Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Business Administration

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About the Program

M.E.T. at a Glance: One Program, Two Bachelor of Science (BS) Degrees

The Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Business Administration simultaneous degree is part of the Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology Program. The M.E.T. Program aims to educate leaders with a seamless understanding of technology innovation, from idea to real-world impact.

M.E.T. students earn two Bachelor of Science degrees in one program that combines the best of the top-ranked College of Engineering and Haas School of Business. The integrated curriculum is completed in four years. Internships, career coaching, and other enrichment activities provide ample opportunity for hands-on experience with innovation and entrepreneurship. Each M.E.T. cohort is small, allowing for close mentoring and a tight-knit community.

Admission to the M.E.T. Program

The M.E.T. Program seeks inquisitive, self-motivated students with a passion for finding and solving big problems. It is highly competitive and is only open to freshmen during the UC application period.

For further information, please see the M.E.T. website.

Accreditation

The IEOR undergraduate degree program in the College of Engineering is accredited by ABET. The Undergraduate Business Degree Program is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

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Major Requirements

In addition to the University, campus, and M.E.T. Program requirements, listed on the College Requirements tab, students must fulfill the below requirements.

General Guidelines

A minimum of 38 upper division business units are required, and a minimum of 12 upper division non-business units are required. (Upper division IEOR classes will fulfill the 12 upper division non-business units.)
Students must complete the College Requirements and the Major Requirements.
Students must complete the degree program in eight semesters. (Summer Session is not required for degree completion in eight semesters.)
All Haas business courses must be taken for a letter grade, with the exception of UGBA 194, UGBA 198 and UGBA 199 (only offered Pass/No Pass).
All technical courses that can be used to fulfill a requirement must be taken for a letter grade.
Students who receive a grade of D+ or lower in a core UGBA course must repeat the course until they achieve a grade of C- or better.
Students must complete their business prerequisite courses (including Reading & Composition A & B) by the spring semester of their sophomore (2nd) year.
Students in this program must adhere to all policies and procedures of the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business.

For information regarding University and campus requirements, Reading and Composition, breadth, class schedule, minimum academic progress, and unit requirements, please see the College Requirements.

Lower Division Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Units
UGBA 10	Principles of Business	3
ECON 1	Introduction to Economics	4
MATH 1A	Calculus	4
MATH 1B	Calculus	4
MATH 53	Multivariable Calculus	4
MATH 54	Linear Algebra and Differential Equations	4
CHEM 1A & 1AL	General Chemistry and General Chemistry Laboratory ¹	4
or CHEM 4A	General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis
or BIOLOGY 1A & 1AL	General Biology Lecture and General Biology Laboratory
or BIOLOGY 1B	General Biology Lecture and Laboratory
PHYSICS 7A	Physics for Scientists and Engineers	4
PHYSICS 7B	Physics for Scientists and Engineers	4
ENGIN 7	Introduction to Computer Programming for Scientists and Engineers (Programming)	4
Reading & Composition Parts A and B		4-4
Programming
Select one of the following: ²		4
COMPSCI C8	Foundations of Data Science [4]
COMPSCI 61A	The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs [4]
Engineering Breadth Electives
Select at least 9 units from the following:		9
BIO ENG 10	Introduction to Biomedicine for Engineers [4]
BIO ENG 102	Biomechanics: Analysis and Design [4]
CIV ENG 11	Engineered Systems and Sustainability [3]
CIV ENG C30/MEC ENG C85	Introduction to Solid Mechanics [3]
CIV ENG 60	Structure and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials [3]
CIV ENG 70	Engineering Geology [3]
CIV ENG 155	Transportation Systems Engineering [3]
DES INV 15	Design Methodology [3]
EECS 16A/EL Eng 16A	Designing Information Devices and Systems I [4]
EECS 16B/EL Eng 16B	Designing Information Devices and Systems II [4]
ENGIN 11	A Hands-on Introduction to Radiation Detection: Getting to know our Radioactive World [3]
ENGIN 25	Visualization for Design [2]
ENGIN 26	Three-Dimensional Modeling for Design [2]
ENGIN 27	Introduction to Manufacturing and Tolerancing [2]
ENGIN 40	Engineering Thermodynamics [4]
MAT SCI 45	Properties of Materials [3]
MAT SCI 45L	Properties of Materials Laboratory [1]
MAT SCI 111	Properties of Electronic Materials [4]
MEC ENG 40	Thermodynamics [3]
MEC ENG C85/CIV ENG C30	Introduction to Solid Mechanics [3]
MEC ENG 132	Dynamic Systems and Feedback [3]

CHEM 4A is for students majoring in chemistry or a closely related field. CHEM 1A and CHEM 1AL, or CHEM 4A are prerequisites for BIOLOGY 1A.

