California State University Sacramento

Students may choose either the Marketing Track or the Supply Chain Management Track

The Marketing Track emphasizes the conceptual understanding and development of professional skills essential to marketing-oriented careers in such fields as e-commerce, advertising, public relations, product and service management, retail management, international marketing, marketing research, and sales management. Consideration is given to the roles of marketing in a global economy, in our society, and within both profit and not-for-profit organizations. The study of marketing includes human behavior, communication, entrepreneurship, problem solving, technological innovation, ethics, and environmentalism. For nonbusiness majors, the study of marketing provides a perspective of how organizations can satisfy the needs of their constituencies.

The Supply Chain Management (SCM) Track is concerned with organizations, methods, and processes employed in managing and improving supply chain and operations systems which provide goods or services to fulfill customer needs and wants in both local and global markets in a flexible, adaptable, reliable, cost effective and sustainable manner. Students who select the SCM Track are provided with a well-balanced program of qualitative and quantitative subject matter and should be able to assume first-line staff or management positions in supply chain and operations systems for manufacturing, service, or government organizations.

Note: The use of the words “business administration” throughout this section refers to courses designated as Accountancy (ACCY), Accounting Information Systems (AIS), Decision Sciences (DS), Entrepreneurship (ENTR), Finance (FIN), General Management (GM), Human Resources/Organizational Behavior (HROB), International Business (IBUS), Management (MGMT), Management Information Science (MIS), Marketing (MKTG), and Operations Management (OPM).

Note: Students graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (all concentrations) will not be subject to the University’s Foreign Language Graduation Requirement. Students who change major may be subject to the University’s Foreign Language Graduation Requirement.

Note: At least 15 units of upper division business administration courses must be taken in residence at (or under the auspices of) California State University, Sacramento. Of these 15 units, a minimum of nine units must be in upper division courses in the concentration.