The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management

Student Affairs: A. Gary Anderson Hall

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The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management (AGSM) is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in substantive scholarly research enhancing the world’s base of knowledge about organizations, their environments, and their management, and to the transmission of this knowledge through quality educational programs to students, alumni, business managers, and the public. The AGSM is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

The AGSM offers a professional graduate program leading to the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree. The program is offered both on the UCR campus and at the Heckmann International Center for Entrepreneurial Management at the UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center.

The M.B.A. curriculum on the Riverside campus balances the art and science of management, with a particular emphasis on managing through information, and recognizes the global context of management. The curriculum also emphasizes growing strengths in marketing, accounting, and finance. The first-year core courses of the two-year M.B.A. program provide a strong integrated foundation in the common body of knowledge for management. Thereafter, students take 28 to 36 units of electives offered in various fields, and complete a required internship, capstone course, and a thesis or case analysis. In addition to regularly scheduled course work during the day, course work is offered in the evening to permit career professionals to pursue an M.B.A. degree on a part-time basis.

The M.B.A. program at the Heckmann Center is a cohort program focused on entrepreneurial management and is an academic partnership among world-class academic faculty, successful entrepreneurs and executives, and industry partners. Students complete graduate courses taught by AGSM faculty and also are exposed to, and mentored by, major executives, and entrepreneurs who have built and managed significant successful businesses, large and small.

The M.B.A. program is open to eligible students from all undergraduate majors. Quantitative methods is a prerequisite to the program. Qualified students who have not taken this prerequisite course may be admitted but must meet this requirement during their first two quarters in residence.

Admission requirements for the program are similar to requirements for the Graduate Division. In addition to transcripts, applicants should submit test scores from the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) and three letters of recommendation from persons knowledgeable about the applicant’s academic ability and potential for success in the program.

The AGSM and the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences jointly offer an upper-division major in Business Administration intended for students who seek a professional education in the functional fields of private sector management. Students who elect the premajor receive advising in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences during their freshman and sophomore years; after admission to the major, students are advised by the AGSM. In addition to administering the program, the AGSM also teaches courses in the functional areas of management such as finance, accounting, human resources management, marketing, and management information systems. The B.S. degree in Business Administration is awarded by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

This certificate is awarded jointly by the AGSM and UCR Extension. Satisfactory completion (with a grade of “B” or better) of six courses (plus prerequisite courses, if required) is necessary to earn the certificate. Certificate students complete five required core courses in Management and select one elective by arrangement with the AGSM.

Classes are taught by regular UCR faculty members and are scheduled on the UCR campus both during the day and in the evenings. Permission of the course instructor and the graduate advisor of the AGSM is required before final registration. Students may use the enrollment form inside the back cover of the Extension catalog to mail in their enrollment, or they may enroll in person at the Extension Office. For further information, write to the Coordinator of Certificate Programs, UCR Extension, Riverside, CA 92521-0112, or phone (951) 827-4112.

In addition to its M.B.A. program, the AGSM offers management training programs for executives, managers, administrators, and other professionals in the private and public sectors. These programs seek to further the professional development of people in management by exposing them to the most recent trends, ideas, and techniques in the field. Many of these programs do not have formal educational prerequisites, since the AGSM is more interested in a candidate’s experience record and potential to benefit from the program. These programs are offered as certificate programs, and workshops of shorter duration. Contact AGSM for further information.

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The credit value of each course in quarter units is indicated for each term by a number in parentheses following the title. Departments may indicate the term in which they expect to offer the course by the use of: “F” (fall), “W” (winter), “S” (spring), “Summer.” The Schedule of Classes, at classes.ucr.edu, published several weeks before each term commences, lists the courses that will actually be offered for that term, along with their class hours and locations.

The class type, such as lecture or laboratory, and number of hours per week are listed in the first line of the description.

The letters “A,” “B,” “C,” and “D” are used with the course numbers to indicate sequential order; they do not necessarily indicate that an earlier quarter in the sequence is a prerequisite to the later quarters; the prerequisites (if any) of a given course are stated in the description of that course. The letter designation “E-Z” immediately following a course number — for example, HIST 191 (E-Z) — indicates different topics offered under a general title; no specific instance of such a course, for example, HIST 191E, HIST 191F, or HIST 191G, may be repeated for credit unless otherwise indicated in the course description. The letters “E” through “Z” have no sequential implications. The letters “H”, “L”, or “P” immediately following a course number usually have special designations: “H” for an honors course, “L” for a laboratory course (usually in the sciences), and “P” for a proseminar. A grade is assigned by the instructor at the end of each term, and credit is granted for each term, except as otherwise noted.

Courses are numbered as follows:

1. Lower-division: 001–099; generally recommended for freshmen and sophomores.

2. Upper-division: 100–199; normally open only to students who have completed at least one lower-division course in the subject, or six quarters/four semesters of college work. Credit in special studies courses for undergraduates is limited to 5 units per quarter.

3. Graduate: 200-299; normally open only to students who have completed at least 18 upper-division quarter units basic to the subject matter of the course.

The admission of undergraduates to graduate courses is limited to upper-division students who have an overall scholarship average not lower than “B”; these limits are imposed by the rules of the Graduate Division. However, graduate courses completed before attaining the baccalaureate will not be accepted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the credential or minimum requirements in the 200 series for the master’s degree, except for undergraduate students who have received approval for backdating their graduate status to cover the session during which such courses were taken. See the Backdating Units section under Policies and Regulations.

4. Professional courses for teaching credential candidates: 300–399.

5. Other professional courses: 400–499.

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