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Business Administration

Catalog pages 133-137

Subject abbreviation: BSAD, BUS A. Gary Anderson Graduate School

of Management

Bajis Dodin, Ph.D., Chair Committee Office, 10 Anderson Hall

  • (951) 827-4551; agsm.ucr.edu

Committee in Charge Shaun Bowler, Ph.D. (Political Science) Donna Hoffman, Ph.D. (AGSM) Erik Rowland, Ph.D. (AGSM) Raymond Russell, Ph.D. (Sociology) Dean David Stewart, Ph.D. (AGSM) Aman Ullah, Ph.D. (Economics) Stephen E. Cullenberg, Ph.D. Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, ex officio Dean David Stewart, Ph.D. Dean, The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, ex officio Faculty (See Management Faculty)

Majors

The B.S. in Business Administration is a two- year upper-division major offered jointly by The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management (AGSM) and the College of Hum - anities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS). Students can enroll in a pre-Business status and are advised in CHASS during their fresh- man and sophomore years. The pre-Business curriculum includes the prerequisites to the major and the college breadth requirements. After admission to the major, students are advised by AGSM. The B.S. degree in Bus iness Administration is conferred by CHASS.

The program is accredited by the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Admission A limited number of students are accepted into the Business Administration major, chosen according to overall GPA. Students must apply for the major when they have completed not fewer than 75 and not more than 100 quarter units of college work. Final acceptance into the major is based on comple- tion of all prerequisites and breadth require- ments within a 100-quarter-unit limit, a GPA above 2.00 in prerequisites, and cumulative GPA of at least 2.50. (Students who have not completed the language breadth requirement may be accepted into the program, but they must complete the requirement before gradua- tion.) Exceptions to the 100-quarter-unit maxi- mum must be requested by petition.

Students are encouraged to participate in at least one internship during their junior or senior year. Students interested in international busi- ness are encouraged to consider opportunities for study through the Education Abroad Program, which has centers affiliated with more than 150 institutions in 35 countries worldwide. For further details, visit UCR’s International Education Center at international center.ucr.edu or call (951) 827-4113.

Outstanding academic achievement is recog- nized by the awarding of the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key to a graduating senior. Other awards, presented on an annual basis, include the Wall Street Journal’s Student Achievement Award, the Bank of America Business Leaders Scholarship, and the Deloitte and Touche Scholarship.

University Requirements

See Undergraduate Studies section.

College Requirements

Students must fulfill all breadth requirements of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences or the Intersegmental General Edu c - ation Transfer Curriculum prior to transferring to the UC.

Major Requirements

The following are requirements leading to the B.S. degree in Business Admini stration. At least 50 percent of business course require- ments must be completed at UCR.

Business Administration Major

  • 1. Preparation for Business Admin is tra tion

major (8 courses [at least 32 units])

  • a) General prerequisites(may be used to sat-

isfy breadth requirements of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences)

  • b) Major prerequisites (may not be used to

satisfy breadth requirements)

The major requirements for the B.S. in Bus in - ess Administration are as follows:

  • 2. Upper-division major requirements (18 cours-

es [at least 72 units])

Core courses (at least 10 courses [at least 40 units]):

BUS 109

SOC 151

POSC 186

Concentration (At least 20 units): Choose five courses from one of the concentrations listed below. Courses completed to meet upper divi- sion core requirements may not be used to meet concentration requirements.

Accounting: At least three of the five courses must be selected from BUS 159–BUS 169B. BUS 159, BUS 164, BUS 165A, BUS 165B, BUS 165C, BUS 166, BUS 167, BUS 168A, BUS 168B, BUS 169A, BUS 169B, ECON 112, PHIL 116, PSYC 134

Arts Management: BUS 111, BUS 117, BUS 155, BUS 156, BUS 159, CS 143/ EE 143; at least three but not more than five upper division courses must be taken in one of these areas: ART, AHS, CRWT, DNCE, HIST, MUS, THEA; or students may com- plete a minor in one of the arts

Environmental Management: BUS 139, CEE 132, ECON 143A/ENSC 143A, ECON 143B/ENSC 143B, ECON 143C/ ENSC 143C, ECON 146/URST 146, ECON 148, ENSC 170, ENSC 172, ENSC 174, GEO 157, PHIL 116, PHIL 117, POSC 127 134 / Programs and Courses

Financial Economics: BUS 135A, BUS 135B, BUS 136, BUS 137, BUS 138 or ECON 171, BUS 139, ECON 102B, ECON 103B, ECON 112, ECON 130, ECON 135, ECON 136

