Tri-C Business (Fall 2025)

Monte Ahuja College of Business 

Effective Fall 2025

For the previous Transfer Guide effective Spring 2023-Summer 2025, please click here.

Bachelor of Business Administration Degree
 

Transfer students are strongly encouraged to contact the CSU's Transfer Student Services 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 Analytics
  • Business Economics
  • Finance
  • General Business
  • 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.

Inquiry Core at Cleveland State University

Cleveland State University's Inquiry Core curriculum is designed around nine (9) core competencies that reflect the demands of modern life and the skills most in demand among employers. As a student at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), you may choose to take these Core courses at Tri-C or at CSU. Please contact a Tri-C Counselor for guidance on courses required to receive your associate's degree.

 

Please note completing your Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or OT36 at Tri-C will complete the Inquiry Core curriculum at CSU; unless a specific core course is required for your major. 

Core COURSE EQUIVALENCIES

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

Finding Your Voice

1 course / 3 credits

ENG 1010 or ENG 101H* 

*C- or better required for all ENG courses


Research & Professional Writing

1 course / 3 credits

ENG 1020 or ENG 102H or ENG 2151* 

*C- or better required for all ENG courses


Quantitative & Formal Reasoning

2 course / 6 credits

MATH 1470*, 1490*

*C- or better required for all MATH courses


African-American History & Culture

1 course / 3 credits
COURSE LIST

ENG 2510

HIST 2150, 2160

REL 2060


Human Culture & Creativity

1 course / 3 credits
COURSE LIST

ART 2020 or 202H, 2030 or 203H

ENG 2010, 2420, 2710

HIST 1510 or 151H, 1520 or 152H

HUM 1010, 1020

MUS 1030 

PHIL 1000, 2050 or 205H, 2060

THEA 1010


Global Human Perspectives 

1 course / 3 credits 
COURSE LIST

ART 1020, 1040

ENG 2700, 2730

GEOG 1010, 1050

HIST 1700, 2031

MUS 1050, 2000

POL 2060

REL 1010


Natural Sciences

2 courses / 7 credits 

Must include at least 1 lab credit.

DEPARTMENTCOURSES WITH LABCOURSES WITHOUT LAB
ANTH1210 
BIO1050/L, 1100, 1500/L or 150H, 1510/L or 151H,  2331, 23412150
CHEM1010/L or 101H, 1020/L or 102H, 1300/L or 130H, 1310/L or 131H 
ESCI1030/L, 1310/L, 1410/L, 1610/L1050
PHYS1010/L, 1210, 1220, 2310, 2320 

Society & Human Behavior

1 course / 3 credits

ECON 2000, 2010


Diversity in Society

1 course / 3 credits 
COURSE LIST

ANT 2010

EDUC 1011

ENG 2020

HIST 2660

POL 2120

SOC 2410

WGS 1510


Writing/Speaking Across the Curriculum

2 courses / 6 credits

Students transferring 60 or more hours: one course 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

*All students are strongly encouraged to discuss this requirement with an academic coach at CSU.  

 

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.


OTHER EQUIVALENT COURSES

Students are encouraged to take these courses as apart of their associates degree at Tri-C based on the major they are intending to pursue at CSU.

Students earning an ACCOUNTING major must average a 2.5 GPA between ACT 221 AND 222.
MAJORCSU COURSESTRI-C EQUIVALENTS
ALL BBA MAJORSACT 221ACCT 1311
 ACT 222ACCT 1341
 BUS 151BADM 1020
 GAD 250/240BADM 2010
 IST 203IT 1090 
 MKT 301MARK 2010 (C grade required for MKT majors)
 OSM 202MATH 1500 (C grade required for OSM majors)
ACCOUNTINGACT 321    ACCT 2340 (C grade or better required)
 ACT 361ACCT 1041 (C grade or better required)

This information is provided solely for the convenience of the reader, and the University expressly disclaims any liability which may otherwise be incurred. This publication is neither a contract nor an offer to make a contract. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information, the University reserves the right to make changes at any time with respect to course offerings, degree requirements, services provided, or any other subject addressed herein.

Cleveland State University is an AA/EOE committed to nondiscrimination. M/F/H/V encouraged.

Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115-2214

Campus Location
2400 Euclid Avenue
EC 100
Phone: 216-687-5411
transfer@csuohio.edu