Business Administration, B.S. - Management and Human Resources Subplan/Option: 180 units

Required Core Courses for Major: 48 units

Required of all business majors. A 2.0 cumulative GPA is required in core courses including subplan courses for the major in order to receive a degree in the major.

• ACC 207/207A - Financial Accounting for Decision Making (4/1)
• ACC 208/208A - Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (4/1)
• CIS 310 - Management Information Systems (4)
• FRL 201 - Legal Environment of Business Transactions (4)
• FRL 300 - Managerial Finance I (3)
• FRL 301 - Managerial Finance II (3)
• IBM 301 - Principles of Marketing Management (4)
• MHR 301 - Principles of Management (4)
• MHR 318 - Organizational Behavior (4)
• TOM 301 - Operations Management (4)
• TOM 302 - Managerial Statistics (4)
• BUS 495 - Strategic Management (4)

Required Subplan/Option Core Courses: 18 units

• MHR 201 - Leveraging Yourself Toward MHR Careers (2)
• MHR 311 - Human Resources Management (4)
• MHR 320 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship (4)
• MHR 324 - Communication for Management (4)
• MHR 452 - Emerging Issues in Management (4)

Elective Subplan/Option Core Courses: 30-34 units

Select four (4) units of Internship or four (4) units of Senior Project:

• MHR 441 - Internship in Business Management (2) (2,2)

• or

• MHR 442 - Internship in Business Management (4)

• or

• MHR 461 - Senior Project (2) and
• MHR 462 - Senior Project (2)

Required Support Courses: 16-20 units

• CIS 101 - Introduction to Personal Computing (4) ¹
• MAT 125 - Introductory Calculus for Business (4) (B4)
• STA 120 - Statistics with Applications (4) (B4)
• EC 201 - Principles of Economics (4) (D2)
• EC 202 - Principles of Economics (4) (D2)

Unrestricted Electives: 0-8 units

Select a sufficient number of courses so that the total from “Elective Subplan/Option”, “Required Support”, “GE”, and “Unrestricted Electives” is at least 114 units.

Personal Computer Proficiency Requirement

¹(see policy statement  in College of Business Administration introductory section).

General Education Requirements: 68 units

Students should consult the Academic Programs website https://www.cpp.edu/~academic-programs/general-education-course-listings.shtml for current information regarding this requirement. Unless specific courses are stated under Support Courses, please refer to the list of approved courses under General Education Requirements, Areas A through E.

For an alternative and interdisciplinary way to complete some of their GE requirements, students may choose the Interdisciplinary General Education program, see below. 

Interdisciplinary General Education: 32 units

An alternate pattern for partial fulfillment of GE Areas A, C, D, and E available for students is the Interdisciplinary General Education (IGE) program.  Students should see an advisor for specific GE coursework required by their major.  Students must be exempt from or score at least 147 on the EPT to qualify for IGE.  Please refer to the University Catalog General Education Program section for additional information.

How IGE fulfills General Education Requirements:

American Institutions: 8 units

Courses that satisfy this requirement may also satisfy GE Area D1.

American Cultural Perspectives Requirement: 4 units

Refer to the University Catalog General Education Program section for a list of courses that satisfy this requirement.  Course may also satisfy major, minor, GE, or unrestricted elective requirements.

Graduation Writing Test

All persons who receive undergraduate degrees from Cal Poly Pomona must pass the Graduation Writing Test (GWT).  The test must be taken by the quarter following completion of 120 units for undergraduates.