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The Undergraduate Program

The Rady School of Management offers UC San Diego undergraduates opportunities to study business through individual courses, minors, and interdisciplinary majors offered in partnership with other academic units. Undergraduate programs cover accounting, business analytics, entrepreneurship and technology, finance, marketing, operations, and supply chain management, while collaborative majors connect business with fields such as data science, economics, psychology, and international studies. Through these programs, students build analytical and practical skills and learn how business concepts apply across organizations and industries.

The Accounting Minor

The Rady School of Management’s accounting minor is designed to provide students a breadth of understanding of accounting theory, practices, and applications. The minor will appeal to students who envision careers in the accounting profession. Because of accounting’s broad application, these careers would span across public accounting firms, corporate accounting departments, and governmental, nonprofit, and nongovernmental organizations. For many students, this will be their first step in achieving a Certificate in Public Accounting, CPA.

Accounting Minor Requirements

The accounting minor consists of seven courses (twenty-eight units)—five core courses (twenty units) and two electives from a curated list.

Required Courses (twenty units)

MGT 45. Principles of Accounting (4)
MGT 5. Managerial Accounting (4)
MGT 131A. Intermediate Accounting A (4)
MGT 131B. Intermediate Accounting B (4)
MGT 137. Financial Statement Analysis (4)

Elective Courses (Choose two: eight units)

MGT 132. Auditing (4)
MGT 133. Advanced Cost Accounting (4)
MGT 135. Federal Taxation—Companies (4)
MGT 136. Advanced Accounting (4)
MGT 139. Accounting Information Systems (4)
MGT 143. Forensic Accounting (4)
MGT 146. Ethics in Accounting (4)
MGT 147. Not-for-Profit and Government Accounting (4)
MGT 148. Mergers and Acquisitions (4)
MGT 149. Topics in Accounting (4)

In order to count toward the minor, all courses must be taken for a letter grade and students must earn a C– or better in each course. Lower-division transfer credits for courses that are clearly equivalent in scope and content to lower-division courses required for the accounting minor will be accepted from regionally accredited United States institutions and from foreign institutions recognized by the Rady School of Management.

CPA Accounting Requirements

For more information about CPA education requirements, please visit https://www.dca.ca.gov/cba/.

The Business Minor

The Rady School of Management’s business minor is designed to provide students the breadth of understanding of business theory and a depth of ability with business practices and applications. This minor will appeal to students who envision careers that require an understanding of the basic principles and practices of business. Because of business’s broad application, UC San Diego students with a minor in business will be well prepared to assume entry and intermediate positions in the business functions of a vast number of large and small for-profit companies, governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental entities. Additionally, graduates pursuing careers not directly related to formal business functions, but still impacted by business practices, will bring a much-valued perspective to their initial employment.

Business Minor Requirements

To fulfill the requirements of the business minor, students must take six required courses (twenty-four units) and one elective (four units). A maximum of two lower-division courses (eight units) may be applied toward the minor.

Required courses (twenty-four units):

MGT 16. Personal Ethics at Work (4) or MGT 166. Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility (4)
MGT 45. Principles of Accounting (4)
MGT 71/R.* Operating a Successful Business (4) or MGT 171/R. Operations Management (4)
MGT 100. Customer Analytics (4) or MGT 103. Product Marketing and Management (4)
MGT 181. Enterprise Finance (4)
MGT 112. Global Business Strategy (4)

*No more than eight units can be lower division so students should not select both MGT 16 and MGT 71/R.

Elective (four units):

One upper-division Rady (MGT) course, which is otherwise not restricted, or a preapproved course from another UC San Diego department (see Rady website for a list).

All courses taken for the minor must be taken for a letter grade. Students must earn at least a C– in each course used for the minor. Lower-division transfer credits for courses that are clearly equivalent in scope and content to lower-division Rady School courses required for the minor will be accepted from regionally accredited US institutions and from foreign institutions recognized by the Rady School of Management.

The Business Analytics Minor

Business analytics is the use of business data to improve business decision-making. The explosion of data is transforming nearly every business function to incorporate data in its retrospective analyses, current decisions, and future forecasts. The business analytics minor curriculum exposes students to four key learning goals: fundamental frameworks and principles of data analysis, wide exposure to a variety of business analytics applications, hands-on training with modern data analysis toolkits, and the generalizable ability to repeatedly learn and apply challenging mathematical frameworks. These goals are accompanied by substantial freedom in customizing course electives to individual student interests, and limited overlap between core curricula and primary major requirements.

