CERTIFICATE OF ADVANCED BUSINESS STUDIES (CABS)

The Certificate of Advanced Business Studies program is designed to give students the fundamentals of Business Administration that will provide them with basic skills and competencies that they need in their careers. The program is primarily intended for post baccalaureate students whose degrees are in non-Business fields. The courses of the certificate program will also satisfy the Foundation Requirements of the Graduate Programs in the College of Business Administration.

The program consists of 21 units of graduate-level coursework. A GPA of 3.0 must be attained for all courses taken in the program. Previous academic courses, completed within the last seven years with a grade of "B" or better, may be accepted as equivalent in satisfying requirements. (CSUS undergraduate equivalents are listed in brackets in the list below.) However, at least six of the nine courses must be taken from CSUS, at the graduate level, and within the Certificate program to earn the certificate.

Program Prerequisites

• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution with a minimum GPA of 2.7
• Communication skills (writing and oral)
• Quantitative skills (mathematical and statistics)
• Computer skills (personal computer competencies)

Program Requirements*

• [3] ECON 204 Business Economics (ECON 1A, ECON 1B)
• [2] OBE 203 Legal Environment of Business (OBE 118)
• [2] MIS 206 Managerial Statistical Analysis (MIS 101)
• [2] ACCY 201 Accounting (ACCY 1)
• [2] OBE 204 Management and Org Concepts (OBE 150)
• [2] MGMT 207 Finance (MGMT 133)
• [2] MGMT 208 Marketing (MGMT 120)
• [2] MGMT 209 Production and Ops Analysis (MGMT 209)
• [2] OBE202 Business Communication Fundamentals (This requirement will be waived for students who receive a score of 4.5 or higher on the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) portion of the GMAT.)

* CSUS undergraduate equivalents are listed in parentheses.