Management, BA

Program Information

The Bachelor of Arts in Management provides students with a unique selection of specialized courses that address current, emerging, and future areas of management and leadership practice. Specifically, this degree offers students a solid foundation in essential management concepts, techniques, practices, and strategies all of which are designed to strengthen employee engagement, boost morale, and accelerate organizational performance.

With an emphasis on developing a strong portfolio of specialized knowledge and practical skills for managers and leaders in a variety of business environments, the Bachelor of Arts in Management offers a solid foundation upon which students can build as they progress in their personal and professional development and in their careers. Students will learn to organize, motivate, and lead individuals in diverse public and private business enterprises. Students can also choose from a menu of course options and concentrations that allow them to tailor their studies around their unique professional and career interests.

Throughout their course of study, students will have the opportunity to learn from and interact with faculty who are themselves business owners, specialists, experts, and consultants in their fields. The faculty and staff who work with students in the Bachelor of Arts in Management program are deeply committed to students’ academic success and to their personal and professional development.

As a transfer-friendly degree, the Bachelor of Arts in Management is designed to maximize the number of transfer credits counted toward the degree which can facilitate accelerated degree completion that compliments the student’s schedule and career aspirations. The Bachelor of Arts in Management also provides preparation for success at the master’s degree level in programs such as the Master of Science in Human Resource Management, the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, the Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the Master of Public Administration, and the MBA.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the Bachelor of Arts in Management, including the general education curriculum, will be able to:

Construct written communications that clearly articulates and promotes business ideas, arguments, or solutions.
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills in collaborative projects, through persuasive speech and in providing clear directions, instructions, and guidelines within a business setting.
Address a complex problem in business management using strategies and tactics that lead to the development of actionable solutions.
Demonstrate ethical decision-making in business and develop strategies, practices, and policies that advance ethical management practices and corporate social responsibility.
Locate, evaluate and apply information, using a variety of research tools, in analysis of a complex business management problem.
Analyze and interpret quantitative data and apply results to improve business management strategy, tactics, and practice.
Demonstrate the self-awareness and habits required to identify, integrate, and apply new information and skills that increase personal and professional effectiveness in business contexts.
Define, explain, and correctly apply concepts, theories and practices in business management.
Develop innovative approaches and solutions to an existing or emerging challenge in business management that also draw on disciplinary perspectives of ethics, other humanities and/or social sciences.
Integrate and apply concepts, theories, strategies, and tactics of business management in the construction of summative projects.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Management

The degree requires completion of 120 units as follows: 36 units of general education, 33 units for the major, and 51 units of elective courses, including courses taken to earn minors. (See Declaring Minors below for more information.) Each course listed carries three semester units of credit, unless otherwise noted. A cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 “C” or higher is required in all courses taken at Golden Gate University.

All degree-seeking undergraduate students must complete their English, mathematics and critical thinking requirements within their first 27 units at Golden Gate University, unless they have already earned credit for the equivalent courses from another institution and have had those courses accepted in transfer by Golden Gate University. If either math or English requirements for the degree have not been satisfied, newly enrolled students must take placement tests to ensure proper placement in the appropriate math or English course. Students may also choose to waive the placement tests and enroll in the first course in either series, which are ENGL 10A and MATH 10 . (See the course descriptions below to identify courses that have prerequisite course requirements.)

General Education - 36 units

Lifelong Learning and Self Development - 3 units

UGP 10 Gateway to Success 3 unit(s)

Communication and Critical Thinking - 9 units

CRTH 10 Critical Thinking 3 unit(s)
ENGL 60 Research Writing 3 unit(s)
And one of the following:
COMM 35 Speech Communication 3 unit(s)
COMM 40 Understanding Communication 3 unit(s)
COMM 50 Media Communication 3 unit(s)

Quantitative Reasoning - 3 units

One of the following:

MATH 20 Applied Intermediate Algebra 3 unit(s)
MATH 50 From Numbers to Decisions 3 unit(s)

Liberal Studies - 21 units

ARTS 50 Contemporary Arts and Culture 3 unit(s) (or any other ARTS course offered)
HIST 50 Contemporary American Economic History 3 unit(s) (or any other HIST course offered)
HUM 50 Examining the Humanities 3 unit(s) (or any other HUM course offered)
LIT 10 Foundations of Literary Study 3 unit(s) (or any other LIT course offered)
PHIL 50 Professional and Personal Ethics 3 unit(s) (or any other PHIL course offered)
SCI 50 Science, Technology and Social Change 3 unit(s) (or any other SCI course offered)
SOSC 50 American Government in the 21st Century 3 unit(s) (or any other SOSC course offered)
OR
PSYCH 10 Introduction to Psychology 3 unit(s) (or any other PSYCH course offered)

