About the Program
M.E.T. at a Glance: One Program, Two Bachelor of Science (BS) Degrees
The Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Business Administration simultaneous degree is part of the Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology Program. The M.E.T. Program aims to educate leaders with a seamless understanding of technology innovation, from idea to real-world impact.
M.E.T. students earn two Bachelor of Science degrees in one program that combines the best of the top-ranked College of Engineering and Haas School of Business. The integrated curriculum is completed in four years. Internships, career coaching, and other enrichment activities provide ample opportunity for hands-on experience with innovation and entrepreneurship. Each M.E.T. cohort is small, allowing for close mentoring and a tight-knit community.
Admission to the M.E.T. Program
The M.E.T. Program seeks inquisitive, self-motivated students with a passion for finding and solving big problems. It is highly competitive and is open to freshmen during the UC application period (November 1 - 30). Freshman admission is limited to a maximum of 50 students. Current UC Berkeley sophomores in the College of Engineering majoring in one of the M.E.T. tracks may apply to M.E.T. via the Continuing Student Admissions process.
For further information, please see the M.E.T. website.
Accreditation
The IEOR undergraduate degree program in the College of Engineering is accredited by ABET. The Undergraduate Business Degree Program is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Major Requirements
In addition to the University, campus, and M.E.T. Program requirements, listed on the College Requirements tab, students must fulfill the below requirements.
General Guidelines
- A minimum of 38 upper division business units are required, and a minimum of 12 upper division non-business units are required. (Upper division IEOR classes will fulfill the 12 upper division non-business units.)
- Students must complete the College Requirements and the Major Requirements.
- Students must complete the degree program in eight semesters. (Summer Session is not required for degree completion in eight semesters.)
- All Haas business courses must be taken for a letter grade, with the exception of UGBA 194, UGBA 198 and UGBA 199 (only offered Pass/No Pass).
- All technical courses that can be used to fulfill a requirement must be taken for a letter grade.
- Students who receive a grade of D+ or lower in a core UGBA course must repeat the course until they achieve a grade of C- or better.
- Students must complete their business prerequisite courses (including Reading & Composition A & B) by the spring semester of their sophomore (2nd) year.
- Two M.E.T. Special Topics courses are required. M.E.T. Special Topics courses will count as upper division business elective units. A passing grade of C- or better is required.
- Students in this program must adhere to all policies and procedures of the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business.
For information regarding University and campus requirements, Reading and Composition, breadth, class schedule, minimum academic progress, and unit requirements, please see the College Requirements.
Lower Division Requirements
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| UGBA 10X | Foundations of Business | 3 |
| ECON 1 | Introduction to Economics | 4 |
| MATH 51/1A | Calculus I (MATH 51 as of Fall 2025) | 4 |
| MATH 52/1B | Calculus II (MATH 52 as of Fall 2025) | 4 |
| MATH 53 | Multivariable Calculus | 4 |
| MATH 54 | Linear Algebra and Differential Equations | 4 |
| CHEM 1A & 1AL | General Chemistry and General Chemistry Laboratory 1 | 4-5 |
| or CHEM 4A | General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis | |
| or BIOLOGY 1A & 1AL | General Biology Lecture and General Biology Laboratory | |
| or BIOLOGY 1B | General Biology Lecture and Laboratory | |
| PHYSICS 7A | Physics for Scientists and Engineers | 4 |
| PHYSICS 7B | Physics for Scientists and Engineers | 4 |
| ENGIN 7 | Introduction to Computer Programming for Scientists and Engineers (Programming) | 4 |
| Reading & Composition Parts A and B | 4-4 | |
| Programming | ||
| Select one of the following: 2 | 4 | |
| Foundations of Data Science [4] | ||
| The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs [4] | ||
| Engineering Breadth Electives | ||
| Select at least 9 units from the following: | 9 | |
| Introduction to Biomedicine for Engineers [4] | ||
| Biomechanics: Analysis and Design [4] | ||
| Engineered Systems and Sustainability [3] | ||
| Introduction to Solid Mechanics [3] | ||
| Structure and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials [3] | ||
| Engineering Geology [3] | ||
| Engineering Dynamics and Vibrations [3] | ||
| Applied Structural Mechanics [3] | ||
| Transportation Systems Engineering [3] | ||
| Design Methodology [3] | ||
| Foundations of Signals, Dynamical Systems, and Information Processing [4] | ||
| Introduction to Circuits & Devices [4] | ||
| A Hands-on Introduction to Radiation Detection: Getting to know our Radioactive World [3] | ||
| Three-Dimensional Modeling for Design [2] | ||
| Manufacturing and Design Communication [4] | ||
| Visualization for Design and Introduction to Manufacturing and Tolerancing | ||
| Engineering Thermodynamics [4] | ||
| Properties of Materials [3] | ||
| Properties of Materials Laboratory [1] | ||
| Properties of Electronic Materials [4] | ||
| Thermodynamics [3] | ||
| Introduction to Solid Mechanics [3] | ||
| The Science and Engineering of Cooking [4] | ||
| Dynamic Systems and Feedback [3] | ||
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CHEM 4A is for students majoring in chemistry or a closely related field. CHEM 1A and CHEM 1AL, or CHEM 4A are prerequisites for BIOLOGY 1A.
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Students must acquire fluent programming skills as demonstrated by completion of coursework in a high-level language such as Python, C, C++ or Java. This requirement may be completed by taking COMPSCI 61A or COMPSCI C8 or equivalent. The CS 9xx series self-paced courses are intended for those already skilled as programmers in a high-level language to learn a second language and thus are not appropriate for meeting this requirement.
Upper Division Requirements
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| IEOR Upper Division | ||
| IND ENG 120 | Principles of Engineering Economics | 3 |
| IND ENG 160 | Nonlinear and Discrete Optimization | 3 |
| IND ENG 162 | Linear Programming and Network Flows | 3 |
| IND ENG 165 | Engineering Statistics, Quality Control, and Forecasting | 4 |
| IND ENG 171 | Berkeley Changemaker: Ethical and Effective Entrepreneurship in High Tech 4 | 3 |
| IND ENG 172 | Probability and Risk Analysis for Engineers 1 | 4 |
| or STAT 134 | Concepts of Probability | |
| or STAT/DATA C140 | Probability for Data Science | |
| IND ENG 173 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes | 3 |
| IND ENG 174 | Simulation for Enterprise-Scale Systems | 3 |
| IND ENG 180 | Senior Project | 4 |
| IEOR Electives | ||
| Select 5 courses from the following: | 15 | |
| Industrial and Commercial Data Systems [3] | ||
| Methods of Manufacturing Improvement [3] | ||
| Applied Data Science with Venture Applications [3] | ||
| Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics [4] | ||
| Machine Learning and Data Analytics II [4] | ||
| Fundamentals of Revenue Management [3] | ||
| Production Systems Analysis [3] 2 | ||
| Service Operations Design and Analysis [3] 2 | ||
| Logistics Network Design and Supply Chain Management [3] 2 | ||
| Healthcare Analytics [3] | ||
| Introduction to Optimization Modeling [3] | ||
| Decision Analytics [3] | ||
| Industrial Design and Human Factors [3] | ||
| Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Ethics Requirement | ||
| DATA C104/HISTORY C184D | Human Contexts and Ethics of Data - DATA/History/STS 5 | 4 |
| Business Administration Upper Division | ||
| UGBA 100 | Business Communication | 2 |
| UGBA 101A | Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions | 3 |
| UGBA 101B | Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions | 3 |
| UGBA 102A | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| UGBA 102B | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| UGBA 103 | Introduction to Finance | 4 |
| UGBA 104 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 |
| UGBA 106 | Marketing | 3 |
| UGBA 107 | The Social, Political, and Ethical Environment of Business | 3 |
| MET Special Topics | ||
| Two courses required. 3 | 2-4 | |
| Upper Division Business Administration Elective Courses | ||
| Select 4-6 units of upper division Business Administration (UGBA) elective courses in order to complete a minimum of 38 units of upper division business. | 4-6 | |
| Special Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy [1-4] | ||
| International Trade [3] | ||
| Intermediate Financial Accounting 1 [4] | ||
| Intermediate Financial Accounting 2 [4] | ||
| Advanced Financial Accounting [4] | ||
| Federal Income Tax Accounting [4] | ||
| Financial Information Analysis [4] | ||
| Operating and Financial Reporting Issues in the Financial Services Industry [3] | ||
| Ethics in Accounting [3] | ||
| Auditing [4] | ||
| Special Topics in Accounting [1-4] | ||
| Strategic Cost Management [3] | ||
| Corporate Finance and Financial Statement Analysis [3] | ||
| Financial Institutions and Markets [3] | ||
| Investments [3] | ||
| Behavioral Finance [3] | ||
| Special Topics in Finance [1-4] | ||
| Production and Operations Management [3] 2 | ||
| Game Theory and Business Decisions [3] | ||
| Special Topics in Operations and Information Technology Management [1-4] | ||
| Management of Human Resources [3] | ||
| Negotiation and Conflict Resolution [3] | ||
| Power and Politics in Organizations [3] | ||
| Leadership [3] | ||
| Special Topics in the Management of Organizations [1-4] | ||
| Customer Insights [3] | ||
| Market Research: Tools and Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis [3] | ||
| Brand Management and Strategy [3] | ||
| Product Branding and Branded Entertainment [2] | ||
| Advertising Strategy [3] | ||
| Special Topics in Marketing [1-4] | ||
| Pricing [3] | ||
| History of American Business [3] | ||
| Competitive Strategy [3] | ||
| Leading Strategy Implementation [3] | ||
| Legal Aspects of Management [3] | ||
| Innovations in Communications and Public Relations [2] | ||
| Special Topics in Business and Public Policy [1-4] | ||
| Introduction to International Business [3] | ||
| International Consulting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [3] | ||
| Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Economics [3] | ||
| Introduction to Real Estate Finance [3] | ||
| Urban and Real Estate Economics [3] | ||
| Special Topics in Real Estate Economics and Finance [1-4] | ||
| Strategy for the Information Technology Firm [3] | ||
| Special Topics in Innovation and Design [1-4] | ||
| Communication for Leaders [2] | ||
| Improvisational Leadership [3] | ||
| Leadership and Personal Development [3] | ||
| Leading Nonprofit and Social Enterprises [3] | ||
| Strategic Philanthropy [2] | ||
| Applied Impact Evaluation [2] | ||
| Topics in Social Sector Leadership [1-5] | ||
| Sustainable Business Consulting Projects [3] | ||
| Topics in Responsible Business [1-4] | ||
| Energy & Civilization [4] | ||
| Practical Training [0.0] | ||
| Business Abroad [4-6] | ||
| Undergraduate Colloquium on Business Topics [1] | ||
| Entrepreneurship [3] | ||
| Entrepreneurship: How to Successfully start a New Business [3] | ||
| Entrepreneurship To Address Global Poverty [3] | ||
| Topics in Entrepreneurship [1-3] | ||
| Special Topics in Business Administration [1-4] | ||
| Directed Study [1-4] | ||
| Supervised Independent Study and Research [1-4] | ||
| Total Units | 81 | |
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STAT 134, STAT C140/DATA C140 or IND ENG 172 will be accepted for the Business Administration statistics requirement for students in the M.E.T. Program. IND ENG 172 is an alternative course for STAT 134 or STAT C140/DATA C140. In semesters when IND ENG 172 is offered, we recommend students take IND ENG 172. Students will receive credit for only one of these courses. The statistics requirement must be completed by spring semester of the sophomore (2nd) year.
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Students who take IND ENG 151 and IND ENG 150, or IND ENG 151 and IND ENG 153, will not receive credit for UGBA 141.
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M.E.T. Special Topics courses are required and will count as upper division business units.