Students must acquire fluent programming skills as demonstrated by completion of coursework in a high-level language such as Python, C, C++ or Java. This requirement may be completed by taking COMPSCI 61A or COMPSCI C8 or equivalent. The CS 9xx series self-paced courses are intended for those already skilled as programmers in a high-level language to learn a second language and thus are not appropriate for meeting this requirement.

Upper Division Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Units
IEOR Upper Division
ENGIN 120	Principles of Engineering Economics	3
or IND ENG 120	Principles of Engineering Economics
IND ENG 160	Nonlinear and Discrete Optimization	3
IND ENG 162	Linear Programming and Network Flows	3
IND ENG 165	Engineering Statistics, Quality Control, and Forecasting	3
IND ENG 171	Technology Firm Leadership ⁴	3
IND ENG 172	Probability and Risk Analysis for Engineers ¹	3
or STAT 134	Concepts of Probability
or STAT 140	Probability for Data Science
IND ENG 173	Introduction to Stochastic Processes	3
IND ENG 174	Simulation for Enterprise-Scale Systems	3
IND ENG 180	Senior Project	4
IEOR Electives
Select 5 courses from the following:		15
IND ENG 115	Industrial and Commercial Data Systems [3]
IND ENG 130	Methods of Manufacturing Improvement [3]
IND ENG 142	Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics [3]
IND ENG 150	Production Systems Analysis [3] ²
IND ENG 151	Service Operations Design and Analysis [3] ²
IND ENG 153	Logistics Network Design and Supply Chain Management [3] ²
IND ENG 166	Decision Analytics [3]
IND ENG 170	Industrial Design and Human Factors [3]
Business Administration Upper Division
UGBA 100	Business Communication	2
UGBA 101A	Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions	3
UGBA 101B	Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions	3
UGBA 102A	Financial Accounting	3
UGBA 102B	Managerial Accounting	3
UGBA 103	Introduction to Finance	4
UGBA 104	Introduction to Business Analytics	3
UGBA 106	Marketing	3
UGBA 107	The Social, Political, and Ethical Environment of Business	3
MET Special Topics
Two courses required. ³		2-4
Upper Division Business Administration Elective Courses
Select 4-6 units of upper division Business Administration (UGBA) elective courses in order to complete a minimum of 38 units of upper division business.		4-6
UGBA 113	Course Not Available [3]
UGBA 115	Competitive Strategy [3]
UGBA 117	Special Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy [1-4]
UGBA 118	International Trade [3]
UGBA 119	Leading Strategy Implementation [3]
UGBA 120AA	Intermediate Financial Accounting 1 [4]
UGBA 120AB	Intermediate Financial Accounting 2 [4]
UGBA 120B	Advanced Financial Accounting [4]
UGBA 121	Federal Income Tax Accounting [4]
UGBA 122	Financial Information Analysis [3]
UGBA 123	Operating and Financial Reporting Issues in the Financial Services Industry [3]
UGBA W125	Course Not Available [3]
UGBA 126	Auditing [4]
UGBA 127	Special Topics in Accounting [1-4]
UGBA 128	Strategic Cost Management [3]
UGBA 129	Course Not Available [3]
UGBA 131	Corporate Finance and Financial Statement Analysis [3]
UGBA 132	Financial Institutions and Markets [3]
UGBA 133	Investments [3]
UGBA 136F	Behavioral Finance [3]
UGBA 137	Special Topics in Finance [1-4]
UGBA 141	Production and Operations Management [3] ²
UGBA 143	Game Theory and Business Decisions [3]
UGBA 147	Special Topics in Operations and Information Technology Management [1-4]
UGBA 151	Management of Human Resources [3]
UGBA 152	Negotiation and Conflict Resolution [3]
UGBA 154	Power and Politics in Organizations [2,3]
UGBA 155	Leadership [3]
UGBA 156AC	Course Not Available [3]
UGBA 157	Special Topics in the Management of Organizations [1-4]
UGBA 160	Customer Insights [3]
UGBA 161	Market Research: Tools and Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis [3]
UGBA 162	Brand Management and Strategy [3]
UGBA 162A	Product Branding and Branded Entertainment [2]
UGBA 165	Advertising Strategy [3]
UGBA 167	Special Topics in Marketing [1-4]
UGBA 168B	Course Not Available [3]
UGBA 169	Pricing [3]
UGBA 170	Course Not Available [2]
UGBA C172	History of American Business [3]
UGBA 175	Legal Aspects of Management [3]
UGBA 176	Innovations in Communications and Public Relations [2]
UGBA 177	Special Topics in Business and Public Policy [1-4]
UGBA 178	Introduction to International Business [3]
UGBA 179	International Consulting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [3]
UGBA 180	Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Economics [3]
UGBA 183	Introduction to Real Estate Finance [3]
UGBA 184	Urban and Real Estate Economics [3]
UGBA 187	Special Topics in Real Estate Economics and Finance [1-4]
UGBA 190S	Strategy for the Information Technology Firm [3]
UGBA 190T	Special Topics in Innovation and Design [1-4]
UGBA 190V	Course Not Available [2]
UGBA 191C	Communication for Leaders [2]
UGBA 191I	Improvisational Leadership [3]
UGBA 191P	Leadership and Personal Development [3]
UGBA 192A	Leading Nonprofit and Social Enterprises [3]
UGBA 192B	Strategic Philanthropy [2]
UGBA 192L	Applied Impact Evaluation [2]
UGBA 192N	Topics in Social Sector Leadership [1-5]
UGBA 192P	Sustainable Business Consulting Projects [3]
UGBA 192T	Topics in Corporate Social Responsibility [1-4]
UGBA 193C	Curricular Practical Training for International Students [0.0]
UGBA 193I	Business Abroad [1-4]
UGBA 194	Undergraduate Colloquium on Business Topics [1]
UGBA 195A	Entrepreneurship [3]
UGBA 195P	Entrepreneurship: How to Successfully start a New Business [3]
UGBA 195S	Entrepreneurship To Address Global Poverty [3]
UGBA 195T	Topics in Entrepreneurship [1-3]
UGBA 196	Special Topics in Business Administration [1-4]
UGBA 198	Directed Study [1-4]
UGBA 199	Supervised Independent Study and Research [1-4]
Total Units		81

