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Undergraduate Degrees

The Leavey School of Business confers the degree of bachelor of science in commerce with majors in accounting, accounting and information systems, business analytics, economics, finance, individual studies, management, marketing, and management information systems. The school also offers a minor in business analytics, management information systems, marketing, and real estate; and interdisciplinary minors in entrepreneurship, international business, retail studies, and sustainable food systems.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Commerce

To qualify for the degree of bachelor of science in commerce, students must complete a minimum of 175 quarter-units of credit (of which at least 60 must be in upper-division courses) and satisfy the requirements of the undergraduate Core Curriculum, the Leavey School of Business curriculum, and the departmental major.

The School of Business strictly enforces prerequisites. Having all students come into courses with the same requisite knowledge and skills ensures equity, a common starting point, and is intended to increase the likelihood of student success. Prerequisite requirements must be successfully completed or in progress prior to enrollment in the course that requires the prerequisite.

Undergraduate Core Curriculum

Critical Thinking & Writing

  • Critical Thinking & Writing 1 and 2 from list of approved courses

Cultures & Ideas

  • Cultures & Ideas 1 and 2 from list of approved courses
  • Cultures & Ideas 3 with MGMT 80 when the course is taken on the 黑料不打烊 campus. When MGMT 80 is not taken on the 黑料不打烊 campus, students choose from a list of approved courses.

Second Language

Native English-speaking students fulfill this requirement in one of the following ways:

  • Successful completion of the second course of the first-year, college-level sequence in a classical or modern foreign language
  • Demonstration of an equivalent level of proficiency by passing a language proficiency examination supervised by the departments of Classics or Modern Languages and Literatures
  • Obtaining a minimum score of 4 on the Advanced Placement Examination in a classical or modern foreign language
  • International Baccalaureate and International A level exams

Students for whom English is not their native language may satisfy this requirement by submitting a petition to the chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the director of the Core Curriculum with professionally recognized documentation of proficiency in a language other than English. Such documentation includes but is not limited to a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination score of 213 computerized or 550 paper听and pencil examination.

Mathematics

  • MATH 30听or MATH 11

Most business students take the calculus for business course: MATH 30. Students who plan to take additional math should consider taking the calculus and analytic geometry courses: MATH 11

MATH 35 听can be used to satisfy this requirement for business majors who have a second major in the life sciences. 听 听

Religion, Theology & Culture

  • Religion, Theology & Culture 1 from list of approved courses
  • Religion, Theology & Culture 2 from list of approved courses
  • Religion, Theology & Culture 3 from list of approved courses

Ethics

  • One business ethics course: MGMT 6 (preferred) or PHIL 26

Civic Engagement

  • MGMT 162 and MGMT 6 or PHIL 26

Diversity

  • One course from the list of approved courses

Arts

  • One course from a list of approved courses

Social Science

  • ECON 1

Natural Science (with lab)

  • One course from a list of approved courses

Science, Technology, and Society

  • OMIS 34

Students who are considering a major in accounting should take ACTG 134 to satisfy the Science, Technology, and Society requirement.

Students who declare a major or a minor in management information systems will take OMIS 30 or OMIS 31, which will satisfy the information systems requirement in the business core, and may choose a course to satisfy Science, Technology, and Society from the list of approved courses.

Experiential Learning for Social Justice

  • One course from a list of approved courses

Advanced Writing

  • BUSN 179

Pathways

  • At least 16 units (usually four courses) from听a听list of approved courses in one Pathway of the student鈥檚 choice

Leavey School of Business Core Curriculum: Lower Division

Introduction to Business

Two courses:

  • BUSN 70 (to be completed as a first-year student unless you are an internal or external transfer student)
  • OMIS 15

Business Law

  • BUSN 85

Economics

Three courses:

  • ECON 1, 2, and 3

Leadership

Two courses:

  • MGMT 71
  • MGMT 72

Accounting

Two courses:

  • ACTG 11 and 12

Students should take ACTG 11 in their sophomore year's fall or winter quarter and ACTG 12 in the subsequent winter or spring quarter.

Data Analysis

Two courses:

  • OMIS 40 and 41 or OMIS 40 and ECON 41 and 42 (for economics majors)

Information Systems

  • OMIS 34

Students considering an accounting major听should take ACTG 134 to satisfy the information systems requirement.

Students who declare a major or a minor in management information systems will take OMIS 30 or OMIS 31, which will satisfy the information systems requirement in the business core, and must choose a course to satisfy Science, Technology, and Society from the list of approved courses.

Leavey School of Business Core Curriculum: Upper Division

Common Core of Knowledge

Four courses:

  • FNCE 121
  • MGMT 160
  • MKTG 181
  • OMIS 108

Capstone Course

One course (to be taken with senior standing):

  • MGMT 162

Minors in the Leavey School of Business

Departmental Minors

The Department of Information Systems & Analytics听offers two minors: business analytics and management information systems. The听Department of Economics offers a minor in economics through the College of Arts and Sciences. The Department of Finance offers a minor in real estate. The Department of Marketing offers a minor in marketing. Descriptions of these minors and associated requirements can be found in the respective department sections of this chapter.

Interdisciplinary Minors

The Leavey School of Business administers four interdisciplinary minors open to business and nonbusiness students: entrepreneurship, international business, retail studies, and听sustainable food systems. The Interdisciplinary Minors section at the end of this chapter describes these minors and their associated requirements.

Individual Studies Major in the Leavey School of Business

Director: Faculty Chair of Undergraduate Leadership Team

The Individual Studies (IS) major in the Leavey School of Business has been established to meet the needs of students who wish to design a course of studies with a multidisciplinary perspective. Students who want to pursue an IS major should begin by scheduling a meeting with the Undergraduate Business Programs faculty director听to start the process.

Requirements for the Major

In addition to fulfilling the University undergraduate Core Curriculum and the core requirements for the bachelor of science in commerce in the Leavey School of Business, a student majoring in individual studies must complete the requirements in her or his approved plan of study. To declare the major, the student must submit and obtain approval of, a Petition for an Individual Studies major in the Leavey School.

Requirements for the Petition and Approval

At the time of application, the student must have:

  • Been a full-time student at Santa Clara for at least one year
  • A minimum 3.0 overall grade point average

The petition must incl