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IND ENG 171 will be used to fulfill the UGBA 105 requirement for the Business major and will count as 3 units of upper division UGBA coursework.
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DATA C104/HISTORY C184D should be taken to fulfill the IEOR Ethics Requirement and the M.E.T. Historical Studies breadth requirement. Additionally approved courses that fulfill the IEOR Ethics Requirement only are: ENGIN 125, ENGIN 157AC, BIO ENG 100, ENE,RES C100, PUB POL W184, or IAS 157AC. UGBA courses will not fulfill the IEOR Ethics Requirement.
College Requirements
M.E.T. Program Requirements
Reading and Composition
Two Reading and Composition (R&C) courses must be taken for a letter grade (C- or better required), and must be completed by no later than the end of the sophomore year (4th semester of enrollment). The first half of R&C, the “A” course, must be completed by the end of the freshman year; the second half of R&C, the “B “course, by no later than the end of the sophomore year or a student's registration will be blocked. View a detailed list of courses that fulfill Reading and Composition requirements.
Breadth Requirement
The undergraduate breadth requirement provides Berkeley students with a rich and varied educational experience outside of their major program. As the foundation of a liberal arts education, breadth courses give students a view into the intellectual life of the University while introducing them to a multitude of perspectives and approaches to research and scholarship. Engaging students in new disciplines and with peers from other majors, the breadth experience strengthens interdisciplinary connections and context that prepare Berkeley graduates to understand and solve the complex issues of their day.
Students in the M.E.T. Program must successfully complete six breadth courses, one in each of the following categories:
Arts and Literature
Historical Studies
International Studies
Philosophy and Values (will be satisfied with UGBA 107)
Physical Science (will be satisfied with Physics 7B)
Social and Behavioral Sciences (will be satisfied with Econ 1)
- With the exception of UGBA 107, UGBA courses cannot be used to fulfill breadth requirements.
- With the exception of Econ 1 or Econ 2, microeconomics and macroeconomics at any level (Econ 3, Econ 100A/B, Econ 101A/B, IAS 106/107) cannot be used to fulfill breadth requirements.
- No more than two courses from any one department may be used to satisfy the breadth requirement (L&S Discovery courses are exempt).
- Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and A-Level exams cannot be used to fulfill the breadth requirement.
- Courses numbered 97, 98, 99, or above 196 may not be used to complete any breadth requirement.
- Breadth courses must be a minimum of 3 semester units.
- Reading & Composition courses cannot be used to fulfill breadth requirements.
Class Schedule Requirements
- Minimum units per semester: 13
- Maximum units per semester: 20.5
- Students in the M.E.T. Program must enroll each semester in no fewer than two letter graded technical courses (of at least 3 units each, with the exception of Engineering 25, 26 and 27). Every semester they are expected to make satisfactory progress in their declared major; satisfactory progress in the student's declared major is determined by their ESS adviser.
Minimum Academic (Grade) Requirements
- A minimum overall and semester grade point average of 2.000 (C average) is required. Students will be subject to dismissal from the University if during any fall or spring semester their overall U.C. GPA falls below a 2.000, or their semester GPA is less than 2.000.
- Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.000 (C average) in upper division technical courses each semester. Students will be subject to dismissal from the University if their upper division technical GPA falls below 2.000.
- A minimum overall GPA of 2.000, and a minimum 2.000 GPA in upper division technical course work required of the major are required to graduate.
Unit Requirements
- A minimum of 120 units are required to graduate.
- A maximum of 16 units of Special Studies coursework (courses numbered 97, 98, 99, 197, 198, or 199) will count towards the 120 units; a maximum of four are allowed in a given semester.
- A maximum of four units of Physical Education from any school attended will count towards the 120 units.
- Passed grades may account for no more than one third of the total units completed at UC Berkeley, Fall Program for Freshmen (FPF), UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP), or UC Berkeley Washington Program (UCDC) toward the 120 overall minimum unit requirement. Transfer credit is not factored into the limit. This includes transfer units from outside of the UC system, other UC campuses, credit-bearing exams, as well as UC Berkeley Extension XB units.
UC and Campus Requirements
University of California Requirements
Entry Level Writing
All students who will enter the University of California as freshmen must demonstrate their command of the English language by satisfying the Entry Level Writing Requirement (ELWR). The UC Entry Level Writing Requirement website provides information on how to satisfy the requirement.
American History and American Institutions
The American History and Institutions (AH&I) requirements are based on the principle that a US resident graduated from an American university should have an understanding of the history and governmental institutions of the United States.
Campus Requirement
American Cultures
The American Cultures requirement is a Berkeley campus requirement, one that all undergraduate students at Berkeley need to pass in order to graduate. You satisfy the requirement by passing, with a grade not lower than C- or P, an American Cultures course. You may take an American Cultures course any time during your undergraduate career at Berkeley. The requirement was instituted in 1991 to introduce students to the diverse cultures of the United States through a comparative framework. Courses are offered in more than fifty departments in many different disciplines at both the lower and upper division level.
Plan of Study
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units |
| CHEM 1A & 1AL2 | 5 | MATH 1B8 | 4 |
| DES INV 15 (Engineering Breadth)3 | 3 | ENGIN 7 | 4 |
| UGBA 10X | 3 | ECON 1 (Breadth: Social & Behavorial)4,5 | 4 |
| MATH 1A1 | 4 | Breadth: Arts & Literature/American Cultures4 | 4 |
| M.E.T. Introductory Topics (UGBA 196)7 | 2 | Reading & Composition Part B Course6 | 4 |
| Reading & Composition Part A Course6 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 20 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units |
| IND ENG 172, STAT 134, or STAT C14010 | 4 | COMPSCI C8 or 61A11 | 4 |
| MATH 53 | 4 | IND ENG 120 | 3 |
| PHYSICS 7A9 | 4 | MATH 54 | 4 |
| Engineering Breadth3 | 3 | PHYSICS 7B (Breadth: Physical Science) | 4 |
| Breadth: International Studies4 | 4 | Engineering Breadth3 | 4 |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units |
| IND ENG 160 | 3 | IND ENG 165 | 4 |
| IND ENG 162 | 3 | IND ENG 173 | 3 |
| IND ENG Elective12 | 3 | IND ENG Elective12 | 3 |
| IND ENG 17114 | 3 | UGBA 101B | 3 |
| UGBA 100 | 2 | UGBA 102A | 3 |
| UGBA 101A | 3 | UGBA 107 (Breadth: Philosophy and Values)4 | 3 |
| M.E.T. Capstone Course (UGBA 196)7 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 19 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units |
| IND ENG Elective12 | 3 | IND ENG 180 | 4 |
| IND ENG Elective12 | 3 | UGBA 102B | 3 |
| UGBA 103 | 4 | UGBA Elective13 | 2 |
| UGBA 104 | 3 | UGBA Elective13 | 2 |
| UGBA 106 | 3 | DATA C104 or HISTORY C184D (IEOR Ethics & Historical Studies breadth)15 | 4 |
| IND ENG 174 | 3 | IND ENG ELECTIVE12 | 3 |
| 19 | 18 | ||
| Total Units: 154 | |||
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MATH 1A may be fulfilled with a score of 3, 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus AB or BC exam, a score of 5, 6 or 7 on the IB Higher Level Math exam, or a grade of A, B or C on the A-Level Math H1, H2, H3, Pure Math or Further Math exam.
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CHEM 1A/1AL may be fulfilled with a score of 3, 4 or 5 on the AP Chemistry exam, a score of 5, 6 or 7 on the IB Higher Level Chemistry exam, or a grade of A, B or C on the A-Level Chemistry exam. CHEM 4A, BIOLOGY 1A& BIOLOGY 1AL, or BIOLOGY 1B may also be used to fulfill this requirement. CHEM 4A is intended for students majoring in chemistry or a closely-related field.
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Engineering Breadth: 9 units must be completed from the following list: BIO ENG 10, BIO ENG 102, CIV ENG 11, CIV ENG C30, CIV ENG 60, CIV ENG 70, CIV ENG 126, CIV ENG 132, CIV ENG 155, DES INV 15, EECS 16A, EECS 16B, ENGIN 11, ENGIN 29 (or ENGIN 25 & ENGIN 27), ENGIN 26, ENGIN 40, MAT SCI 45, MAT SCI 45L, MAT SCI 111, MEC ENG 40, MEC ENG C85, MEC ENG 126, MEC ENG 132.
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ECON 1 (or ECON 2) and UGBA 107 will be accepted for the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Philosophy and Values breadth requirements, respectively, as exceptions for students in the M.E.T. Program. The Biological Science breadth requirement is waived for students in the M.E.T. Program. Some American Cultures courses will also fulfill the Arts & Literature and/or Historical Studies breadth requirement; use Requirements filters to search the Class Schedule for courses that apply. See College Requirements for further restrictions on breadth courses.
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Econ 1 may be fulfilled with scores of 4 or 5 on both the AP Microeconomics exam and AP Macroeconomics exam. However, the Social and Behavioral Sciences Breadth requirement cannot be fulfilled with AP exam scores.
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Reading & Composition part A may be fulfilled with a score of 4 or 5 on the AP English Language and Composition exam or the AP English Literature and Composition exam, or a score of 5, 6 or 7 on the IB Higher Level English Literature exam or the IB Higher Level English Language and Literature exam. A 5 on the AP English Literature and Composition exam, or a score of 5 or higher on the IB Higher Level English Language and Literature exam will fulfill Reading & Composition part A and part B.
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M.E.T. Special Topics courses are required and will count as upper division business elective units. A passing grade of C- or higher is required.
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MATH 1B may be fulfilled with a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus BC exam, a score of 7 on the IB Higher Level Math exam, or a grade of A, B or C on the A-Level Math, Math H2, or Further Math exam.
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PHYSICS 7A may be fulfilled with a score of 5 on the AP Physics C Mechanics exam.
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STAT 134, STAT C140/DATA C140 or IND ENG 172 will be accepted for the Business Administration statistics requirement for students in the M.E.T. Program. The statistics requirement for Business Administration must be completed spring semester of sophomore year. IND ENG 172 is an alternative course for STAT 134 or STAT C140/DATA C140. In semesters when IND ENG 172 is offered, we recommend students take IND ENG 172. Students will receive credit for only one of these courses.
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Students must acquire fluent programming skills as demonstrated by completion of coursework in a high-level language such as Python, C, C++, or Java. This requirement may be completed by taking COMPSCI 61A or COMPSCI C8 or equivalent. The COMPSCI 9xx series self-paced courses are intended for those already skilled as programmers in a high-level language to learn a second language and thus are not appropriate for meeting this requirement.
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Students must take a minimum of five courses from the following: IND ENG 115, IND ENG 130, IND ENG 135, IND ENG 142A, IND ENG 142B, IND ENG 145, IND ENG 150, IND ENG 151, IND ENG 153, IND ENG 156, IND ENG 164, IND ENG 166, IND ENG 170.
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Students must complete a minimum of 38 units of upper division business coursework. See UGBA Elective course list under “Major Requirements” tab. Students who take IND ENG 151 and IND ENG 150, or IND ENG 151 and IND ENG 153, will not receive credit for UGBA 141.
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IND ENG 171 will be used to fulfill the UGBA 105 requirement for the Business major and will count as 3 units of upper division UGBA coursework.
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DATA C104/HISTORY C184D should be taken to fulfill the IEOR Ethics Requirement and the M.E.T. Historical Studies breadth requirement. Additional courses that will fulfill the IEOR Ethics requirement only are: ENGIN 125, ENGIN 157AC/IAS 157AC, BIO ENG 100, ENE,RES C100, PUB POL C184. UGBA courses will not fulfill the IEOR Ethics Requirement.