Major Requirements - 33 units

Foundation Courses - 12 units

ACCTG 1A Introductory Financial Accounting 3 unit(s)
ECON 1 Principles of Microeconomics 3 unit(s)
OR
ECON 2 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 unit(s)
ENGL 120 Business Writing 3 unit(s)
MATH 40 Statistics 3 unit(s)

Management Courses - 15 units

MGT 100 The Manager as Communicator 3 unit(s)
MGT 140 Management Principles 3 unit(s)
MGT 141 Organizational Leadership 3 unit(s)
MGT 160 Management and Leadership Strategy 3 unit(s)
OLHS 115 Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations 3 unit(s)

Emphasis Courses - 6 units

Students may select one course from each group or both courses from the same group.

Emphasis on Leadership, Human Skills Development, and Diversity Skills and Knowledge

MGT 165 Corporate Social Responsibility 3 unit(s)
MGT 190 Entrepreneurship and Small Business 3 unit(s)
OLHS 110 Emotional and Social Intelligence at Work 3 unit(s)
OLHS 114 Leading Effectively through People, Teams, and Organizations 3 unit(s)
OLHS 116 Innovation and Creativity in Organizations 3 unit(s)
OLHS 117 Adaptability and Agility in a Disruptive World 3 unit(s)
PSYCH 143 Psychology of Leadership 3 unit(s)

Emphasis on Qualitative and Technical Skills and Knowledge

ACCTG 1B Introductory Managerial Accounting 3 unit(s)
DATA 50 Introduction to Business & Data Analytics 3 unit(s)
DATA 101 Data Visualization for Business 3 unit(s)
FI 160 Personal Financial Planning 3 unit(s)
MGT 173 Human Resource Management 3 unit(s)
MGT 179 Introduction to International Business 3 unit(s)
MKT 100 Principles of Marketing 3 unit(s)

Elective Courses - 51 units

Select seventeen additional 3-unit upper or lower-division courses from any subject for a total of 51 units. Note: courses used to complete minors also count toward this requirement.

Declaring Minors

Students may declare up to two minors for their bachelor’s degree programs. Students seeking to declare more than two minors will be required to appeal to the dean for approval.

Students will not be permitted to declare minors at the point of application but may do so following admission or prior to degree conferral. Students should make their minor declarations through their assigned academic advisors by submission of the Declaration of Minor form.

Students’ diplomas will list the minors that they had successfully completed at the time their degrees were conferred. Students may not declare additional minors after their degrees have been conferred.

Bachelor’s degree-seeking students may declare the minors shown below. Note: students may not declare minors that are the same as their majors.

Undergraduate Honors Program

The School of Undergraduate Studies’ honors program provides opportunities for students enrolled in all degree programs to engage in enriched learning experiences while they work toward earning their degrees. Students do not need to apply separately for this program, but may participate in it by registering for honors-designated course sections, as described below. Upon graduation, students who have completed the honors program must complete and submit the Honors Program Notation Request form to the Registrar’s Office to have the notation added to their transcripts.

Honors-designated course sections will emphasize the following learning outcomes: media and information literacy, quantitative fluency, oral/written communication, and critical thinking. Students will be required to complete advanced and more rigorous assignments that demonstrate learning beyond the articulated course outcomes. Additional assessments will be designed to emphasize core skills such as critical thinking, writing, research, and self-reflection.

Program Requirements

To complete the honors program, students must complete any combination of 12 units (four 3-unit courses) of honors-designated sections and an honors-designated capstone course section (3 units) for a total of 15 units, with a minimum GPA in the five honors courses of 3.00 and a minimum overall degree program GPA of 3.30. Note: honors course sections can be identified in the online course schedule with a section prefix beginning with the letter “A” (e.g., ASF1) and by information in the section comments field of the section details page. Students should contact their academic advisor or the Registrar’s Office if they need help identifying honors-designated course sections.

Honors sections of the courses below will be offered every term. In addition, students who transfer any of these courses into GGU may petition to have an honors section offered of other courses in order to satisfy the 12-unit requirement. Students should contact their academic advisors to begin the petition process.

Core Requirement - 12 units

COMM 40 Understanding Communication 3 unit(s)
CRTH 10 Critical Thinking 3 unit(s)
ENGL 60 Research Writing 3 unit(s)
MATH 104 Quantitative Fluency for Business Managers and Leaders 3 unit(s)

Capstone Course - 3 units

Complete the honors section of the capstone course applicable to the student’s degree program.