Curriculum

BUS ADM X419.7 (1 unit)

This course is a combination of class time, one-on-one coaching sessions and company site visits. Class time focuses on three aspects of your learning: excelling as a Haas student; identifying your professional path forward; and enhancing your personal and professional development. One-on-one coaching provides highly individualized support to discuss your own topics of interest, ranging from applying to graduate school, to clarifying how to bring together your strengths and interests to launch or enhance your career.

Faculty: Jennifer Davis

MBA XB292T (3 units)

Focus on 35 topics that cover many of the principal elements of how business is affected by climate change, and how changing business practices can improve (or worsen) the climate outlook.

Faculty: Andrew Isaacs, M.S.

MBA XB295A (3 units)

Learn how to lead an entrepreneurial venture, focusing on businesses that start small by design, and with hard work and good luck can be expected to develop into complex enterprises. Study the entrepreneurial journey, starting from initial ideation all the way M&A and IPO. The driving force behind startup ventures are entrepreneurs, those individuals who have the courage, insight, knowledge, intensity and luck to attempt to achieve great business results without resources remotely sufficient for the job—or so it seems at first. A key vehicle for the entrepreneur's effort is the basic tenets of a sound business: customer demand, attractive unit economics, large enough market opportunity, and the ability to attract talent and investors. This class will focus on all of these areas and more.

Faculty: Arman Zand

UGBA XB177 (3 units)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the autonomous systems that embed it have become the brains of the modern data economy. They are reshaping human values, trust and power around the world. New AI technologies can help drive cars, treat damaged brains and nudge workers to be more productive, but they also can threaten, manipulate and alienate us from others. They can pit nation against nation, but they can also help the global community tackle some of its greatest challenges such as food crises and global climate change. As we cede more decisions to thinking machines, we face new questions about staying safe, keeping a job and having a say over the direction of our lives. How AI evolves and what role it takes in our lives may depend on our race, gender, age, behavior, cognitive capacity or nationality. This presents manifold ethical and cross-cultural dilemmas. As a critical change maker, you will learn about these issues and the principles of responsible design and governance structures in order to mitigate them and turn them into opportunities for enrichment of society.

Faculty: Olaf Groth

UGBA XB100 (2 units)

To help meet the challenges that you will inevitably encounter on the job, this Business Communication class will introduce key principles, strategies and standard American business conventions for communicating in a business environment. By concentrating on audiences, purposes, forms and formats of professional communication, you will examine and practice a range of techniques to write and deliver effective, appropriate written and oral messages. Focus on real-world applications of effective communication so that you will feel confident communicating in any business environment.

Faculty: Janet Brady

BUS ADM X419.7 (1 unit)

This course is a combination of class time, one-on-one coaching sessions and company site visits. Class time focuses on three aspects of your learning: excelling as a Haas student; identifying your professional path forward; and enhancing your personal and professional development. One-on-one coaching provides highly individualized support to discuss your own topics of interest, ranging from applying to graduate school, to clarifying how to bring together your strengths and interests to launch or enhance your career.

Faculty: Jennifer Davis

MBA XB292T (3 units)

Focus on 35 topics that cover many of the principal elements of how business is affected by climate change, and how changing business practices can improve (or worsen) the climate outlook.

Faculty: Andrew Isaacs, M.S.

MBA XB290T (3 units)

Go through the steps of product management: Start with problem discovery, then take the best concepts from product idea to customer needs-finding and analysis, plan a product via a concrete roadmap and define the product requirements. Through these steps, you will learn a variety of strategic frameworks and tactical methodologies that help product managers advance the development of their products or services every day. You will also have the opportunity to learn about the product development process in the context of cross-functional team management and stakeholder management.

The course is introductory in nature, aimed at those who have not experienced a full product-development cycle in the past, or those who have had some experience in product management and want to add context and tools to supplement their on-the-job learning. This course also aims to facilitate the formation of small teams for the development of their product or service ideas.

Faculty: Vince Law

UGBA 39E (2 units)

As a future leader, you will learn how to navigate the many decisions necessary to ethically leverage AI in professional settings, business, government and nonprofit settings. The course covers the basics of AI, relevant ethical frameworks, prominent ethical issues and how organizations have previously addressed those issues. By the end of the course, you will be fluent in evaluating the impact of AI systems on individuals and society. You will also be able to draw upon cases where leaders have been confronted with ethical issues and some of the tools that have helped resolve them.

Faculty: David Evan Harris

MBA XB295A (3 units)

Learn how to lead an entrepreneurial venture, focusing on businesses that start small by design, and with hard work and good luck can be expected to develop into complex enterprises. Study the entrepreneurial journey, starting from initial ideation all the way M&A and IPO. The driving force behind startup ventures are entrepreneurs, those individuals who have the courage, insight, knowledge, intensity and luck to attempt to achieve great business results without resources remotely sufficient for the job—or so it seems at first. A key vehicle for the entrepreneur's effort is the basic tenets of a sound business: customer demand, attractive unit economics, large enough market opportunity, and the ability to attract talent and investors. This class will focus on all of these areas and more.

Faculty: Arman Zand

MBA XB269 (3 units)

Learn proven concepts, techniques and frameworks to assess and formulate pricing strategies. Develop the economics and behavioral foundations of pricing. Then, discuss several innovative pricing concepts including price customization, nonlinear pricing, price matching and product line pricing. Finally, you will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of several Internet-based, buyer-determined pricing models.

