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2011 – 2012PROGRAMS AND DEGREESClaudio A. C. Paiva, Ph.D.Associate Professor of EconomicsSage Hall, Room 2039Phone: (805) 437-2684claudio.paiva@csuci.eduPaul A. Rivera, Ph.D.Associate Professor of EconomicsAcademic Advisor for Undergraduate ProgramsSage Hall, Room 2135Phone: (805) 437-8988paul.rivera@csuci.eduSung Won Sohn, Ph.D.MVS Endowed Professor of EconomicsSage Hall Room 2033Phone: (805) 437-2789sung.sohn@csuci.eduRequirements for Master of BusinessAdministration - 33-49 unitsFoundations of Business - 0-16 unitsBUS 500 Economics for Managers . . . . . . . .3BUS 502 Quantitative Methods forDecision-Making . . . . . . . . . . . .3BUS 504 Introduction to Accounting and Finance . 4BUS 506 Principles of Management andMarketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3BUS 508 Business Ethics and Law . . . . . . . .3Required Core - 24 unitsBUS 510 High Performance Management . . . . 3BUS 520 Strategy and Leadership . . . . . . . .3BUS 530 Managing Business Operations . . . . .3BUS 540 Financial Reporting and Analysis . . . .3BUS 550 The Contemporary Firm . . . . . . . . 3BUS 560 The Entrepreneurial Manager . . . . . .3BUS 570 Competing in a Global Environment . . 6Special Topics - 9 unitsNine units of upper-graduate-level courses.Graduate WritingAssessment RequirementWriting proficiency prior to the awarding of the degree isdemonstrated by successful completion of BUS 520 Strategyand Leadership with a grade of B or higher.Master of Science Degree inBiotechnology and Master of BusinessAdministration - (71 units*)*Assumes that at least one set of the Foundation Courseslisted below has been completed in a business or scienceundergraduate degree program.Program DescriptionThe Master of Science in Biotechnology and Master of BusinessAdministration is a dual professional degree program designedto meet the needs of biotechnology industry and relatedpublic and private agencies and organizations. The programcombines rigorous scientific training in biotechnology withgraduate course work and experience in business managementand regulatory affairs. The program includes the foundationcourses for the dual degree program, a set of graduate levelcore courses in both biotechnology and business, and severalelective courses.Our approach includes team projects drawn from biotechnologyindustries to focus on real-world problems and applications ofbiological sciences and business. We approach interpersonalskills and problem-solving skills from multiple perspectives.Admission Requirements1. Applicants must have a BA/BS degree in Biology,Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Business/ Economics relateddiscipline. Alternatively, applicants with a BA/BS degreein any field and equivalent work experiences in one of theabove fields may be admitted and must fulfill the foundationcourse requirements before taking the core courses andelectives in the degree program.2. Applicants seeking admission to the dual degree programmust be officially accepted into CI as graduate students.3. Applicants must declare themselves as graduate students inthe dual degree program.4. Applicants will be evaluated by the program admissionscommittee which will consider the applicants in the contextof the total applicant pool using our general admissionstandards. The following materials are required for ourevaluation and admission process:• Applicants must submit their transcript(s) from theirundergraduate institution(s) and Graduate RecordExaminations (GRE) General Test scores.• Applicants who have received their undergraduatedegrees from a university where English is not thelanguage of instruction, or have studied fewer than twoyears at a university where instruction is in English, mustsubmit their Test of English as a Foreign Language(TOEFL) scores.• Applicants must submit a one page “Statement ofPurpose” and two letters of recommendations frompeople able to judge the applicant’s capacity for bothacademic and professional success.Degree RequirementsRequired Foundation Courses - 16 units1. Required Foundation Courses in Biology and Chemistryfor students without a BS in Biology or Chemistry16 unitsCHEM 110 Chemistry of Life . . . . . . . . . . . 4BIOL 201 Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology . 4BIOL 300 Cell Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4BIOL 400 Molecular Biology . . . . . . . . . . .42. Required Foundation Courses in Business Economics for .students without a BS/BA in Business or Economics or a .related discipline 16 unitsBUS 500 Economics for Managers . . . . . . . .3BUS 502 Quantitative Methods forDecision-Making . . . . . . . . . . . 3BUS 504 Introduction to Accounting and Finance . 4BUS 506 Principles of Management andMarketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3BUS 508 Business Ethics and Law . . . . . . . .3142 www.csuci.edu • California State University Channel Islands • 2011 - 2012 Catalog