Bachelor’s Degree

  • Undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
  • A minimum grade point average of 2.8 is required as your overall GPA or for your last 60 semester (90 quarter) units attempted.

Foundation Courses

All applicants must complete six foundation courses, or their approved equivalents, before enrolling in MBA core courses.  During the transcript review process, credit may be granted for equivalent courses completed at regionally accredited institutions, provided a minimum grade of C- or CR was earned and the courses were completed within ten years prior to admission. Applicants who have not yet satisfied all foundation course requirements may be granted conditional admission and will have one semester to complete the remaining prerequisites. The required foundation courses are listed in the table below.

Course Level Modesto Jr. College Merced College San Joaquin Delta College Columbia College
ACC 2110: Financial Accounting Lower-division BUSAD 201: Financial Accounting ACTG-04A: Financial Accounting BUS 3: Financial Accounting BUSAD 2A: Financial Accounting
ECON 2510: Principles of Micro Economics Lower-division ECON 102: Principles of Microeconomics ECON-01: Intro to Microeconomics ECON 3: Principles of Microeconomics ECON 11: Principles of Economics - Micro
MATH 1610: Statistics for Decision Making Lower-division MATH 134: Elementary Statistics MATH-10: Elementary Statistics STATS 12: Introduction to Probability and Statistics MATH 2:  Statistics
FIN 3220: Business Finance Upper-division N/A N/A N/A N/A
MGT 3310: Management Theory & Practice Upper-division N/A N/A N/A N/A
MKT 3410: Principles of Marketing Upper-division N/A N/A N/A N/A

Note: If each of the foundation courses listed above is NOT on your transcripts, a transcript review and department approval are required. Simply email copies of your transcripts to Dr. David Zhu at dzhu@csustan.edu, and he will confirm whether your transcript/s includes an equivalent for each foundation course from an accredited college or university that can satisfy these eligibility prerequisites.

Work Experience

Candidates must demonstrate at least two years of relevant, full-time employment in a professional role, a supervisory role, or an equivalent. Those without the required experience may request a waiver based on exceptional academic performance. 

International Student Enrollment

International Students are eligible to apply to the Evening MBA Program through our International Education and Global Engagement department.

Learn about International Graduate Admissions

Updated: June 06, 2025