Student Learning Goals
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Learning Goals
- Quantitative modeling and analysis of a broad array of systems-level decision problems concerned with economic efficiency, productivity, and quality.
- Development and creative use of analytical and computational methods for solving these problems.
- Collection of and analysis of data, and the use of database and decision-support tools.
- Comprehension and analysis of uncertainty.
- In addition, the department expects their graduates to obtain the broader skills, background, and knowledge necessary to be an effective professional in a rapidly changing global economy.
curricular Outcomes
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate alternative or candidate solutions for decision problems.
- Identify appropriate models and methods for solving decision problems.
- Formulate mathematical optimization models for real-life decision problems.
- Understand methods for solving deterministic optimization problems and utilize optimization software for solving such problems.
- Formulate analytical models and develop computer simulations to predict and optimize systems under uncertainty.
- Develop models and utilize analytical tools and software to evaluate decisions under uncertainty.
- Understand performance measurement.
- Understand important concepts in manufacturing and service operations.
- Design and apply analytical models for manufacturing and service operations.
- Critique and reorganize business and industrial process flows and information flows.
- Structure data to support decisions related to the aforementioned topics.
- Understand organizational design and management issues.
Business Administration
MISSION
Guided by the missions of the undergraduate program, and the University's mission of teaching, research, and service, the mission of the Haas School of Business is to develop leaders who redefine how we do business.
The Haas School of Business Undergraduate Program has developed student learning goals for the Business major that provide faculty and students with a shared understanding of the purpose of the major as well as what graduating seniors are expected to know or to be able to do at the end of their course of study as it relates to the school’s mission.
The learning goals are assessed to determine whether students are achieving the outcomes. The assessment results are used to inform curricular design and other program offerings. All steps require input and participation from the business school community, particularly the faculty. The resulting learning goals, which have their origin in the core curriculum, were shaped over several months by faculty and administration and are listed below.
LEARNING GOALS
- Students will be skilled in critical thinking and decision making, as supported by the appropriate use of analytical and quantitative techniques.
- Students will apply functional area concepts and theories appropriately.
- Students will be effective communicators who can prepare and deliver oral and written presentations using appropriate technologies.
- Students will be sensitive to the ethical requirements of business activities.
- Students will tackle strategic and organizational challenges with innovative solutions.
For a visual representation of the relationship between the core curriculum and the expected outcomes, please see the Haas School of Business website.
Major Map
Major maps are experience maps that help undergraduates plan their Berkeley journey based on intended major or field of interest. Featuring student opportunities and resources from your college and department as well as across campus, each map includes curated suggestions for planning your studies, engaging outside the classroom, and pursuing your career goals in a timeline format.
Use the major map below to explore potential paths and design your own unique undergraduate experience:
View the Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) Major Map.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: MATH 51 (co-requisite) and ENGIN 7 (can be taken concurrently)
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 10 after completing COMPSCI 61A, COMPSCI 61AS, DATA C88C, or DATA C8.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of laboratory per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
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Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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Hours & Format
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Provide a broad survey of the important topics in IE and OR, and develop intuition about problems, algorithms, and abstractions using bivariate examples (2D).
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Describe different mathematical abstractions used in IEOR (e.g., graphs, queues, Markov chains), and how to use these abstractions to model real-world problems.
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Introduce students to the data analysis process including: developing a hypothesis, acquiring data, processing the data, testing the hypothesis, and presenting results.
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Provide students with concrete examples of how the mathematical tools from the class apply to real problems such as dieting, scheduling, and transportation.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Course restricted to Freshman students.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Goldberg
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Supervised group study and research by lower division students.
Supervised Group Study and Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Supervised independent study for lower division students.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore standing and consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of independent study per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Design and implementation of databases, with an emphasis on industrial and commercial applications. Relational algebra, SQL, normalization. Students work in teams with local companies on a database design project. WWW design and queries.
Industrial and Commercial Data Systems: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Upper division standing
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Goldberg
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Economic analysis for engineering decision making: Capital flows, effect of time and interest rate. Different methods of evaluation of alternatives. Minimum-cost life and replacement analysis. Depreciation and taxes. Uncertainty; preference under risk; decision analysis. Capital sources and their effects. Economic studies. Formerly Engineering 120.
Principles of Engineering Economics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive 2 units for 120 after taking Civil Engineering 167. Students will not receive credit after taking Engineering 120.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Adler
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Analytical techniques for the improvement of manufacturing performance along the dimensions of productivity, quality, customer service, and throughput. Techniques for yield analysis, process control, inspection sampling, equipment efficiency analysis, cycle time reduction, and on-time delivery improvement. Applications on semiconductor manufacturing or other industrial settings.
Methods of Manufacturing Improvement: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IND ENG 172, MATH 54, or STAT 134 (STAT 134 may be taken concurrently)
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Leachman
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021
This highly-applied course surveys a variety of key of concepts and tools that are useful for designing and building applications that process data signals of information. The course introduces modern open source, computer programming tools, libraries, and code samples that can be used to implement data applications. The mathematical concepts highlighted in this course include filtering, prediction, classification, decision-making, Markov chains, LTI systems, spectral analysis, and frameworks for learning from data. Each math concept is linked to implementation using Python using libraries for math array functions (NumPy), manipulation of tables (Pandas), long term storage (SQL, JSON, CSV files), natural language (NLTK), and ML frameworks.
Applied Data Science with Venture Applications: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to design and build data sample application systems that can interpret and use data for a wide range of real life applications across many disciplines and industries;
implement these concepts within applications with modern open source CS tools.
understand relevant mathematical concepts that are used in systems that process data;
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Prerequisites include the ability to write code in Python, and a probability or statistics course. This course is ideal for students who have taken COMPSCI C8 / DATA C8 / INFO C8 / STAT C8
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Sidhu
Applied Data Science with Venture Applications: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022
This course introduces students to key techniques in machine learning and data analytics through a diverse set of examples using real datasets from domains such as e-commerce, healthcare, social media, sports, the Internet, and more. Through these examples, exercises in R, and a comprehensive team project, students will gain experience understanding and applying techniques such as linear regression, logistic regression, classification and regression trees, random forests, boosting, text mining, data cleaning and manipulation, data visualization, network analysis, time series modeling, clustering, principal component analysis, regularization, and large-scale learning.
Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: 1.
To expose students to a variety of statistical learning methods, all of which are relevant in useful in wide range of disciplines and applications.
2.
To carefully present the statistical and computational assumptions, trade-offs, and intuition underlying each method discussed so that students will be trained to determine which techniques are most appropriate for a given problem.
3.
Through a series of real-world examples, students will learn to identify opportunities to leverage the capabilities of data analytics and will see how data analytics can provide a competitive edge for companies.
4.
To train students in how to actually apply each method that is discussed in class, through a series of labs and programming exercises.
5.
For students to gain some project-based practical data science experience, which involves identifying a relevant problem to be solved or question to be answered, gathering and cleaning data, and applying analytical techniques.
6.
To introduce students to advanced topics that are important to the successful application of machine learning methods in practice, include how methods for prediction are integrated with optimization models and modern optimization techniques for large-scale learning problems.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IEOR 165 or equivalent course in statistics. Prior exposure to optimization is helpful but not strictly necessary. Some programming experience/literacy is expected
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructors: Grigas, Paul
Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
This course introduces students to key techniques in machine learning and data analytics through a diverse set of examples using real datasets from domains such as e-commerce, healthcare, social media, finance, the Internet, and more. Through these examples, conceptual exercises, data analysis exercises in Python, and a comprehensive team project, students will gain experience understanding and applying techniques such as linear regression, logistic regression, classification and regression trees, random forests, boosting, text mining, data cleaning and manipulation, data visualization, time series modeling, clustering, principal component analysis, regularization, and large-scale learning with neural networks.
Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IND ENG 165 and IND ENG 172 or equivalent courses in probability and statistics. Prior exposure to optimization (either IND ENG 160 or IND ENG 162 or equivalent). Some programming experience/literacy is expected
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 142A after completing IND ENG 142, IND ENG 242, IND ENG 242A, COMPSCI 189, COMPSCI 289, or STAT 154. A deficient grade in IND ENG 142A may be removed by taking IND ENG 142.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Grigas, Paul
Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024
Following IEOR 142A/242A, this course further introduces students to essential
methodologies and recent trends in machine learning and data analytics. The
course will bridge theoretical foundations with applied data analytics by using
examples and real datasets from domains such as e-commerce, social media, finance,
and more. Students will gain experience with various data analytics packages in
Python and will deliver a comprehensive team project. Topics include: deep
learning, time series and survival analysis, end-to-end learning, causal inference,
reinforcement learning, and ethics, fairness and safety in artificial intelligence.
Machine Learning and Data Analytics II: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IndEng 142A or IndEng 242A or equivalent introductory machine learning class. Familiarity with the Python programming language
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 142B after completing IND ENG 242B.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternate method of final assessment during regularly scheduled final exam group (e.g., presentation, final project, etc.).
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Revenue management (RM) is the decision science of efficiently selling a fixed supply of various goods and services when the demand is heterogeneous and uncertain. This undergraduate course will focus on fundamental models and algorithms for RM. Broad usefulness of concepts will be demonstrated through applications in airline reservation systems, retail, advertising, e-commerce and school-student assignments.
Fundamentals of Revenue Management: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IndEng 162, IndEng 169 and either IndEng 173 Or IndEng 172 (or equivalent introductory courses in mathematical programming and probability). Familiarity with algorithm design and mathematical maturity recommended
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Udwani
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2020, Fall 2019
Quantitative models for operational and tactical decision making in production systems, including production planning, inventory control, forecasting, and scheduling.
Production Systems Analysis: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IND ENG 160, IND ENG 173, IND ENG 162, IND ENG 165, and ENGIN 120
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Yano
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
This course is concerned with improving processes and designing facilities for service businesses such as banks, health care organizations, telephone call centers, restaurants, and transportation providers. Major topics in the course include design of service processes, layout and location of service facilities, demand forecasting, demand management, employee scheduling, service quality management, and capacity planning.
Service Operations Design and Analysis: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IND ENG 162, IND ENG 173, and a course in statistics
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2022
We will focus primarily on both quantitative and qualitative issues which arise in the integrated design and management of the entire logistics network. Models and solution techniques for facility location and logistics network design will be considered. In addition, qualitative issues in distribution network structuring, centralized versus decentralized network control, variability in the supply chain, strategic partnerships, and product design for logistics will be considered through discussions and cases.
Logistics Network Design and Supply Chain Management: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IND ENG 160, IND ENG 162 or senior standing
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Kaminsky
Logistics Network Design and Supply Chain Management: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024
With the growing complexity of providing healthcare, it is increasingly important to design and manage health systems using engineering and analytics perspectives. This course will cover topics related to healthcare analytics, including: optimizing chronic disease management, designing matching markets for health systems, developing predictive analytics models, and managing resource utilization.
Healthcare Analytics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Courses in mathematical modeling (such as IND ENG 160 and IND ENG 172) and computer programming (such as CS C8 or CS 61A) are recommended
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 156 after completing IND ENG 256.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Aswani
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
This course introduces unconstrained and constrained optimization with continuous and discrete domains. Convex sets and convex functions; local optimality; KKT conditions; Lagrangian duality; steepest descent and Newton's method. Modeling with integer variables; branch-and-bound method; cutting planes. Models on production/inventory planning, logistics, portfolio optimization, factor modeling, classification with support vector machines.
Nonlinear and Discrete Optimization: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Atamturk
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
This course addresses modeling and algorithms for optimization of linear constrained optimization problems. The simplex method; theorems of duality; complementary slackness. Applications in production planning and resource allocation. Graph and network problems as linear programs with integer solutions. Algorithms for selected network flow problems. Transportation and logistics problems. Dynamic programming and its role in applications to shortest paths, project management and equipment replacement.
