Catalog 2015-2016 
    
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Catalog 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration: BS, with Public Administration Concentration


The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Public Administration Concentration is designed to provide the necessary tools to navigate successful careers in the growing non-profit and public sectors. As part of the program, students will be exposed to a variety of hands-on, real-world experience derived from required internship hours and classroom lectures and projects.

Program Outcomes


  • Students will analyze the political, economic and legal dynamics of the policy-making environment and its impact on the work of public administrators.
  • Students will explain institutional, demographic and ideological contexts within which public policies are formulated and implemented.
  • Students will list and appraise major trends and shifts in the future shape and direction of public administration.
  • Students will illustrate the role of public organizations in a democratic society.

Curriculum and Degree Requirements


The minimum number of units necessary to receive the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Public Administration Concentration, including courses for the major, the business core, general education, and free electives, exclusive of foundation courses is 120 units.

Curriculum Plan


General Education


45 units

  •   
    3 units
  • Two (2) each from Groups 1 and 3
    12 units
    1. Oral/Written/Visual Communication (must take EN150T and EN230T to ensure Oral Communication unless comparable courses have been taken/transferred in)
    3. Math/Data Analysis - must choose College Math and another course which fits the needs of the student’s chosen major/profession
  • Two (2) each from Groups 2, 4, and 5
    18 units
    2. Arts/Humanities
    4. Natural/Physical Sciences
    5. Social/Behavioral Sciences
  • General Education Electives - choose four (4) from groups 1 - 5
    12 units

Group 2 - Arts and Humanities


Group 5 - Social/Behavioral Sciences


Free Electives


3 units