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Critical Thinking & Writing

• Critical Thinking & Writing 1 and 2 from list of approved courses

Cultures & Ideas

• Cultures & Ideas 1 and 2 from list of approved courses
• Cultures & Ideas 3 with MGMT 80 when the course is taken on the SCU campus. When MGMT 80 is not taken on the SCU campus, students choose from a list of approved courses.

Second Language

Native English-speaking students fulfill this requirement in one of the following ways:

• Successful completion of the second course of the first-year, college-level sequence in a classical or modern foreign language
• Demonstration of an equivalent level of proficiency by passing a language proficiency examination supervised by the departments of Classics or Modern Languages and Literatures
• Obtaining a minimum score of 4 on the Advanced Placement Examination in a classical or modern foreign language
• International Baccalaureate and International A level exams

Students for whom English is not their native language may satisfy this requirement by submitting a petition to the chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the director of the Core Curriculum with professionally recognized documentation of proficiency in a language other than English. Such documentation includes but is not limited to a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination score of 213 computerized or 550 paper and pencil examination.

Mathematics

• MATH 30 or MATH 11

Most business students take the calculus for business course: MATH 30. Students who plan to take additional math should consider taking the calculus and analytic geometry courses: MATH 11

MATH 35 can be used to satisfy this requirement for business majors who have a second major in the life sciences.   

Finance Students:

• MATH 11 or MATH 30
• MATH 12 or MATH 31 or FNCE 186

Economics Students:

• MATH 11 or MATH 30
• MATH 12 or MATH 31

Religion, Theology & Culture

• Religion, Theology & Culture 1 from list of approved courses
• Religion, Theology & Culture 2 from list of approved courses
• Religion, Theology & Culture 3 from list of approved courses

Ethics

• One business ethics course: MGMT 136 (preferred, or MGMT 6) or PHIL 109

Civic Engagement

• MGMT 162 and MGMT 136 (or MGMT 6) or PHIL 109

Diversity

• One course from the list of approved courses

Arts

• One course from a list of approved courses

Social Science

• ECON 1

Natural Science (with lab)

• One course from a list of approved courses

Science, Technology, and Society

• OMIS 34

Students who are considering a major in accounting should take ACTG 134 to satisfy the Science, Technology, and Society requirement.

Students who declare a major or a minor in management information systems will take OMIS 30 or OMIS 31, which will satisfy the information systems requirement in the business core, and may choose a course to satisfy Science, Technology, and Society from the list of approved courses.

Experiential Learning for Social Justice

• One course from a list of approved courses

Advanced Writing

• BUSN 179

Pathways

• At least 16 units (usually four courses) from a list of approved courses in one Pathway of the student’s choice

Introduction to Business

Two courses:

• Contemporary Business Issues - BUSN 70 (to be completed as a first-year student unless you are an internal or external transfer student)
• Introduction to Spreadsheets - OMIS 15

Business Law

• Business Law - BUSN 85

Economics

Three courses:

• Principles of Microeconomics - ECON 1
• Principles of Macroeconomics - ECON 2
• Intl. Economics, Development, and Growth - ECON 3

Leadership

• Foundations of Leadership - MGMT 71
• Values-Driven Leadership in Silicon Valley - MGMT 72
• Principled Leadership Develop. Portfolio - MGMT 196 

OR

• Social Psychology of Leadership - MGMT 174 (only external transfer students matriculating with 44 or more units of transferable college credit, excluding any AP or IB test credit)

Accounting

Two courses:

• Intro to Financial Accounting - ACTG 11
• Intro to Managerial Accounting - ACTG 12

Students should take ACTG 11 in their sophomore year's fall or winter quarter and ACTG 12 in the subsequent winter or spring quarter.

Data Analysis

Two courses:

• Statistics and Data Analysis 1 - OMIS 40
• Statistics and Data Analysis 2 - OMIS 41

Econ Majors: 

• Statistics and Data Analysis 1 - OMIS 40
• Data Analysis and Econometrics - ECON 41
• Data Analysis Applications - ECON 42

Information Systems

• Information Systems - OMIS 34

Students considering an accounting major should take ACTG 134 to satisfy the information systems requirement.

Students who declare a major or a minor in management information systems will take OMIS 30 or OMIS 31, which will satisfy the information systems requirement in the business core, and must choose a course to satisfy Science, Technology, and Society from the list of approved courses.

Common Core of Knowledge

Five courses:

• Financial Management - FNCE 121
• Management of Organizations - MGMT 160
• Principled Leadership Develop. Portfolio MGMT 196
• Principles of Marketing - MKTG 181
• Operations Management - OMIS 108

Capstone Course

One course (to be taken with senior standing):

• Strategic Analysis/Business Capstone - MGMT 162