Business Major Concentrations 

Specialize in business with one of seven concentrations to choose from. Concentrations prepare students for higher-level management in specialized business sectors. 

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For a complete list of degree plans for each concentration please visit the Advising Resources page.

For course descriptions, please visit the UCR Course Catalog at registrar.ucr.edu/registering/catalog

• Accounting & Auditing

  Accounting & Auditing Concentration Requirements (20 Units)
  Focuses on the development, interpretation and communication of financial and operational information for effective decision-making.

  Number	Course title	Units
  BUS 154	Business Law	4
  BUS 160/ECON 160	Industrial Organization	4
  BUS 161	Forensic and Fraud Auditing	4
  BUS 162/ECON 162	Managerial Economics	4
  BUS 165A	Intermediate Financial Accounting	4
  BUS 165B	Intermediate Financial Accounting	4
  BUS 165C	Intermediate Financial Accounting	4
  BUS 166	Accounting Information Systems	4
  BUS 167	Advanced Financial Accounting	4
  BUS 168A	Individual Taxation	4
  BUS 168B	Federal Taxation for Corporations, Partnerships, Estates, and Trusts	4
  BUS 169A	Auditing	4
  BUS 169B	Quality Assurance in Auditing	4
  BUS 170	Financial Statement Analysis	4

• Business Analytics

  Business Analytics Concentration Requirements (20 Units)

  Focuses on developing new insights and understanding of business performance based on data and statistical methods.

  Business Analytics Concentration consists of four required courses (16 units) . In addition, students must complete one of the elective courses in Business Analytics (4 units). 

  Number	Course Name	Units
  BUS 123 - REQUIRED	Spreadsheet Modeling for Decision-Making	4
  BUS 124 - REQUIRED	Business Analytics	4
  BUS 125 - REQUIRED	Simulation for Business	4
  BUS 130 - REQUIRED	Supply Chain Modeling	4
  BUS 129 - ELECTIVE	Supply Chain Management	4
  BUS 136 - ELECTIVE	Investments: Security Analysis & Portfolio Management	4
  BUS 161 - ELECTIVE	Forensic & Fraud Auditing	4

• Finance

  Finance Concentration Requirements (20 Units)

  Foundations of Finance (BUS 132) is a required course. In addition, students must complete 16 units of electives in the Finance concentration. Students are strongly advised to choose one of the following tracks and select as many courses as possible, and supplement with additional courses as needed to complete the 20 unit requirement. Selecting a track will not appear on your transcript, but it can be reflected on your resume. 

  Number	Course	Units
  BUS 132	Foundations of Finance	4

  Investment Track		Corporate Finance Track		Additional Courses
  BUS 131 Fixed-Income Securities	4	BUS 134 Corporate Finance	4	BUS 131 Fixed-Income Securities	4
  BUS 134 Corporate Finance	4	BUS 135 Corporate Finance Policy	4	BUS 134 Corporate Finance	4
  BUS 136 Investments: Security Analysis & Portfolio Management	4	BUS 136 Investments: Security Analysis & Portfolio Management	4	BUS 135 Corporate Finance Policy	4
  BUS 137 Investments: Derivatives Markets	4	BUS 138 International Finance	4	BUS 136 Investments: Security Analysis & Portfolio Management	4
  BUS 139 Real Estate Investments	4	BUS 140E Current Topics in Finance	4	BUS 137 Investments: Derivatives Markets	4
  BUS 140E Current Topics in Finance	4	BUS 147 Entrepreneurial Finance	4	BUS 138 International Finance	4
  BUS 141	4			BUS 139 Real Estate Investments	4
  	4			BUS 140E Current Topics in Finance	4
  				BUS 141	4
  				BUS 147 Entrepreneurial Finance	4

• Information Systems

  Information Systems Concentration Requirements

  Focuses on helping organization leverage technology in order to create or sustain a competitive advantage. Students must complete 20 units. 

  Number	Course	Units
  BUS 110	Data Mining & Visual Analytics	4
  BUS 125	Simulations for Business	4
  BUS 128	Project Planning and Control	4
  BUS 163	Technology Entrepreneurship	4
  BUS 171	System Analysis and Design	4
  BUS 172	Information Economics	4
  BUS 173	Introduction to Databases for Management	4
  BUS 174	Electronic Commerce	4
  BUS 175	Business Data Communications	4
  BUS 179	Business Applications of Geographic Information Systems	4

• Management

  Management Concentration Requirements (20 Units)

  Focuses on the roles of managers in organizations, including: employee behavior and motivation, bargaining, negotiation, team development, managing diversity, strategic change, organization learning, top management team, managing competitive environments, corporate strategy alliances, and strategy formulation and implementation.

  Students must complete 20 units of electives in the Management concentration. Students are strongly advised to choose one of the following tracks and select as many courses as possible, and supplement with additional courses as needed to complete the 20 unit requirement: Organizational Behavior & Human Resources or Strategy and Entrepreneurship.

  Selecting a track will not appear on your transcript, but it can be reflected on your resume. 

