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Independent Study (MBA 293)
Student-Initiated Courses (MBA 294)
Experiential Learning Courses
Non-Standard Courses
GSI Pedagogy Courses
Evening & Weekend MBA Program
Berkeley-Columbia EMBA Program
Masters in Financial Engineering (MFE) Program
Doctoral Program
Undergraduate Program
Independent study and student-initiated courses give you added flexibility to design study programs suited to a particular area of interest or to delve more deeply into a specific topic. Experiential Learning Courses provide opportunities to apply knowedge and skills in real-world settings. Pedagogy courses, required of all students hired as graduate student instructors (GSIs), prepare them for the responsibilities of that role. See Non-Haas courses for other academic offerings.
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Independent Study (MBA 293)
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After your first semester at Haas, you may enroll in an Independent Study course for one, two or three units. The MBA 293 course is your opportunity to do research in an area of interest to you, in which there are no existing courses. You must find a faculty member willing to serve as your MBA 293 supervisor, and together, devise a format. This might include a project, a paper, or a set of directed readings and an exam. You may enroll in MBA 293 as part of a team. You may take more than one independent study course, although no more than six units of MBA 293 can be counted toward your MBA degree (no more than four units for students entering Fall 2007 or later.) MBA 293s are normally graded with letter grades.
You may not enroll in an MBA 293 or other for-credit independent study as an "add-on" to an existing course. You may not enroll in an MBA 293 with professors from whom you are concurrently taking a regular course.
The MBA 293 enrollment form is available in the MBA Program Office or click here to download a copy.
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Student-Initiated Courses (MBA 294)
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Each semester, one or more groups of students organize a seminar on a topic of interest to them. Typically the topic is related to a specific career field (e.g., consulting, environmental management, the entertainment industry) or geographic region (e.g., Eastern Europe, Pacific Rim, Latin America). A member of the faculty is identified as the seminar sponsor and each seminar is offered as MBA 294 for one unit of credit. You may take a maximum of two of these one-unit seminars toward the minimum units needed for graduation.
If you are interested in organizing a MBA 294 and believe there are at least 10 of your classmates who would enroll in, you should discuss the idea with the MBA Program Office staff. We will advise you on possible faculty sponsors and on how to establish the course (e.g., setting a day and time, obtaining a classroom and a Course Control Number).
The student organizer will:
1. Develop a proposal for the course, including its goals, topics to be covered, speakers and grading standards. The proposal must meet Haas guidelines for an MBA 294.
2. Identify a faculty sponsor, with the assistance of the MBA Program Director or the Director of Academic Affairs.
3. Market the proposed course to your classmates and determine if there is enough demand to justify offering the course.
4. Work with staff in the Dean’s Office to arrange a class time and location.
5. Meet periodically with the faculty sponsor to make sure the course is meeting expectations.
The faculty sponsor will:
1. Assist students in organizing the course, including its goals, topics to be covered and student requirements.
2. Help identify and invite guest speakers.
3. Attend as many classes as possible and participate as appropriate.
4. Meet periodically with the student organizers to make sure the course is proceeding satisfactorily and is meeting expectations.
5. Evaluate student performance and assign grades.
Experiential Learning Courses
The Haas School offers a wide variety of experiential learning opportunities, both curricular (courses taken for academic credit) and extracurricular (not-for-credit activities.) For a current list of these opportunities see http://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/learning.html
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Non-Standard Courses
Some experiential learning courses differ from regular courses in significant ways. They are project-based, and often involve teams of MBAs working with companies and organizations. They generally do not meet on a regular basis; rather they are client-based and focused on a particular project. Because of these differences, students entering Fall 2007 and later may count no more than nine units of non-standard courses towards the degree.
Non-standard courses include:
MBA 296-- Seminar in Applied Innovation
MBA 296--Creativity and Personal Mastery
MBA 298A/B-- International Business Development
MBA 298S-- Seminar in International Business
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GSI Pedagogy Courses
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All students hired as first-time graduate student instructors (GSI) must complete a GSI pedagogy class given by the department/school in which you are teaching. The Haas School's course is MBA 300. If your first GSI assignment is in another department, you must take its course, e.g., Economics 300. GSI pedagogy units do not count toward your graduation requirement.
Courses in Other Haas Programs
In addition to the full-time MBA program, Haas offers an Evening & Weekend MBA (EWMBA) program and the Berkeley/Columbia Executive MBA (BCEMBA) program.
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Evening & Weekend MBA Program
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Some EWMBA courses are cross-listed with the full-time program allowing students from both programs to enroll. Courses are cross-listed when they are mutually beneficial to both groups of students. An example is when demand for a course does not justify it being scheduled in only one program but does through joint enrollment. Full-time MBA students can enroll only in cross-listed EWMBA courses.
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Berkeley-Columbia EMBA Program
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The BCEMBA program follows a different academic calendar from the full-time MBA and EWMBA programs. It is divided into five terms of three to four months in length. During each term, class sessions meet five times, typically Thursday through Saturday and occasionally Wednesday through Saturday. While most classes are held at Berkeley, you must attend one class session per term (Wednesday or Thursday through Saturday) at the Columbia Business School in New York City.
You may enroll in BCEMBA elective courses, on a space-available basis, provided that you can attend the Columbia classes in New York, and that the non-traditional academic calendar followed in the BCEMBA program does not conflict with your full-time MBA course schedule.
For information on BCEMBA electives, go to http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/students.html and click on Course Information or contact the MBA Program Director.
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Masters in Financial Engineering (MFE) Program
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With the permission of the MFE and MBA Program Directors you may take courses in the MFE Program and have the units count toward your degree requirements. Please note that the MFE Program’s academic calendar is not the same as the MBA Program. For more information on the MFE Program, go to http://mfe.haas.berkeley.edu.
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Doctoral Program
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With the permission of the MBA Program Director and the course instructor, you may take courses in the doctoral program and count the credits toward your degree requirements. For more information on the Ph.D. program, go to http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Phd/.
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Undergraduate Program
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Haas undergraduate classes are not substitutes for MBA courses and will not be accepted toward your graduation requirements, except in rare cases where there is no MBA version of a class that you need for your career goals (e.g., an advanced accounting class needed for a CPA). You must obtain approval from the Undergraduate and MBA Program Directors before enrolling in an undergraduate Haas class.
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