Lower-Division Pre-Business Core Courses
| Courses | |
| ACCT 201 | Financial Accounting |
| ACCT 202 | Managerial Accounting (Prerequisite: ACCT 201) |
| BUS 202 | Business Law |
| BUS 203 | Business Writing (Prerequisite: GEW 101) |
| ECON 201 | Microeconomics |
| ECON 202 | Macroeconomics |
| MATH 132 | Survey of Calculus (Prerequisite: MATH 115) |
| PSYC 100 or SOC 101 | Introduction to Psychology or Introduction to Sociology |
- The current Pre-Business Core (PBC) totals 24 units
- All students admitted to CSUSM as a Business Administration major are initially classified as Pre-Business status
- The lower-division PBC is a prerequisite for Business Status and upper-division business courses
- The minimum acceptable grade in every Pre-Business course and business course is a 'C'
- The minimum acceptable GPA for lower-division PBUS core courses is 2.5
