New Programs

NOTE: The Finance Program of the School of Business and Public Administration, California State University, Bakersfield, is
fully accreditation by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. The Board of Examiners approved CSUB’s B.S. in
Business Administration degree with concentration in Finance as a registered program for a full three year term.  Currently only
50 undergraduate and graduate programs nationwide are accredited by CFP.  CSUB now joins that list as well as one of 13
accredited programs in California. The Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation is one of the highest and most rigorous
professional designations within the financial services industry, analogous to the CPA in the accounting field.  To attain the CFP
certification, candidates must meet high criteria in education, national examinations, work experience and a code of ethics. And,
university degree programs must likewise meet high curriculum and quality standards.
Accredited California Universities include:
http://www.cfp-board.org/

NOTE: A new sports management concentration - including an emphasis in golf management - within the bachelor's degree in
business administration has been approved at California State University, Bakersfield. The initial classes in the new specializations
will be offered beginning with the fall 2001 quarter. The new concentration will be the first of its kind offered at any business
school in California. CSUB Sports Management program will be the first devoted to sports management, services and industries
offered at any business school within the 23-campus CSU or nine-campus University of California systems. The golf management
emphasis in the concentration is being positioned for eventual accreditation from the PGA. Currently, only two schools west of the
Mississippi River - Arizona State University and New Mexico State University - have PGA accredited programs. CSUB seeks to
become the first university on the West Coast and only university in California to have a PGA accredited program.
See http://www.csub.edu/BPA/Dept-Info/mgmt-sport.htm

School of Business and
 Public Administration
Dr. Donavan
 Ropp
California State
 University, Bakersfield
9001 Stockdale
 Highway
Bakersfield, CA
 93311-1099
Phone: 661.664.2435
  Fax:661.664.2438 
 
Office: BPA Office Bld. Room 120