What’s New

The changes below have been made since the 2022-2023 Catalog PDF was published on June 1, 2022.

General Information:

Instruction Modes : Revised modes and descriptions were made effective for the Spring 2023 Academic Period and thereafter.

Policies and Statements:

The Course Repeat Policy was changed to allow for only one repeat attempt without the dean’s permission.
The English Language Proficiency Admission Requirement was updated to allow for greater flexibility.
The GMAT/GRE score was eliminated as an admission requirement for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program and was replaced with a statement of purpose and resume for applicants with undergraduate GPAs below 3.0.
The Graduate Transfer Credit was amended to allow for an exception for EMPA Program students to transfer in up to 18 units of coursework.
The Regular Enrollment Requirement was reverted to the pre-COVID policy.
A Non-Enrolled Student Advising requirement was added to the Regular Enrollment Requirement policy.
The undergraduate student Academic Standing policy was updated.

New Programs:

American Honors Program was added to the General Studies, AA program.
Analytics and Automation for Accountants Graduate Certificate
California Governmental Accounting Graduate Certificate
Full Stack Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, MS (GGU Institute of Technology)
Global Business Analytics Professional Certificate (Worldwide)
Global Business Management Professional Certificate (Worldwide)
Global Project Management Professional Certificate (Worldwide)
Taxation: Technology and Analytics Concentration, MS
Undergraduate Honors Program was added to all Associate and Bachelor degree programs, except for the three Degrees+|Outlier.org Associate Degree programs.

Revised Programs:

Accounting Data & Analytics, MS : Core elective courses requirement was updated.
Accounting Data & Analytics: Advanced Analytics for Accountants Concentration, MS : Core elective courses requirement was updated.
Accounting Data & Analytics: CPA Applied Accounting Concentration, MS : Core elective courses requirement was updated.
Accounting Data & Analytics: Essentials of Leadership Concentration, MS : Core elective courses requirement was updated.
Accounting Data & Analytics: Taxation Concentration, MS : Core elective courses requirement was updated.
Business Administration, DBA (Worldwide) : Concentrations were added in Digital Strategy and Emerging Technologies. The Logistics & Supply Chain Management concentration was removed.
Business Administration, MBA (Worldwide) : FI 307 was removed as a Finance concentration requirement; FI 428 was added as a Finance concentration requirement.
Business Administration, Entrepreneur Concentration, MBA : MGT 301 replaced MGT 312 as the required course.
Business Administration, General Concentration, MBA : The following two courses were deleted from the MBA Business Core: MGT 301 and HRM 301 .
Business Administration, Custom Curriculum, MBA : The course listings were made consistent with the in-house MBA program.
Data Analytics: Basic Proficiency in Programming with SQL Undergraduate Certificate : Proficiency course was changed.
Data Analytics, BS : The required courses were revised, six units of required courses were added, and ITM 108 replaced DATA 115, which has been deleted.
Data Analytics Minor : ITM 108 replaced DATA 115, which has been deleted.
Executive Public Administration, General Concentration, MPA : The new course EMPA 397 was added to the elective requirement for all concentrations.
Literature Minor : Course list was updated to provide greater flexibility.
Project Management Graduate Certificate : Program learning outcomes added.
Project Management, MS :The capstone requirement text was clarified.
Project Management: IT Management Concentration, MS (Worldwide) : ITM 323 replaced ITM 331 in the concentration requirement; ITM 300W replaced ITM 300 in the concentration requirement.
Taxation, MS : TA 329A and TA 329B replaced TA 329 as required courses.

Deleted Programs:

New Courses:

