Department of Business Administration, SSU School of Business and Economics

Computer Competency

Practical Computer Competency Requirement (PCCR) Examination

All pre-business majors must demonstrate practical computer competency prior to enrolling in BUS 211 - Managerial Statistics or BUS 230A - Financial Accounting, or any upper-division business core class.

Students must demonstrate basic, practical computer competency in the following areas:

  • Internet, Email, Slide Presentation, and the Microsoft Windows Operating System
  • Basic Word Processing Skills
  • Basic Spreadsheet Skills

Computer competency is demonstrated by successful completion of the Practical Computer Competency Requirement (PCCR) Exam. Students are required to have access to a working email account capable of transmitting the attached files necessary for completion of the PCCR Exam. Questions about the computer competency requirement can be emailed to the Department.

Pre-Major Courses

Computer competency, preparatory courses and lower-division core courses together constitute the Pre-major. A letter grade of “C” or better is required in each pre-major course. In addition to demonstrating computer competency, all the following coursework must be completed as part of the Pre-major program:

Preparatory Courses (units that are necessary but do not count toward the major)

  • GE Area A-1
  • ECON 204 (previously 201A) Introduction to Macroeconomics (4 units)
  • ECON 205 (previously 201B) Introduction to Microeconomics (4 units)
  • MATH 131 Introduction to Finite Mathematics (3 units)
    or MATH 161Calculus (4 units)

Lower-Division Business Core (units count in major)

  • BUS 211 Business Statistics (4 units)
    or MATH 165 Elementary Statistics
  • BUS 225 Legal Environment of Business (4 units)
    or ECON 388 Economics and the Law of Regulation
  • BUS 230A Principles of Accounting (4 units)
  • BUS 230B Principles of Accounting (4 units)

If you have completed the pre-business requirements outlined above, you must submit the Blue Form along with all corresponding unofficial transcripts in order to register for upper-division business classes.

Return the Blue Form and the corresponding unofficial transcripts to Stevenson Hall - 2042 as soon as your grades are posted! DO NOT DELAY - you will be unable to register for upper-division classes until this form has been processed.


Last modified 07.07.2008 . Tracy Navas