General Management: BUS 111 or BUS 113, BUS 128 or BUS 129, BUS 135A, BUS 143 or BUS 155, BUS 146, BUS 147, BUS 148, BUS 165A, BUS 173, BUS 180A, BUS 180B, BUS 180C

Human Resources Management: At least one of BUS 155 and PSYC 142 and the remainder from the following: ANTH 105/ BUS 158, BUS 144, BUS 156, BUS 157, BUS 176/SOC 176, PSYC 155, SOC 150, SOC 151, SOC 171

Information Systems: At least three of the five courses must be selected from BUS 171–BUS 179. BUS 118, BUS 166, BUS 171, BUS 172, BUS 173, BUS 174, BUS 175, BUS 177, BUS 179, CS 120A/ EE 120A, CS 120B/EE 120B, PSYC 134, PSYC 140, PSYC 142

International Management: BUS 114, BUS 138, BUS 154B, BUS 164, BUS 178/ ECON 178, BUS 185, ECON 171, ECON 182, ECON 185/LNST 185, HISA 162/LNST 172, POSC 126, POSC 127, POSC 130, POSC 162/ LNST 142, SOC 181

Managerial Economics: BUS 152/ ECON 152, BUS 153/ECON 153, BUS 160/ ECON 160, BUS 178/ECON 178, ECON 102B, ECON 103B, ECON 107, ECON 108, ECON 130, ECON 163, ECON 143A/ENSC 143A

Marketing: At least two of the five courses must be selected from BUS 111–BUS 118, BUS 111, BUS 112, BUS 113, BUS 114, BUS 115, BUS 117, BUS 118, CRWT 130, ECON 102B, ECON 111, ECON 112, PHIL 116, PSYC 134, PSYC 140, STAT 147

Operations and Supply Chain Management: At least three of the five courses must be selected from BUS 122–BUS 129. BUS 118, BUS 122, BUS 128, BUS 129, BUS 173, BUS 127/STAT 127, BUS 162/ECON 162, ECON 112

Public Policy and Management: BUS 111, BUS 152/ECON 152, BUS 155, BUS 156, BUS 159, BUS 160/ECON 160, ECON 132, ECON 135, ECON 163, ECON 143A/ ENSC 143A, ECON 187/LNST 187, PHIL 116, POSC 181, POSC 182, POSC 186, SOC 150, SOC 151

  • g) An additional 12 units of Business Admin -

istration elective courses excluding BUS 190. See department for a list of approved Business Administration elective courses. Majors with Administra tive Studies Components B.A. degrees are offered in Art History, Econ - omics, History, Political Science, and Sociol ogy with Administrative Studies. A B.S. degree is offered in Sociology with Admin is tra tive Stud ies. Specified departmental requirements are listed under respective departmental listings.

  • 1. All requirements of the College of Human -

ities, Arts, and Social Sciences

  • 2. Specified requirements of the relevant

department, to include at least 36 upper- division units in that discipline

3. Administrative Studies requirements (37 units)

  • a) Four lower-division courses (17 units)

to satisfy breadth requirements)

  • (3) CS 008 (may be used to satisfy

breadth requirements)

  • b) Two upper-division courses (8 units) from

the list below:

ECON 162/BSAD 162

These two courses must be outside the disci- pline of the relevant major and cannot be courses included as part of the three-course Business Administra tion track or their cross- listed equivalents.

  • c) A three-course track (12 units) in

Business Administration courses, from one of the following:

SOC 150, SOC 151

  • (2) Human Resources Management/

Labor Relations: BUS 152/ ECON 152, BUS 153/ECON 153, BUS 155, BUS 157, PSYC 142

PHIL 116, POSC 182, POSC 186

  • (4) Marketing: BUS 103, and two from

BUS 112, BUS 113, BUS 114 or BUS 117

  • (5) Managerial Accounting/Taxation:

BUS 108, and two from BUS 166, BUS 168A, or BUS 168B

BUS 165A, BUS 165B

from BUS 135A, BUS 136, BUS 137, BUS 138, BUS 139

  • (8) Management Information Systems:

BUS 101, BUS 171, BUS 173

  • (9) Production Management:

BUS 104/STAT 104, and two from BUS 105, BUS 122, BUS 127/ STAT 127

Minor

Prerequisites for the minor in Business Ad min - istration are as follows:

  • 1. Three lower-division courses (13 units)

(must be completed with no grade lower than “C”): BSAD 020A, ECON 003, STAT 048

Requirements for the minor in Business Admin - istration are as follows:

  • 2. Six upper-division courses (24 units):
  • a) Four courses from the following:

BUS 101, BUS 103, BUS 104/STAT 104, BUS 105, BUS 106/ECON 134, BUS 108, PHIL 116

  • b) Two additional upper-division Business

Administration courses.

Courses