

Setting Sail in the MSBA with a Practicum Booster and Davis Day
Starting our journey at UC Davis, meeting the dean, touring campus
Onboarding for our MSBA cohort featured a tour of the UC Davis campus, essential preparation for our client projects, and meeting the community.

Destination Davis: Executives, Alumni, Peers Welcome New Full-Time MBAs
Class of 2024 hear tips, advice and learn “the ropes”
Full-Time MBA students hit the ground running in a three-day intensive—and fun—onboarding experience in Davis and at the ropes course in Sonoma.

Bootcamp Basics: Getting Up to Speed in the MSBA Program
From Amazon to PayPal to UC Davis Master of Science in Business Analytics
After working globally for Amazon and PayPal for seven years, Laksh Suryanarayanan’s path led to the UC Davis MSBA program.

HR Executive Paul Bianchi Shares Ethical Framework with New Full-Time MBA students
Impact of decision-making in building values-based cultures
With over 25 years of leadership service as a human resources executive, Paul Bianchi shared notable lessons with our new Full-Time MBA class of 2024 as part of our onboarding experience.

Synaptics CEO and Alumnus Michael Hurlston Shares Value of MBA with Full-Time Class of 2024
Sharing lessons from his time in the program and the value of his MBA, Synaptics CEO Michael Hurlston kicked off the onboarding events for the Full-Time MBA class of 2024.

Overcoming Challenges with Optimism Instead of Anxiety
How the MPAc program has helped me develop confidence in my professional abilities
The MPAc program is so much more than accounting—It has given me the opportunity to meet amazing people and become a stronger, more confident professional who is no longer controlled by anxiety.

MPAc Job Placement Success: 100% Job Placement with Record Average Starting Salary
Entire Class of 2022 secured jobs within weeks of starting program
MPAc Associate Director Erica Wondra discusses the many benefits of earning your masters in accounting at UC Davis.

Gearing Up: Lessons Learned during Part-Time MBA Orientation
Finding the right fit based on your criteria
Incoming Bay Area Part-Time MBA student Colleen O’Brien shares her journey to UC Davis, highlights from the two-day onboarding experience and meeting her classmates for the first time.

Destination Davis: Onboarding Our Full-Time MBA Class of 2023
10-day orientation introduces our collaborative culture, UC Davis MBA experience
Our incoming Full-Time MBA 2023 cohort began their UC Davis journey with a 10-day, in-person onboarding experience in Davis and beyond.

Welcoming the MPAc Class of 2022 to Campus
Master of Professional Accountancy students gear up for in-person experience
Following a kick-off onboarding orientation, MPAc Associate Director William Orta says the program is gearing up for a big year.
Quantitative Fundamentals Course Requirement
Incoming Class, Summer / Fall 2023
***Incoming students are required to complete the Online Quantitative Fundamentals Course***
Purpose
These online self-paced courses are meant to be quantitative refresher courses for our newly enrolled students in the subject areas of

Double-Aggie Alumna: Why I Joined the MSBA Class of 2021
Making virtual connections with my new cohort
The double-Aggie alumna describes her journey to business analytics, the virtual transition and fun facts about her classmates.

Virtual Handshakes with Accounting Firms Lead to Careers
Many MPAc students secure positions by Thanksgiving break
Master of Professional Accountancy students connected virtually at our “Meet the Firms” event, as recruiters seek top talent.

Virtual Escape Room: “It is up to your team to save the world!”
Destination Davis: Getting to know my new Full-Time MBA cohort
Full-Time MBA student Aihe Chen says virtual orientation opened up innovative ways to collaborate and bond with her classmates.
MSBA Students Hit the Ground Running with Foundation of Analytics Bootcamp
Short course gives you all the tools needed to succeed in the MSBA program
It’s a three-week workout for your brain. That’s how I’d describe the UC Davis Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) Foundations of Analytics short course offered to new students before entering the program.
But unlike those intense, 4

Quick Guide for International Students at UC Davis
Culture and Communications Bootcamp helped start our journey as MSBA students
MSBA student Paridhi Agal shares what led her to the UC Davis Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program.

Ready, Set, Go: Bootcamp Preps My MPAc Cohort
Breaking out of my comfort zone to find my career path
Anggie Claudia found her passion for accounting as a UC Davis undergrad. Having joined the MPAc Class of 2020, she shares about orientation and their journey ahead.

Largest M.S. in Business Analytics Cohort Kicks Off in San Francisco
Four-day orientation kicks off one-year program
New MSBA student Aravind Venugopal blogs about orientation for the program's largest class that kicked off with alumni from Adobe, AdRoll, Google and Amazon sharing their tips.

This Bootcamp Felt More Like Space Camp, Taking Me to a New World of Analytics
MSBA student finds his calling, motivated by faculty
We would often hear his name mentioned by other faculty, with lots of praises. So when we received the academic schedule, the entire class was eagerly looking forward to finally meeting this man in person.
In our first 10 minutes, it was clearly