Business Analytics Minor Requirements

To fulfill the requirements of this minor, students must select five core analytics courses (twenty units) and select two courses (eight units) from a list of approved elective options.

Required Courses (twenty units):

MGT 71/R. Operating a Successful Business (4)
MGT 108R. Applied Market Research (4)
MGT 151A. or 151R. Business Analytics (4)
MGT 153. Information Technology in Business Analytics (4)
MGT 155. Advanced Business Analytics (4)

Elective courses—Choose two (eight units):

MGT 100. Customer Analytics (4)
MGT 137. Financial Statement Analysis (4)
MGT 159T. Topics in Analytics (4)
MGT 160. Experiments in Firms (4)
MGT 170. Management Information Systems (4)
MGT 171/R. Operations Management (4)
MGT 175. Supply Chain Management (4)
MGT 176. Strategic Cost Management (4)
MGT 177. Analytics and Spreadsheet Modeling (4)
DSC 10/R. Principles of Data Science (4)
Relevant upper-division courses from other departments by petition

*No more than eight units can be lower division.

All courses taken for the minor must be taken for a letter grade. Students must earn at least a C– in each course. Lower-division transfer credits for courses that are clearly equivalent in scope and content to lower-division Rady School courses required for the minor will be accepted from regionally accredited US institutions and from foreign institutions recognized by the Rady School of Management.

The Entrepreneurship and Technology Minor

The Rady School of Management’s entrepreneurship and technology (E&T) minor is designed to provide students with a strong understanding of technology-enabled entrepreneurship along with relevant theory, practices, and applications in the modern innovation-driven world. This minor will appeal to creative and ambitious students who envision launching start-ups, managing their own business, or entering careers in technology-enabled fields. In this program, students will:

Learn a broad context of the application of entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation principles.
Develop a comprehensive view of entrepreneurial innovation within both established businesses and start-up operations.
Be technology-savvy and future-looking about how businesses will be enabled by modern technologies (AI in particular).
Be innovation oriented and have experiential learning opportunities.
Gain insights through course work in a unique area not available elsewhere on campus.

This minor, through course work and faculty guidance, will help innovators, entrepreneurs, and next-generation leaders cultivate and expand on their technology start-ups and other business ideas.

Entrepreneurship and Technology (E&T) Minor Requirements

The entrepreneurship and technology minor consists of seven courses (twenty-eight units)—three core courses (twelve units) and four electives from a curated list. Students may take all the elective courses from the “Primary E&T” electives list or select no more than one from the supporting electives listed in the “Breadth” elective list.

Required Courses (twelve units)

MGT 121A. Innovation to Market A (4)
MGT 127R. AI and Technology Strategy (4)
MGT 187. New Venture Finance (4)

Elective Courses (four courses: sixteen units)

Students may take all the elective courses from the “Primary E&T” electives list or select no more than one from the supporting electives listed in the “Breadth” elective list.

Primary Entrepreneurship and Technology Electives (Choose at least three: twelve units)

MGT 71/R. Operating a Successful Business (4)
MGT 100. Customer Analytics (4)
MGT 102. E-Commerce (4)
MGT 103. Product Marketing and Management (4)
MGT 121B. Innovation to Market B (4)
MGT 123. Business of Healthcare and Life Sciences (4)
MGT 128R. Business Innovation and Growth (4)
MGT 129. Topics in Entrepreneurship (4)
MGT 153. Information Technology in Business Analytics (4)
MGT 155. Advanced Business Analytics (4)
MGT 164. Business and Organizational Leadership (4)
MGT 167. Social Entrepreneurship (4)
MGT 171/R. Operations Management (4)
MGT 172/R. Business Project Management (4)
MGT 179. Topics in Innovation, Technology, and Operations (4)

Breadth Elective (up to one course: four units)

Any additional course from Primary E&T elective list
MGT 104. Strategic Customer Insight (4)
MGT 107. Consumer Behavior (4)
MGT 108R. Applied Market Research (4)
MGT 119. Topics in Business (4) (preapproved topics only)
MGT 151A. or 151R. Business Analytics (4)
MGT 162/R. Negotiations (4)
MGT 166. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (4)
MGT 175. Supply Chain Management (4)
COGS 122. Start-up Studio (4)
ENG 100D. Design for Development: Sustainable Development Design (4)
ENG 202. Enterprise Dynamics (4)
ENG 207. Corporate Entrepreneurship for Global Competitiveness (4)
MAE 154. Product Design and Entrepreneurship (4)
CSE 190. Successful Entrepreneurship for Microsystems (4)

All courses taken for this minor must be taken for a letter grade. Students must earn at least a C– in each course. Lower-division transfer credits for courses that are clearly equivalent in scope and content to lower-division Rady School courses required for the minor will be accepted from regionally accredited U.S. institutions and from foreign institutions recognized by the Rady School of Management.

