Business Administration (Global Supply Chain Management Option)

Overview

The Business Administration (Global Supply Chain Management Option) curriculum offered by the California State University San Marcos is designed to help students develop a wide range of skills and abilities applicable to both for-profit and not-for-profit sectors of the economy. The program’s focus on problem identification and problem solving allows students to develop analytical and critical thinking skills that gives Cal State San Marcos business graduates a distinctive advantage in today’s job market.

Senior Experience is a one-semester, 3-unit capstone course. This course challenges students to integrate and apply their business education by participating in real-world consulting engagements. This project is conducted while working in a team with fellow students. The goals for the first two weeks of the semester are to have students form into teams, match teams with projects, and provide them with the tools needed to successfully complete projects during the remainder of the semester. Topics to be covered during these first two weeks are: the problem-solving process, primary and secondary research, critical thinking, consultation, project management, and strategies for team effectiveness. Senior Experience is offered each semester, Fall and Spring.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

The goal of CoBA is to ensure that our graduates have learned and are able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, competencies, and values they will need to achieve their personal and professional goals. Students who graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration will be able to:

• Effectively and professionally communicate both orally and in writing;

• Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills;

• Demonstrate interpersonal and collaboration skills;

• Apply analytics to business situations;

• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of information technology;

• Apply ethical and socially responsible perspectives/viewpoints and demonstrate an understanding of their consequences;

• Identify and apply global perspectives in making business decisions; and

• Describe and apply foundational business concepts, theories, processes, and strategies.