Business Administration
Catalog pages 143-148
Subject abbreviation: BUS The School of Business Administration
Yunzeng Wang, Ph.D., Dean Office, 142 Anderson Hall
- (951) 827-2932
Undergraduate Business Programs Office 2340 Olmsted Hall
- (951) 827-4551; fax: (951) 827-5061
soba.ucr.edu
Professors Subramanian ‘Bala’ Balachander, Ph.D. Albert O. Steffey Chair (Marketing) Y. Peter Chung, Ph.D. (Finance) Mohsen El-Hafsi, Ph.D. (Operations and Supply Chain Management) Jerayr ‘John’ Haleblian, Ph.D. Associate Dean and Department Chair (Management) Jean Helwege, Ph.D. (Finance) Woody M. Liao, Ph.D. (Accounting) Birendra Mishra, Ph.D. Associate Dean for the Academic Graduate Programs (Accounting) Theodore Mock, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor (Accounting) Jorge Silva-Risso, Ph.D. (Marketing) Richard Smith, Ph.D. Philip L. Boyd Chair (Finance) Yunzeng Wang, Ph.D. Dean’s Distinguished Scholar (Operations and Supply Chain Management) Professors Emeriti Bajis M. Dodin, Ph.D. (Operations and Supply Chain Management) David Mayers, Ph.D. (Finance) Kathleen Montgomery, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor (Management) Michael Moore, Ph.D. (Accounting) Amnon Rapoport, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor (Management) Waymond Rodgers, Ph.D. (Accounting and Information Systems) David Stewart, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor (Marketing) Associate Professors Long Gao, Ph.D. (Operations and Supply Chain Management) Elodie Goodman, Ph.D. (Operations and Supply Chain Management) Michael Haselhuhn, Ph.D. (Management) Yawen Jiao, Ph.D. (Finance) Thomas Kramer, Ph.D. (Marketing) 143 / Programs and Courses
Boris Maciejovsky, Ph.D. (Management) Elaine Wong, Ph.D. Associate Dean for the Academic Undergraduate Programs (Management) Associate Professor Emeritus Lawrence Zahn, Ph.D. (Management and Marketing) Assistant Professors Alexander Barinov, Ph.D. (Finance) Timothy Gubler, Ph.D. (Management) Hyun ‘Shana’ Hong, Ph.D. (Accounting) Ivalina Kalcheva, Ph.D. (Finance) Kevin Li, Ph.D. (Accounting and Information Systems) Ye Li, Ph.D. (Management) Haibo Liu, Ph.D. (Management) Adem Orsdemir, Ph.D. (Operations and Supply Chain Management) Marlo Raveendran, Ph.D. (Management) Ashish Sood, Ph.D. (Marketing) Y. Charles Zhang, Ph.D. (Marketing)
** Adjunct Professor Richard Savich, Ph.D. (Accounting and Information Systems) Assistant Professor of Teaching Kyle Ingram (Management) Greg Richey (Finance) Lecturers Sean Jasso (Management and Marketing) Gary Patterson (Accounting and Information Systems) Bruce Samuelson (Accounting and Information Systems) Asish Satpathy (Information Systems and Finance) Raj Singh (Management and Marketing) Craig Weaver (Accounting and Information Systems) Sari Silvanto-Ryan (Management and Marketing)
Majors
The B.S. in Business Administration is a two- year upper-division major offered by the School of Business Administration (SoBA). Students can enroll in a Pre-Business status and are advised in CHASS during their freshman 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 the SoBA through its Undergraduate Business Programs Office located at 2340 Olmsted Hall. The B.S. degree in Business Administration is conferred by the SoBA.
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 completion of all prerequisites and breadth requirements within a 100-quarter-unit limit, a GPA above 2.50 in major prerequisites, and cumulative GPA of at least 2.70. (Students who have not completed the foreign language breadth requirement may be accepted into the program, but they must complete the requirement before graduation.) Exceptions to the 100-quarter-unit maximum must be requested by petition.
UCR Students (excluding Pre-Business students) interested in changing major to Busi- ness Administration will be admissible to the Business Preparatory (BSPR), (which is not a major in UCR, but a holding group of transfer students who appear to be qualified for admis- sion into business administration, but have some deficiencies which need to be completed before admission into business administration) status only if they can complete their deficien- cies in breadth and/or major prerequisites within one quarter (the first quarter after admis- sion into Bus-Preparatory).
The same rule will apply to students transferring in from a community college or a four-year school. In the event these students fail to meet this one quarter requirement, they will not be admitted into the BSPR category, and will be advised to find another major at UCR.
Students are encouraged to participate in at least one internship during their junior or senior year. Students interested in international business 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 Study Abroad Programs at ea.ucr.edu or call (951) 827-4113.
Outstanding academic achievement is recognized by the awarding of the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key to a graduating senior. Other awards, presented on an annual basis, include the Bank of America Business Leaders Scholarship, Deloitte and Touche Scholarship, Gordon Blunden/Provident Savings Bank Business Scholarship, and the Ernst & Young Scholarship.