Linear Programming and Network Flows: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Hochbaum
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024
Designed for students from any science/engineering major, this upper-division course will introduce students to optimization models, and train them to use software tools to model and solve optimization problems. The main goal is to develop proficiency in common optimization modeling languages, and learn how to integrate them with underlying optimization solvers. Students will work primarily on modeling exercises, which will develop confidence in modeling and solve optimization methods using software packages, and will require some programming.
Review of linear and nonlinear optimization models, including optimization problems with discrete decision variables. Applications to practical problems from engineering and data science.
Introduction to Optimization Modeling: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: •
To introduce students to the core concepts of optimization
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To train them in the art and science of using software tools to model and solve optimization problems.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: No prerequisites except some Python programming skills, which can be met by COMPSCI C8 (or any other Python-based course)
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This course will introduce students to basic statistical techniques such as parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, analysis of variance. Applications in forecasting and quality control.
Engineering Statistics, Quality Control, and Forecasting: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IND ENG 172, or STAT 134, or an equivalent course in probability theory
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 165 after completing STAT 135.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Engineering Statistics, Quality Control, and Forecasting: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2022
Introductory course on the theory and applications of decision analysis. Elective course that provides a systematic evaluation of decision-making problems under uncertainty. Emphasis on the formulation, analysis, and use of decision-making techniques in engineering, operations research and systems analysis. Includes formulation of risk problems and probabilistic risk assessments. Graphical methods and computer software using event trees, decision trees, and influence diagrams that focus on model design.
Decision Analytics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IND ENG 172 or STAT 134
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Oren, Righter
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020
This course addresses modeling and algorithms for integer programming problems, which are constrained optimization problems with integer-valued variables. Flexibility of integer optimization formulations; if-then constraints, fixed-costs, etc. Branch and Bound; Cutting plane methods; polyhedral theory. Applications in production planning, resource allocation, power generation, network design. Alternate formulations for integer optimization: strength of Linear Programming relaxations. Algorithms for integer optimization problems. Specialized strategies by integer programming solvers.
Integer Optimization: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: •
Enable the students to recognize when problems can be modeled as integer optimization problems.
•
Familiarize students in leading methodologies for solving integer optimization problems, and techniques in these methodologies.
•
To acquire skills in the best modeling approach that is suitable to the practical problem at hand.
•
To train students in modeling of integer optimization problems;
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To train the students in the selection of appropriate techniques to be used for integer optimization problems.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Rajan
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This course surveys topics related to the design of products and interfaces ranging from alarm clocks, cell phones, and dashboards to logos, presentations, and web sites. Design of such systems requires familiarity with human factors and ergonomics, including the physics and perception of color, sound, and touch, as well as familiarity with case studies and contemporary practices in interface design and usability testing. Students will solve a series of design problems individually and in teams.
Industrial Design and Human Factors: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Upper division standing
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Goldberg
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023
This course emphasizes the three Berkeley Changemaker pillars of critical thinking, effective communication, and productive collaboration. It combines critical examination of entrepreneurial challenges with strategic, ethical, and leadership theories. It develops verbal and collaborative leadership skills, through flipped classroom and intense case discussions, a team project, and a formal final presentation of the project. The case discussions in particular will develop effective listening, real-time analysis, and verbal leadership skills. The project will challenge you to analyze a current or historical ethical challenge in a high technology industry,
or analyze the ethical implications of your own entrepreneurial plans.
Berkeley Changemaker: Ethical and Effective Entrepreneurship in High Tech: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes: Students who fully engage with this class will strengthen their in-the-moment abilities to listen, learn, analyze, and convince. They will size up high tech business and entrepreneurial
opportunities with new perspectives, both strategic and ethical. They will gain practice in applying strategic and ethical frameworks to entrepreneurship and business decisions in high
technology. They will learn how to understand and build upon criticism in real-time, and lead discussions on contentious issues towards productive, inclusive, and mutually beneficial
outcomes. They will become an entrepreneur who not only sees how innovation can solve society’s problems, but can furthermore convince and lead others in accomplishing and
implementing a solution.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Upper division standing
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 171 after completing UGBA 105.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Fleming
Berkeley Changemaker: Ethical and Effective Entrepreneurship in High Tech: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
This is an introductory course in probability designed to develop a good understanding of uncertain phenomena and the mathematical tools used to model and analyze it. Applications will be given in such areas as reliability theory, risk theory, inventory theory, financial models, and computer science, among others. This course is a probability course and cannot be used to fulfill any engineering unit or elective requirements.
Probability and Risk Analysis for Engineers: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: Students will learn how to model random phenomena and learn about a variety of areas where it is important to estimate the likelihood of uncertain events. Students will also learn how to use computer simulation to replicate and analyze these events.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: MATH 51, MATH 52, and MATH 53
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 172 after completing STAT 134, or STAT C140.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This is an introductory course in stochastic models. It builds upon a basic course in probability theory and extends the concept of a single random variable into collections of random variables known as stochastic processes. The course focuses on discrete-time Markov chains, Poisson process, continuous-time Markov chains, and renewal theory. It also discusses applications to queueing theory, risk analysis and reliability theory. Along with the theory, the course covers stochastic simulation techniques that will allow students to go beyond the models and applications discussed in the course.
Introduction to Stochastic Processes: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: Students will learn how to model random phenomena that evolves over time, as well as the simulation techniques that enable the replication of such problems using a computer. By discussing various applications in science and engineering, students will be able to model many real world problems where uncertainty plays an important role.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Students should have taken a probability course, such as STAT 134 or IND ENG 172, and should have programming experience in Matlab or Python
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Ind Eng 173 after taking Ind Eng 161.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Introductory course on design, programming, and statistical analysis of simulation methods and tools for enterprise-scale systems such as traffic and computer networks, health-care and financial systems, and factories. Topics include the types of problems that can be solved by such methods. Programming material includes the theory behind random variable generation for a variety of common variables. Advanced techniques such as variance reduction, simulation optimization, or meta-modeling are considered. Student teams implement an enterprise-scale simulation in a semester-length design project.
Simulation for Enterprise-Scale Systems: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: •
Exposure students to state-of-art advanced simulation techniques. •
Note: the course is a mixture of modeling art, analytical science, and computational technology.
•
Have students communicate their ideas and solutions effectively in written reports.
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Insure students become familiar with the fundamental similarities and differences among simulation software packages.
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Introduce students to modern techniques for developing computer simulations of stochastic discrete-event models and experimenting with such models to better design and operate dynamic systems.
•
Introduce the different technologies used to develop simulation models and simulator products in order to become critical consumers of simulation study results.
•
Teach strengths and weaknesses of different approaches for a foundation for selecting methodologies.
•
Teach students how to model random processes and experiment with simulated systems.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: IND ENG 165; IND ENG 173; IND ENG 172 or STAT 134
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 174 after completing IND ENG 131. A deficient grade in IND ENG 174 may be removed by taking IND ENG 131.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Zheng
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Application of systems analysis and industrial engineering to the analysis, planning, and/or design of industrial, service, and government systems. Consideration of technical and economic aspects of equipment and process design. Students work in teams under faculty supervision. Topics vary yearly.
Senior Project: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 160, 162, 165, 173, Engineering 120, and three other Industrial Engineering and Operations Research electives
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 6 hours of fieldwork per week
Summer: 10 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 9 hours of fieldwork per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Entrepreneurial Marketing and Finance: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week
Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week
Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2014
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week
Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week
Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week
Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2011
This course is designed primarily for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in examining the major challenges and success factors entrepreneurs and innovators face in globalizing a company, product, or service. Over the duration of this course, students will examines case studies of early, mid-stage, and large-scale enterprises as they seek to start a new venture, introduce a new product or service, or capitalize on global economic trends to enhance their existing business. The course content exposes students interested in internationally oriented careers to the strategic thinking involved in international engagement and expansion. Cases will include both U.S. companies seeking to enter emerging markets and emerging market companies looking to expand within their own nations or into markets in developed nations. The course is focused around intensive study of actual business situations through rigorous case-study analysis.
Cases in Global Innovation: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 8 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course is designed primarily for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in examining the major challenges and success factors entrepreneurs and innovators face in globalizing a company product or service, with a focus on China. Over the duration of this course, students will examine case studies of foreign companies seeking to start a new venture, introduce a new product or service to the China market, or domestic Chinese companies seeking to adapt a U.S. or western business model to the China market. The course content exposes students interested in internationally oriented careers to the strategic thinking involved in international engagement and expansion and the particularities of the China market and their contrast with the U.S. market. The course is focused around intensive study of actual business situations through rigorous case-study analysis and the course size is limited to 30.
Cases in Global Innovation: China: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing. Recommended, but not required to be taken after or along with Engineering 198
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Sidhu
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course is designed primarily for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in examining the major challenges and success factors entrepreneurs and innovators face in conducting business, globalizing a company product or service, or investing in South Asia. Over the duration of this course, students will examine case studies of foreign companies seeking to start a new venture, introduce a new product or service to the South Asian market, or South Asian companies seeking to adapt a U.S or western business model. The course will put this into the larger context of the political, economic, and social climate in several South Asian countries and explore the constraints to doing business, as well as the policy changes that have allowed for a more conducive business environment.
Cases in Global Innovation: South Asia: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing. Recommended but not required to be taken after or along with Engineering 198
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructor: Sidhu
Terms offered: Fall 2022
Individual study and research for at least one academic year on a special problem approved by a member of the faculty; preparation of the thesis on broader aspects of this work.
Operations Research and Management Science Honors Thesis: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open only to students in the honors program
Credit Restrictions: Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required.
Operations Research and Management Science Honors Thesis: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Individual study and research for at least one academic year on a special problem approved by a member of the faculty; preparation of the thesis on broader aspects of this work.
Operations Research and Management Science Honors Thesis: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open only to students in the honors program
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required.
Operations Research and Management Science Honors Thesis: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022
Students work on a field project under the supervision of a faculty member. Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for bachelor's degree.
Undergraduate Field Research in Industrial Engineering: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Completion of two semesters of coursework
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of fieldwork per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-30 hours of fieldwork per week
8 weeks - 1.5-22.5 hours of fieldwork per week
10 weeks - 1.5-18 hours of fieldwork per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Undergraduate Field Research in Industrial Engineering: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Group studies of selected topics. Semester course unit value and contact hours will have a one-to-one ratio.
Directed Group Studies for Advanced Undergraduates: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Senior standing in Engineering
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Directed Group Studies for Advanced Undergraduates: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
Supervised independent study. Enrollment restrictions apply.
Supervised Independent Study: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and major adviser
Credit Restrictions: Course may be repeated for a maximum of four units per semester.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 2-7.5 hours of independent study per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Business Administration
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
This course offers students a taste of what it’s really like to start a business. In addition to learning key foundational entrepreneurial concepts such as idea generation & evaluation, customer & product development, creating a business model, fundraising, marketing, and scaling & exiting a business, students will also hear from successful entrepreneurs who share their perspectives and best practices. Students will apply core concepts by working in teams to evaluate and select a venture idea that they will then develop throughout the semester.
Introduction to Entrepreneurship: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Also listed as: L & S C5
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024
This team-taught introductory course to the four-year Spieker Undergraduate Business Program is grounded in the Haas Defining Leadership Principles. Covering business fundamentals, teamwork, and critical thinking, the course explores contemporary business topics along with their historical and conceptual foundations, and their social and psychological implications. The course includes two weekly lectures and one small section meeting, featuring hands-on individual and group exercises for practical application of the concepts. Regular guest speakers connect students to real-world business problems.
