THE PAUL MERAGE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Andrew J. Policano, Dean
Faculty
Undergraduate
Programs /
Minor in
Management /
Minor in
Accounting
Graduate Programs
Courses
Offices of Admission:
Executive
M.B.A. and Health Care Executive M.B.A.: (949) 824- 0561; Fax: (949) 824-0522
http://merage.uci.edu/ExecutiveMBA/
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Full-Time M.B.A.:
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Fully Employed
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Ph.D.: (949) 824-8318; Fax:
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Undergraduate
Major: (949) 824-6703; Fax: (949) 824-2711; http://www.admissions.uci.edu
Overview
The Paul Merage School of Business offers the B.A. degree in Business Administration, the B.S. degree in Business Information Management (offered jointly with the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences), the M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) degree, the Ph.D. degree in Management, and undergraduate minors in Management and Accounting. The Master's degree is professional in nature and is intended to provide future managers with a firm foundation in the basic disciplines and in management tools and techniques; the Ph.D. in Management is for those who wish to pursue a career in scholarly research. The undergraduate minor in Management is designed for those who wish to gain some insight into issues of modern management, as well as those who anticipate future graduate work in management. In establishing the undergraduate minor in Accounting, the faculty anticipated three types of students to be drawn to courses in accounting: (1) students who wish to meet the accounting course work eligibility requirements to sit for the uniform CPA examination, (2) students preparing for careers in private accounting or in other fields that require some knowledge of accounting, and (3) students planning to pursue a graduate degree in accounting who wish early guidance and undergraduate work appropriate to this career objective.
Degrees |
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Business Administration |
B.A., M.B.A. |
Business Information Management1 |
B.S. |
Management |
Ph.D. |
1 Offered jointly with the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
HONORS
Graduation with Honors. Honors at graduation, e.g., cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude, are awarded to approximately the top 12 percent of the graduating seniors. To be eligible for honors, a general criterion is that students must have completed at least 72 units in residence at the University of California. The student's cumulative record at the end of the final quarter is the basis for consideration for awarding Latin honors. Other important factors are considered. (See "Honors Recognition" in the Honors opportunities information in the Division of Undergraduate Education section.)
The Waltos Group of Northwestern Mutual Future Business Leader Scholarship. This scholarship awards $2,500 to two outstanding undergraduate students per academic year in The Paul Merage School of Business. Applicants entering their sophomore, junior, or senior year in the Business Administration major, the minor in Management, or the minor in Accounting who demonstrate financial need are eligible to apply. Students must be enrolled full-time and have a minimum 3.0 GPA for consideration.
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
The undergraduate Business Administration program at The Paul Merage School of Business educates students to understand and apply the theories and concepts of effective business and management and prepares students for a wide variety of careers and life experiences. Business Administration majors can pursue careers in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors or can proceed on to graduate school in several disciplines including business, economics, and law. The program provides a broad learning experience in a multidisciplinary and global context and focuses on the development of essential managerial skills, especially critical thinking, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and effective communication skills.
The Business Administration major at The Paul Merage School of Business offers a traditional business curriculum similar to those at other top business schools in the country. The major is broad, drawing on the social sciences more generally to study organizations, interpersonal communication skills, individual and group behavior, leadership, strategy, financial and accounting issues, ethics, information technology, marketing, and a variety of other topics in the content of a rapidly changing global environment.
The faculty strongly encourages majors to create an educational program composed of courses within and outside the Merage School that provide substance and focus to their careers and enable them to pursue their own personal interests. While preparing students for careers in management, the Merage School, through academic advising, will help students fashion an undergraduate program that they can tailor to their own unique career objectives. Examples of programs of study that allow Business Administration majors to blend management education with specific industry areas include (but are not limited to) bioscience business, government service, international commerce, arts management, entrepreneurship in computer gaming, and other combinations. Through appropriate choice of courses, students can prepare to pursue a law degree, a master's degree in a variety of areas, or a doctoral program in business or related disciplines.
Students are required to complete 10 business courses that provide a foundation in essential core business competencies, followed by a minimum of 10 business electives selected from specializations. Students select a minimum of one of three specializations in Accounting, General Management, or Marketing. This program of study enables students to develop areas of focus as they pursue the Business Administration major. Because much business is conducted on a global scale, students are required to either participate in the University's Education Abroad Program or to take one of a number of designated courses that stresses the international dimension of a business area. Students interested in learning more about the full array of requirements for professional licensing in Accounting are encouraged to visit http://www.dca.ca.gov/cba and http://www.cpa-exam.org/.
While academic course content is crucial to an undergraduate business major, auxiliary noncurricular programs also are important to students' academic experience. The Merage School incorporates a cocurricular element into the classroom experience. Drawing from Merage School and University resources, students are exposed to opportunities to enhance communication and presentations skills, attend formal speaker events, and engage in informal mentoring. The Merage faculty is committed to ensuring that undergraduate majors have ample opportunity to enhance their writing and presentation skills through class assignments and a business communication course.