ACCTG 60 Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACCTG 335 Visualization of Accounting & Tax Data
ACCTG 340 Advanced Automation
ACCTG 341 Emerging Technology in Tax and Accounting
AIML 312 Data Structures and Algorithms
AIML 300 Data Visualizations and Machine Learning
AIML 318 Databases, Datawarehousing and Advanced Python
AIML 321 Applying ML to Big Data Using Hadoop and Spark Ecosystem
AIML 306 DevOps and MLOps
AIML 309 Data Engineering Services on Cloud
AIML 303 AI and Deep Learning Applications for NLP
AIML 315 Computer Vision Fundamentals and Deep Learning Applications
AIML 324 Capstone Project
AIML 396A-ZZ Selected Topics in Full Stack Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
BUS 60 Introduction to Business
COMM 60 Professional Communication
DBA 840 Foundations of Digital Strategy
DBA 841 Digital Transformation Promise: Creating Value from Business Innovation
DBA 842 Jobs of Tomorrow: The Future of Work, Workplace and Workforce
DBA 860 Foundations of AI/ML
DBA 861 Advanced AI/ML
DBA 862 AI/ML Promise: Enabling Business Innovation
DBA 863 Applying ML to Big Data in the Real World
ECON 60 Principles of Economics
ECON 61 Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 62 Introduction to Microeconomics
EMPA 397 Internship: Public Service
EMPA 398A-ZZ Selected Topics in Public Policy and Administration
ENGL 61 College Writing I
ENGL 62 College Writing II
ITM 300W Information Technology
LAWU 100 U.S. Legal System and Process
LAWU 110 Contract Law
LAWU 112 Procedure
LAWU 114 Property Law
LAWU 116 Administrative Law
LAWU 118 Torts: the Law of Civil Harms
LAWU 120 Constitutional Law
LAWU 132 Criminal Law
LAWU 134 Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
LAWU 136 Asylum and Refugee Law
LAWU 138 Introduction to Entertainment Law
LIT 70 Contemporary American Literature
LIT 80 Literature and the Environment
LIT 120 Law and Literature (Formerly LIT 60.)
LIT 110 Citizenship and Belonging in Literature and Film
LIT 130 Science Fiction
MATH 60 College Algebra
MATH 61 Introduction to Statistics
MATH 62 Precalculus
PHIL 60 Introduction to Philosophy
PSYCH 60 Introduction to Psychology
SCI 60 Introduction to Astronomy
SOSC 60 Introduction to Sociology
TA 329A Tax Research and Writing
TA 329B Advanced Tax Research and Writing
TA 335 Visualization of Accounting & Tax Data
TA 340 Advanced Automation
TA 341 Emerging Technology in Tax and Accounting

Revised Courses:

ACCTG 159 Accounting Research and Communication : Description was revised and prerequisite courses were revised.
ACCTG 304 Governmental and Managerial Accounting : Description was revised and prerequisite course added.
ARTS 50 Contemporary Arts and Culture : Prerequisites were revised.
CRTH 10 Critical Thinking : Prerequisites were revised.
DATA 120 Introduction to Big Data : Prerequisites were revised.
DATA 190 Capstone : Prerequisites were revised.
DBA 881 Leading Complex Change : Code was changed.
DBA 882 Strategic Leadership : Code was changed.
ECON 103 Money and Banking : Prerequisites were revised.
ECON 108 International Economics : Prerequisites were revised.
ENGL 60 Research Writing : Prerequisites were revised.
ENGL 120 Business Writing : Prerequisites were revised.
HIST 50 Contemporary American Economic History : Prerequisites were revised.
HUM 50 Examining the Humanities : Prerequisites were revised.
ITM 108 Introduction to Relational Databases & SQL : Course title and description were updated.
ITM 395 Strategic Information Technology Planning, Organization and Leadership : Prerequisites were revised.
MKT 50 Foundations and Strategy of Digital Marketing : Prerequisites were revised.
MKT 165 Social Media Marketing : Prerequisites were revised.
MKT 320 Contemporary Public Relations : Prerequisites were revised.
MKT 330A Principles of Writing and Storytelling for Marketing Communications :Prerequisites were revised.
MKT 333 Media Relations and the Professional Spokesperson : Prerequisites were revised.
OLHS 110 Emotional and Social Intelligence at Work : Prerequisites were revised.
PAD 106 Administrative Law and Justice : Prerequisites were revised.
PM 343 Advanced Project Planning and Control : Name was changed.
PM 398 Internship: Project Management : Prerequisites were revised.
PSYCH 322 Psychological Assessment : Suicide risk assessment and intervention content was added.
SCI 50 Science, Technology and Social Change : Prerequisites were revised.
UGP 10 Gateway to Success : Description was revised.

Deleted Courses:

DATA 115 Introduction to Relational Databases & SQL
DBA 801 Quantitative Research Methods
DBA 802 Qualitative Research Methods
DBA 803 Economic Theory and Policy
DBA 804 Management and Organizational Theory
DBA 806 Operations and Technology Systems
DBA 807 Business, Government and Society
DBA 821 Marketing Management
DBA 822 Strategy and International Business
DBA 830 Financial Theory and Applications
DBA 830 Competitive and Global Supply Chain Management Strategies
DBA 831 Global Supply Chain Planning, Tactics, and Execution
DBA 832 Digital Supply Chain Strategy
DBA 862 Project and Systems Management
DBA 871 Buyer Behavior