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Curriculum Overview
First Year
Pre-enrollment Review Workshops
(optional/late summer)
Quantitative Methods Workshop:
Two-week review of math, probability,
statistics, accounting, and finance
Communications Workshop:
Two-week refresher of business
communication, oral communication,
and writing skills
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MBA Orientation
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(required/late August)
One-week introduction to life at
Haas, with focus on Leading Through
Innovation. Fun, too!
Fall Semester
The Core: The Berkeley MBA curriculum
is anchored by 12 required, rigorous core
courses that provide the analytical tools
and essential knowledge to lead effectively.
These courses, taught entirely during your
first year, make up 40% of the curriculum.
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Weeks 1–7
Required Core Courses A
• Data and Decisions
• Economics for Business Decision
Making (Microeconomics)
• Organizational Behavior
• Leadership Communication
(once-a-week evening sessions)
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Week 8
• Fall A final exams
• Career Management Conference
Two-day program of career planning
workshops and exercises
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Weeks 9–15
Required Core Courses B
• Financial Accounting
• Introduction to Finance
• Marketing Management
• Leadership (once-a-week
evening sessions)
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Spring Semester
Weeks 1–7
Required Core Courses A
• Introduction to Operations
Management
• Macroeconomics in the
Global Economy
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Week 8
• Spring A final exams
Weeks 9–15
Required Core Courses B
• Strategy in the Global Context
• Ethics and Responsibility in Business
Elective Courses (full 15-week semester)
• Two or three electives
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Second Year
Fall Semester
Elective Courses: You have great flexibility in choosing from a wide variety of
electives and dual degree offerings – from within the Haas School and from
the wider university – as well as designing courses of your own in conjunction
with a faculty member. Electives, which are introduced rapidly and are updated
regularly, reflect the newest ideas, trends, and thinking in business. For a list of
current electives, check the Berkeley MBA website.
• Four or five electives
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Spring Semester
Elective Courses
• Four or five electives
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Leading Through
Innovation Initiatives
Leading Through Innovation in the
Berkeley MBA Program is a challenging
set of educational experiences that take
advantage of the school’s culture of
leadership and innovation. They include:
• Haas@Work, a program of applied
innovation that puts MBA students to
work on business challenges in firms.
• Peers@Haas, a ground-breaking
program enabling MBA students to
elevate their leadership capabilities with
year-long feedback from peers.
• Other experiential learning
opportunities, offered typically on
weekends, including executive skills
workshops on leadership presence,
and mastering the innovation process,
among others.
Global Study Opportunities
Berkeley MBA students are encouraged to take advantage of numerous
opportunities to travel and study abroad. Learning first-hand about the global
aspects of business can be a powerful addition to the Berkeley MBA experience.
Opportunities include:
• Study Tours: Regular travel and study treks to Asia, Latin America, or Europe
organized by student clubs or the program office. Recent trips include Shanghai,
China, and Israel, where students met with former Israeli prime minister and
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shimon Peres and top business leaders.
• International Business Development Course: A quarter of the MBA class
travels in teams throughout the world while engaged in consulting projects
with firms or nonprofits.
• United Nations/Management of Technology Fellowships: Small teams of
students conduct field research and prepare reports on sustainable solutions
for economic development in developing countries.
• International Exchange Programs: Study at selected overseas business
schools for a semester
Berkeley MBA Investment
Banking Fellows Program
The Berkeley MBA Investment Banking Fellows
Program supports and encourages talented
students to pursue careers in investment
banking. This program, funded by the CJ
White Scholarship Fund, awards scholarships
to a select group of full-time Berkeley MBA
students each year who have demonstrated
a commitment to the field. In addition to
receiving specialized career counseling
and a subsidy for school-organized visits to
investment banking firms in New York or
overseas, student fellows are also paired
with experienced mentors in the investment
banking community.
Elective Courses Initiated by MBA Students
Student-initiated elective courses are a tradition at the Haas School.
Every semester, the Berkeley MBA Program offers several courses that
are initiated and run by students with faculty guidance. Typically, such
courses focus on a specific theme or industry. Recent student-initiated
courses include:
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Life as an Entrepreneur
• The Private Equity Deal
• Real Estate Speaker Series
• Microfinance
• Careers in Marketing
• Wine Industry
• Investment Speaker Series
• Careers in Sports
• Careers in Consulting
• Biobusiness Speaker Series
• Product Management
• Topics in Technology
• Private Philanthropy
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