Academics
The Haas offers the Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Master in Financial Engineering (MFE) as well as a doctoral program in 6 areas of concentration, and a joint degree in law (JD/MBA), public health (MBA/MPH), and international area studies (MBA/MIAS). Other programs include cross-registration, interdisciplinary programs in real estate (urban land development and economics), foreign exchange with countries in Europe and Asia, internships, cooperative program with Columbia Business School, and joint research. The strongest area of study is general management. Regular programs bring distinguished speakers and visiting professors to campus. Forums for guest speakers include classroom presentations, public lectures, panel discussions, informal question-and-answer sessions, formal dinners, alumni events, executive visitation programs, and conferences.
Fifty-one total credits are required to complete the MBA, including 31 elective credits. Required courses include:
- Leadership
- Strategy in the Global Context
- Leadership Communication
- Financial Accounting
- Finance
- Organizational Behavior
- Macroeconomics in the Global Economy
- Operations Management
- Ethics and Responsibility in Business
- Marketing Management
- Economics for Business Decision Making
- Data and Decisions
Required courses for the Evening and Weekend MBA include:
- Leadership
- Microeconomics
- Organizational Behavior
- Marketing
- Macroeconomics
- Financial Accounting
- Finance
- Operations Management
- Ethics and Responsibility in Business
- Communication
Required courses for the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA include:
- Organizational Behavior
- Managerial Economics
- Data Analysis
- Financial Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Global Economic Environment
- Decision Models
- Managerial Accounting
- Marketing
- Corporate Strategy
- Operations Management
Required courses for the MFE include:
- Financial Risk Measurement and Management
- Empirical Methods in Finance
- Introduction to Stochastic Calculus
- Derivatives: Economic Concepts
- Derivatives: Quantitative Methods
- Fixed Income Markets
- Fundamentals in Financial Economics
- Financial Institutions Seminar l
Students may eliminate or substitute requirements by taking waiver examinations, which permit substitution of elective courses for core courses.
Business students may take relevant nonbusiness courses in other departments. The minimum time permitted to complete the master’s degree program attending full time is 2 years; maximum, 2 years. For students attending part time, the minimum is 2 1/2 years; maximum, 7 years.
There are 74 total full-time graduate business faculty, all of whom hold a doctorate; there are 142 part-time faculty. Faculty salaries are rated well above average for Category I institutions, based on the AAUP rating system. Average number of courses faculty teach is 3; average business class size is 30.