BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Program Objectives The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program is designed to provide undergraduate Learners with a practical education in business administration. The core courses offer a well‑rounded education in business, management, accounting, marketing, finance, international business, and information technology. Additional elective courses are selected to focus on management, accounting, human resources management, marketing or international business.
Admission Requirements for the Bachelor of Business (BBA) Degree Program Matriculating admission into the bachelor's degree programs requires a high school diploma from an accredited or approved institution, or a GED. If an applicant has successfully completed four (4) or more undergraduate courses at another post-secondary institution, or has earned an associate degree, the applicant may be admitted based on that achievement and the high school diploma is waived. Conditional/non-matriculating admission is encouraged for adults who do not have high school records or a GED and have not earned college credits elsewhere. See Conditional admission “Second Chance College” policy and requirements in this catalog. CalSouthern wants to encourage those students who have taken college level courses to continue their education and earn a bachelor’s degree. To this end, the University accepts the maximum units earned at your prior schools in transfer toward earning the CalSouthern bachelors. In addition, by completing the bachelor’s degree, our Learners are eligible to be automatically admitted into the corresponding graduate masters or doctoral degree program offer by the University. The bachelor’s degree requires a total of 120 semester credits. A maximum of 90 undergraduate credits may be accepted in transfer; and a minimum of 30 credits of course work must be completed at CalSouthern to meet our residency requirements. Of the 120 total CalSouthern requires that at least 36 credits toward the bachelors must be earned in General Education. This requirement may be satisfied wholly, or in part, by transfer of courses completed at other accredited or approved schools and/or credits completed at CalSouthern. When evaluating GE transfer, the university accepts the GE courses in “bulk transfer” thereby acknowledging that the GE requirement is being met through transfer. Even though the sending institution’s GE courses will not map directly onto our GE courses, nevertheless they are accepted as counting toward the 36 GE requirement. Additional GE courses beyond the 36 we require may be accepted as “Elective Courses” to meet the total 90 credit maximum transfer limit. If the applicant does not have the 36 GE credits, then the university will recommend GE courses from our list to add breadth and to satisfy the GE credits required. At CalSouthern the credits you earned many years ago do not expire, and are accepted in transfer. In addition to the semester credits accepted in transfer CalSouthern accepts credits earned on national examinations such as the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and the DANTES Subject Standardized Test Program (DSSD), or in military education, or through employer sponsored work related courses that have received ACE certification. Credit earned in undergraduate courses for which a grade of "C" or higher was earned will be considered for transfer. In order to evaluate prior work, CalSouthern must have official transcripts of college work, official transcripts of CLEP results, and a certified copy of the DD-214 for military schooling or military transcripts, and any ACE certificates earned.
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