Program Mission and Vision:
The Business Administration program at the Cal Poly Solano Campus is dedicated to equipping students with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in today’s dynamic, interconnected, and often unpredictable world. Our graduates emerge as highly employable professionals, ready for both the workforce and advanced academic pursuits. The program emphasizes a balanced approach, combining deep theoretical knowledge with immersive experiential learning, all while fostering strong ethical values and global leadership capabilities. Students thrive in an environment that offers career development, close engagement with industry partners, hands-on learning opportunities, opportunities for travel, and exposure to a wide range of ideas and backgrounds.
Responding to the Evolving Global Landscape:
Global business leaders face unprecedented complexity in a world where supply chains are being redesigned, trade relationships shift overnight, and regulatory frameworks struggle to keep pace with technological innovation. Success demands leaders who can think critically across disciplines, adapt quickly to change, and analyze complex interconnections between markets, technology, and policy.
Our curriculum prepares students to lead in this evolving landscape. Students build their foundation through rigorous coursework in accounting, economics, finance, marketing, and management, then advance into specialized areas like supply chain optimization, business analytics, and international trade and transportation The program’s strength lies in our direct connections to the maritime and logistics industries. Through internships and direct engagement with decision-makers confronting reshoring challenges, sustainability requirements, and digital disruption, students witness strategy in action and gain insights that textbooks alone cannot provide.
Business Administration Learning Objectives
By the end of the program students graduating from the business program at Cal Poly Solano campus will:
- demonstrate knowledge of the foundational core of business
- demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills.
- demonstrate professional communication skills.
- apply relevant quantitative methods and tools to make business decisions
- be able to evaluate and use information resources appropriately to make business decisions
- develop the intercultural competencies necessary to conduct business in a global context
Accreditation
The program is proudly accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), located at 11960 Quivira Road, Suite 300, Overland Park, KS 66213. Learn more about our accreditation and standards at www.iacbe.org.
Career Opportunities for Majors
Our graduates are highly sought after by leading employers. The business program has built an excellent reputation, with alumni working across diverse industries including global logistics, transportation, maritime services, and Fortune 500 companies. Recent graduates have launched careers with top organizations including Amazon, Albertsons, ArcBest, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, General Dynamics NASSCO, FlexPort, Inchcape Shipping, Matson, Military Sealift Command (MSC), Norton Lilly International, Port of Long Beach, SSA Marine, Tesla, and Toyota.