Students are strongly encouraged to become involved with the Merage Undergraduate Student Association and with the many affiliated business clubs. These high-profile student groups promote interaction between students and the surrounding business community through their Corporate Speaker Series, social activities, and student/employer receptions. Students with an entrepreneurial interest are invited to participate in the annual Merage School Business Plan Competition offered by the Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entreprenuership.
Work experience is an important way to learn about business and management. UCI's Internship Program, sponsored by the Career Center, can assist students in finding opportunities to work in either voluntary or paid positions in business, nonprofit, or industrial settings. Students who plan to enter business or apply to a graduate school of business or management in the future will find it necessary to supplement their academic work with a variety of practical experiences.
Another opportunity is UCI's Undergraduate Administrative Intern Program, which offers selected students the opportunity to assume one-year positions under the guidance of University administrators. Students can choose from a range of offices in which they will be asked to undertake special projects specifically related to the management and administration of UCI and higher education in general. These internships are supplemented by a two-quarter management seminar and by field trips to administrative conferences such as meetings of The Regents of the University of California.
ADMISSION TO THE MAJOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
In the event that the number of students who elect Business Administration as a major exceeds the number of positions available, applicants may be subject to screening beyond minimum University of California admissions requirements.
Freshmen: Preference will be given to those who rank the highest using the selection criteria as stated in the Undergraduate Admissions section of the Catalogue.
Transfer students: Junior-level applicants with the highest grades overall (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0) and who satisfactorily complete lower-division courses equivalent to UCI's calculus (Mathematics 2A-B), economics (Economics 20A-B), and statistics and accounting (Management 7, 30A, 30B) will be given preference for admission. Management 1 may be completed at UCI. Admission to the major will be competitive due to limited space availability.
CHANGE OF MAJOR
Students who wish to declare the Business Administration major should contact The Paul Merage School of Business Undergraduate Programs Office, 226 MPAA Building, for information about change-of-major requirements, procedures, and policies. Information can also be found at http://www.changeofmajor.uci.edu. Applications to declare the major can be made in the spring of the sophomore year, with review of applications and selection to the major to be governed by the Undergraduate Programs Committee. Admission to the major is very competitive due to limited space availability. Completion of the prerequisite courses does not guarantee admission into the major.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE B.A. DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
University Requirements: See pages 54-61.
Major Requirements
A. Lower-Division: Mathematics 2A-B, Economics 20A-B, Management 1, 7, 30A, 30B.
B. Upper-Division Core: Management 101, 102, 105, 107, 109, 110.
C. Business Electives: 10 upper-division Merage School electives*, to be fulfilled by completing one of the specializations below.
Specialization in Accounting (10 courses*): Requires Management 131A, 131B, 132A, and three accounting electives selected from Management 132B, 133, 136, 137, 138, 194, 195, and four additional (four-unit) upper-division Merage School electives selected from Management 113-197.
Specialization in General Management (10 courses*): Requires completion of four (4) two-course sets, selected from the following sets:
Course Sets (select four sets, selecting two courses from each of the four sets):
Accounting: Management 131A, 131B, 132A, 132B, 133,136, 137, 138, 194, 195
Finance: Management 141, 144, 147, 149
Marketing: Management 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157,158, 159
Public Policy/Economics: Management 161, 162, 163, 164, 168, 169
Information Systems: Management 170, 173, 174, 175, 178, 179
Operations and Decision Technologies: Management 180, 182, 184, 189, 196, 197
Organization and Management: Management 113, 119, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 128, 129
and
Two additional (four-unit) upper-division Merage School electives selected from courses numbered Management 113-197.
Specialization in Marketing (10 courses*): Requires six Marketing electives selected from Management 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, and four additional (four-unit) upper-division Merage School electives selected from courses numbered Management 113-197.
D. International Business Requirement: Fulfillment of the International Business requirement by
1. completing one course selected from Management 119, 121, 128, 144, 154* (which may also be utilized for specified category C requirements above); or
2. participating in select UC Education Abroad Program options, with prior approval of the Associate Dean.
* By exception, students may petition the Associate Dean to accept an upper-division elective that has business content equivalent to a stated Merage elective.
NOTE: Students majoring in Business Administration may not minor in either Management or Accounting, or double major in Business Information Management. Students may pursue more than one Merage School specialization; however, no more than two courses may be utilized toward requirements for more than one specialization outlined above.
Bachelor of Science in Business Information Management
As the business environment becomes increasingly global and information-centric, the need has increased for graduates who understand and can use technology that gathers and provides information, who are able to distill and recognize patterns in that information, and who can apply those analyses to achieve business objectives.
The undergraduate Business Information Management major administered by the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences is a collaborative, interdisciplinary degree program between the Bren School and The Paul Merage School of Business. The program seeks to educate students to understand and then apply the theories and concepts of a broad, integrated curriculum covering computing, informatics, business fundamentals, and analytical decision-making. The major prepares students for a wide variety of careers and life experiences. Business Information Management majors can pursue careers in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors or can proceed to graduate school in several disciplines, including information systems, computing, economics, business, and law.
