Admissions & Application

Our admissions team offers opportunities to start the Online Bachelor of Science in Business Administration completion program twice each year, in the fall and spring terms. Further, to accommodate prospective students at all points in the process of selecting a business program, the Chico State College of Business offers both priority and final application deadlines. To start planning your path toward joining us at Chico State, review the upcoming priority and final application deadlines below.

Application Deadlines

Program Application

Application Requirements

Applicants to the Online Bachelor of Science in Business Administration completion program must submit the following materials:

• Online application
      → A $70 application fee is required to submit this application

• Official Transcripts from all colleges attended. We accept official transcripts electronically or by mail.

Electronic (preferred):
If your institution offers secure electronic delivery, have them send transcripts directly from the originating institution to the Office of Admissions. If an email address is required, use info@csuchico.edu.

By Mail (sealed hard copy):
Office of Admissions
California State University, Chico
400 West First Street
Chico, CA 95929-0722

Paper transcripts must be sealed in the original envelope to be considered official.

CSU Transfer Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in post-secondary studies through the completion of 60 semester units (90 or more quarters) of college credits from an accredited institution after high school graduation
• Completed at least 30 semester (45 quarter) units of general education courses
• Completed transferable courses with grades of C- or better in oral communication, written composition, and critical thinking
• Completed one transferable course with a grade of C- or better in college-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning
• A cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better in all transferable college courses attempted for CA residents and 2.4 or better for non-CA residents 

Lower Division Program Requirements Courses

In addition, according to California State University application requirements, students applying to the Online BS in Business Administration completion program must have completed each of the following seven lower-division core courses, or the transfer equivalent, with a C- or higher. If all the lower-division prerequisites are not completed prior to entering the program, you will be limited to enrollment in BCOM 300W, MINS 301, or Upper division GE courses until you finish your lower-division business prerequisites. Students are advised to take MATH 107, but MATH 109 or MATH 120 will be accepted as substitutes. All lower division General Education and Business prerequisites can be taken at any California community college.

• ACCT 201: Introduction to Financial Accounting
• ACCT 202: Introduction to Managerial Accounting
• BLAW 203: Introduction to Business Law
• ECON 102: Principles of Macroeconomic Analysis
• ECON 103: Principles of Microeconomic Analysis
• MATH 107: Finite Mathematics for Business
• MATH 108: Statistics of Business and Economics

State Authorization

At this time, Chico State is not legally authorized to offer distance education programs to residents of all states. We are in the process of requesting this authorization from states where we have yet to obtain it. For a list of states where we are currently authorized to offer this program or exempt from authorization requirements, please consult the Status of State Authorizations for Distance Education page.

Pursuant to the U.S. Department of Education's Program Integrity Rule, every institution of higher education is required to provide all prospective and current students with the contact information for the state agency or agencies that handle complaints against postsecondary education institutions offering distance learning within that state. Learn more about the CSU system’s process for handling these complaints.