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Scholarships and Awards
SoBA recognizes outstanding undergraduate achievement throughout the entire academic year. We encourage all
students to strive for these awards. Other awards may be announced through R’Mail during the academic year as well.
SoBA Departmental Scholarships
Each year, continuing students are eligible to apply for
SoBA scholarships, with awards ranging from $1,000 to
$3,500. The application announcement will go out in
January 2016.
Accounting student Mandeep Singh receives congratulations from
Dean Yunzeng Wang and Donor Joseph Barr for winning the
Joseph P. Barr Scholarship in April 2015.
University Honors
Graduation with honors is bestowed as follows, based on
class rank by overall UC GPA:
Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors): Up to top 2 percent
Magna Cum Laude (High Honors): Up to next 4 percent
Cum Laude (Honors): Up to next 10 percent
The GPA cutoff varies each year, but is approximately
3.90 for
Summa Cum Laude, 3.75 for
Magna Cum Laude, and
a 3.50 for Cum Laude.
Beta Gamma Sigma
Undergraduate and MBA students join Beta Gamma Sigma
during the Induction Ceremony in June 2015. The top
10-percent of undergraduate business students are invited
for BGS membership.
Beta Gamma Sigma is an international honor society that
provides the highest recognition
for business students
across the world at AACSB-accredited schools. In order
to be eligible for nomination, juniors and seniors must
finish in the top 10-percent of the class, based on overall
grade point average at the end of the Winter quarter. The
approximate GPA cutoff is a 3.600.
The mission of Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and
honor academic achievement in the study of business, to
foster personal and professional excellence, to advance
the values of the Society, and to serve its lifelong
members.
Honors at Graduation
High-achieving students are recognized during the Spring
Quarter at an Honors Convocation ceremony. A faculty
committee in SoBA selects graduating seniors for the
department’s most distinguished awards, including:
•
The School of Business Administration Award for
Academic and Service Excellence, to one student with
significant, exemplary contributions to SoBA
•
SoBA Concentration Area Awards, which recognizes
the top student with the best overall performance in
each concentration area
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Opportunities Beyond the Classroom
Students are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities available on campus to supplement and enhance their
undergraduate experience and professional development. Some of the business-related opportunities include:
Education Abroad Program
The Education Abroad Program (EAP) is the University of California’s international
study program. All students are encouraged to build EAP into their UC education.
The cost of study on EAP can be close to the cost of studying on campus and is
typically far less than the cost of non-UC study abroad programs.
Business students have participated in EAP and completed major coursework across
the globe. Some places students have studied recently include Australia, Brazil, China,
Ghana, Italy, Japan, Spain and United Kingdom. For more information
visit:
http://eapoap.ucr.edu
.
SoBA Global Study Program
Led by Dr. Sean Jasso, business students have the opportunity to spend a week in an
intensive seminar abroad, studying country-specific business topics in our SoBA
Global Study Programs. This is a perfect opportunity to combine your studies at UCR
with real life, international exposure.
During Spring Break 2016, students can go to Oxford, England to study at the
University of Oxford. Additional seminars are planned for Mumbai (India)and
Istanbul(Turkey), Japan, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Vietnam, and Washington D.C./New
York City. For more information, contact Dr. Jasso at
sean.jasso@ucr.edu
.
SoBA/BCOE Consultancy
Each winter and spring term, business students team up with engineering seniors in
the Bourns College of Engineering to serve as consultants for their senior projects.
Our business students assist the engineering students in producing a comprehensive
business plan document to take their senior design projects to the open market. The
Consultancy is a fantastic opportunity to translate what you learn in the classroom in a
real-world, applied environment.
For more information, contact Dr. Sean Jasso at
sean.jasso@ucr.edu
.
SoBA Student Ambassador Program
The Student Ambassador Program is a great opportunity for undergraduate students
to represent SoBA to internal and external constituents. The Student Ambassadors
represent the face of the program, assist the school as hosts during official functions,
make presentations when required, and act as student liaison with the various
communities that SoBA serves both on and off-campus.
Benefits include developing leadership skills, interacting and networking with faculty
and community members, and priority registration in Business classes.
For more
information please contact Lata Patel, SoBA Student Ambassador Program Advisor, at
lata.patel@ucr.edu
.
Marketing student Brennan Zerba
studied at the
Pompeu Fabra
University,
Barcelona, Spain, in
Winter 2014. He spent time outside
of class sightseeing in Spain and
across Europe.
UCR Business students spent their
winter break in Shanghai, China in
December 2014.
Student Ambassadors are available
to answer any questions you have
during drop-in hours in Olmsted
2340.