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MGMT 159Foundations of Business and Entrepreneurship

Management · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Introductory overview of core areas of business and entrepreneurship including accounting, finance, marketing, operations, organization behavior, and strategy. Discussion of concepts in context of large existing organizations, small businesses, and new entrepreneurial ventures. Students gain solid foundational knowledge of components of business as well as how organizations are managed in increasingly competitive and global economy.

Letter grading.

When it runs

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

Requisites

UCLA lists no requisites for this course.

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