Faculty: Wasim Azhar

BUS ADM X419.7 (1 unit)

This course is a combination of class time, one-on-one coaching sessions and company site visits. Class time focuses on three aspects of your learning: excelling as a Haas student; identifying your professional path forward; and enhancing your personal and professional development. One-on-one coaching provides highly individualized support to discuss your own topics of interest, ranging from applying to graduate school, to clarifying how to bring together your strengths and interests to launch or enhance your career.

Faculty: Jennifer Davis

UGBA XB196 (3 units)

Explore the structure and framework of entrepreneurial endeavors—both inside and outside of the business world. Learn the answers to such questions as: What is entrepreneurship? What is opportunity recognition and selection? How can you create and define competitive advantage? At the end of the course, you will understand the entrepreneurial business process and how you can become involved in those processes in your future career.

Faculty: Aaron McDaniel

UGBA XB196SA (3 units)

In this course, you will learn a range of topics that cover the principal elements of how business is affected by sustainability issues—in particular climate change—and how business practices can improve (or worsen) the outlook.

The course focuses on matters related to climate change, specifically how business sustainability depends both on mitigating impacts to our environment and on adaptation to ongoing climate change and other elements of sustainability. Examine a range of approaches to developing business models in the context of sustainability, the actions that business can take to improve the environmental outlook and the emergence of a sustainability-aware economy.

This course is intended for students with an interest in how business, social and environmental sustainability are intertwined. Students considering a career in sustainability will benefit from the deep understanding of the business issues that this course will cover.

Faculty: Andrew Isaacs

BUS ADM X419.7 (1 unit)

This course is a combination of class time, one-on-one coaching sessions and company site visits. Class time focuses on three aspects of your learning: excelling as a Haas student; identifying your professional path forward; and enhancing your personal and professional development. One-on-one coaching provides highly individualized support to discuss your own topics of interest, ranging from applying to graduate school, to clarifying how to bring together your strengths and interests to launch or enhance your career.

Faculty: Jennifer Davis

UGBA XB196SA (3 units)

In this course, you will learn a range of topics that cover the principal elements of how business is affected by sustainability issues—in particular climate change—and how business practices can improve (or worsen) the outlook.

The course focuses on matters related to climate change, specifically how business sustainability depends both on mitigating impacts to our environment and on adaptation to ongoing climate change and other elements of sustainability. Examine a range of approaches to developing business models in the context of sustainability, the actions that business can take to improve the environmental outlook and the emergence of a sustainability-aware economy.

This course is intended for students with an interest in how business, social and environmental sustainability are intertwined. Students considering a career in sustainability will benefit from the deep understanding of the business issues that this course will cover.

Faculty: Andrew Isaacs

EWMBA XB267 (1 unit)

From self-driving cars to humanoid robots, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way we live, work and do business. In this class, get an introduction to AI technology and its many business applications. You will walk away with a foundational understanding of AI and its near- and long-term applications; explore the myths and realities surrounding the technology; and delve into the legal, social and policy implications of AI.

Faculty: Matthew Stepka

MBA XB290T3 (2 units)

Focus on platforms and network effects and innovation cycles in the networked economy. We will look at forms of advantage in the networked economy, new market-entry examples and examples of market incumbents taking action to adapt to changes created by the networked economy. We will learn from a mix of case studies, articles, guest speakers, podcasts, assignments and—most importantly—from each other.

Faculty: Jon Metzler

UGBA XB147 (2 units)

Examine the supply of goods and services in which marketing is positioned as the management of demand and operations as the management of supply. Operations managers must effectively allocate and optimize resources—including capital, labor, natural resources, technology and information—to navigate increasingly complex, multinational environments. Gain strategic insights and analytical tools for effective decision-making. Explore how information systems and emerging technologies such as blockchain and AI shape modern operations and supply chains. Through a practical, hands-on approach, you will focus on process optimization; logistics; supply chain integration; and descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics. Learn through case studies, real-world business scenarios, interactive exercises and expert guest lectures.

Faculty: Omar Romero-Hernandez

Some UGBA concurrent enrollment courses may be exclusively available to BHGAP students. The list of available courses changes each semester. The following list from past semesters is provided as a reference guide for your planning. The availability of these courses is not guaranteed for future terms.

Fall 2025

• Innovations in Communications and Public Relations UGBA 176
• Introduction to International Business UGBA 178
• International Consulting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises UGBA 179
• Innovation and Design Thinking in Business UGBA 190D
• Social Entrepreneurship UGBA 192E
• Sustainable Business Consulting Projects UGBA 192P
• Responsible AI Innovation and Management UGBA 192T
• AI Fundamentals for Business Professionals UGBA 196

Spring 2025

• Corporate Strategy and Valuation UGBA 131A
• Becoming a Changemaker UGBA 159
• Leading Strategy Implementation UGBA 174
• Markets, Firms and Environmental Sustainability UGBA 177
• Founder Workshop: Building a Fundable Startup UGBA 195T

The list of UGBA courses for concurrent enrollment is updated just before the start of each semester.

Certain graduate-level courses (numbered 200–399) from specific departments are not open to visiting or concurrent enrollment students. These include classes from:

• School of Law
• Haas School of Business (M.B.A., XMBA/Ph.D. programs)
• Physics Department
• Graduate Department of Economics

While other graduate-level courses are technically open, it can be difficult to get in without being a matriculated UC Berkeley graduate student. All available graduate-level courses require prior approval from the professor before you can enroll.