Undergraduate Minor in Management

The Paul Merage School of Business faculty offer an undergraduate minor in Management which consists of seven courses: one lower-division introductory course and six upper-division courses.

In establishing the undergraduate minor in Management, 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 5) 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 Advising/Student Affairs Office, 226 Multipurpose Academic and Administrative Building; World Wide Web: http://www.merage.uci.edu/.

Prerequisite Courses

The following are prerequisites for enrolling in the upper-division undergraduate minor courses: Management 5; Economics 20A; and one course or one sequence selected from Anthropology 10A-B-C, Engineering CEE11, Economics 15A-B, Mathematics 7, Mathematics 131A-B-C, Psychology 10A-B-C, Social Ecology 13, Social Ecology 166A-B-C, 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. Lower-Division Core Course: Management 5.

B. Four upper-division core courses selected from:

Management 101
Management 102
Management 105
Management 107
Management 109
Management 185

C. Two additional courses selected from:

The upper-division core course list above
Management 119-129
Management 141-184
Management 189
Management 192
Management 193
Management 196
Management 197
Management 190 (provided specific topics have not been covered in other courses).

With 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 Paul Merage School of Business faculty approval.

NOTE: Students may not receive both the minor in Management and the minor in Accounting.

For a complete list of course descriptions, please see the 2007-08 UC Irvine General Catalogue: http://www.editor.uci.edu/07-08/pmsb/pmsb.3.htm. Those acceptable toward a specific program are outlined under the “requirements” section for the given major or minor.