This is an archive of the 2014-2015 University Catalog.
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This is an archive of the 2014-2015 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

Program: Business Honors

Overview

The Business Honors Program is designed to recognize students who have demonstrated high academic standards and to encourage these students to continue their record of excellence as business majors at CSUN. The program is open to students who are declared majors in Accountancy; Economics; Finance; Information Systems; Management; Marketing; or Business Administration with an option in either Business Law, Global Supply Chain Management, Insurance and Financial Services, Real Estate or Systems and Operations Management; meet all Honors Program admissions criteria; and are selected by the Business Honors Program Admissions Committee. The Business Honors Program offers rigorous courses that emphasize communication, critical reasoning, complex problem solving and teamwork skills. Students accepted into the program are offered a variety of benefits, including Honors-designated courses, small class size, priority enrollment in business courses, the Business Honors Mentorship Program, the Seminar Series and Business Honors special events. For more information, call (818) 677-3100 or visit www.csun.edu/bhp.

Program Requirements

1. Required Courses (18 Units)

Complete one of the following two tracks

Track I

BUS 296BHA-Z Business Honors Selected Topics (3)
BUS 498 Honors Mentorship (3)

Each Student must successfully complete 12 additional units of designated Business Honors (BH) courses. These courses may be elective or core classes from the list below.

Track II

BUS 296BHA-Z Business Honors Selected Topics (6)
BUS 498 Honors Mentorship (3)

Each Student must successfully complete 9 additional units of designated Business Honors (BH) courses. These courses may be elective or core classes.

The following Upper Division core classes and electives are usually offered for honors students annually:

BUS 302BH The Gateway Experience (3)
BUS 497BH Capstone (either A or BCS) (3)
ECON 308BH Economics for Managers (3)
ECON 309BH The Use and Interpretation of Economic Data (3)
ECON 310BH Price Theory and Applications (3)
ECON 311BH Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve (3)
ECON 409BH Introduction to Econometrics (3)
FIN 303BH Financial Management (3)
FIN 352BH Investment Analysis and Management (3)
FIN 355BH Problems in the Corporate Financial Policy (3)
FIN 437BH Advanced Topics in Finance (3)
MGT 360BH Management and Organizational Behavior (3)
MGT 454BH Leadership, Power and Politics (3)
MKT 304BH Introduction to Marketing Management (3)
MKT 346BH Marketing Research (3)
MKT 348BH Consumer Behavior (3)
SOM 306BH Operations Management (3)

Additionally, students must maintain a 3.50 minimum cumulative GPA to fulfill the Business Honors Program requirements.

Total Units Required in the Business Honors Program: 18

Contact

Barbara Gross, Director
Juniper Hall (JH) 4264
(818) 677-3100
bhp@csun.edu
www.csun.edu/bhp