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:

• Advanced Global Business Management Professional Certificate (Worldwide)  
• 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