Bachelor’s Degree
- Bachelor's 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
Students enter the OMBA program from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds. The foundation courses are designed to ensure all students begin the program with the core business and quantitative skills needed for success.
Before enrolling in OMBA core courses, students must complete six foundation courses or their approved equivalents.
During the transcript review process, students may receive credit for equivalent coursework completed at regionally accredited institutions. To qualify, coursework must:
- have been completed within the past 10 years, and
- include a minimum grade of C- or CR.
The following lower-division foundation requirements may also be satisfied through approved Coursera course certifications:
- ACC 2110: Introduction to Financial Accounting
- ECON 2510: Principles of Microeconomics
- MATH 1610: Statistics for Decision Making
Students 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 table below lists the required foundation courses and approved equivalent coursework options.
| 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 Micro economics | ECON-01: Intro to Micro economics |
ECON 3: Principles of Micro economics | ECON 11: Principles of Micro economics |
| 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 |
*ACC 2110, ECON 2510, and MATH 1610 may also be satisfied through approved Coursera course certifications.
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 for the OMBA Program must demonstrate at least two years of relevant, full-time employment in a professional or supervisory role. Those without the required experience may request a waiver based on exceptional academic performance.
Out-of-State Enrollment
Currently, Stanislaus State is not authorized to offer online instruction or degree programs to students residing outside of the state of California.
Use of CSU Employee Waivers
The Online MBA program is not designated as a stateside program. Therefore, Employee Fee Waivers from Stanislaus State and other CSU campuses are not eligible for the Stan State Online MBA Program. Please contact your campus's HR Department for additional information on Fee Waiver eligibility.
International Student Enrollment
Currently, Stanislaus State is not authorized to admit international students into the Online MBA program if they reside outside of the United States or hold an F-1 visa.
Updated: May 22, 2026