The Finance Minor

Through its curriculum and interactions with faculty and the external business community, the Rady School’s finance minor will provide students with an educational experience that emphasizes the sound fundamental financial concepts necessary for success in the industry and that prepares them to begin a challenging and meaningful career upon graduation. A minor in finance can be applied to a broad range of careers as every industry has a finance function. Courses build skills related to both personal and business financial management. The minor consists of twenty-eight units that provide breadth of content spanning all areas of finance. The finance minor develops current knowledge that firms are seeking in areas like sustainable investing, financial modeling and forecasting, private equity and new venture finance, along with sound fundamentals of corporate finance, investment banking, and financial accounting.

Finance Minor Requirements

To fulfill the requirements of this minor, students must select one core finance course (four units) and six courses (twenty-four units) from a list of approved electives options.

Core courses options–Choose one (four units):

MGT 180/R. Business Finance (4)
MGT 181. Enterprise Finance (4)

Elective courses options–Choose six (twenty-four units):

MGT 12. Personal Financial Management (4)*
MGT 45. Principles of Accounting (4)* or MGT 4/ECON 4. Financial Accounting and MGT 5. Managerial Accounting (eight units, counts as one elective)*
MGT 137. Financial Statement Analysis (4)
MGT 148. Mergers and Acquisitions (4)
MGT 157. Real Estate Securitization (4)
MGT 158. Real Estate and the Tech Sector (4)
MGT 176. Strategic Cost Management (4)
MGT 183. Financial Investments (4)
MGT 184. Money and Banking (4)
MGT 185. Investment Banking (4)
MGT 186. Empirical Finance (4) (new)
MGT 187. New Venture Finance (4)
MGT 189. Topics in Finance (4)
MATH 193A. Actuarial Mathematics I (4)
MATH 193B. Actuarial Mathematics II (4)
MATH 194. The Mathematics of Finance (4)

*No more than eight units can be lower division.

The Marketing Minor

Marketing requires the firm to understand customer needs; offer appropriate solutions that the customer can find, understand, trust, and access; and price offerings to align all relevant parties’ economic incentives. Rady marketing classes emphasize both solid theoretical foundations and hands-on skill development, and build on foundations laid in business analytics, computer science, economics, psychology, and statistics. Every business, government, and nonprofit enterprise involves some component of marketing. The minor consists of twenty-eight units that provide students a broad choice of topical interests.

Marketing Minor Requirements

To fulfill the requirements of this minor, students must select one core marketing course (four units) and select six courses (twenty-four units) from a list of approved electives options.

Core courses options–Choose one (four units):

MGT 100. Customer Analytics (4)
MGT 103. Product Marketing and Management (4)

Elective courses options–Choose six (twenty-four units):

MGT 100. Customer Analytics (4) (if not chosen above)
MGT 102. E-Commerce (4)
MGT 103. Product Marketing and Management (4) (if not chosen above)
MGT 104. Strategic Customer Insight (4)
MGT 105. Product Promotion and Brand Management (4)
MGT 106. Sales and Sales Management (4)
MGT 107. Consumer Behavior (4)
MGT 108R. Applied Market Research (4)
MGT 109. Topics in Marketing (4)
MGT 111. Behavioral Science of Money (4)
MGT 112. Global Business Strategy (4)
MGT 151A. or 151R. Business Analytics (4)
MGT 153. Information Technology in Business Analytics (4)
COMM 109D. Mass Communication: Advertising and Society (4)

All courses taken for this minor must be taken for a letter grade. Students must earn at least a C– in each course. Lower-division transfer credits for courses that are clearly equivalent in scope and content to lower-division Rady School courses required for the minor will be accepted from regionally accredited US institutions and from foreign institutions recognized by the Rady School of Management.