Graduating seniors are also eligible for the School of Business Administration Award for Academic and Service Excellence, and also the SoBA Concentration Area Awards, which recognizes the student with the best overall performance in each concentration area.
Each Spring, the top 10% of juniors and seniors in the Business Administration program are invited to join Beta Gamma Sigma, the only international honors society recognized by AACSB International. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB Inernational. New Members are recognized by an official induction ceremony led by the Dean of the School of Business Administration in the Spring quarter.
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 Education Transfer Curriculum prior to transferring to the UC.
Major Requirements
The following are requirements leading to the B.S. degree in Business Administration. At least 50 percent of business course requirements must be completed at UCR.
Business Administration Major
- 1. Preparation for Business Administration
major (8 courses [at least 32 units])
Major prerequisites (non-BUS courses may be used to satisfy breadth requirements for the School of Business Administration):
- (1) BUS 010
- (2) BUS 020
- (3) ECON 002
- (4) ECON 003
- (5) CS 008
- (6) STAT 048
- (7) MATH 022
The major requirements for the B.S. in Business Administration are as follows:
- 2. Upper-division major requirements (18
courses [at least 72 units])
Core courses (at least 10 courses [at least 40 units]):
BUS 100W, BUS 101, BUS 102, BUS 103, BUS 104/STAT 104, BUS 105, BUS 106/ ECON 134, BUS 107, BUS 108, BUS 109
Concentration (At least 20 units): Students in the Business Administration major (BSAD) will be required to declare a concentration at least three quarters prior to graduation, provided they be allowed to change their concentration, if justified. The Office of Undergraduate Business Programs will manage the process. Students can declare one concentration.
Choose five courses from one of the concentrations listed below. Courses completed to meet upper division core requirements may not be used to meet concentration requirements.
Accounting and Auditing: BUS 154, BUS 160/ECON 160, BUS 161, BUS 162/ECON 162, BUS 165A, BUS 165B, BUS 165C, BUS 166, BUS 167, BUS 168A, BUS 168B, BUS 169A, BUS 169B, BUS 170
Finance: BUS 132 and at least four of the following: BUS 131, BUS 134, BUS 135, BUS 136, BUS 137, BUS 138, BUS 139, BUS 140E, BUS 147.
Information Systems: BUS 125, BUS 128, BUS 171, BUS 172, BUS 173, BUS 174, BUS 175
Management: BUS 143, BUS 144, BUS 145, BUS 146, BUS 147, BUS 148, BUS 149, BUS 150, BUS 154, BUS 155, BUS 156, BUS 157, ANTH 105/BUS 158, BUS 173
Marketing: BUS 111, BUS 112, BUS 113, BUS 114, BUS 115, BUS 116, BUS 117, BUS 118, BUS 119, BUS 124, BUS 126
Operations and Supply Chain Management: BUS 122, BUS 123, BUS 124, BUS 125, BUS 126, BUS 127/STAT 127, BUS 128, BUS 129, BUS 130, BUS 173
An additional 3 courses (at least 12 units) of Business Administration elective courses from BUS 111-BUS 199H, excluding BUS Business Administration / 144
- 190. Courses completed to satisfy the five-
course concentration requirement may not be used to meet this requirement. Related courses outside of Business Administration may be approved to satisfy their requirement with the approval of the Associate Dean or Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Student Affairs of SoBA.
Majors with Administrative Studies Components
B.A. degrees are offered in Art History, Economics, History, Political Science, and Sociology with Administrative Studies. A B.S. degree is offered in Sociology with Administrative Studies. Specified departmental requirements are listed under respective departmental listings.
- 1. All requirements of the College of Humani-
ties, 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)
- (2) STAT 048 or equivalent (may be used
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:
These two courses must be outside the discipline of the relevant major and cannot be courses included as part of the three-course Business Administration track or their cross-listed equivalents.
- c) A three-course track (12 units) in
Business Administration courses, from one of the following:
- (1) Organizations (General): BUS 100,
BUS 107, BUS 176/SOC 176, BUS 158/ANTH 105, SOC 150, SOC 151
- (2) Human Resources Management/Labor
Relations: BUS 100, BUS 107, BUS 152/ECON 152, BUS 153/ECON 153, BUS 155, BUS 157, PSYC 142
- (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
- (6) Financial Accounting: BUS 108, BUS 165A, BUS 165B
from BUS 134, BUS 136, BUS 137, BUS 138, BUS 139
- (8) Management Information Systems:
- (9) Production Management: BUS 104/
Minor
Students declaring a minor in Business Administration will petition the Undergraduate Business Programs Office at least three quarters prior to graduation. That office will publicize the deadlines each quarter to all colleges and major departments.
