Anderson Graduate School of Management

Fieldwork in Management is a key and mandatory component of the MBA program at UCR. All students within the MBA program will complete fieldwork/required experiential learning as part of their degree work.

Fieldwork in Management: The Basics

The fieldwork in management course is designed to provide students the opportunity to gain meaningful work experience by exploring jobs in various industries and work environments. This allows them to combine academic knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom and apply these in a business setting working on real-world projects.

The fieldwork course provides students with opportunities to:

• Gain meaningful work experience by exploring jobs in various industries and work environments.
• Combine academic knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom.
• Apply newly-learned skills in a business setting while working on real-world projects.
• Demonstrate the ability to bring serious analytical thinking to problems of strategic importance in business.

Students are responsible for getting approval in advance of starting their fieldwork, for regular meetings with their internship advisor, and for completing a paper detailing their fieldwork experience. The fieldwork grade is based upon this summary.

Steps to a Productive Fieldwork Experience:

• Learn about fieldwork standards and requirements.
• Learn about the fieldwork approval process.
• Meet some of our past fieldwork employers.
• Sample MBA fieldwork projects.
• Review the project outline and format.

Information for Employers

Do you have a fieldwork position available for a UCR MBA student? Would you like to learn more about the program? Visit our employers’ page.