The Technology, Innovation, and Supply Chain Minor

Rady’s technology, innovation, and supply chain minor curriculum combines theoretical concepts and practical skills that allow students to focus on value creation, managing relationships with diverse people in diverse functions, industries, global locations, and leveraging technology and data analytics to create the best supply chains. Globalization, technology, and changing customer expectations push the profession to seek people who can pioneer the intersections of the supply chain with the Internet of Things, social media, the cloud, and data security. The minor consists of twenty-eight total units that span the various key fundamentals of the industry.

Technology, Innovation, and Supply Chain Minor Requirements

To fulfill the requirements of the technology, innovation, and supply chain minor, students must take five required courses (twenty units) and two elective courses (eight units) to be chosen from a select list of options.

Core courses (twenty units):

MGT 45. Principles of Accounting (4) (or both ECON 4/MGT 4 and MGT 5)
MGT 71/R. Operating a Successful Business (4)
MGT 127R. AI and Technology Strategy (4)
MGT 153. Information Technology in Business Analytics (4)
MGT 175. Supply Chain Management (4)

Elective courses (eight units):

MGT 128R. Business Innovation and Growth (4)
MGT 162/R. Negotiations (4)
MGT 166. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (4)
MGT 171/R. Operations Management (4)
MGT 172/R. Business Project Management (4)
MGT 176. Strategic Cost Management (4)
MGT 177. Analytics and Spreadsheet Modeling in Supply Chain Management (4)
MGT 179. Topics in Innovation, Technology, and Operations Management (4)

The Business Data Science Major (BS)

The goal of the business data science major is to prepare students for data-driven decision-making roles by integrating rigorous training in data science with foundational and applied knowledge of business functions, equipping graduates with the technical, analytical, and strategic skills needed to solve complex business problems and lead in data-centric industries.

The major consists of ninety-six units, with forty units from lower-division courses and fifty-six units from upper-division courses. The lower-division curriculum includes calculus and linear algebra courses for sixteen units, data science courses for sixteen units, and subject domain courses for eight units. The program includes sixteen units of elective courses that enable students to explore both data science applications and business topics, with an emphasis on strong empirical content.

All majors will be required to undertake a one-quarter capstone project that will give them an opportunity to creatively synthesize much of what they have learned in the data science and management courses for addressing problems in chosen domains. Although only specific prerequisites are required for the capstone, to get the most out of the experience, students are strongly encouraged to complete the majority of their course work for the business data science major prior to enrolling. Students will benefit most if they have completed as many core and elective courses as possible. It is recommended that students take this course as near as possible to graduation, when they will be best equipped to handle a significant empirical challenge.

Lower-division transfer credits for courses that are clearly equivalent in scope and content to lower-division courses required for this major will be accepted from regionally accredited U.S. institutions and from foreign institutions recognized by the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) and/or Rady School of Management.

Students may not double major in data science and business data science. As with data science majors, computer science engineering/computer engineering majors may not double major in business data science. This major will not be permitted to be paired with the business minor, the data science minor, or the computer science minor.

Lower Division

All courses must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a minimum grade of C–.

Data Science (sixteen units):
- DSC 10/R. Principles of Data Science (4)
- DSC 20/R. Programming and Basic Data Structures for Data Science (4)
- DSC 40A. Theoretical Foundations of Data Science I (4)
- DSC 80. The Practice and Application of Data Science (4)
Mathematics (sixteen units):
- MATH 18. Linear Algebra (4) or MATH 31AH. Honors Linear Algebra (4)
- MATH 20A. Calculus for Science and Engineering (4)
- MATH 20B. Calculus for Science and Engineering (4)
- MATH 20C. Calculus and Analytical Geometry for Science and Engineering (4) or MATH 31BH. Honors Multivariable Calculus (4)
Subject Domain Courses (eight units):
- DSC 31. Introduction to R Programming (4)
- MGT 45. Principles of Accounting (4)

Upper Division

Students must complete fifty-six upper-division units. All courses must be taken for a letter grade unless offered Pass/Not Pass only. A minimum grade of C– is required.