Foundations of Business: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session
Berkeley Changemaker impact occurs across many fronts: scientific, artistic, social, and entrepreneurial. This course helps students identify as a Berkeley Changemaker and learn the critical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills to become one. Combining disciplines across UC Berkeley, the course also helps launch the Berkeley Discovery arc. Students develop their own leadership styles and discover how they can create and lead diverse teams to act upon the world. Values in Berkeley’s DNA like Questioning the Status Quo and going Beyond Yourself support students in leading from whatever position they occupy, preparing them to leave their mark on campus, in their communities, or beyond. More at: http://changemaker.berkeley.edu.
The Berkeley Changemaker: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-2 hours of lecture and 0-1.5 hours of discussion per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 6-6 hours of lecture and 0-0 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 4-4 hours of lecture and 0-3 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Alternative to final exam.
Also listed as: L & S C12
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2022
Do you wonder how you might play a part in changing human health and improving the lives of others? Find your path with Berkeley Changemaker: Human Health. In this course you will apply the core principles of the Berkeley Changemaker curriculum by Critically exploring a full understanding of an important human health issue, Collaborating with diverse colleagues on a project team to investigate solutions using gold-standard discovery techniques, and Communicating what you’ve learned and providing thoughtful feedback to your classmates. Each week you will also research and then have a curated conversation with a changemaking expert on a range of human health topics, from startup solutions, to healthcare economics, to health equity issues.
Berkeley Changemaker: Human Health: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternate method of final assessment during regularly scheduled final exam group (e.g., presentation, final project, etc.).
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.
Freshman Seminars: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This class will compare and contrast the variety of gift giving and sharing traditions that make up American philanthropy. Both the cultural antecedents and their expression in this country will be explored from five ethnic and racial groups: Native American, European American, African American, Hispanic American, and Asian American. The goal is to gain a greater understanding of the many dimensions of philanthropy as it is practiced in the United States today.
Philanthropy: A Cross-Cultural Perspective: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 39AC
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-4 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 39
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course is required for all freshmen in the Global Management Program at the Haas School of Business and limited to those students as well. The objective of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the type of leadership skills required to be a successful cross-cultural leader in today's increasingly complex global marketplace. The goal is for each student to begin developing a personalized global leadership "toolkit" that will continue to evolve over the next few years in the Global Management Program and ultimately as a business decision-maker with fiduciary responsibilities.
Developing Global Leadership Expertise: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternate method of final assessment during regularly scheduled final exam group (e.g., presentation, final project, etc.).
Terms offered: Not yet offered
Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.
Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring:
5 weeks - 3-6 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week
15 weeks - 1-2 hours of seminar per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 1.5-3.5 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 8 Week Session
The goal of this connector course is to provide an understanding of how data and statistical analysis can improve managerial decision-making. We will explore statistical methods for gleaning insights from economic and social data, with an emphasis on approaches to identifying causal relationships. We will discuss how to design and analyze randomized experiments and introduce econometric methods for estimating causal effects in non-experimental data. The course draws on a variety of business and social science applications, including advertising, management, online marketplaces, labor markets, and education. This course, in combination with the Data 8 Foundations course, satisfies the statistics prerequisite for admission to Haas.
Data and Decisions: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: One semester of Calculus (Math 16A or Math 51). Also, this is a Data Science connector course and may only be taken concurrently with or after completing Computer Science C8/Statistics C8/Information C8
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Miller
Terms offered: Spring 2019
This course offers an introduction to the field of biotechnology and will cover the history of the field, its impact on medicine and society, key methodologies, important therapeutic areas, and the range of career options available in the biopharmaceutical industry. In addition to lectures on innovation and entrepreneurship, students will hear from lecturers with expertise ranging from molecular biology to clinical trial design and interpretation. Several case studies of historically impactful scientists, entrepreneurs, and biotherapeutic companies will be presented. Students will work in teams to create and develop novel biotechnology company ideas to present in class. Intended for students interested in the Biology+Business program.
Introduction to the Biotechnology Field and Industry: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.
Instructors: Kirn, Lasky
Formerly known as: Molecular and Cell Biology C95B/Undergrad. Business Administration C95B
Also listed as: MCELLBI C75
Introduction to the Biotechnology Field and Industry: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2023
Study in various fields of business administration for lower division students. Topics will vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Lower Division Special Topics in Business Administration: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Lower Division Special Topics in Business Administration: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014
Organized group study on topics selected by lower division students under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the Haas School of Business faculty.
Directed Group Study: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 98
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Theory and practice of effective communication in a business environment. Students practice what they learn with oral presentations and written assignments that model real-life business situations.
Business Communication: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Restricted to Undergraduate Business Administration Majors Only
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session
Economic analysis applicable to the problems of business enterprises with emphasis on the determination of the level of prices, outputs, and inputs; effects of the state of the competitive environment on business and government policies.
Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Economics 1, Mathematics 1A (through Summer 2025) or 51 (as of Fall 2025) or 16A, Statistics W21, or equivalents
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA 101A after completing ECON 100A, ECON 101A, BUS ADM 110, ENVECON 100, BUS ADM S110, IAS 106, or POLECON 106. A deficient grade in UGBA 101A may be removed by taking POLECON 106, ECON 100A, ECON 101A, ENVECON 100, IAS 106, or POLECON 106.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session
Analysis of the operation of the market system with emphasis on the factors responsible for economic instability; analysis of public and business policies which are necessary as a result of business fluctuations.
Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Economics 1, Mathematics 1A or 16A, Statistics W21, or equivalents
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA 101B after completing ECON 100B, ECON 101B, BUS ADM 111, IAS 107, or POLECON 107. A deficient grade in UGBA 101B may be removed by taking ECON 100B, ECON 101B, IAS 107, or POLECON 107.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required, with common exam group.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 111
Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session
The identification, measurement, and reporting of financial effects of events on enterprises, with a particular emphasis on business organization. Preparation and interpretation of balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows.
Financial Accounting: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Course not open for credit for students who are taking or have completed Undergraduate Business Administration W102A.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session
The uses of accounting systems and their outputs in the process of management of an enterprise. Classification of costs and revenue on several bases for various uses; budgeting and standard cost accounting; analyses of relevant costs and other data for decision making.
Managerial Accounting: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 102A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session
Analysis and management of the flow of funds through an enterprise. Cash management, source and application of funds, term loans, types and sources of long-term capital. Capital budgeting, cost of capital, and financial structure. Introduction to capital markets.
Introduction to Finance: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session
This course provides an introduction to several quantitative methods used to facilitate complex decision-making in business, with applications in many different industries, at different levels in the organization, and with different scopes of decisions. The power of the methods covered in this class is further enhanced by implementing them in spreadsheet software, which allows complex problems to be approached and solved in a straightforward and understandable manner.
Introduction to Business Analytics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Mathematics 1B or 16B, Statistics W21, or equivalents
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of laboratory per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5-0 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session
A general descriptive and analytical study of organizations from the behavioral science point of view. Problems of motivation, leadership, morale, social structure, groups, communications, hierarchy, and control in complex organizations are addressed. The interaction among technology, environment, and human behavior are considered. Alternate theoretical models are discussed.
Leading People: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Undergrad. Business Administration 105 after completing Business Administration 150 or S150.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of lecture and 1.5-0 hours of discussion per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 4-8 hours of lecture and 4-0 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 3-6 hours of lecture and 3-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session
The evolution of markets and marketing; market structure; marketing cost and efficiency; public and private regulation; the development of marketing programs including decisions involving products, price, promotional distribution.
Marketing: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session
Study and analysis of American business in a changing social and political environment. Interaction between business and other institutions. Role of business in the development of social values, goals, and national priorities. The expanding role of the corporation in dealing with social problems and issues.
The Social, Political, and Ethical Environment of Business: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 5-7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
The Social, Political, and Ethical Environment of Business: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2018, Spring 2018
A variety of topics in economic analysis and policy with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101A-101B or equivalents
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 119
Special Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This course will develop models for understanding the economic causes and effects of international trade, will investigate the effects of economic policies that inhibit trade, and will examine the political economy of trade. By integrating the findings of the latest theoretical and empirical research in international economics, this course help students learn how to explore the current political debates in the U.S. and elsewhere regarding the benefits and costs of international trade.
International Trade: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Undergraduate Business Administration 101A or equivalent
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Undergraduate Business Administration 118 after taking Economics 181 or Economics C181/Environmental Economics and Policy C181.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2023
This Course introduces the student to concepts, theory and applications of financial accounting. The topics covered include accrual accounting concepts, financial statement analysis, inventory valuations, capital assets and their corresponding depreciation and impairment. Attention is given to examples on current reporting practices and to the study of reporting requirements promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) with comparison to the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”).
Intermediate Financial Accounting 1: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 102A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2024
This course expands students’ knowledge of the concepts, theory, and application of financial accounting. It continues the technical accounting sequence, which also includes UGBA 120AA, Intermediate Accounting 1 and UGBA 120B, Advanced Financial Accounting. Topics include an in-depth treatment of the financing elements of the balance sheet and the income statement, as well as a detailed examination of the statement of cash flows.
Intermediate Financial Accounting 2: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: UGBA 102A is required. UGBA 120AA is recommended
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session
Continuation of 120A. Sources of long term capital; funds statements, financial analysis, accounting for partnerships, consolidated financial statements, adjustments of accounting data using price indexes; accounting for the financial effects of pension plans; other advanced accounting problems.
Advanced Financial Accounting: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: UGBA 120AA and 120AB are recommended
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2024
Determination of individual and corporation tax liability; influence of federal taxation on economic activity; tax considerations in business and investment decisions.
Federal Income Tax Accounting: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 102A (120AA recommended)
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session
This course is designed to: 1) develop basic skills in financial statement analysis; 2) teach students to identify the relevant financial data used in a variety of decision contexts, such as equity valuation, forecasting firm-level economic variables, distress prediction and credit analysis; 3) help students appreciate the factors that influence the outcome of the financial reporting process, such as the incentives of reporting parties, regulatory rules, and a firm's competitive environment.
Financial Information Analysis: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 120AA
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
This course examines how accounting in the financial services industry – banking, insurance, investment industry, and real estate – actually operates. Students learn about underwriting and pricing in each sector, investment processes and controls, incentive-based profit sharing, risk management, and the factors that contribute to profitability. Students learn what financial statements reveal about estimates companies make regarding liabilities and, more generally, what they reveal about how companies deal with uncertainty associated with predicting and measuring financial results. Students examine the controversy over employing Fair Value Accounting across sectors and learn about other sector-specific accounting requirements.
Operating and Financial Reporting Issues in the Financial Services Industry: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Students are encouraged to complete UGBA 102A or to possess a basic understanding about how financial statements are prepared
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Operating and Financial Reporting Issues in the Financial Services Industry: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This course focuses on ethics related to the accounting for and reporting of financial statements and related financial information, and touches on the ethics of tax preparers. It is taught within the context of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), as well as broader ethical concepts. This course fulfills the accounting ethics education requirement of the California Board of Accountancy, needed for a California CPA license. The course covers (i) theories and rules and (ii) the application of these theories and rules to case studies drawn from real life. Students are taught not only to identify the risks of fraud, but also how an organization’s culture and structure might be altered to reduce the risks.
Ethics in Accounting: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2024
Concepts and problems in the field of professional verification of financial and related information, including ethical, legal and other professional issues, historical developments, and current concerns.
Auditing: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 120AA (120AB and 120B recommended)
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
A variety of topics in accounting with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Accounting: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: At the discretion of the instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture and 0-1 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture and 0-2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Managerial accounting is a company's internal language and is used for decision-making, production management, product design and pricing, performance evaluation and motivation of employees. The objective of the course is to develop the skills and analytical ability of effectively and efficiently use managerial accounting information in order to help a company achieve its strategic and financial goals.
