understanding of the key management principles across business functions and the need to embrace change in a rapidly evolving environment due to global competition, new technology and changing customer requirements.

Program Learning Outcomes

Program Roadmaps

The 4-Year Roadmap is available online. Roadmaps should be used in consultation with the catalog and your advisor to identify additional requirements for completing the major (for example, course grade minimums). Associate Degrees (ADT) Pathways are also available online.

Major-Specific Graduation Requirements

All courses in the Concentration Requirements for Entrepreneurship must be completed with a grade of “C- or Better”.The following Preparation for the Major and Required for the Major courses must be completed with a grade of “C or better”: ENGL 2 , MATH 70 , BUS1 20 , BUS2 90 .

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

Students must satisfy the specific degree requirements for their undergraduate major and fulfill the following University degree requirements:

Academic (program total units with an average 2.0 GPA - “C” or better)
General Education (GE) (34 Lower Division + 9 Upper Division)
American Institutions (AI) (0-6 units) (may be satisfied in GE Areas 3B, 4, UD 3, UD 4)
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) (3 units)
Physical Education (PE) (0-2 units)
Units in Residence (30 units, including 24 upper division and 12 in major)
Upper Division Units (40 units, including 12 upper div in major for BA, 18 upper div in major for BS)
Undergraduate Policies & Procedures
Apply for Graduation
Information about the Commencement Ceremony and Conferral of the Degree

Exceptions for University Graduation Requirements including exemptions and waivers, are approved for specific majors and on a case-by-case evaluation only.

Summary of Degree Units

Core Lower Division GE: 19 (9 units may be satisfied by major coursework: Areas 1B, 2, 4)

6 required units of American Institutions/US123 may be satisfied by selecting applicable GE courses in Areas 3B and/or 4

Upper Division GE 3 (6 units may be satisfied by major coursework: UD Areas 3, 4)

Physical Education: 2

GWAR / WID: 0 (3 units satisfied by ENGL 100WB , COMM 100W , or LLD 100WB )

Major Preparation: 15

Major Requirements: 64

University Electives: 11

Total: 120

2. Major Preparation (15 units)

ECON 1A - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics 3 unit(s)
ECON 1B - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics 3 unit(s) (GE Area 4 / Formerly Area D)
ENGL 2 - Critical Thinking and Writing 3 unit(s) (GE Area 1B / Formerly Area A3) (or equivalent)
MATH 70 - Mathematics for Business 3 unit(s) (GE Area Area 2 / Formerly Area B4) (Students who complete any of the following with a C or better may substitute it for MATH 70 : MATH 30 , MATH 31 , MATH 32 , or MATH 71 . )

Writing in the Disciplines (3 units)

Complete one course from:

COMM 100W - Writing Workshop: Writing for Influence 3 unit(s) (WID)
ENGL 100WB - Written Communication: Business 3 unit(s) (WID)
LLD 100WB - Writing Workshop for Business Students 3 unit(s) (WID)

3. Major Requirements (64 units)

Core Courses (46 units)

Lower Division Courses (16 units)

BUS1 20 - Financial Accounting 3 unit(s)
BUS1 21 - Managerial Accounting 3 unit(s)
BUS3 80 - Legal Environment of Business 3 unit(s)
BUS2 90 - Business Statistics 3 unit(s) (Transfer students with STAT 95 (C or better) may use this in lieu of BUS2 90 .)
BUS4 91L - Computer Tools for Business 1 unit(s)
BUS3 12 - Business First Year Experience 3 unit(s) (
BUS3 10
can be substituted for Transfer Students)

Upper Division Business Fundamentals Courses (15 units)

BUS2 130 - Introduction to Marketing 3 unit(s)
BUS5 140 - Fundamentals of Operations Management 3 unit(s)
BUS3 160 - Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior 3 unit(s)
BUS1 170 - Fundamentals of Finance 3 unit(s)
BUS2 190 - Fundamentals of Business Analytics 3 unit(s)

Upper Division Business Integration and Perspective Courses (15 units)

BUS5 187 - Global Dimensions of Business 3 unit(s)
BUS4 188 - Business Systems and Policy 3 unit(s)
BUS3 189 - Strategic Management 3 unit(s)
PHIL 186 - Professional and Business Ethics 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 4 / Formerly Area S)
One non-business global perspectives course in GE UD Area 3 (Formerly Area V) 3 unit(s)

Concentration Requirements (18 units)

Additionally, to qualify for a baccalaureate degree in business administration with an entrepreneurship concentration, all courses in the concentration must be completed with a grade of “C- or Better”.

Required Courses (9 units)

BUS2 131D - Marketing in New Ventures 3 unit(s)
BUS5 181 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 unit(s)
BUS5 182 - Business Plans for New Ventures 3 unit(s)

Concentration Electives (9 units)

Complete Two Courses From:

BUS5 169A - Honors Seminar 3 unit(s)
BUS5 182A - Startup Founders & Funders 3 unit(s)
BUS5 183 - Global Entrepreneurship 3 unit(s)
BUS5 184A - Management of Innovation 3 unit(s)
BUS5 185 - Family Business Dynamics 3 unit(s)
BUS5 186H - Entrepreneurship Laboratory 3 unit(s) (Instructor permission only)
BUS5 186V - Venture Lab 3 unit(s)

Additional Elective Courses

Complete one course from the following list or from electives listed above, if not already completed.

BUS1 173C - Entrepreneurial Finance 3 unit(s)
BUS2 131A - Business to Business Marketing 3 unit(s)
BUS2 131B - Retail Marketing Management 3 unit(s)
BUS2 134C - Social Media Marketing 3 unit(s)
BUS2 136 - Product Development 3 unit(s)
BUS3 153 - Management of Diversity 3 unit(s)
BUS5 146 - Fundamentals of Project Management 3 unit(s)
BUS5 162 - International and Comparative Management 3 unit(s)
BUS5 163A - Negotiating Globally 3 unit(s)
BUS5 163B - Business and Innovation in Emerging Economies 3 unit(s)
BUS5 165A - Global Leadership 3 unit(s)
BUS5 167 - Managing Environmental Issues 3 unit(s)
BUS5 169B - Honors Practicum in Organization and Management 3 unit(s)

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