  Organizational Behavior & Human Resources		Strategy & Entrepreneurship		Additional Courses
  BUS 121	4	BUS 143 Judgment and Decision Making	4	BUS 121	4
  BUS 143 Judgment and Decision Making	4	BUS 145 Conflict and Cooperation in Groups	4	BUS 143  Judgment and Decision Making	4
  BUS 144 Negotiation Fundamentals	4	BUS 146 Introduction to Entrepreneurship	4	BUS 144 Negotiation Fundamentals	4
  BUS 145 Conflict and Cooperation in Groups	4	BUS 147 Entrepreneurial Finance	4	BUS 145 Conflict and Cooperation in Groups	4
  BUS 155 Managing Human Resources	4	BUS 148 Business Plan Development	4	BUS 146 Introduction to Entrepreneurship	4
  BUS 156 Leadership Development	4	BUS 149 Application of Psychology and Economics to Management	4	BUS 147 Entrepreneurial Finance	4
  BUS 157 Managing Work Force Diversity	4	BUS 150	4	BUS 148 Business Plan Development	4
  	4	BUS 156 Leadership Development	4	BUS 149 Application of Psychology and Economics to Management	4
  	4	BUS 163		BUS 150	4
  				BUS 154 Business Law	4
  				BUS 155 Managing Human Resources	4
  				BUS 156  Leadership Development	4
  				BUS 157 Managing Work Force Diversity	4
  				BUS 158/ANTH 105 Organizations as Cultural Systems	4
  				BUS 163	4

• Marketing

  Marketing Concentration Requirements (20 Units)

  Focuses on the study of customers and competitors so they can design product, promotion, pricing and distribution strategies that meet the needs and wants of the customer within a competitive marketplace.

  Students must complete 20 units of electives in the Marketing concentration. Students are strongly advised to choose one of the following tracks and select as many courses as possible, and supplement with additional courses as needed to complete the 20 unit requirement. Selecting a track will not appear on your transcript, but it can be reflected on your resume. 

  Consumer Marketing		Business Marketing		Marketing Research & Analytics		Marketing Consulting		Additional Courses
  BUS 112 Consumer Behavior	4	BUS 113 Marketing Institutions	4	BUS 115 Marketing Research	4	BUS 113 Marketing Institutions	4	BUS 111 Services Marketing	4
  BUS 117 Advertising	4	BUS 116 Pricing Strategy and Management	4	BUS 119 Database Marketing	4	BUS 115 Marketing Research	4	BUS 112 Consumer Behavior	4
  						BUS 116 Pricing Strategy and Management	4	BUS 113 Marketing Institutions	4
  						BUS 119 Database Marketing	4	BUS 114 Marketing in a Global Environment	4
  								BUS 115 Marketing Research	4
  								BUS 116 Pricing Strategy and Management	4
  								BUS 117 Advertising	4
  								BUS 118 Electronic Marketing	4
  								BUS 119 Database Marketing	4
  								BUS 151	4
  								BUS 152	4
  								BUS 159	4
  								BUS 164	4

• Operations & Supply Chain Management

  Operations and Supply Chain Management Concentration Requirements
  Focuses on the efficient integration of information and processes across suppliers/vendors, manufacturers and distributors. Students are required to complete 20 units. 

  Number	Course	Units
  BUS 122	Linear Programming with Applications	4
  BUS 123	Spreadsheet Modeling for Decision Making	4
  BUS 124	Business Analytics	4
  BUS 125	Simulations for Business	4
  BUS 126	Practical Business Forecasting	4
  BUS 127/STAT 127	Introduction to Quality Improvements	4
  BUS 128	Project Planning and Control	4
  BUS 129	Supply Chain Management	4
  BUS 130	Supply Chain Modeling	4
  BUS 173	Introduction to Databases for Management	4

Prerequisites & Core Courses

• Core Business Courses

  Every Business Major, regardless of concentration, must take a set of core courses for their degree. These courses create a competitive basic business foundation and teach the management practices needed to succeed in any area of business. Students must complete these 10 required courses:

  BUS 100W Management Writing and Communication

  BUS 101 Information Technology

  BUS 102 Ethics and Law in Business and Society

  BUS 103 Marketing and Distribution Management

  BUS 104 Decision Analysis and Management Sciences

  BUS 105 Production and Operations Management

  BUS 106 Introduction to Financial Management

  BUS 107 Organizational Behavior

  BUS 108 Financial Evaluation and Managerial Analysis

  BUS 109 Competitive and Strategic Analysis

• Business Major Prerequisites

  BUS 10: Introduction to Business

  BUS 20: Financial Accounting and Reporting

  BUS 21: Generation of Financial Accounting Information

  CS 8: Introduction to Computing

  ECON 2: Intro to Macroeconomics

  ECON 3: Intro to Microeconomics

  ECON 102: Intermediate Microeconomics

  ECON 103: Intermediate Macroeconomics

  MATH 22: Calculus for Business

  STAT 48: Statistics for Business