Strategic Cost Management: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 102B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session
This course will cover the principles and practice of business finance. It will focus on project evaluation, capital structure, and corporate governance. Firms' policies toward debt, equity, and dividends are explored. The incentives and conflicts facing managers and owners are also discussed.
Corporate Finance and Financial Statement Analysis: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 103
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 134
Corporate Finance and Financial Statement Analysis: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
The course is designed to cover advanced corporate finance issues. Its purpose is two-fold. First, it will help students develop a tool-box, both conceptual and quantitative, to address real-world corporate financial issues that they will likely use immediately in any finance-related career. Second, the course is designed to give the “the big picture,” i.e., sharpen understanding of how corporate financial strategy helps increase a firm’s value in a dynamic environment. The course examines qualitative factors that help determine financial strategy, including the costs of financial distress and the value of financial flexibility, as well as quantitative techniques, such as option pricing, that will be helpful in various analyses.
Corporate Strategy and Valuation: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Undergraduate Business Administration 103
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session
Organization, behavior, and management of financial institutions. Markets for financial assets and the structure of yields, influence of Federal Reserve System and monetary policy on financial assets and institutions.
Financial Institutions and Markets: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101A-101B, and 103
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 132
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2023
Sources of and demand for investment capital, operations of security markets, determination of investment policy, and procedures for analysis of securities.
Investments: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 103
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2019
This course provides students with an introduction to the application of mathematics and statistics in the field of finance. It consists of three integrated modules: 1) an introduction to the quantitative foundations of finance, using calculus, linear algebra, statistics and probability; 2) extension into financial theory as it relates to asset pricing, fixed income, derivatives, structured finance and risk management; and 3) application and implementation of these foundational tools and theory through software like Excel to build basic quantitative financial models (touching on programming). The goal is to use financial models that can guide business and financial decisions.
Introduction to Financial Engineering: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: UGBA 103
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Survey of major life financial decisions (e.g., career choice, consumption versus saving, investments, mortgages, insurance) and how decision-making biases (e.g., overconfidence, present bias, limited attention) can lead to suboptimal choice. The course draws on research from economics, psychology, and sociology.
Personal Financial Management: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Odean, Selinger
Terms offered: Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 Second 6 Week Session
This course explores why markets are sometimes inefficient. We consider the role that investors’ heuristics and biases play in generating mispricing in financial markets. We also explore how various trading frictions limit the ability of arbitrageurs to reduce mispricing. Finally, we look at the influence of market inefficiencies on corporate decisions.
Behavioral Finance: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 103
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session
A variety of topics in finance with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Finance: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 103
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 139
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022
A survey of the concepts and methodologies for management control of production and operations systems. Topics include inventory control, material requirements planning for multistage production systems, aggregate planning, scheduling, and production distribution.
Production and Operations Management: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 104 or equivalent, or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 0-1 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 5-7.5 hours of lecture and 0-2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 142
Terms offered: Spring 2024
Successful business analysts, managers, and executives are increasingly required to make data-driven decisions to run their businesses, rather than rely on experience and intuition alone. This course teaches the latest data analytic methods and decision methods now used by leading-edge business practitioners, going deep to understand their technical inner workings and going broad to realize their practical business applications. Topics include: data analysis/business decision methodology; data analytic methods, including machine learning and other approaches; introduction to R software for data analysis; real-world/real-data business practicum across a variety of industries.
Advanced Business Analytics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Undergraduate Business Administration 104, Data Science C100, or equivalent
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2010
This course provides an introduction to game theory and decision analysis. Game theory is concerned with strategic interactions among players (multi-player games), and decision analysis is concerned with making choices under uncertainty (single-player games). Emphasis is placed on applications.
Game Theory and Business Decisions: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Mathematics 1B or 16B, Statistics 21, or equivalent
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 First 6 Week Session
The primary objective of this course is to develop the critical skills and knowledge needed to successfully pitch and lead projects, and to deliver those projects on time and within budget. The course delves into formal planning and scheduling techniques including: project definition, project selection, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Resource Estimation, Critical Path Method (CPM), Pert, Gantt Charts, Resource Constrained Scheduling, Project Monitoring and Project Closing.
Project Management: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2022
A variety of topics in manufacturing and information technology with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Operations and Information Technology Management: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Special Topics in Operations and Information Technology Management: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
This course helps students hone and develop the leadership skills needed to lead dynamic, complex, global teams. Globalization, rapid technological change, and a shift towards an innovation-based economy have resulted in more dynamic, distributed, cross-functional, as well as demographically and culturally diverse teams. Students will learn to create team developmental plans and accountability, coach teams through challenges, encourage teams to recognize and avoid bias and misattributions, and lead from a distance and across boundaries.
Leading High Impact Teams: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternate method of final assessment during regularly scheduled final exam group (e.g., presentation, final project, etc.).
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020
The designs of systems of rewards, assessment, and manpower development. The interaction of selection, placement, training, personnel evaluation, and career ladders within an on-going organization. Role of the staff manager. Introduction of change. Implications of behavioral research for management problems and policies.
Management of Human Resources: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 105
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 151
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course focuses on measuring and analyzing the costs and benefits of human capital investments by providing students with the ability to develop, analyze and use information to assess and measure employee and organizational performance. The course will show participants how to develop and make critical recommendations on such information to senior management, as well as helping to increase their presence and credibility with key decision makers. On successful completion, students will have the skills necessary to formulate both qualitative and quantitative recommendations for key management decisions affecting employees.
People Analytics: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session
The purpose of this course is to understand the theory and processes of negotiation as practiced in a variety of settings. It is designed to be relevant to the broad spectrum of negotiation problems faced by managers and professionals. By focusing on the hehavior of individuals, groups, and organizations in the context of competitive situations, the course will allow students the opportunity to develop negotiation skills experientially in useful analytical frameworks (e.g.- simulations, cases).
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 105
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 152
Terms offered: Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2023, Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session
This course will provide students with a sense of "political intelligence." After taking this course, students will be able to: (1) diagnose the true distribution of power in organizations, (2) identify strategies for building sources of power, (3) develop techniques for influencing others, (4) understand the role of power in building cooperation and leading change in organizations, and (5) make sense of others' attempts to influence them. These skills are essential for effective and satisfying career building.
Power and Politics in Organizations: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2021 First 6 Week Session
The purpose of this course is for the students to develop understanding of the theory and practice of leadership in various organizational settings. It is designed to allow students the opportunity to develop leadership skills through experiential exercises, behavioral and self-assessments, case studies, class discussions, and lectures.
Leadership: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA 155 after completing UGBA W155. A deficient grade in UGBA 155 may be removed by taking UGBA W155.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2023 10 Week Session, Summer 2022 10 Week Session, Summer 2021 10 Week Session
The purpose of this course is for the students to develop understanding of the theory and practice of leadership in various organizational settings. It is designed to allow students the opportunity to develop leadership skills through experiential exercises, behavioral and self-assessments, case studies, class discussions, and lectures.
Leadership: Purpose, Authority, and Empowerment: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA C155 after completing UGBA W155. A deficient grade in UGBA C155 may be removed by taking UGBA W155.
Hours & Format
Summer: 10 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Also listed as: UGIS C151
Leadership: Purpose, Authority, and Empowerment: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024
What does it mean to “live with agency”? This course emphasizes the Berkeley Changemaker pillars of critical thinking, effective communication, and productive collaboration. You will combine critical examination of evidence-based, multi-disciplinary research and theories with personal self-reflection. These are interwoven with implementable strategies, directly applicable to the business context, to help you develop a sharper sense of who you want to be along with tools to make that happen. Frequent guest speakers, simulations, and discussions allow you to learn from others as you expand your network. L&S/UGBA C12/C196C is not a prerequisite but is highly recommended since this course complements and builds on that class.
Berkeley Changemaker: Living with Agency: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternate method of final assessment during regularly scheduled final exam group (e.g., presentation, final project, etc.).
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
A variety of topics in organizational behavior and industrial relations with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in the Management of Organizations: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 105
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 159
Special Topics in the Management of Organizations: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
This course inspires, trains and equips participants to convert raw energy and enthusiasm for creating a better world into real leadership skills and mindsets which will empower you to create positive change at an individual, organizational and societal level. Anchored in change leadership and bringing together the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership & social impact, the course is focused on moving from ideas to action; gaining inspiration from diverse changemakers across roles and sectors; learning how to navigate, shape and lead change to thrive amidst uncertainty; and helping you become the kind of leader our companies, our communities and our world need right now.
Becoming a Changemaker: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
Consumer behavior is the study of how consumers process information, form attitudes and judgments, and make decisions. Its study is critical to understand how consumers think and behave, which is critical for a company wishing to develop a customer focus. Given how different people are, it is amazing how similarly their minds work. Consumer psychology is the systematic study of how consumers perceive information, how they encode it in memory, integrate it with other sources of information, retrieve it from memory, and utilize it to make decisions. It is one of the building blocks of the study of marketing and provides the student with a set of tools with diverse applications.
Customer Insights: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 106
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017
Information technology has allowed firms to gather and process large quantities of information about consumers' choices and reactions to marketing campaigns. However, few firms have the expertise to intelligently act on such information. This course addresses this shortcoming by teaching students how to use customer information to better market to consumers. In addition, the course addresses how information technology affects marketing strategy.
Market Research: Tools and Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 106
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Market Research: Tools and Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2022, Fall 2020
This course is an introduction to product management in marketing consumer and industrial goods and services. The course will cover analysis of market information, development of product strategy, programming strategy, and implementation.
Brand Management and Strategy: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 106
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 162
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
As consumers demand information and products tailored specifically to their individual needs, brands strive to create alternative advertising methods to build lasting relationships and retain “top of mind” status. Smart consumers, especially those in niche markets, have dismissed traditional avenues of sponsorship and product placement. Course explores how and why brand executives across multiple industries are leveraging entertainment to connect with niche markets. It educates students about how marketers develop creative and entertaining ways to connect with multi-hyphenate customers. Course culminates in a Creative Pitch, based on a case study, and a Client Presentation where students present marketing campaigns to industry executives.
Product Branding and Branded Entertainment: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
This course specifically addresses how to deal with competition. Additionally, marketing managers usually have to make decisions with incomplete or unreliable information. In “Marketing Strategy” students learn how firms develop plans that can be updated in light of changing circumstances. The course covers the following topics: Market size estimation; Competitor identification and analysis; Internal analysis; Alternative business models; Risk identification, assessment and management using scenario planning; Handling unknown futures using sensitivity analysis; Price setting dynamics; Competitive tactics. The course utilizes a combination of lectures and cases. There are group presentations (self-selected teams) and some group projects.
Marketing Strategy: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 106
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Summer 2022 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2021 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session
Basic concepts and functions of advertising in the economy; consumer motivation; problems in utilizing advertising and measuring its effectiveness.
Advertising Strategy: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 106
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 165
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
A variety of topics in marketing with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Marketing: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 106
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4-6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 169
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Provides frameworks, knowledge, and sensitivities to formulate and implement marketing strategies for competing in the international arena. Regions and countries covered include the Americas, Europe, Japan, China, India, Russia, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Issues covered include global versus local advertising, international pricing strategies, selecting and managing strategic international alliances and distribution channels, managing international brands and product lines through product life cycle, international retailing, and international marketing organization and control.
International Marketing: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2024
This three-module course aims to equip students with proven concepts, techniques, and frameworks for assessing and formulating pricing strategies. The first module develops the economics and behavorial foundations of pricing. The second module discusses several innovative pricing concepts including price customization, nonlinear pricing, price matching, and product line pricing. The third module analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of several Internet-based, buyer-determined pricing models.
