Undergraduate Business Courses

The Undergraduate program has specific learning goals and objectives that are imbedded in the curriculum. These learning outcomes are fostered throughout the undergraduate experience, particularly in the core courses. The learning goals are measured by direct and indirect means that include course assignments, exams, projects, surveys and evaluations. The learning outcomes for Haas School of Business Undergraduate Program are listed here.

Descriptions for all UGBA courses can be found here.

NOTE: Not all courses listed below are offered every semester.

Lower Division Courses

UGBA Number Units Title Prerequisite
C5/L&S C5 2 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
10 3 Principles of Business
24 1 Freshman Seminars
39 2-4 Freshman/Sophomore Seminar
39AC 3 Philanthropy: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
88 2 Data and Decisions One semester of Calculus. This is a Data Science connector course and may only be taken concurrently with or after completing STAT/INFO/CS C8
C95B 2 Introduction to the Biotechnology Field and Industry: Impact, History, Therapeutics R&D, Entrepreneurship and Careers
96 1-4 Lower Division Special Topics in Business Administration
98 1-4 Directed Group Study

Upper Division Core Courses

UGBA Number Units Title Prerequisite
100* 2 Business Communication
101A 3 Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions Econ 1, Math 1A or 16A, Stat 21 or equivalents
101B 3 Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions Econ 1, Math 1A or 16A, Stat 21 or equivalents
102A 3 Financial Accounting
102B 3 Managerial Accounting 102A
103 4 Introduction to Finance 101A or equivalent
104 3 Introduction to Business Analytics Math 1B or 16B, Statistics 21 or equivalents
105 3 Leading People
106 3 Marketing
107 3 The Social, Political and Ethical Env. of Business

* UGBA 100 is restricted to business majors only.

Core Course Substitutions

The following UC Berkeley courses may be used to fulfill the corresponding core business requirement. However, units earned for these approved substitutions are non-business upper division units and students must take additional business electives towards the required 38 upper division business units.

Econ 100A or Econ 101A can be used in place of UGBA 101A.

Econ 100B or Econ 101B can be used in place of UGBA 101B.

EEP 100 can  be used in place of UGBA 101A.

IAS 106 or POLECON 106 can be used in place of UGBA 101A.

IAS 107 or POLECON 107 can be used in place of UGBA 101B.

As of Spring 2014, UC Berkeley Extension courses XB102A “Introduction to Financial Accounting” and XB102B “Introduction to Managerial Accounting” ARE NOT equivalent to UGBA 102A and UGBA 102B as taught by the Haas Undergraduate Program. Students planning on applying to the Haas Undergraduate Program or conditionally admitted students to the Haas Undergraduate Program should NOT enroll in either of these courses.


UGBA Electives and All Other UGBA Courses

Listings and descriptions for all UGBA courses can be found at http://guide.berkeley.edu/courses/ugba/

Current Class Schedule

To view the current class schedule please visit https://classes.berkeley.edu/

Syllabi From Previous Years

To access UGBA course syllabi from previous years please go here.