The curriculum is presented across three general academic areas: Computing (computer science, informatics, and software); Business Foundations (accounting, finance, marketing, strategy, and operations); and Analytical Methods (mathematics, statistics, economics, management science, and decision analysis). The fundamentals of information and computer science, including the rudiments of software design and construction with an emphasis on data management, provide the foundation for understanding, describing, and evaluating the technology through which most business information is gathered and presented. The business fundamentals, covering all the functional areas in the Merage School, provide a background and context in which information and its analysis will be applied.
For complete information about the major, see the Interdisciplinary Studies section of the Catalogue,pages 369-370.
Undergraduate Minor in Management
The Paul Merage School of Business faculty offers an undergraduate minor in Management which consists of seven courses. In addition, prerequisites include one lower-division microeconomics course, and one course or one sequence selected from the statistics courses outlined below. Management 1 serves as a prerequisite, and also counts as one of the seven courses required for the minor.
In establishing the undergraduate minor, the faculty anticipated three types of students to be drawn to courses in administration: (1) students who wish to learn about the management of organizations as a way of preparing for a career in business, (2) students preparing for careers in other fields that require some knowledge of management, and (3) students who expect to go on to graduate work in management who wish early guidance and undergraduate work appropriate to this career objective.
Students are eligible to apply for the minor in Management if they have completed all prerequisite courses (including Management 1) with a grade no lower than C (2.0) and have upper-division standing. Completion of the prerequisite courses does not guarantee admission to the minor in Management. Admission is on a competitive basis and students must submit an application, transcripts, and a statement of purpose. Applications are accepted on a quarterly basis. Interested students are encouraged to obtain further information from the Undergraduate Programs Office, 226 MPAA Building; http://www.merage.uci.edu/.
Prerequisite Courses
The following are prerequisites for enrolling in the upper-division undergraduate minor courses: Management 1; Economics 20A; and one course or one sequence selected from Anthropology 10A-B-C, Engineering CEE11, Economics 15A-B, Management 7, Statistics 7, Statistics 8, Statistics 67, Mathematics 131A-B-C, Psychology 10A-B-C, Social Ecology 13, Social Science 9A-B-C or 10A-B-C, or Sociology 10A-B-C.
Transfer students should check with their college counselor for established equivalencies for these prerequisite courses.
NOTE: Individual courses that students may select within the minor may require additional prerequisites, including Mathematics 2A.
Requirements for the Undergraduate Minor in Management
Completion of seven courses:
A. One lower-division core course: Management 1.
B. Four core courses selected from Management 30A, 101, 102, 105, 107, 109.
C. Two additional courses selected from the following: the core course list above, Management 113-129, 141-184, 189, 192, 193, 196, 197, and 190 (provided specific topics have not been covered in other courses).
With Merage School faculty approval, a student may substitute a maximum of one course. Students participating in the UC Education Abroad Program may substitute a maximum of two courses, with Merage School faculty approval.
NOTE: Students may not receive both the minor in Management and the minor in Accounting.
Undergraduate Minor in Accounting
The Paul Merage School of Business faculty offer an undergraduate minor in Accounting consisting of seven upper-division courses. In addition, two lower-division introductory accounting courses, one lower-division microeconomics course, and one lower-division single variable calculus course are prerequisites to the minor program.
In establishing the undergraduate minor in Accounting, the faculty anticipated three types of students to be drawn to courses in accounting: (1) students working toward meeting the accounting course work eligibility requirements to sit for the uniform CPA examination, (2) students preparing for careers in private accounting or in other fields that require some knowledge of accounting, and (3) students planning to pursue a graduate degree in accounting who wish early guidance and undergraduate work appropriate to this career objective.
Students are eligible to apply for the minor in Accounting if they have upper-division standing and have completed Management 30A and 30B with a grade no lower than B (3.0) and all other prerequisite courses with a grade no lower than C (2.0). Completion of the prerequisite courses does not guarantee admission to the minor in Accounting. Admission is on a competitive basis and students must submit an application, transcripts, and a statement of purpose. Applications are accepted on a quarterly basis. Interested students are encouraged to obtain further information from the Undergraduate Programs Office, 226 MPAA Building; http://www.merage.uci.edu/.
Prerequisite Courses
The following are prerequisites for enrolling in the upper-division undergraduate minor courses: Economics 20A, Mathematics 2A, Management 30A, and Management 30B.
Transfer students should check with their college counselor for established equivalencies for these prerequisite courses. Students not taking Management 30A and 30B at UCI during regular session or summer session must complete Management 131A with a minimum grade of B.
NOTE: Individual courses that students may select within the minor may require additional prerequisites.
Requirements for the Undergraduate Minor in Accounting
Completion of seven courses:
A. Three core accounting courses: Management 131A, 131B, 132A.
B. Two accounting elective courses selected from Management 132B, 133, 136, 137, 138, 194, and 195.
C. Two additional courses selected from the following: the upper-division accounting elective course list above, Management 1, 101, 102, 105, 107, 109, 113-129, 141-184, 189, 192, 193, 196, 197, and 190 (provided topics have not been covered in other accounting courses).
With Merage School faculty approval, a student may substitute a maximum of one minor course.
NOTE: Students may not receive both the minor in Accounting and the minor in Management.