Business Administration
Catalog pages 189-196
Subject abbreviation: BUS The School of Business
Yunzeng Wang, Ph.D., Dean 900 University Ave.
- (951) 827-2932
Undergraduate Business Programs Office 900 University Ave.
- (951) 827-4551; fax: (951) 827-5061
business.ucr.edu
Professors
Subramanian ‘Bala’ Balachander, Ph.D. Albert O. Steffey Chair (Marketing) Margaret Campbell, Ph.D. Associate Dean and Department Chair, and A. Gary Anderson Family Foundation Endowed Presidential Chair (Marketing) Y. Peter Chung, Ph.D. (Finance) Elodie Goodman, Ph.D. (Operation and Supply Chain Management) Mohsen El-Hafsi, Ph.D. (Operations and Supply Chain Management) Jerayr ‘John’ Haleblian, Ph.D. Associate Dean, and A. Gary Anderson Family Foundation Endowed Presidential Chair in Business Administration (Management) Jean Helwege, Ph.D. A. Gary Anderson Family Foundation Endowed Presidential Chair in Finance (Finance) Thomas Kramer,Ph.D. Associate Dean for the Academic Undergraduate Programs (Marketing) Birendra Mishra, Ph.D. (Accounting) Theodore Mock, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor (Accounting) Ashutosh Prasad, Ph.D. (Marketing) Yunzeng Wang, Ph.D. Dean’s Distinguished Scholar (Operations and Supply Chain Management) Ivy Zhang, Ph.D. (Accounting and Information System) Rami Zwick, Ph.D. Associate Dean for the Academic Graduate Programs (Marketing)
Professors Emeriti Bajis M. Dodin, Ph.D. (Operations and Supply Chain Management) Woody Liao, Ph.D. (Accounting) 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) Richard Smith, Ph.D. (Finance) David Stewart, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor (Marketing)
Associate Professors Alexander Barinov, Ph.D. (Finance) Hai Che, Ph.D. (Marketing) Long Gao, Ph.D. (Operations and Supply Chain Management) Michael Haselhuhn, Ph.D. (Management) Hyun ‘Shana’ Hong, Ph.D. (Accounting) Yawen Jiao, Ph.D. (Finance) Boris Maciejovsky, Ph.D. (Management) Marlo Raveendran, Ph.D. (Management) Ashish Sood, Ph.D. (Marketing) Danko Turcic, Ph.D. (Operations and Supply Chain Management) Mindy Truong, Ph.D. (Management) Elaine Wong, Ph.D. (Management)
Assistant Professors Eric Allen, Ph.D. (Accounting) Richard Carrizosa, Ph.D. (Accounting) Mengmeng Dong, Ph.D. (Finance) Mingyu ‘Max’ Joo, Ph.D. (Marketing) Demetrius Lewis, Ph.D. (Management) Adem Orsdemir, Ph.D. (Operations and Supply Chain Management)
Assistant Professor of Teaching Neman Desai, Ph.D. (Accounting) Kyle Ingram, Ph.D. (Management) Jonathan Lim, Ph.D. (Marketing) Sanjoy Moulik, Ph.D. (Information Systems) Greg Richey, Ph.D. (Finance) Rich Yueh, Ph.D. (Information Systems)
Lecturers Arturo Alcaraz (Management) Sean Jasso, Ph.D. (Management and Marketing) Jonathan Pittard, M.B.A. (Accounting) Raj Singh, Ph.D. (Management)
Majors
The B.S. in Business Administration is a two-year upper-division major offered by the School of Business. 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 School of Business through its Undergraduate Business Programs Office located at 0241 School of Business Building. The B.S. degree in Business Administration is conferred by the School of Business.
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, cho- sen according to overall GPA. Students must apply for the major when they have complet- ed 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 of 2.50 or above in major prerequisites, and cumulative GPA of at least 2.70. (Students who have not complet- ed the foreign language breadth requirement, ENGL 001C, or one Social Science course of their 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 Business 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 ad- mission into business administration, but have some deficiencies which need to be completed before admission into business administra- tion) status only if they can complete their deficiencies in breadth and/or major prerequi- sites within one quarter (the first quarter after admission into Bus-Preparatory).