Pricing: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2022
This course critically examines how new technologies and business models impact cities, and identifies the approaches that produce not only the best business outcomes, but also the most equitable and sustainable outcomes. To begin, we explore what makes cities such compelling laboratories for technology innovation, learn from past attempts at “smart city” interventions, and discuss how technologists can identify more effective solutions to today’s urban challenges. We’ll then hear from a variety of cutting edge practitioners, including venture investors, startup founders, government officials, tech journalists and community organizers about the unique opportunities and challenges of building an urban tech startup today.
Tech and the City: How to Get Urban Innovation Right: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Tech and the City: How to Get Urban Innovation Right: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019
This course will examine selected aspects of the history of American business. Included will be discussions of the evolution of the large corporation, the development of modern managerial techniques, and the changing relationship of business, government, and labor.
History of American Business: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Rosen
Formerly known as: American Studies C172, Business Administration C172
Also listed as: AMERSTD C172
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2022
This course takes the perspective of the executive responsible for developing a firm's strategy, and focuses on forms of competitive advantage at the firm level. Topics include industry and competitive analysis; business scope (horizontal and vertical scope); make vs buy decision-making and related tradeoffs; network effects and complementors; disruption and response; non-market factors such as regulatory barriers to entry; and risks to sustaining returns. This course will build on concepts covered in various UGBA Core classes.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101A or equivalent
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
3 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Metzler
Formerly known as: Undergrad. Business Administration 115
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Class format consists of lectures, experiential exercises, student presentations, and case discussions. This course will cover the concepts and techniques required for successful implementation of business strategies with a particular focus on the role of effective leadership in leading strategic change.
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Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA 174 after completing BUS ADM 190.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 10 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: Undergrad. Business Administration 119
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
An analysis of the law and the legal process, emphasizing the nature and functions of law within the U.S. federal system, followed by a discussion of the legal problems pertaining to contracts and related topics, business association, and the impact of law on economic enterprise.
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Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 175
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This course introduces students to public relations and how it is used by companies, non-profits and individuals to build and support their brands through innovative communication techniques. Students will hear from and have direct access to entrepreneurs and established executives who share insights on how they've used creative public relations campaigns and communications skills to create attention and value for their brand or avoid it in a crisis. They also learn to work in teams crafting effective media responses for an existing company needing real help now (not a case study). The semester ends with each student applying this technique to create their own personal brand that they can refine as they prepare to move into the workforce.
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Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Innovations in Communications and Public Relations: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023
A variety of topics in business and public policy with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Business and Public Policy: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 107
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 179
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session
A survey involving environmental, economic, political, and social constraints on doing business abroad; effects of overseas business investments on domestic and foreign economies; foreign market analysis and operational strategy of a firm; management problems and development potential of international operations.
Introduction to International Business: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Undergraduate Business Administration 101A-101B or equivalents
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Undergraduate Business Administration 178 after completing Business Administration 188. A deficient grade in Business Administration 188 may be removed by taking Undergraduate Business Administration 178.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
By exploring the intersection of global business, entrepreneurship, and consulting, this course provides an understanding of how decision-makers in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can develop the frameworks necessary for making decisions about how to venture across borders in pursuit of economic opportunities in today's hypercompetitive global business environment. In addition to the technical analysis of cases, there is a strong emphasis on how to create a new service company, market and sell to potential clients, manage client relationships, and leverage financial and human resources in a service setting.
International Consulting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
International Consulting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course is required for all juniors in the Global Management Program at the Haas School of Business and limited to those students as well. This is an experiential learning course where students will work on a live project with a company, covering both the revenue and cost sides of the business model. The course will provide students insider access to company executives and information while also giving them the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the company’s bottom-line performance. In the process, students will acquire skills and knowledge across the following three key categories: Cross-Cultural Competence, International Sales & Marketing, International Finance & Supply Chain Management.
GMP Capstone: International Team Project: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
The nature of real property; market analysis; construction cycles; mortgage lending; equity investment; metropolitan growth; urban land use; real property valuation; public policies.
Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Economics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Economics 1, Mathematics 16A or 1A, or equivalents
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 180
Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Economics: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
Real estate debt and equity financing; mortgage market structure; effects of credit on demand; equity investment criteria; public policies in real estate finance and urban development.
Introduction to Real Estate Finance: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 180
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 183
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2016
This course examines how market forces influence the development of cities and the development and pricing of real estate assets. Topics include city formation; city size; land rent and land use; the operation of residential, commerical and industrial property markets; and the impacts of government policies, including the provision of public services, the imposition property taxes and fees, transportation pricing and investment, and land use regulations.
Urban and Real Estate Economics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: A background in microeconomics and basic calculus is preferable. Please contact the instructor if you are unsure about your preparation for this course
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2009
A variety of topics in real estate economics and finance with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Real Estate Economics and Finance: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Special Topics in Real Estate Economics and Finance: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2020
This is a project-based course in collaborative innovation where students experience group creativity and team-based design by using techniques from across the disciplines of business, theater, design, and art practice. Students will leverage problem framing and solving techniques derived from critical thinking, systems thinking, and creative problem solving (popularly known today as design thinking). The course is grounded in a brief weekly lecture that sets out the theoretical, historical, and cultural contexts for particular innovation practices, but the majority of the class involves hands-on studio-based learning guided by an interdisciplinary team of teachers leading small group collaborative projects.
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Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA 190C after completing ART 100, or THEATER 100. A deficient grade in UGBA 190C may be removed by taking ART 100, or THEATER 100.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of studio per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Beckman
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2022
The goal of this course is to equip students with innovation skills and practices. This is a learn-by-doing lab. Students learn research methods, ethnography, analysis and synthesis, reflective thinking, scenario creation, ideation processes, rapid prototyping cycles and designing experiments, iterative design and how to tell the story of “Never Before Seen” ideas. Class time is spent using hands-on innovation and human-centered design practices. Teams present work for critique and iterative development. The course features short lectures, guest talks, campus-based fieldwork, site visits, research and readings. Projects will be launched in the sessions and each team will be coached and mentored.
Innovation and Design Thinking in Business: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course is a strategy and general management course for students interested in pursuing careers in the global information technology industry. Students are taught to view the IT industry through the eyes of the general manager/CEO (whether at a start-up or an industry giant). They learn how to evaluate strategic options and their consequences, how to understand the perspectives of various industry players, and how to anticipate how they are likely to behave under various circumstances. These include the changing economics of production, the role network effects and standards have on adoption of new products and services, the tradeoffs among potential pricing strategies, and the regulatory and public policy context.
Strategy for the Information Technology Firm: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 4-6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Advanced study in the fields of innovation and design that will address current and emerging issues. Topics will vary with each offering and will be announced at the beginning of each term.
Special Topics in Innovation and Design: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 2-7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session
This course is a workshop in the fundamentals of public speaking skills in today's business environment. Each student will give speeches, coach, and debate each other, and take part in a variety of listening and other communication exercises. The course focuses on authenticity, persuasion, and advocacy.
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Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 3.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This class explores the broad principles of improvisation, a performing art form that has developed pedagogical methods to enhance individual spontaneity, listening and awareness, expressive skills, risk-taking, and one’s ability to make authentic social and emotional connections. The ultimate aim of the course is to help students develop an innovative and improvisational leadership mindset, sharpening in-the-moment decision making and the ability to quickly recognize and act upon opportunities when presented. In practical terms, this course strives to enhance students’ business communication skills and increase both interpersonal intuition and confidence.
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Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Leadership Communication is a workshop in the fundamentals of public speaking in today's business environment. Through prepared and impromptu speeches aimed at moving others to action, peer coaching, and lectures, students will sharpen their authentic and persuasive communication skills, develop critical listening skills, improve abilities to give, receive, and apply feedback, and gain confidence as public speakers.
Leadership Communication: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
This course is highly interactive and challenges you to explore questions central to your own leadership journey. The ultimate aim of the class is to help you develop a lifelong leadership development practice, where continuous personal growth is valued and actively pursued.
Leadership and Personal Development: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of laboratory per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020
This course prepares students conceptually and practically to found, lead, and manage organizations in the nonprofit sector. The course focuses on mission and theory of change (strategy), role of the board in governance, managing and marketing to multiple constituencies, role of advocacy in meeting mission, leadership styles and managing organizational culture, resource development (philanthropy), nonprofit financial management, managing for impact, HR management (volunteering), and cross-sector alliances.
Leading Nonprofit and Social Enterprises: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101A or equivalent
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 115
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
This course provides a survey of innovative social movements and their complex relationships to social media technologies. It will examine the evolution from pre-social-media to present-day mobilizing strategies and the interplay between explicitly policy- and advocacy-focused approaches and related efforts rooted in music, visual arts, popular culture and celebrities. The course will place into comparative relief the discourses of explicitly racially- or ethnically-defined movements and movements that mobilize based on other, sometimes overlapping categories of marginalization including class, immigration status, gender identity and occupational category.
Social Movements and Social Media: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructor: David Harris
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This course teaches students the concepts and practices of effective philanthropy. It offers students the experience of studying relevant theories and frameworks for assessing potential grant recipients and a real-world grant making experience in which they complete a series of nonprofit organizational assessments and then make actual grants totaling $10,000 to a limited number of organizations. Students learn about the evolution of the philanthropic sector from traditional entities, such as private, corporate and community foundations, to an array of new funding intermediaries, technology-driven philanthropies, open source platforms, “impact” investors, and venture philanthropy partnerships.
Strategic Philanthropy: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This course is designed to provide broad exposure to the theories and activities of social entrepreneurship. The inquiry is grounded in real-world examples that illustrate the topics and stimulate thinking, discussion, and learning. Working in groups, students develop a business plan or pitch deck for a social enterprise that addresses an issue that is of interest/concern to the student team. Students with preexisting social enterprise ideas or plans that they would like to further develop and refine are welcomed and encouraged to use this class project as an opportunity to do so.
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Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course is a lecture series that explores the food system and its critical role in our culture, well-being and survival. Students will develop food-systems intelligence—a personal understanding of how the diverse facets of the food system relate to one another, especially one's own role as a participant in the food system and how individual and collective choices, actions, policies and public and private interests affect it. The course explores personal ethics, complex systems, entrepreneurial agency, and ways to develop a multi-sector perspective to food-systems change making. Students will develop plans at an individual, local, national, or global scale to improve, and possibly transform our food system.
Edible Education: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
The main objective of this course is to help students become effective practitioners in global development and understand career options in the global social sector. The course aims to (i) analyze the historical, sociological and statistical underpinnings of the major issues in global development (conflict, food security, human rights, poverty, health and education), (ii) understand what various organizations can contribute to each issue (government agencies, multilateral institutions, private foundations, NGOs, and private sector companies and entrepreneurs), and (iii) design and analyze approaches to addressing these issues.
Strategic Approaches for Global Social Impact: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Strategic Approaches for Global Social Impact: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2021
This course, one of the first of its kind offered at a business school, will prepare students for the growing field of practice at the intersection of business and human rights. Students will gain an overview of the international human rights framework and global business and human rights standards and guidelines; analyze the ways in which companies can impact human rights, and to assess the degree to which companies are and should be responsible for human rights impacts; learn to manage a company’s human rights impacts as corporate human rights managers, external consultants, or civil society advocates; and practice the communication skills necessary to successfully address human rights issues within a complex multinational corporation.
Managing Human Rights in Business: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This is a high-octane, single weekend course (plus one intro day) for students interested in meeting other innovators and getting hands-on experience developing a new impact startup concept. All “social and environmental” impact themes are welcome. The course is inspired by other “hackathon” and startup weekend formats. A structured roadmap helps guide students through a sprint formation and ideation process. All students will be asked to submit an idea during the week prior to the class. After a peer vote selects the top ideas, teams are organically formed during the first session. At the end of the course, each team will present their validated concept and their next steps plan to a panel of impact venture experts.
