Mission, Vision and Values
Mission
Our faculty and staff improve lives by preparing our diverse student body to realize their academic goals and achieve career success through an innovative and exceptional education.
Vision
To transform society by engaging with the global community’s grand challenges.
Values
- Commitment to Excellence in Teaching, Rigorous Academic Research, and Active/Experiential Learning
- Engagement with and Service to the Community
- Commitment to Ethics, Justice, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
- Respect for all People and All Points of View
- Encouragement of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Collaboration and Creativity
- Commitment to Building a More Sustainable Future for All
Nazarian College's bachelor of science in business administration degree programs share the following core Program Learning Outcomes:
- PLO1 - Communication: The student will write professional business reports, deliver strong oral presentations and create effective visual materials.
- PLO2 - Critical Thinking: The student will identify and analyze problems and devise appropriate solutions using qualitative and quantitative techniques.
- PLO3 - Ethics: The student will identify ethical dilemmas, analyze them from multiple perspectives, develop solutions, and support their decisions.
- PLO4 - Global Context and Diversity: The student will recognize and evaluate the role of diversity, inclusion and multiculturalism in the global business environment.
- PLO5 - Cross-Disciplinary Knowledge: The student will demonstrate proficiency in the functional areas of business as well as the ability to synthesize and apply this knowledge across disciplines.
- PLO6 - Information Technology: The student will demonstrate proficiency in current information technology integrated in business.
Note: Accounting students also achieve an additional outcome:
- PLO7 - Accounting Content Areas: The student will demonstrate proficiency in the four accounting content areas of financial accounting, cost accounting, taxation and auditing.
Economics
- PLO1 - Communication: The student will have strong communication skills.
- PLO2 - Quantitative Skills: The student will have strong quantitative skills, including the ability to use and interpret economic statistics.
- PLO3 - Economic Way of Thinking: The student will express key economic concepts, both intuitively and more formally.
- PLO4 - Market Organization: The student will understand how a decentralized market economy organizes economic activity as well as the factors that may impede that process.
- PLO5 - Macroeconomic Perspective: The student will understand key macroeconomic variables and how fiscal and monetary policies affect them.
- PLO6 - Institutions, Policy and Diversity: The student will understand how institutions, government policy and regulation affect economic growth and the relative wealth of economies.
Nazarian College graduate business degree programs have the following core Program Learning Outcomes:
Master of Business Administration
- PLO1 - Leadership: The student will integrate facets of leadership to organization scenarios.
- PLO2 - Critical Thinking: The student will exercise thinking in decision-making.
- PLO3 - Communication: The student will communicate skills effectively in oral or written projects.
- PLO4 - Ethical Decision-Making: The student will apply ethical decision-making in practical and theoretical situations.
- PLO5 - Technology: The student will use technology to assist in analysis.
Master of Professional Accountancy
- PLO1 - The student will identify, analyze and propose solutions to solve complex problems in accounting and related business matters using critical-thinking skills.
- PLO2 - The student will apply accounting knowledge and practice-based skills with a global perspective.
- PLO3 - The student will recognize and analyze ethical and professional responsibility issues in accounting and related business situations.
- PLO4 - The student will demonstrate proficiency with knowledge and use of information systems in accounting and related business matters.
- PLO5 - The student will communicate clearly and effectively their analysis of complex problems in accounting and related business matters.
- PLO6 - The student will research accounting literature for both structure and unstructured problems.
- PLO7 - The student will apply data analysis tools to analyze structured and unstructured data and information relevant to accounting and related business practice.
- PLO8 - The student will attain the necessary knowledge and skills required to succeed in passing the CPA examination.
Master of Science in Taxation
- PLO1 - The student will analyze and solve complex tax problems through the application of critical-thinking skills.
- PLO2 - The student will recognize and analyze complex ethical and professional responsibility issues in the tax practice.
- PLO3 - The student will communicate the analysis of complex tax problems clearly and effectively.
- PLO4 - The student will research the tax literature for both structured and unstructured problems.
- PLO5 - The student will apply complex tax knowledge and skills with a global perspective.
- PLO6 - The student will conduct comprehensive analytical reviews of client tax returns.
Master of Science in Business Analytics
- PLO1 - The student will use modern analytical tools or models to solve business problems.
- PLO2 - The student will communicate data-driven findings effectively.
- PLO3 - The student will interpret data analytics results for informed and ethical decision-making.
The David Nazarian College of Business and Economics at California State University, Northridge, prepares students to be ethical decision-makers. The college maintains high standards of ethical conduct that students are expected to maintain throughout their academic and professional careers.