The same rule will apply to students transfer- ring 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 participate in Education Abroad, which has programs affiliated with more than 150 institutions in 35 countries worldwide. For details, visit Education Abroad at ea.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 Gordon Blunden/Provident Savings Bank Business Scholarship.
Graduating seniors are also eligible for the School of Business Award for Academic and Service Excellence, and also the School of Business 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 AA- CSB 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 Inter- national. New Members are recognized by an official induction ceremony led by the Dean of the School of Business 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 Edu- cation 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 (6 courses [at least 23 units])
Major prerequisites (non-BUS courses may be used to satisfy breadth require- ments for the School of Business):
(1) BUS 010
(2) BUS 020
(3) ECON 002
(4) ECON 003
(5) STAT 008 or STAT 010 or ECON 101
- (6) MATH 022
The major requirements for the B.S. in Business Administration are as follows:
- 2. Upper-division major requirements
(19 courses [at least 77 units])
Core courses (at least 11 courses [at least 44 units]):
ECON 102/ECON 103, BUS 100W, BUS 101, BUS 102, BUS 103, BUS 104/STAT 104, BUS 105, BUS 106/BUS 133/ECON 134, BUS 107, BUS 108, BUS 109
Concentration (At least 24 units per concentration): 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 up to two concentration.
Choose six courses each from up to two of the concentrations listed below. Courses completed to meet 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, BUS 198i
Business Analytics: BUS 124, BUS 125, BUS 130, and at least three of the following: BUS 119, BUS 123, BUS 129, BUS 136, BUS 173, BUS 182
Finance: If BUS 106 was taken as a core course, the requirements are: BUS 132, BUS 134, BUS 136 and at least three of the following: BUAS 101, BUS 131, BUS 135, BUS 137, BUS 138, BUS 139, BUS 140E, BUS 141, BUS 142, BUS 147
Or
If BUS 133 was taken as a core course, the requirements are: BUS 134, BUS 136 and at least four of the following: BUAS 101, BUS 131, BUS 135, BUS 137, BUS 138, BUS 139, BUS 140E, BUS 141, BUS 142, BUS 147
Information Systems: BUS 110, BUS 125, BUS 128, BUS 163, BUS 166, BUS 171, BUS 172, BUS 173, BUS 174, BUS 175, BUS 179, BUS 198i
Management: BUS 120, BUS 121, 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 163, BUS 173, BUS 177, BUS 198i
Marketing: BUS 111, BUS 112, BUS 113, BUS 114, BUS 115, BUS 116, BUS 117, BUS 118, BUS 119, BUS 151, BUS 152, BUS 159, BUS 164, BUS 198i
Operations and Supply Chain Management: BUS 123, BUS 124, BUS 125, BUS 126, BUS 127/STAT 127, BUS 128, BUS 129, BUS 130, BUS 173, BUS 182
Students choosing one concentration will take an additional 2 courses (at least 8 units) of Business Administration elective courses from BUS 110-BUS 199H, excluding BUS 190. Courses completed to satisfy the six-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 Director of Undergraduate Business Programs.
Students choosing two concentrations will not take elective courses but instead will take an additional 6 courses (at least 24 units) in their second concentration.
