Admission Requirements
- Completion of the pre-business core courses prior to admission (see below)
- Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA in pre-business core with all courses completed with a C or better
- Completion of CSU general education transfer requirements
- Completion of 60 or more transferable semester (90 transferable quarter) units by the end of spring
- At least two years of full-time work experience or equivalent
- Current résumé
- One professional reference assessing management and leadership potential
- No GRE required to apply
Pre-Business Core
You are required to complete the pre-business core courses prior to admission. The minimum grade in every pre-business core course must be a C or better (courses
may not be taken credit/no credit) and must be completed with a minimum cumulative
GPA of 2.5. The UC Berkeley GPA Calculator may be helpful in computing your pre-business core GPA.
Official copies of transcripts submitted as part of your program application package
will be used to verify satisfactory completion of the pre-business core admissions
requirement. We reserve the right to accept or deny any non-CSUSM, non-articulated coursework (course syllabi may be required for review—please
refer to the ASSIST website to verify articulated coursework).
| Course Number | Course (units) |
|---|---|
| ACCT 201 | Financial Accounting (3) |
| ACCT 202 | Managerial Accounting (prerequisite: ACCT 201) (3) |
| BUS 202 | Business Law (3) |
| BUS 203 | Business Writing (prerequisite GEW 101) (3) |
| ECON 201 | Microeconomics (3) |
| ECON 202 | Macroeconomics (3) |
| MATH 132 | Survey of Calculus (prerequisite: MATH 115) (3) |