Prerequisites for the minor in Business Administration are as follows:
- 1. Three lower-division courses (14 units) (must
be completed with no grade lower than “C”): BUS 020, ECON 003, STAT 048
Requirements for the minor in Business Administration are as follows:
- 2. Six upper-division courses (24 units):
- a) Four courses from the following: BUS 101, BUS 102, BUS 103, BUS 104/STAT 104, BUS 105, BUS 106/ECON 134, BUS 108
- b) Two additional upper-division Business
Administration courses from BUS 100W-BUS 199H, exluding BUS 190. Courses completed to satisfy the four course requirement in section “a)” above may not be used to meet this requirement.
Courses
- BUS 001: Personal Finance (4 units)
- BUS 010: Introduction to Business (4 units)
- BUS 020: Financial Accounting and Reporting (4 units)
- BUS 021: Generation of Financial Accounting Informa- tion (4 units)
- BUS 100: Management Communication (4 units)
- BUS 100W: Management Writing and Communication (4 units)
- BUS 101: Information Technology Management (4 units)
- BUS 102: Ethics and Law in Business and Society (4 units)
- BUS 103: Marketing and Distribution Management (4 units)
- BUS 104: Decision Analysis and Management Science (4 units)
- BUS 105: Production and Operations Management (4 units)
- BUS 106: Introduction to Financial Management (4 units)
- BUS 107: Organizational Behavior (4 units)
- BUS 108: Financial Evaluation and Managerial Analysis (4 units)
- BUS 109: Competitive and Strategic Analysis (4 units)
- BUS 111: Services Marketing (4 units)
- BUS 112: Consumer Behavior (4 units)
- BUS 113: Marketing Institutions (4 units)
- BUS 114: Marketing in a Global Environment (4 units)
- BUS 115: Marketing Research (4 units)
- BUS 116: Pricing Strategy and Management (4 units)
- BUS 117: Advertising (4 units)
- BUS 118: Electronic Marketing (4 units)
- BUS 119: Database Marketing (4 units)
- BUS 122: Linear Programming with Applications (4 units)
- BUS 123: Spreadsheet Modeling for Decision-Making (4 units)
- BUS 124: Business Analytics (4 units)
- BUS 125: Simulation for Business (4 units)
- BUS 126: Practical Business Forecasting (4 units)
- BUS 127: Introduction to Quality Improvements (4 units)
- BUS 128: Project Planning and Control (4 units)
- BUS 129: Supply Chain Management (4 units)
- BUS 130: Supply Chain Modeling (4 units)
- BUS 131: Fixed-Income Securities (4 units)
- BUS 132: Foundations of Finance (4 units)
- BUS 134: Corporate Finance (4 units)
- BUS 135: Corporate Financial Policy (4 units)
- BUS 136: Investments: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (4 units)
- BUS 137: Investments: Derivatives Markets (4 units)
- BUS 138: International Finance (4 units)
- BUS 139: Real Estate Investments (4 units)
- BUS 140 (E-Z): Current Topics in Finance (4 units)
- BUS 141: Trading Strategies (4 units)
- BUS 143: Judgment and Decision Making (4 units)
- BUS 144: Negotiation Fundamentals (4 units)
- BUS 145: Conflict and Cooperation in Groups (4 units)
- BUS 146: Introduction to Entrepreneurship (4 units)
- BUS 147: Entrepreneurial Finance (4 units)
- BUS 148: Business Plan Development (4 units)
- BUS 149: Advanced Topics in Management and Deci- sion-Making (4 units)
- BUS 150: Corporate Strategic Analysis in Multi-Busi- ness Firms (4 units)
- BUS 153: Labor Economics (4 units)
- BUS 154: Business Law (4 units)
- BUS 155: Managing Human Resources (4 units)
- BUS 156: Leadership Development (4 units)
- BUS 157: Managing Work Force Diversity (4 units)
- BUS 158: Organizations as Cultural Systems (4 units)
- BUS 160: Industrial Organization (4 units)
- BUS 161: Forensic and Fraud Auditing (4 units)
- BUS 162: Managerial Economics (4 units)
- BUS 165A: Intermediate Financial Accounting (4 units)
- BUS 165B: Intermediate Financial Accounting (4 units)
- BUS 165C: Intermediate Financial Accounting (4 units)
- BUS 166: Accounting Information Systems (4 units)
- BUS 167: Advanced Financial Accounting (4 units)
- BUS 168A: Individual Taxation (4 units)
- BUS 168B: Federal Taxation for Corporations, Part- nerships, Estates, and Trusts (4 units)
- BUS 169A: Auditing (4 units)
- BUS 169B: Quality Assurance in Auditing (4 units)
- BUS 170: Financial Statement Valuation (4 units)
- BUS 171: Systems Analysis and Design (4 units)
- BUS 172: Information Economics (4 units)
- BUS 173: Introduction to Databases for Management (4 units)
- BUS 174: Electronic Commerce (4 units)
- BUS 175: Business Data Communications (4 units)
- BUS 176: The Sociology of Work in Organizations (4 units)
- BUS 178: International Trade (4 units)