BS Business Administration at University of California, Riverside

Programme overview

The major requires 77 upper-division units: eleven core courses, six concentration courses and two upper-division business electives. Students choose a concentration such as Accounting, Business Analytics, Finance, Information Systems, Management, Marketing or Operations & Supply Chain Management.

Faculty: School of Business | Department: Business | Intake: Fall quarter | Study mode: full-time | Location: Riverside, CA, United States

What you will study

Preparation courses are Bus 010, Bus 020, Econ 002, Econ 003, Math 022 and Stat 008; core courses cover IT management, ethics and law, marketing, decision analysis, operations, financial management, organizational behavior and strategic analysis.

Career pathways

Higher-level management in specialized business sectors.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is to the University (and its college), not to the major unless stated. First-year applicants need a minimum 3.0 GPA (3.4 for non-California residents) in UC-approved A-G courses from grades 10-11, with required years in history/social science (2), English (4), mathematics (3), science (2), language other than English (2), visual and performing arts (1) and a college-preparatory elective (1); four of eight personal insight questions are answered; SAT/ACT scores are not considered. Applicants educated in a non-English-instruction system show English proficiency (for example TOEFL iBT or Duolingo 115 as listed on the admissions site). Source: admissions.ucr.edu/freshman (applies to the University, not specifically to this major). Students who are pre-business, undeclared or in another major must meet the Business Administration admission requirements before declaring the major.

Fall quarter entry (September); the first-year UC application is accessed from Aug. 1 and submitted Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Transfer admission is also for fall quarter. UCR operates on a quarter system.

UC Riverside operates a quarter system. Summer begins mid-June, Fall late September, Winter early January and Spring late March/early April. Most graduate programmes admit and begin in the Fall quarter only.

First-year applicants: the UC application opens Aug. 1 and is submitted Oct. 1-Nov. 30; admission notifications begin in March; the Statement of Intent to Register is due May 1; FAFSA/CA Dream Act priority deadline is March 2. UCR does not consider SAT or ACT scores in admission decisions or scholarships.

Transfer applicants: TAG applications are submitted Sept. 1-30; UC applications Oct. 1-Nov. 30; admission notifications begin in April; the Statement of Intent to Register is due June 1.

The UC application fee is $80 for each UC campus, with a fee waiver available through the application. Applications are made through the UC application.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.ucr.edu/apply

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