You are in the official 1998-99 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
You are in the official 1998-99 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
The Sid Craig School of Business includes the following departments and programs:
Accountancy | Aerospace Studies | Finance and Business Law
Graduate Business Program | Information Systems and Decision Sciences
Management | Marketing and Logistics | Military Science
The mission of the Sid Craig School of Business is to prepare students for meaningful careers in the regional, national, and global business environments, and to serve the Central California business community as a resource center. The school's mission implies the following:
Recognized as one of the premier business programs in California, the Sid Craig School of Business has a vision for the next millennium: to achieve national prominence as an applied business program by providing high quality education with a global perspective that contributes to regional economic development.
Degree Programs
The Sid Craig School of Business (CSB) offers one undergraduate degree and
one graduate degree. The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
is offered with ten different areas of specializations, or options. These
options are Accountancy, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Management,
Information Systems, International Business, Legal Environment of Business,
Management, Marketing, and Real Estate and Urban Land Economics.
The graduate degree offered is the Master of Business Administration. Classes for that degree are offered after 6 p.m. for the convenience of full-time M.B.A. students and those who are fully employed.
Departments
Five departments offer the undergraduate Business Administration degree
options. They are Accountancy, Finance and Business Law, Information Systems
and Decision Sciences, Management, and Marketing and Logistics. The curricula
for each of them are found on the pages that follow. The CSB Graduate Programs
Office administers the M.B.A. program. Additional departments in CSB include
Aerospace Studies and Military Science, which offer Air Force ROTC and Army
ROTC programs, respectively.
Accreditation
The B.S. in Business Administration was first accredited in 1959. It was
the third accredited business program in California, following UC Berkeley
and UCLA. The M.B.A. was accredited in 1974. Many subsequent accreditation
reviews have found CSB in compliance with the demanding standards. The accrediting
agency is the highly respected International Association for Management
Education (AACSB).
Advising
CSB operates an advising center, Undergraduate Student Services, located
in Peters Building, Room 185. Business students are encouraged to have annual
advising sessions to ensure that courses are taken in correct sequence and
to assist in evaluations and graduation requirements. Flow charts are available
for each of the ten options to help students plan their academic program.
Facilities
CSB classes and offices are located in the Leon S. Peters Business Building.
The dean's office, five departmental offices, Undergraduate Student Services,
the interviewing center for business career employment opportunities, the
Graduate Programs Office, and the University Business Center are located
there.
Classrooms include four modern computer-mediated tiered lecture rooms, six seminar rooms, and two large lecture halls. There are seven modern computer laboratories housing over 185 microcomputers served by a network of five servers with full Internet connectivity.
The conference facilities of the University Business Center serve to emphasize the closeness of CSB with its business constituency.
Personal Computer Requirement
In addition to the computers offered for open lab usage by CSB, each business
student is expected to have access to a personal computer at home.
Internships
Many of our students participate in the award-winning internship program,
both in Fresno and elsewhere. During the internship they may earn academic
credit while being paid for their services. Students interested in internships
should contact the internship coordinator in Peters Building, Room 185.
Honors Program
Students may apply for the Craig School honors program in the first semester
of the junior year. The honors program is a three-semester program that
provides the student with an opportunity for additional study and intellectual
growth beyond the major and option requirements. It is designed to challenge
the intellectually advanced student, provide a research foundation for advanced
study or employment, and to recognize students who have shown exceptional
ability.
Acct 4A (3 units)
Elect two courses from: B A 18; DS 73; Fin 120; IS 130; Mgt 104, 106, 110;
Mktg 100 (6-8 units)
Elect upper-division courses from not more than two fields: Acct, B A, DS,
Fin, HRM, IS, Mgt, Mktg (11 units)
Total (20-22 units)
Mgt 81, 110, 153 (12 units)
Electives: Mgt 155, 157; Fin 131; Mktg 134 or courses approved by the option
coordinator (6 units)
Total (18 units)
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Note: No course taken for the business minors can be graded on
a CR/NC basis except for courses with mandatory CR/NC grading. A minimum
of a 2.0 GPA is required for all units counted for the business minor.
The Sid Craig School of Business offers students a single subject business credential to teach in departmentalized classrooms typically found in middle school and senior high school settings. All students seeking a credential in business must complete the requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. This includes the General Education requirements, the business core, and one of the various options offered in the Sid Craig School of Business.
In addition, credential candidates must complete a professional education program. As part of this requirement, business education candidates must demonstrate keyboarding competence and complete an advanced word/information processing course. The credential program is essentially a fifth year program. Candidates complete approximately 32 to 40 units of coursework (15 units of this is student teaching) beyond the baccalaureate degree. Interested students should contact the business teacher education adviser for additional information.
Pre-Business Policy and Admission to Upper-Division Standing
All business students entering California State University, Fresno are considered pre-business majors and are coded as such. In order to select an option in business and enroll in 100-level business courses, pre-business students must:
Students may apply for an option in the semester during which they will complete all work needed for enrollment qualification in 100-level business courses. Approval will be contingent upon satisfactory fulfillment of the lower-division course prerequisites and the GPA standard.
Transfer students, and those changing majors, will need to have their transcripts screened to see if they will receive equivalent credit for the above prerequisite courses. Transfer students must send a complete set of transcripts (official or unofficial) or grade reports of all college-level study to the Undergraduate Student Services Office, 5245 N. Backer Ave., Fresno, CA 93740-8001. Transfer students from another region need to have a copy of the catalog(s) and course syllabi from the different colleges they attended. Upon receipt of these materials, transfer students' records will be evaluated. Notification of course credit transfer will then be sent by mail.
All requests to waive any portion of these requirements must be submitted to the Undergraduate Student Services Office via a Permission Form. Students may obtain this form from the Undergraduate Student Services Office, Peters Building, Room 185.
Every upper-division business course has writing requirements, and the quality of the writing is used in determining grades in the course. Completion of the upper-division writing skills requirement (successful completion of IS 105W or Engl 160W) is required in the first semester in which upper-division courses in the Sid Craig School of Business are taken.
Successful completion (grade of C or better) of Engl 1 or its equivalent is a prerequisite to enrollment in upper-division business courses. Failure to successfully complete Engl 1 by the time a student has completed 30 units at California State University, Fresno shall subject the student to administrative/academic probation and possible subsequent disqualification.
International (foreign) students who wish to declare business administration as a major must achieve a minimum score of 500 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination.
Business students must complete at least 30 units of upper-division business courses from the Sid Craig School of Business.
Business administration majors must meet all prerequisites for business courses. Students registering for a course for which they have not completed the listed prerequisites will be administratively dropped. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by the appropriate department chair.
CR/NC grading is not permitted in the major with the exception of business courses numbered 193 and 195, and B A 50.
