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Academic Policies

Current Undergraduate Business Major Students

College Regulations

Bachelor's Degree Requirements

Students are responsible for assuring that all of their degree requirements are fulfilled.

Students must satisfy these requirements before they can become eligible for candidacy for the bachelor's degree:

Students must maintain at least a C average (2.000 GPA) in depth subject matter courses required for their major. 

Academic Difficulty

Students that are experiencing academic difficulty or have questions about their academic standing should meet with an advisor in the Business Advising Office. Learn more about Academic Difficulty.

Dean's Honors List and Graduation with Honors

Dean's Honors List

According to UC Davis campus regulations, the quarterly Dean's Honors List includes names of students who have completed, for a letter grade, a minimum of 12 units in a specific quarter with a grade point average equal to or higher than the minimum grade point average attained by the upper 16% of those registered in the same class level and college during that quarter. The grade point average required is calculated at the end of every quarter.

Graduation with Honors

Graduation with honors requires that a student meet the appropriate grade point requirement based on the number of UC units completed upon graduation. Grade point averages from the winter quarter prior to graduation are used to determine the averages that will earn an honors designation. An honors notation is made on a student's diplomas and on their permanent records in the Office of the University Registrar.

To see the grade point averages for the Graduate School of Management, please visit the Office of the University Registrar website.

Declaring a Second Major

Students may pursue a second major to add to their business major as long as the following criteria are met:

  1. Students must be in good academic standing and with a minimum GPA of 2.000 in the upper division courses taken toward the major. Declaration of multiple majors is subject to the approval of the departments in charge of the majors involved and the dean of the school. The dean’s approval depends on the following:
    • Unique coursework: 80% of the upper-division units for each major must be unique and may not satisfy the requirements of any of the majors involved.
    • Unit calculation: If the majors require different numbers of upper-division units, the smaller program sets the minimum number of unique units.
  2. All degree requirements for both majors must be finished within the 225-unit cap.
  3. Students in the business major cannot double major with Managerial Economics or Economics.

Declaring a Minor

Students may pursue a minor to add to their business major as long as the following criteria are met:

  1. No course overlap is allowed with other minors.
  2. No more than one course can be counted towards both the student’s major and the minor. No course overlap is allowed with other minors.
  3. All degree requirements for the student's major and minor must be finished within the 225-unit cap.
  4. Student in the business major cannot minor in minor programs offered by the Graduate School of Management. 

English Composition Requirement

Each student must complete, with at least C- grades, at least 8 units including at least 4 upper division units in English composition (UWP 104A). Alternatively, the upper division requirement may be fulfilled by passing the UC Davis Upper Division Composition Exam.

Unit Limit/Cap

Students in the Graduate School of Management may not exceed 225 units in their undergraduate degree (does not include AP/IB credits). Registration for enrollment when the limit has been reached may only be approved by the Business Advising Office. 

Upper Division Requirement

In addition to 180 units needed to earn a bachelor's degree, 54 upper division units must also be completed.

Undergraduate Regulations

View all Graduate School of Management undergraduate regulations here: