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    Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Management, General Concentration, BA


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Program Information


With an emphasis on developing core proficiencies, skills, habits, and knowledge for being successful in a wide variety of business settings, the Bachelor of Arts in Management provides a rich foundation in all essential management concepts and techniques, including strong written and oral communications skills, all of which are applied in various organizational behavior settings. Students learn to organize, motivate and lead individuals in diverse public and private business enterprises. The bachelor of arts 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, as well as the MBA.

With a flexible course of study designed to maximize the number of transfer credits counted toward the degree, the BA in management may allow students to shorten the time it takes to complete an undergraduate business degree, while advancing their careers through the selection of one of five concentrations specifically designed to support their professional goals.

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 (written communication)
  • Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills in collaborative projects, through persuasive speech, and in providing clear directions, instructions, and guidelines within a business setting (oral communication)
  • Address a complex problem in business management using strategies and tactics that lead to the development of actionable solutions (problem solving/critical thinking)
  • Demonstrate ethical decision-making in business and develops strategies, practices, and policies that advance ethical management practices and corporate social responsibility (ethics/specialized knowledge)
  • Locate, evaluate and apply information, using a variety of research tools, in analysis of a complex business management problem (information literacy/critical thinking)
  • Analyze and interpret quantitative data and apply results to improve business management strategy, tactics, and practice (quantitative fluency)
  • 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 (lifelong learning)
  • Define, explain, and correctly apply concepts, theories and practices in business management (specialized knowledge)
  • 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 (broad integrative knowledge/creative thinking/problem solving)
  • Integrate and apply concepts, theories, strategies, and tactics of business management in the construction of summative projects (specialized knowledge/broad integrative knowledge)

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Management

The BA in Management requires completion of 123 units as follows: 51 units of general education coursework, which includes 21 units of liberal studies core and 12 units of foundation courses in preparation for the major, 21 units required for the major and 51 units of general electives, or a combination of concentration and general elective units. 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 Requirements - 51 units


Liberal Studies Core - 21 units


General Concentration - 51 units


  • Seventeen additional upper- or lower-division courses for a total of 51 units.

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