Transfer Guides

Lakeland Community College Transfer Guide

Monte Ahuja College of Business Administration

Effective Spring 2023

Bachelor of Business Administration Degree
General Education at Cleveland State University

Transfer students are strongly encouraged to contact the CSU's Transfer Center at 216-687-5568 to identify the appropriate transfer guide.

The following is a suggested program of study for students pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree for the following majors:

  • Accounting 
  • Business Economics 
  • Finance
  • General Business
  • Information Systems
  • International Business
  • Human Resources Management
  • Marketing
  • Operations Supply Chain Management
  • Property Management

For Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs, visit the appropriate program in the menu.

GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE EQUIVALENCIES

The courses listed below can be used to fulfill General Education requirements at CSU.

Writing/Composition

2 courses / 6 credit

ENGL 1110 OR ENGL 1111 and
ENGL 1120 OR ENGL 1121 (C- or better in each course)

Mathematics/QL

2 courses / 6 credits
Required for all majors:
MATH 1650 (C grade or better required) or 1890 (C grade or better required)
MATH 2130 (C grade or better required)

Arts and Humanities

2 courses / 6 credits from 2 different departments

At least one of these courses, or one of the approved Social Sciences course, must be focused on Africa, Asia, Latin American or the Middle East (AALAME). Students that have earned their A.A./A.S. degree or completed the OT36 will have AALAME requirement(s) waived unless the course is required by the department.

COURSE LIST AALAME OPTIONS

ARTS 1120, 2220, 2230
ENGL 2210, 2215, 2220, 2230, 2235, 2245, 2250, 2260, 2261, 2263, 2296
HIST 1150, 1550, 2150, 2250
HUMX 1100, 1200, 1300
MUSC 1200, 1215, 1800, 2250
PHIL 1300, 1500, 2600, 2700, 2800
PHOT 1000 

HIST 2750
PHIL 2000 

Social Sciences

2 courses / 6 credits from 2 different departments

At least one of these courses, or one of the approved Arts and Humanities course, must be focused on Africa, Asia, Latin American or the Middle East (AALAME). Students that have earned their A.A./A.S. degree or completed the OT36 will have AALAME requirement(s) waived unless the course is required by the department.

COURSE LIST AALAME OPTIONS
Required for all majors
ECON 2500 and 2600

ANTH 1160
COMM 1100, 1150, 2100
ECON 1150, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2930
GEOG 1500, 1800
PEHR 1750
POLS 1300, 2200, 2300, 2500
PSYC 1500, 2400, 2500, 2600
SOCY 1150, 1190, 2270, 2280
URST 2000

 AALAME requirement should be taken under Arts and Humanities. 

Natural Sciences

2 courses / 7 credits 

Must include at least 1 lab credit. 

DEPARTMENT COURSES WITH LAB COURSES WITHOUT LAB
BIOL 1150, 1160, 1170, 1180, 1200, 1510, 1520, 2210, 2220  1010, 1020, 1030, 1140 
CHEM 1050, 1100, 1150, 1500, 1600   
GEOL 1100, 1200  
GEOG 1550  
PHYS 1100, 1200, 1610, 1620, 2100, 2410, 2420  1500,1550
PSCI 1300, 1400, 1500   

 

Social Diversity

2 courses / 6 credits

Must complete:

  • 1 African-American course
  • 1 US Diversity course

Students transferring in more than 60 hours are only required to take 1 course. Students that have earned their A.A./A.S. degree will have both diversity requirements waived unless the course is required by the department.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE COURSES US DIVERSITY COURSES

SOCY 2000
URST 2100

ASLI 1550, 1700
ENGL 2248, 2275
HIST 2450
HMSV 1215
POLS 2400
PSYC 1700

Writing Across the Curriculum/Speaking Across the Curriculum

Minimum of 3 courses

Students transferring 60 - 89 hours: one course waived
Students transferring 90+ hours: two courses waived
One WAC/SPAC course must be in the student's major

No transfer courses count toward this requirement - all WAC courses must be completed at CSU

Foreign Language 

Students who graduated from high school in 1987 or later are required to complete one of the following:

  • Two years of a single foreign language in high school
  • An introductory level sequence of a single foreign language (generally, two semesters of 100-level study)
  • Two American Sign Language courses and one approved foreign culture course
NOTE: International Business majors must demonstrate intermediate-level proficiency in foreign language. This requirement can be satisfied through completion of three years of a single foreign language in high school or four semesters of a foreign language (including at least two intermediate-level courses) at the college/university level. 

 

ADDITIONAL BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS (FOR ALL MAJORS, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED)
CSU BBA DEGREE COURSES LAKELAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE EQUIVALENTS
ACT 221 and 222 ACCT 1100 and 1200 (ACT majors only) (ACT majors require an average GPA of 2.5 among both courses)
Both these courses are required for all BBA Degree Majors listed
BLW 411 BUSM 2100
BUS 151 BUSM 1300
ECN 201 and 202 ECON 2500 and 2600 (C grade or better required for all BBA majors)
Both these courses are required for all BBA Degree Majors listed
GAD 250 BUSM 2400
IST 203 ITIS 1005 (C grade required for IST majors)
OSM 202 MATH 2135 - (OSM majors only) (C grade or better required)
IST 305 BUSM 1700
MKT 301 BUSM 2500 (C grade required for MKT majors)
ACT 321 ACCT 2110 (ACT majors only) (C grade or better required)
ACT 361 ACCT 2390 (ACT majors only) (C grade or better required)
IST 211 ITCS 1840 and 2840 (Information Systems majors only) (C grade or better required in each course)

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