Core Courses (thirty-six units):
- MATH 183. Statistical Methods (4)
- DSC 100. Introduction to Data Management (4)
- DSC 140A. Probabilistic Modeling and Machine Learning (4)
- DSC 148 or MATH 189. Introduction to Data Mining (4)
- MGT 100. Customer Analytics (4)
- MGT 127/R. AI and Technology Strategy (4)
- MGT 160. Experiments in Firms (4)
- MGT 168. Managerial Decision-Making (4)
- MGT 180/R. Business Finance (4)
Senior Project (four units):
- DSC 181/MGT 191. Business Data Science Project (4)
Electives (sixteen units):
- Two upper-division DSC courses: Any other DSC course numbered 100–170 or DSC 190.
- Two upper-division MGT courses from list below:
  - MGT 104. Strategic Customer Insight (4)
  - MGT 108R. Applied Market Research (4)
  - MGT 112. Global Business Strategy (4)
  - MGT 120. Behavioral Science and Incentive Design (4)
  - MGT 137. Financial Statement Analysis (4)
  - MGT 153. Information Technology in Business Analytics (4)
  - MGT 155. Advanced Business Analytics (4)
  - MGT 159T. Topics in Analytics (4)
  - MGT 162/R. Negotiations (4)
  - MGT 171/R. Operations Management (4)
  - MGT 172/R. Business Project Management (4)
  - MGT 175. Supply Chain Management (4)
  - MGT 186. Empirical Finance (4)
  - MGT 188. Collecting and Analyzing Financial Data (4)

Students will be expected to fulfill all prerequisites for all courses, which may entail additional course work beyond the data science major requirements.

Policies and Procedures for Data Science (DSC) Undergraduate Students

Business Data Science Undergraduate Admissions

Because of the large number of students interested in data science and the limited resources available to accommodate this demand, the university has declared the business data science major “selective.” This allows the data science undergraduate program to continue to offer the highest quality academic program to our students and avoid delays in time to degree due to lack of capacity in our courses.

All potential transfer students must indicate on the UC application if they wish to major in data science or business data science. Transfer students admitted to UC San Diego in fall 2025 or later will no longer be allowed to apply to selective majors in the summer application cycle after their first year.

Prospective Transfer Students

Required Transfer Major Preparation

Prospective transfer students must complete the minimum major preparation course work to be considered for admission into either the data science or business data science major. Visit assist.org to find the complete listing of major preparation and transferable courses at your college.

Please note that the courses listed in assist.org are for preparation for your major. The courses used in the screening requirements for admission into the major are those on our website.

Required:

MATH 18. Linear Algebra
MATH 20A. Calculus I for Science and Engineering
MATH 20B. Calculus II for Science and Engineering
MATH 20C. Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering
Minimum of one programming course in Java, C, C++, or Python. For colleges with ASSIST articulation agreements, we recommend that students take programming courses that articulate to DSC 20, DSC 30, CSE 8A-B, or CSE 11.

For more information, please see: https://admissions.ucsd.edu/transfer/transfer-major-preparation.html.

Continuing Students

UC San Diego students who would like to change from another major into the data science undergraduate program may apply to the major via the selective major application. Applications must be submitted on or before the deadline. See https://datascience.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/selective-major-application/ for details.

Eligibility requirements:

In addition to the eligibility criteria outlined on the selective major guidance page, data science and business data science require successful completion of the following three screening courses: MATH 18 or MATH 31AH, MATH 20C or MATH 31BH, and DSC 10.

Courses must be completed for a letter grade at the time of the selective major application to be eligible. Students may not have any outstanding grades for screening courses or any reason (e.g., incompletes, pending academic integrity case, etc.). Grades from transfer credit for screening courses will be used to determine eligibility.

Starting fall 2025, transfer students will no longer be eligible to apply to the data science major through the selective major application process.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please consult this FAQ page on the undergraduate education website.

The Business Economics Major (BSc)

The business economics major is a collaborative, interdisciplinary degree program between the Rady School and the Department of Economics. This major will train students to operate within firms and to understand how firms operate within markets. Training in core economics disciplines (microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics) will teach students how firms interact with markets, how economies function, and how to extract insights from data. Training in core business disciplines (accounting, finance, management, marketing, operations, strategy) will teach students how to perform various functions inside businesses. Electives will deepen students’ skillsets after core training is complete.

When choosing which mathematics series to take, MATH 10A-B-C or MATH 20A-B-C, it is important to remember that only MATH 20A-B-C allows students access to several upper-division mathematics courses that are recommended as preparation for PhD study in economics and business administration, as well as for graduate studies for professional management degrees, including the MBA. Therefore, while we require business economics majors to take MATH 10A-B-C, we recommend that business economics students take MATH 20A-B-C.

