Leavey Core Curriculum

Please note: Current students should check their Workday Academic Progress to confirm their exact course requirements, as options may vary (e.g., for transfer students, ACTG majors, etc.).

Foundations 

Critical Thinking & Writing 1: One course from a list of approved courses

Critical Thinking & Writing 2: One course from a list of approved courses

Cultures & Ideas 1: One course from a list of approved courses

Culture & Ideas 2: One course from a list of approved courses

Second Language: Business students must demonstrate proficiency equivalent to Elementary Level 2 or higher (may be satisfied with AP/IB/transfer credit/proficiency exam). 

Math: Math 30 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 can be used to satisfy this requirement for business majors who have a second major in the life sciences.   
• NOTE: Economics and Finance majors must take additional Math. Economics: MATH 12 & MATH 13 or MATH 31. Finance: MATH 12, MATH 31, or FNCE 186 

Religion, Theology & Culture 1: One course from a list of approved courses

Explorations 

Ethics: One business ethics course: MGMT 136 or PHIL 109

Civic Engagement: MGMT 162 and MGMT 136 or PHIL 109

Culture & Ideas 3: MGMT 80 when the course is taken on the SCU campus. When MGMT 80 is not taken on the SCU campus, students choose from a list of approved courses.

Diversity: One course from a 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.

Religion, Theology & Culture 2: One course from a list of approved courses

Religion, Theology & Culture 3: One course from a list of approved courses

Integrations

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 a list of approved courses in one Pathway of the student’s choice. 

Introduction to Business

Contemporary Business Issues: BUSN 70 

Introduction to Spreadsheets: OMIS 15

Calculus 1: MATH 11 or 30 (Satisfies University Core Math) 

• 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 can be used to satisfy this requirement for business majors who have a second major in the life sciences.   
• Economics and Finance majors must take additional Math. Economics: MATH 12 & MATH 13 or MATH 31. Finance: MATH 12, MATH 31, or FNCE 186 

Economics 

Principles of Microeconomics: ECON 1 (Satisfies University Core Social Science)

Principles of Macroeconomics: ECON 2

Intl. Economics, Development, and Growth: ECON 3

Leadership 

Foundations of Leadership: MGMT 71

Values-Driven Leadership in Silicon Valley: MGMT 72

• External transfer students matriculating with 44 or more units of transferable college credit, excluding any AP or IB test credit, will take Social Psychology of Leadership: MGMT 174 in place of MGMT 71, MGMT 72, and MGMT 196. 

Global and Cultural Env. of Business: MGMT 80 (Satisfies University Core Cultures & Ideas 3 if taken at SCU) 

Business Law: BUSN 85

Accounting

Intro to Financial Accounting: ACTG 11

Intro to Managerial Accounting: ACTG 12

Data Analysis 

Statistics and Data Analysis 1: OMIS 40

Statistics and Data Analysis 2: OMIS 41

• Economics majors would take Statistics and Data Analysis 1: OMIS 40, Data Analysis and Econometrics: ECON 41, and Data Analysis Applications: ECON 42 

Information Systems

Science, Information Technology, Business and Society: OMIS 34 (Satisfies University Core Science, Technology, and Society) 

• Students considering an accounting major 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.

Business Ethics: MGMT 136 or PHIL 109 (Satisfies University Core Ethics and partially satisfies University Core Civic Engagement) 

Principled Leadership Development Portfolio: MGMT 196

Financial Management: FNCE 121

Management of Organizations: MGMT 160

Principles of Marketing: MKTG 181

Communication in Business: BUSN 179 (Satisfies University Core Advanced Writing)

Operations Management: OMIS 108

Strategic Analysis/Business Capstone: MGMT 162 (Partially satisfies University Core Civic Engagement)