Undergraduate Program
Haas Breadth Guidelines
Breadth courses are intended to give undergraduate students a more comprehensive liberal arts academic experience. Our breadth guidelines are very broad because we want you to have the flexibility to take courses that interest you. Which courses you take and how you use them to complete the breadth pattern are up to you.
Undergraduate students in the Business Administration major are required to complete a 9-course breadth sequence. At least 7 breadth courses must be completed prior to admission to the program, with remaining breadth courses completed before graduation. Courses must be UC or UC-transferable and carry at least 3 semester or 4 quarter units. Before admission, a maximum of three of the courses may be taken on a P/NP basis. While some courses may fit into more than one breadth category, no single course may be used by the student to fulfill multiple breadth requirements, nor may a course be used to satisfy both a breadth and a prerequisite requirement. However, the college level language course that is used to fulfill the foreign language requirement may also be used to satisfy a breadth requirement. Business courses, microeconomics, and macroeconomics may NOT be used to satisfy breadth requirements.
Continuing UC Berkeley students applying in November 2008 and beyond will not be allowed to take breadth off campus during the academic year in which they apply. For example, students applying in November 2008 will not be allowed to take breadth off campus during Fall 2008 or Spring 2009.
Arts and Humanities
Biological Science
International Studies
Physical Science
Social and Behavioral Science
2 Courses focusing on areas such as: Art & History of Art, Classics, Comparative Literature, Dramatic Art, English, Ethics, Film, Foreign Language (any level), Literature, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Rhetoric, Theater.
1 Course related to the biology of plants and/or animals (including humans) from areas such as: Anatomy, Anthropology, Biology, Botany, Cognitive Science, Environmental Science, Integrative Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Nutritional Sciences, Optometry, Physiology, Plant and Microbial Biology, Psychology, Public Health, Zoology.
2 Courses related to a single country other than the U.S or two or more countries (may include U.S.) from areas such as: African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Celtic Studies, Chicano Studies, Development Studies, Economics (microeconomics and macroeconomics may NOT be used to satisfy breadth requirements), Ethnic Studies, Foreign Language (any level), Geography, History, International Relations, Latin American Studies, Music, Near Eastern Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies, Scandinavian, Sociology.
1 Course related to the physical world from areas such as: Archaeology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth Science, Engineering, Enviromental Science, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Oceanography, Physical Science, Physics.
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
3 Courses focusing on areas such as: African American Studies, Agricultural & Resource Economics, American Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Asian American Studies, Asian Studies, Chicano Studies, City & Regional Planning, Demography, Economics (microeconomics and macroeconomics may NOT be used to satisfy breadth requirements), Education, Environmental Design, Environmental Science, Ethnic Studies, Geography, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, International and Area Studies, Journalism, Landscape Architecture, Legal Studies, Linguistics, Mass Communications, Military Affairs, Native American Studies, Peace & Conflict Studies, Political Economy of Industrial Societies, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, Public Policy, Religious Studies, Social Welfare, Sociology, Undergraduate & Interdisciplinary Studies, Women's Studies.