A student majoring in business economics must meet the following requirements:

Lower Division (nine classes, thirty-six units)

Lower-division mathematics courses: MATH 10A-B-C or MATH 20A-B-C (recommended)
Lower-division economics courses: ECON 1 (principles of microeconomics), ECON 3 (principles of macroeconomics), and ECON 5/POLI 5 (data analytics for the social sciences)
Lower-division Rady School courses: MGT 45 (principles of accounting or both ECON/MGT 4 and MGT 5), MGT 16 (personal ethics at work), MGT 71 (operating a successful business)

Upper-Division Core (ten classes, forty units)

Upper-division economics core courses: ECON 100A (intermediate microeconomics, part A), ECON 100B (intermediate microeconomics, part B), ECON 110B (short-run macroeconomics), ECON 120A (econometrics, part A), ECON 120B (econometrics, part B)
Upper-division Rady School core courses: MGT 100 (customer analytics), MGT 160 (experiments in firms), MGT 162/162R (negotiations), MGT 164 (business and organizational leadership), MGT 180/180R (business finance)

Upper-Division Electives (three classes, twelve units)

Upper-division economics and Rady School electives: three upper-division courses, at least one of which must be from economics and at least one of which must be from the Rady School.

Grade Rules for Majors

To graduate with a major, a minimum GPA of 2.0 is required in the upper-division courses used to satisfy major requirements. All courses must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a grade of C– (C minus), or better.

Residency Requirement

To receive a bachelor of science degree in business economics, no more than one upper-division economics course and one upper-division Rady School course may be taken externally from UC San Diego and be counted toward the major.

Honors

To graduate with honors requires the following:

At least two economics honors courses: ECON 100AH, 100BH, 100CH, 110AH, 110BH, 120AH, 120BH, 120CH. (Note: enrollment in these honors classes is by special permission; check with the undergraduate advisers in the Economics Student Services Office, SH 245.)
An honors thesis. The student must enroll in ECON 191A-B. Enrollment in this sequence is by approved proposal. Check with the undergraduate advisers in the Economics Student Services Office, SH 245. The research and writing of the thesis will be conducted over two quarters of the senior year under the supervision of a faculty adviser. The completed thesis must be approved by the business economics honors committee and presented orally to this committee.

A minimum GPA of 3.0 overall, 3.5 in the upper-division courses required for the major, and a 3.5 in the following four classes: the two economics honors classes and ECON 191A-B.

The business economics honors committee will determine the level of honors to be awarded, based on the student’s GPA in the major and the quality of the honors work.

The Business Economics Minor

Grades of P/NP are acceptable for minor courses. If courses are taken for a letter grade, passing is considered with a C– (C minus) or better. To declare a minor, you must use the major/minor tool on TritonLink.

The business economics minor consists of nine courses:

Three Required Lower-Division Courses

ECON 1. Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 3. Principles of Macroeconomics
MGT 45. Principles of Accounting (or both ECON 4/MGT 4 and MGT 5)

Three Rady classes from the following list (at least two must be upper division)

MGT 16. Personal Ethics at Work*
MGT 71. Operating a Successful Business*
MGT 100. Customer Analytics
MGT 160. Experiments in Firms
MGT 162/R. Negotiations
MGT 164. Business and Organizational Leadership
MGT 180/R. Business Finance

*Students may select only one lower-division option.

Two upper-division economics courses (eight units), which are otherwise not restricted (ECON 100–199).

One upper-division course from either Rady School or economics (four units), which are otherwise not restricted (MGT 100–199 or ECON 100–199).

The Business Psychology Major (BS)

The BS in business psychology develops skills to understand and apply psychological principles to personal, social, and organizational issues. Students will study aspects of human behavior in the workplace, such as how consumers choose, how people work, and how they make decisions in groups and business settings. Students may choose to complete a twelve-unit concentration in marketing, STEM, or operations.

Lower-Division Course Requirements for the BS in Business Psychology

Business psychology entails a strong foundation of statistical and research methods training, as well as knowledge of formal systems such as calculus, computer programming, and understanding of natural science and how it applies to larger individual and organizational structures and functions. Accordingly, students in upper-division courses must have an adequate background in these topics. Prerequisites for individual courses are specified in the catalog.

Lower-division courses for the major should be completed by the end of the sophomore year. Meeting these requirements will provide an adequate background for the topics of upper-division business psychology courses.

