Waiver Exam Webinar
Learn about Core Waivers, Waiver Exams, and what happens if you waive a class in our 2024 Waiver Webinar (Recording | Slide Deck). The date and registration link for our 2025 Waiver Webinar will be available this Spring!
The Haas MBA Quantitative Readiness Course (QRC)
Bolster your application and prepare for MBA coursework
The optional QRC provides a no-cost option for demonstrating academic readiness and prepares you for the rigors of MBA coursework. The virtual course is self-paced and includes online support from an instructor.
Who should take the course?
The QRC is for MBA applicants who have limited experience using quantitative skills in their academic or professional background and would like to provide more evidence of academic readiness to support their MBA candidacy. It also benefits incoming students who would like to brush up on and/or enhance their quantitative skills in preparation for their MBA.
Note: If you are taking UCB Extension Math for Management, you do not need to take this course.
QRC Course Format and Cost
- The course videos and instructor access are offered free of charge. You may complete the course or portions of the course by watching the videos at your own pace with online support from the professor.
- Your QRC registration is valid for 12 months. If you enroll at Haas, you will be granted access to the materials until you graduate.
- The course is divided into 7 modules:
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- Math Fundamentals for Business Part I
- Math Fundamentals For Business Part II
- Statistics Part I
- Statistics Part II
- Finance Part I
- Finance Part II
- Microeconomics
- Each module is intended to take about one week to complete; however, it is possible to go slower or more quickly depending on your experience with the topics and how much time you invest each week. You may also accelerate through the first two modules by testing out of them.
To Enroll in the Course
- You can use this link to log into your portal and complete the request to enroll.
- Your QRC registration is valid for 12 months. If you enroll at Haas, you will be granted access to the materials until you graduate.
EWMBA Data & Decisions: Pre-term Workshop
Your success in Data & Decisions, which will take place in Fall B of your first semester, is important. To prepare you for this course, we have designed a virtual workshop to help you evaluate your prerequisite knowledge of statistics and probability. You will be automatically enrolled in July. Please watch your email for an invitation from “bCourses”, UC Berkeley’s learning management system.
Whether you have a strong quantitative background or already know that you could benefit from some additional work on these topics, we highly recommend that you access the workshop, watch the videos and review the materials. This will help you identify which concepts you have already mastered and where you may need additional practice.
Professional Lecturer Veselina Dinova will be monitoring the bCourses site regularly and answering your question. She will also be hosting two 2-hour live online sessions to illustrate these concepts in greater detail and walk students through examples and exercises. These sessions will also be recorded and posted to the bCourse site.
Live online sessions with Professional Lecturer Veselina Dinova: Sundays September 7 and September 28 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT.
Please note that there are no grades or units associated with this optional pre-term workshop.