San Diego State University College of Business Administration

Not to be confused with the San Diego State University.
San Diego State University
College of Business Administration
Type Public
Established 1955[1]
Dean Dr. J. Dennis Cradit
Academic staff
 71 full-time
65 part-time
Undergraduates 5,055
Postgraduates 590
Location San Diego, California, U.S.
Coordinates: 32°46′31″N 117°04′20″W / 32.77528°N 117.07222°W / 32.77528; -117.07222[2]
Campus Urban
Website

The College of Business Administration (CBA) is one of seven academic colleges at San Diego State University (SDSU) located in San Diego, California, United States. The college offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

History

A landmark architecture (Hepner Hall) featured in the school's logo

The College of Business Administration was founded in 1955 by Dr. Charles W. Lamden who served as the college's first dean. The college was first accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 1959 and was one of the first in the state of California to achieve this designation (third public university, sixth overall).[3]

The Charles W. Lamden School of Accountancy was established with a $10 million dollar gift from the Lamden family in 2008.

Deans at the San Diego State University College of Business:

Campus

Many of the classes, as well as some of the faculty and staff offices for the College of Business Administration, reside in the Education and Business Administration building on the east side of the SDSU campus. The majority of the faculty and staff offices, dean’s office and department offices reside on the second and third floors of the Student Services East building.

Undergraduate degree

The SDSU College of Business Administration offers undergraduate students[4] a choice of eight academic majors with four areas of specialization, and one academic major – international business – that is a joint degree program with the San Diego State University College of Arts & Letters. [5]

To qualify to declare a business major, undergraduate students must have a 2.90 GPA and have completed 60 academic units, which must include the following nine preparatory courses (eight courses for accounting majors):

Graduate programs

SDSU Business Administration building

SDSU’s College of Business Administration offers seven graduate degree programs designed to prepare students for various positions within private, public and government organizations. Additionally, the college also offers two specialized graduate programs: the Sports Business MBA and the Executive MBA.

Students must have successfully completed the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) to be considered for admission. Students with degrees in institutions where instruction was conducted in a language other than English must submit their IELTS or TOEFL scores to graduate admissions. The minimum required scores for admissions are 6.5 for IELTS and 80 for TOEFL.


MBA

The College of Business offers several Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs. The general MBA programs allows students to specialize in one of the following areas: Accounting; Athletics & Fitness Mgt.; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Health Services Administration; Information Systems; International Business; Management; Marketing; Project Management; Real Estate; Supply Chain Management.[6] Students take 12 courses in one area to complete the MBA specialization. In addition, the college offers the following dedicated MBA programs: Executive MBA (EBMA); Sports Management MBA.

The college also offers a concurrent MBA major with a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies (MA/LAS).[7]

MSA

The Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA) degree allows students to specialize in: Accounting Information Systems; Financial Reporting; and Taxation. The MSA curriculum meets the accounting education requirements for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam in California. Students can customize the curriculum for other professional certification exams including Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and Enrolled Agent (EA).

MSBA

The Master of Science in Business Administration (MSBA) degree allows students to specialize in: Entrepreneurship; Finance; Financial & Tax Planning; Information Systems; International Business; Management; Marketing; and Supply Chain Management.[8]

The Malta program allows students to study at the University of Malta in Europe and earn two degrees. The program is designed for students to earn an MSBA with a specialization in Marketing at SDSU as well as a Master of Arts in Integrated Marketing Communications from the University of Malta.

MSIS

The College of Business offers a Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS).

Concurrent JD

Concurrent programs lead to MBA and Juris Doctorate (JD) degree through partnerships with California Western School of Law of Law and Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

Certificate

The College of Business offers programs an Executive Financial Planner Advanced Certificate.[9][10]

The Lavin Entrepreneurship Center

Malcolm A. Love Library and the InfoDome

The Lavin Entrepreneurship Center within San Diego State University's College of Business Administration provides academic, business, and social entrepreneurial communities with resources. The Lavin Center supports San Diego State University (SDSU) graduate program in entrepreneurship and provides resources for entrepreneurs, investors and service providers to partner with one another and provide resources for start-up companies. In addition to the collections and holdings at the Malcolm A. Love Library with an entrepreneurship-related indexed collection of business plans.

Recognition and distinction

The College of Business Administration financial planning program was named one of 10 “Stand Out Financial Planning Schools” in the U.S. by Financial Planning magazine in their November 2011 issue.[11]

Notable alumni

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "College of Business History". SDSU College of Business. San Diego State University. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "San Diego State University". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ↑ http://www.aacsb.edu/. 2011
  4. ↑ https://cbaweb.sdsu.edu/undergrad
  5. ↑ http://cal.sdsu.edu/
  6. ↑ "MBA". CBA Graduate Programs. San Diego State University. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "MBA MA LAS". CBA Graduate Programs. San Diego State University. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "MSBA". SDSU College of Business. San Diego State University. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "Certificate". CBA Accounting. San Diego State University. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "Certificate". CBA Financial. San Diego State University. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  11. ↑ Reed, Danielle (1 November 2011). "10 Standout Schools". Financial Planning. Source Media. Retrieved 25 November 2011.

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