Lower-Division Requirements (forty units)

Three Natural Science Courses (choose three of the following)

BILD: 1, 2, 3, 10, 12**, 20, 26
CHEM 4*, 6A-B-C, 11*, 12, 13
*Only one of CHEM 4 or 11 can be taken for credit.
COGS: 17**
PHYS: 1A-B-C, 2A-B-C, 10, 11
PSYC: 2**
**Only one of BILD 12, COGS 17, or PSYC 2 may be counted toward this requirement.

Two Formal Skills Courses

Choose one mathematics course: MATH 10A or 20A, MATH 10B or 20B, or MATH 18
Choose one course from the list below that has not already been completed:
- MATH 10A or 20A
- MATH 10B or 20B
- MATH 18
- PHIL 10
- PHIL 12

One Computer Programming Course (choose one of the following)

COGS 18*
CSE 6R, 8A-B, 11, 12
CSS 1*
DSC 10
ECE 15*
MAE 5, 8*
*Preferred computer programming courses critical for the success of students who plan to pursue research careers in psychology.

One Statistics Course (choose one of the following)

PSYC 60 (preferred)
MGT 3
BENG 100
BIEB 100
COGS 14B
ECON 120A
MATH 11, 181A, 183, 186

One Research Methods Course (choose one of the following)

PSYC 70 (preferred)
COGS 14A

Two Business Fundamentals Courses

MGT 16
MGT 18

Research Requirement for BS in Business Psychology (eight units)

Two Research Experience Courses
Choose one of the pair options below:

MGT 52 and MGT 151R
MGT 52 and MGT 151A
MGT 52 and MGT 153
2 PSYC 199s*
2 MGT 199s*
1 PSYC 199 and 1 MGT 199*
PSYC 194A-B-C

*If the research experience requirement is fully satisfied by MGT 199 and/or PSYC 199, their independent research experience must culminate in a research paper approved by the faculty adviser and submitted to the Psychology Student Affairs Office no later than 3:00 p.m. Thursday of the final exam week of the student’s graduating quarter.

BS Business Psychology Upper-Division Course Requirements

Upper-Division Requirements (forty-four units)

Two Psychology Core Courses in Business Psychology

PSYC 104
PSYC 105

Two Additional Psychology Core Courses (choose two of the following)

PSYC 100, 101, 102, 106, 108

Three to Four Business Courses (choose twelve units of the following)

Students may choose to take electives in the same functional area and thus have a concentration in marketing, STEM, or operations. Alternatively, they may choose to elect courses spanning areas, opting for no concentration of courses.

Marketing-related Courses

MGT 100. Customer Analytics (4)
MGT 102. E-Commerce (4)
MGT 103. Product Marketing and Management (4)
MGT 105. Product Promotion and Brand Management (4)
MGT 106. Sales and Sales Management (4)
MGT 107. Consumer Behavior (4)
MGT 108R. Applied Market Research (4)
MGT 109. Topics in Marketing (4)
MGT 129.* Interpersonal Communication at Work (2)
MGT 154. Advanced Business Research (4)
MGT 162. Negotiations (4)
MGT 164. Business and Organizational Leadership (4)

STEM-related Courses

MGT 121A. Innovation to Market A (4)
MGT 121B. Innovation to Market B (4)
MGT 127. AI and Technology Strategy (4)
MGT 128. Business Innovation and Growth (4)
MGT 129.* Developing an Entrepreneurial Workforce (2)
MGT 129.* Interpersonal Communication at Work (2)
MGT 154. Advanced Business Research (proposed)
MGT 162. Negotiations (4)
MGT 164. Business and Organizational Leadership (4)
MGT 167. Social Entrepreneurship (4)
MGT 172. Business Project Management (4)
MGT 173. Project Management Health Services (4)

Operations-related Courses

MGT 117. Business Law (4)
MGT 129.* Interpersonal Communication at Work (2)
MGT 154. Advanced Business Research (proposed)
MGT 160. Experiments in Firms (4)
MGT 162. Negotiations (4)
MGT 164. Business and Organizational Leadership (4)
MGT 171. Operations Management (4)
MGT 175. Supply Chain Management (4)
MGT 176. Strategic Cost Management (4)
*These are topics courses for which only the specific topics listed above will be counted toward the major.