Impact Startup Disco: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 1 weeks - 15 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course covers the methods and applications of impact evaluations, which is the science of measuring the causal impact of a program or policy on outcomes of interest. At its essence, impact evaluation is about generating evidence on which policies work, and which don’t. This subject matter should appeal to three main audiences: (1) those in decision-making positions, such as policy makers and business leaders, and need to consume the information generated from impact evaluations to make informed evidence-based decisions, (2) project managers, development practitioners and business managers who commission impact evaluations and (3) researchers who actually design and implement impact evaluations.
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Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This course provides a basic understanding of what consultants do and how they do it, and how consulting skills can be applied to thorny problems of social impact. Students will: 1) gain a broad understanding of the management consulting industry, the various consulting models, and how consultants can generate value for their clients in the social sector; 2) learn and practice structured approaches to problem solving used by leading management consultancies; and 3) understand other skills required in management consulting for social impact – such as communicating persuasively and managing projects and client relationships – as well as some of the ethical issues that consultants often face working in the social sector.
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Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring:
12 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture per week
15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternate method of final assessment during regularly scheduled final exam group (e.g., presentation, final project, etc.).
Management Consulting Skills for Social Impact: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Advanced study in the field of social sector leadership that will address current and emerging issues. Topics will vary with each offering and will be announced at the beginning of each term.
Topics in Social Sector Leadership: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-5 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-12.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021
Discuss the field of strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) through a series of lectures, guest speakers, and projects. The course will examine best practices used by companies to engage in socially responsible business practices. It will provide students with a flavor of the complex dilemmas one can face in business in trying to do both "good for society" and "well for shareholders." It looks at CSR from a corporation perspective, and how this supports core business objectives, core competencies, and bottom-line profits.
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Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025
Available to students across all UCs, Plant Futures: Introduction to Plant-Centric Food Systems fosters interdisciplinary connection while providing a systems-view exploration of both the challenges and emergent solutions and opportunities within our current food system. Through a mix of synchronous and asynchronous modular content, covering Climate & Environment, Health & Nutrition, Animal Welfare, Social Impacts, Innovation, Policy & Law, Behavioral Change, Media, and Plant-Forward Cooking, you'll engage with esteemed experts, express your unique perspective through written assignments and guided discussions, and apply your learnings and ideas by working with your peers on innovative projects aimed at advancing plant-centric food systems.
Plant Futures: Introduction to Plant-Centric Food Systems: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Plant Futures: Introduction to Plant-Centric Food Systems: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 First 6 Week Session
This course—a mixture of lectures, readings, business cases and corporate speakers—uses theory, frameworks, tools and business cases to teach students how to systematically evaluate and implement sustainability strategies that also maintain or maximize financial returns. Students are taught to identify opportunities to create business value from environmental and social challenges, and to evaluate the competitive implications related to sustainability initiatives. What type of long-term strategies can organizations set to simultaneously foster sustainable development strategy and sound financial practice? How should decision makers make trade-offs between these two organizational objectives? When is “sustainability” also “good business”?
Business and Sustainability: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Advanced study in the field of corporate social responsibility that will address current and emerging issues. Topics will vary with each offering and will be announced at the beginning of each term.
Topics in Responsible Business: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 2-8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 8 Week Session, Summer 2021 8 Week Session
As corporations have grown in influence, concerns over their impact on people and the planet have also grown, pushing sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and the wider impact of business into the spotlight. This course focuses on business ethics, supply chains, resource constraints, labor issues, innovation, and environmental externalities, as well as the internal challenges, competitive pressures, external stakeholders, and other issues that businesses must consider while trying to act responsibly.
Business, Sustainability, and Society: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required, with common exam group.
Instructor: Rochlin
Also listed as: ENE,RES C192
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Energy is one of the main drivers of civilization. Today we are at the precipice of what many hope will be a major paradigm shift in energy production and use. Two transitions are needed. On the one hand, we must find ways to extend the benefits of our existing energy system to the impoverished people living in the developing world while continuing to provide these benefits to the people of the developed world. On the other hand, we must completely overhaul the existing system to fight climate change and other forms of air and water pollution. Are these shifts truly within our reach? Can we achieve both simultaneously? If so, how? This Big Ideas course will grapple with these questions using an interdisciplinary systems approach.
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Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA 193B after completing L & S 126. A deficient grade in UGBA 193B may be removed by taking L & S 126.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2014 10 Week Session, Summer 2013 10 Week Session, Summer 2012 10 Week Session
A structured reflective experience on the applied aspects of Business Administration in a professional off-campus environment. The self-selected experience from a CPT employer is designed to provide students with opportunities to make connections between the theory and practice of academic study and the practical application of that study in a real world setting. This applied course is intended for students to enhance their academics through their experience with the experiential learning activity of their choice.
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Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Students may enroll in multiple sections of this course within the same semester.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of internship per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 0 hours of internship per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session
This course includes both formal learning in lectures, experiential learning, and action research through site visits abroad. Students and instructor will visit with international companies and/or organizations to learn about the business opportunities and challenges of operating in a specific country or region. Evaluation is based on student participation, presentations, and a research paper. Country and business industry focus may vary from term to term depending upon the instructor.
Business Abroad: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: To be determined by instructor depending on topic
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4-6 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 5 weeks - 16-25 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This is a speakers series course designed to give students insights from practitioners into complex issues facing American business leaders. Each week a guest speaker will discuss an issue related to a particular theme, ranging from corporate governance to the social responsibilities of business. Students will be challenged to synthesize, question, and extend those insights under the guidance of the instructor.
Undergraduate Colloquium on Business Topics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025
This course focuses on key issues and influencers within the sports industry, with an emphasis on college athletics. Subjects research, review and discuss topics in law, marketing, finance, and management; issues range from pending NCAA lawsuits, naming rights, conference television agreements, multi-media rights, and athletic facility financing, to coaching and player / student-athlete experiences. Students have the opportunity to engage with sports industry professionals and guest speakers on a variety of present day issues.
Sports Management: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Whether you have an idea for a business right now, are interested in being an entrepreneur in the future, or want to build entrepreneurial skills to be an innovator at an established company, this course will cover the topics you need to know to succeed. The course takes students through the entire new venture process including how to: evaluate new business ideas, get customers to buy your product, validate that your business is scalable and profitable, pitch to investors/raise capital, scale and exit a business, and beyond. Through a group project, students create their own venture and learn by doing what entrepreneurs actually do. Each week students also get insights from successful entrepreneur/investor guest speakers.
Entrepreneurship: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Fall 2021
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts and principles for consulting with startups and small businesses. Students will work in self-created teams of 3-4 and can either bid for projects provided by the instructor, or source their own project so long as it fits the course criteria. Course time will include guest lecturers and consulting skills workshops. Student teams will be expected to meet together and with the client outside of class time.
Startup and Small-Business Consulting: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025
This course is an experiential capstone for seniors in the M.E.T. program. The pedagogical objective is to consolidate and build upon the learning over the four years in the program through a week-long immersion, in which the students will be visiting another leading technology cluster domestically or internationally. The purpose is to expose them to companies and approaches for pursuing innovation and entrepreneurship differently from the California Bay Area, to both integrate and expand the concepts and skills they’ve accumulated in their curriculum.
M.E.T. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Immersion: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 8 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 6 hours of fieldwork per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 6 hours of fieldwork per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.
M.E.T. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Immersion: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Entrepreneurship today is not reserved for the chosen few but is a life skill needed by all. The world will benefit not only from those who start new ventures but also from those who act entrepreneurially. Every student should be exposed to the subject of entrepreneurship regardless of major, discipline or chosen career path. This class is intended to provide a broad spectrum of topics across many business disciplines coupled with a bonus class on “Interviewing Technique.”
Entrepreneurship: How to Successfully start a New Business: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Entrepreneurship: How to Successfully start a New Business: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011
This course examines whether and how entrepreneurial ventures can meaningfully address global poverty vs. more traditional approaches such as foreign aid, private philanthropy or corporate social responsibility initiatives. Combining lectures, case studies, and interviews with social entrepreneurs, it explores poverty and entrepreneurship before focusing on their intersection in various bottom-of-pyramid markets, from health, housing, and education to energy, agriculture, and finance.
Entrepreneurship To Address Global Poverty: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Courses of this kind will cover issues in entrepreneurship that either appeal to a specialized interest by type of firm being started (e.g., new ventures in computer software) or in the aspect of the entrepreneurial process being considered (e.g., new venture funding). The courses typically will be designed to take advantage of the access offered by the University and the locale to knowledgeable and experienced members of the business community.
Topics in Entrepreneurship: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Blended lecture / Project-based course where student teams build out a business plan for a mock biotech company, demonstrating advanced knowledge in therapeutics and business development. Throughout the course student teams will work toward a final project in which they will identify and present a technology overview, disease overview and explanation of unmet need, a development plan, a commercialization plan, risk mitigation strategy, and financials. Class will include field trips, guest lectures, and a pitch competition with prize.
Life Sciences, Business, and Entrepreneurship Capstone Course: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Students must be in their fourth and final year of the Life Sciences, Business, and Entrepreneurship Program in order to enroll in this class
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructors: Schaletzky, Dillin
Also listed as: MCELLBI C175
Life Sciences, Business, and Entrepreneurship Capstone Course: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Study in various fields of business administration. Topics will vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Special Topics in Business Administration: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Upper division standing
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
10 weeks - 2-4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 196
Terms offered: Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 First 6 Week Session
This course explores the ways in which business, social and environmental sustainability are intertwined. The course maps how business can play a definitive role in addressing the problems of sustainability, primarily with regard to climate change. The course examines a range of approaches to developing business models in the context of sustainability, the actions that business can take to improve environmental outlook, and the emergence of a sustainability-aware economy.
Business Models for Sustainability: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 First 6 Week Session
This course is an optimistic take on the daunting issues of environmental and social sustainability, primarily through the lens of innovation and entrepreneurship, and maps how new business creation can play a definitive role in addressing the social and environmental problems of sustainability. In terms of balance, the course starts with a primer on the fundamentals of innovation and entrepreneurship (the first 20% of the course) before moving on to the core topic of sustainability entrepreneurship (80% of the course).
Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 Second 6 Week Session
This course examines how capital markets and the investment industry are responding to the growth in social and environmental sustainability, both as a financial risk to investment opportunities and increased public awareness in the role of financial markets and investment in social and environmental issues. The course includes 1) an introduction to capital markets including institutional investment, public finance and private capital, and 2) an examination of the rise of sustainability-related investing including environmental, social and governance investing, mission-related investment, venture capital impact investing, blended finance and shareholder activism on issues ranging from climate change to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Investing for Sustainability: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2023, Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2023
Berkeley Changemaker impact occurs across many fronts: scientific, artistic, social, and entrepreneurial. This course helps students identify as a Berkeley Changemaker and learn the critical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills to become one. Combining disciplines across UC Berkeley, the course also helps launch the Berkeley Discovery arc. Students develop their own leadership styles and discover how they can create and lead diverse teams to act upon the world. Values in Berkeley’s DNA like Questioning the Status Quo and going Beyond Yourself support students in leading from whatever position they occupy, preparing them to leave their mark on campus, in their communities, or beyond. More at: http://changemaker.berkeley.edu.
The Berkeley Changemaker: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA C196C after completing UGBA C12. A deficient grade in UGBA C196C may be removed by taking UGBA C12.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-2 hours of lecture and 0-1.5 hours of discussion per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 6-6 hours of lecture and 0-0 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 4-4 hours of lecture and 0-3 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Formerly known as: Undergrad. Business Administration C112/Letters and Science C112
Also listed as: L & S C196C
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Organized group study on topics selected by upper division students under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the Haas School of Business faculty.
Directed Study: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 198
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023
Enrollment restrictions apply.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: Business Administration 199