The Business Administration Major prepares the student for transfer to upper-division status at a four-year educational institution, and for increased professional proficiency, career changes and enhancements, and new employment challenges. The required program provides the student with the basic courses necessary to pursue studies in specialized business fields such as international business, finance, advertising, marketing, management, accounting, and banking.

All students expecting to work in private or profit organizations, the government, or business are strongly urged to include business principles and other business specialized courses as electives.

Generally, advancement to levels of middle-management and upper-management in business requires at least a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business. There are numerous opportunities in the domestic and international arenas. Careers in marketing, sales, advertising, personnel management, accounting, risk management, and collections are abundant. Business procedures are also applicable to government and other non-profit organizations. Preparation for these fields of specialization are available at most four-year colleges and universities.

• English proficiency: ENGL 1A, ESL 26 or equivalent
• Mathematics proficiency: MATH 105 or equivalent
A minimum of 90 units required to include:
• All General Education requirements
• Core courses (23 Units)
• Support courses (28 Units)
• electives & other graduation requirements as appropriate.

NOTE: All courses pertaining to the major must be taken for a letter grade and 55% of all coursework must be completed at Foothill College. In addition, a GPA of 2.0 or higher is required in all Core and Support courses for the Degree or Certificates.

AA = Associate in Arts Degree.
CCC = Career Certificate.

NOTE: Students having difficulty in attaining an Associate in Art Degree because of timing or availability of classes should consult with a counselor to submit a petition for course substitution.

ACTG 1A Financial Accounting I (5 units)
ACTG 1B Financial Accounting II (5 units)
BUSI 18 Business Law I (5 units)
BUSI 22 Principles of Business (4 units)
BUSI 59 Principles of Marketing (4 units)

ACTG 1C Managerial Accounting (5 units)
BUSI 19 Business Law II (4 units)
or BUSI 53 Survey of International Business (4 units)
BUSI 91L Introduction to Business Information Processing (4 units)
or BUSI 57 Principles of Advertising (4 units)
orADVT 57 Principles of Advertising (4 units)
or BUSI 90A Principles of Management(4 units)
ECON 1A Principles of Macroeconomics (5 units)
ECON 1B Principles of Microeconomics (5 units)
MATH 10 Elementary Statistics (5 units)

NOTE: Consult your Counselor for details in meeting math requirements for Associate in Art, CSU and UC requirements in business administration.
CSU campuses require:
MATH 11 Finite Mathematics (5 units)
MATH 12 Calculus for Business & Economics (5 units)
University of California campuses require:
MATH 1A Calculus (5 units)
MATH 1B Calculus (5 units)

To request a certificate please visit: http://bss.foothill.fhda.edu/certificates.

NOTE: 55% of certificate course work must be completed at Foothill College. Core course work must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.

BUSI 18 Business Law I (5 units)
BUSI 22 Principles of Business (4 units)
or BUSI 53 Survey of International Business (4 units)
BUSI 59 Principles of Marketing (4 units)
BUSI 91L Introduction to Business Information Processing (4 units)
BUSI 90A Principles of Management (4 units)
ACTG 1A Financial Accounting I (5 units)

BUSI 22 Principles of Business (4 units)
or BUSI 53 Survey of International Business (4 units)
BUSI 59 Principles of Marketing (4 units)
BUSI 91L Introduction Business Information Processing (4 units)
or BUSI 95 Entrepreneurship-Small Business Management (4 units)
or CIS 60 Introduction to Business Information Systems (5 units)
COIN 56 E-Business (5 units)
COIN 61 Publishing on the Web using HTML/XHTML (5 units)
COIN 72 Web Marketing (4 units)

BUSI 95 Entrepreneurship-Small Business Management (4 units)
BUSI 22 Principles of Business (4 units)
BUSI 18 Business Law I (5 units)
BUSI 59 Principles of Marketing (4 units)
BUSI 90A Principles of Management (4 units)
ACTG 1A Financial Accounting I (5 units)

BUSI 18 Business Law I (5 units)
BUSI 22 Principles of Business (4 units)
BUSI 57 Principles of Advertising (4 units)
BUSI 58 Survey of International Marketing (4 units)
BUSI 59 Principles of Marketing (4 units)
BUSI 62 Principles of Salesmanship (3 units)

BUSI 95 Entrepreneurship-Small Business Management (4 units)
BUSI 97 Management Seminar (0.5 unit)
BUSI 133A Starting a Small Business (1 unit)
BUSI 131B How to Start a Home-Based Business ( 0.5 unit)
BUSI 133E Small Business Marketing, Research & Planning (1 unit)

BUSI 120 Dispute Resolution & Mediation (3.5 units)

This course meets the qualification of 35 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences Provider number 1695.