Three Additional Psychology Electives in Business Psychology (choose three of the following)

PSYC 137. Social Cognition (4)
PSYC 143. Control and Analysis of Human Behavior (4)
PSYC 147. Gender (4)
PSYC 148. Psychology of Judgment and Decision-Making* (4)
PSYC 151. Tests and Measurement* (4)
PSYC 153. Psychology of Emotion (4)
PSYC 154. Behavior Modification (4)
PSYC 158. Interpersonal Relationships (4)
PSYC 161. Engineering Psychology (4)
PSYC 162. Psychology and the Law (4)
PSYC 176. Creativity (4)
PSYC 178. Industrial/Organizational Psychology* (4)
PSYC 184. Choice and Self-Control (4)
PSYC 187. Development of Social Cognition (4)
*Students must choose at least one of these courses: PSYC 148, PSYC 151, PSYC 178

One Open Elective in Psychology (choose one of the following)

PSYC 100–111, 122–193, 195P (four units)

Students may use one four-unit PSYC 195P and/or AIP 197 toward the upper-division (UD) psychology elective requirement. Preapproval from the Psychology Advising Office is required to count the course toward the psychology major.

In addition to major requirements, students must complete college and university general-education requirements to graduate.

Major Regulations

All courses taken for the major must be letter-graded and completed with a C– or better. Exceptions for PSYC 99, PSYC 195P, PSYC 199, and AIP 197 which are only offered on a P/NP grading option and major lower-division natural science, formal skills, computer programming, and research methods.
A course may only fulfill one major course requirement.
Excluded from credit toward the major are graduate seminars (2XX).
A maximum of three upper-division courses toward the major may be taken outside UC San Diego.
A grade-point average of at least 2.0 in the upper-division major courses is required for graduation.

The International Studies—International Business Major

Please refer to the International Studies Program website for more information and requirements.

All upper-division courses applied to the requirements of the major must be taken for a letter grade. A 2.0 grade point average is required in the major, and students must earn at least a C– in each course counted for the major. Transfer students should see the International Studies Program adviser to determine whether courses taken elsewhere satisfy international studies major requirements.

Lower-Division Requirements

Foreign language (four quarters of college-level language or equivalent proficiency).

Students majoring in international studies are required to demonstrate basic proficiency in a foreign language by completing four quarters of foreign language instruction (or the equivalent of fourth-quarter proficiency) with a passing grade. Students may also complete this requirement by demonstrating advanced language ability on a proficiency exam or by proof of native ability.

College-level language study is a prerequisite for study abroad in most non-English speaking countries and enhances understanding of those societies. Students who plan to study abroad in non-English speaking countries may need to take additional language classes, and they will need to take all language courses for a letter grade.

Students should make substantial progress toward fulfilling college general-education requirements and the foreign language requirement of the international studies major before beginning the core sequence of the international studies major.

Upper-Division Requirements

The upper-division requirements for a major in international studies are

Three core courses (INTL 100, INTL 101, and INTL 102)
Eight four-unit, upper-division, nonlanguage courses in a disciplinary focus
Three four-unit, upper-division, nonlanguage courses chosen from the ISP interdisciplinary elective list. (Courses may not be from the disciplinary focus department.)
Regional requirement: Three of the eleven courses taken for the disciplinary focus and interdisciplinary electives must focus on one country or region.

Core Courses

Three core courses (INTL 100, INTL 101, and INTL 102) provide an intellectual gateway to central issues and disciplinary approaches in international studies. INTL 100 is a prerequisite to INTL 101 and INTL 102. At least one quarter of university-level writing and sophomore status are prerequisites for INTL 100.

INTL 100. Analysis, Argument, and Real-World Problems (4)
INTL 101. Culture and Society in International Perspective (4)
INTL 102. Economics, Politics, and International Change (4)

Regional Requirement

Of the eleven disciplinary focus and interdisciplinary elective courses (eight disciplinary focus and three interdisciplinary electives), three courses must concentrate on one country or region outside the United States to complete the International Studies Program regional requirement.

Disciplinary Focus

IS majors must satisfy the following lower-division requirements with a C– or better:

MATH 10A or MATH 20A (4)
MGT 45. Principles of Accounting (4)
MGT 5. Managerial Accounting (4)
MGT 71/R. Operating a Successful Business (4)

The following upper-division courses are required:

MGT 100. Customer Analytics or MGT 103. Product Marketing and Management (4)
MGT 112. Global Business Strategy (4)
MGT 118. Fundamentals of Global Business (4)
MGT 164. Business and Organizational Leadership (4)
MGT 166. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (4)
MGT 181. Enterprise Finance or MGT 187. New Venture Finance (4)
Two required electives: Any two upper-division MGT courses not listed above.