Minor
Students declaring a minor in Business Administration will petition the Undergrad- uate 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: Three lower-division courses (14 units) (must be completed with no grade lower than “C”): BUS 020, ECON 003, STAT 008 or STAT 010 or ECON 101
Additionally, students need to complete four upper-division courses as follows, depend- ing on the minor of their choice, the general business minor or any of the eight functional business minors (16 units):
General Business: Four core courses from the following list: BUS 103, BUS 104/STAT 104, BUS 106 or BUS 133 or ECON 134, BUS 107, BUS 108
Accounting:
- b) Two additional upper-division Business
Administration accounting courses se- lected from the following: BUS 161, BUS 165B, BUS 165C, BUS 168A, BUS 168B, BUS 169A, BUS 169B, BUS 170
Business Analytics:
- b) Two additional upper-division business
analytics courses selected from the fol- lowing: BUS 119, BUS 123, BUS 125, BUS 129, BUS 130, BUS 136, BUS 173, BUS 182
Finance:
- b) Additional upper-division Business
Administration finance courses to meet 4-course minor requirement selected from the following: BUAS 101, BUS 131, BUS 134 (highly recommended), BUS 135, BUS 136 (highly recommended), BUS 137, BUS 138, BUS 139, BUS 140E, BUS 141, BUS 142, BUS 147
Information Systems:
- a) Required: BUS 101
- b) Three additional upper-division
Business Administration information systems courses selected from the following: BUS 110, BUS 125, BUS 128, BUS 163, BUS 166, BUS 171, BUS 172, BUS 173, BUS 174, BUS 175, BUS 179
Management: Organizational Behavior/Human Resources:
- b) Two additional upper-division Business
Administration organizational behavior or human resources courses selected from the following: BUS 121, BUS 143, BUS 144, BUS 145, BUS 149, BUS 156, BUS 157, BUS 177
Management: Strategy and Entrepreneurship:
- b) Two additional upper-division Business
Administration courses selected from the following: BUS 120, BUS 121, BUS 143, BUS 144, BUS 145, BUS 147, BUS 148, BUS 149, BUS 150, BUS 154, BUS 155, BUS 156, BUS 157, BUS 159, BUS 163, BUS 173
Marketing:
- a) Required: BUS 103
- b) Three additional upper-division
Business Administration marketing courses selected from the following: BUS 111, BUS 112, BUS 113, BUS 114, BUS 115, BUS 116, BUS 117, BUS 118, BUS 119, BUS 151, BUS 152, BUS 159, BUS 164
Operations and Supply Chain Management:
- b) Two additional upper-division Business
Administration operations and supply chain management courses selected from the following: BUS 123, BUS 124 (highly recommended), BUS 125, BUS 126, BUS 127/STAT 127, BUS 128, BUS 129 (highly recommended), BUS 130, BUS 173, BUS 182
Courses
- BUS 001: Personal Finance (4 units)
- BUS 001H: 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 Information (4 units)
- BUS 098: Personal Branding and Professional Development (2 units)
- BUAS 101: Fundamentals of Insurance (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 110: Introduction to Data Mining and Visual Analytics (4 units)
- BUS 111: Services Marketing (4 units)
- BUS 112: Consumer Behavior (4 units)
- BUS 113: Marketing Channels (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 and Integrated Marketing Communications (4 units)
- BUS 118: Digital Marketing (4 units)
- BUS 119: Data-Driven Marketing (4 units)
- BUS 120: Global Strategy (4 units)
- BUS 121: Employee Benefits (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: Quantitative Business Decision Models (4 units)
- BUS 131: Fixed-Income Securities (4 units)
- BUS 132: Foundations of Finance (4 units)
- BUS 133: Accelerated 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 140E: Current Topics in Finance (4 units)
- BUS 141: Trading Strategies (4 units)
- BUS 142: Banks and Risks of Financial Institutions (4 units)
- BUS 143: Judgment and Decision Making (4 units)
- BUS 144: Negotiation Fundamentals (4 units)
- BUS 145: Designing and Leading Teams (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 Decision-Making (4 units)
- BUS 150: Corporate Strategic Analysis in Multi-Business Firms (4 units)
- BUS 151: Brand Management (4 units)
- BUS 152: Sales Management (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 159: New Product Development (4 units)
- BUS 160: Industrial Organization (4 units)
- BUS 161: Forensic and Fraud Auditing (4 units)
- BUS 162: Managerial Economics (4 units)
- BUS 163: Technology Entrepreneurship (4 units)
- BUS 164: Marketing Strategy (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, Partnerships, 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 177: Labor Relations (4 units)
- BUS 178: International Trade (4 units)
- BUS 179: Business Application of Geographic Information Systems (4 units)
- BUS 181: Business Modeling and Optimization (4 units)
- BUS 182: Business Data Analytics and Visualization (4 units)
- BUS 183: Business Intelligence For Analytical Decisions (4 units)
- BUS 186: Social Network Analytics (4 units)
- BUS 190: Special Studies (1 to 5 units)
- BUS 198: R’course - Variable Topics (1 units)
- BUS 198I: Individual Internship in Business Administration (1 to 12 units)
- BUS 199H: Senior Honors Research (1 to 5 units)