Undergraduate Program


Electronic Course Readers for Undergraduate Students


How Do I Access My Electronic Course Reader and Online Materials Using Study.Net?


Undergraduate students now have the opportunity to view "course readers" Online as soon as they are enrolled in a business course by using Catalyst and Study.Net. Study.Net is the Haas School's new service for distributing course readers and materials. If your instructor is participating, you will obtain your course readers and materials entirely online. If you want a hard-copy, you can print items one-at-a-time from your personal computer or any computer with internet access, and/or you can obtain all items in Printed TEXTPAK form. The Study.Net service also provides your instructor the flexibility of updating existing materials or adding new items during the semester, so you'll want to access Study.Net on a regular basis throughout the term. Study.Net works in conjunction with the Haas School's course management system "CATALYST".


Study.Net provides your business course reader electronically Online and will deliver a printed version to you directly if you desire. Depending on the course materials you will be subject to a FEE for Online course readers and a fee if you request Study.Net's printed "TEXTPAK's"


Please read the Executive Summary on this page and refer to the complete steps on the following pages for detailed instructions. If you have any difficulties or questions please contact the Haas Helpdesk at http://helpdesk.haas.berkeley.edu, helpdesk@haas.berkeley.edu.


Warning! Do not log on to the Study.Net service directly. Always access it through the Catalyst Course Management System. Why? Because you may create duplicate user accounts in Study.Net and/or incur unnecessary fees if you do.


Study.Net: Executive Summary:

1. Computer requirements: You must ensure that the computer you are using is equipped with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 6.0.1, and an operating system of Windows 2000 or XP.


2. Login to Catalyst: http://catalyst.haas.berkeley.edu. Undergraduate students access their Study.Net course materials through the Catalyst Learning Management system. Catalyst requires students to login with their CalNet ID and passphrase. Your CalNet ID number is the same as your 8 digit Student ID number. Go to https://net-auth.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/krbcpw if you have forgotten your passphrase.


3. Open Study.Net: Click on the Study.Net button on the left hand bar. You will be auto logged into Study.Net and will not need to re-enter your CalNet ID or passphrase. You will see the license agreement for Study.Net, please review it and click the agree button.


4. Study.Net My Courses: Once logged in you MAY see "My Courses" displayed on they
Study.Net web site. If you see only a "purchase or access online course material" button you will need to click it and then select "University of California Berkeley" from the pull down menu. Scroll through the list of all Haas courses and select/enroll in the one's you are taking. (see page 10 for detailed instructions)


5. Purchase Course materials. You will need to purchase your reader before you can view it. You will be prompted to enter your shipping/billing/payment information. You will see the price for unlimited on-line access, which allows you to print your own copy; you will also see the price to order a printed TEXTPAK.


6. View Courses: To view the on-line course materials associated with a particular course: Choose a course listed in the "My Courses" dialog box" by clicking it. Then click the "View Course" button.


7. Course Descriptions: The course description page will show you the course name, ID, instructor, and the course dates. You may also see a syllabus. You will also see a new menu of options on the left hand side of the page under MY COURSES (i.e. Materials).


8. View Course Materials: Under the "My Courses" button on the left side of the page click on the
"MATERIALS" link. You will see a table of all course materials available for the course, as well as the course and section number at the top of the page.


8. View Online Course Materials (PDF ebooks): Most course material will be available via pdf ebooks. You must have Adobe Acrobat 6.0.1 in order to view this material. Choose the pdf ebook you wish to open, and click on it. Adobe DRM Activator will open. Click yes if prompted. Adobe Acrobat Reader should launch and the course material you chose will load as an ebook. You may have to register or enter your Micorsoft .NET passport before you can activate ebooks. Once your ebook is open you can read it online or print it.

Instructions on how to use the Study.Net service are available in the How Do I? section of the Computing Services website and also online within the Study.Net service. For your convenience, here is the link to get directly to the information you need: click here (large pdf).

Help is also available at the Haas School in three different ways:


1. From the Computing Services staff at the front desk in the Bakar Computer Center, S300
2. From the Computing Services Help Desk (on the web at http://helpdesk.haas.berkeley.edu, by phone: 510-642-0434, or by email helpdesk@haas.berkeley.edu)
3. By email study.net@haas.berkeley.edu.