STAT 134, STAT 140 or IND ENG 172 will be accepted for the Business Administration statistics requirement for students in the M.E.T. Program. IND ENG 172 is an alternative course for STAT 134 or STAT 140. In semesters whenIND ENG 172 is offered, we recommend students take IND ENG 172. Students will receive credit for only one of these courses. The statistics requirement must be completed by spring semester of the sophomore (2nd) year.

Students who take IND ENG 151 and IND ENG 150, or IND ENG 151 and IND ENG 153, will not receive credit for UGBA 141.

M.E.T. Special Topics courses will count as upper division business units.

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IND ENG 171 will be used to fulfill the UGBA 105 requirement for the Business major. An additional 3 UGBA upper div elective units will be required to meet the 38 upper division business unit requirement.

College Requirements

University of California Requirements

Entry Level Writing

All students who enter the University of California as freshmen must demonstrate their command of the English language by fulfilling the Entry Level Writing Requirement. Fulfillment of this requirement is also a prerequisite to enrollment in all reading and composition courses at UC Berkeley.

American History and American Institutions

The American History and Institutions requirements are based on the principle that a US resident who graduates from an American university should have an understanding of the history and governmental institutions of the United States.

Campus Requirement

American Cultures

American Cultures (AC) is the one requirement that all undergraduate students at UC Berkeley need to take and pass in order to graduate. The requirement offers an exciting intellectual environment centered on the study of race, ethnicity, and culture of the United States. AC courses offer students opportunities to be part of research-led, highly accomplished teaching environments, grappling with the complexity of American culture.

M.E.T. Program Requirements

Reading and Composition

Two Reading and Composition (R&C) courses must be taken for a letter grade (C- or better required), and must be completed by no later than the end of the sophomore year (4th semester of enrollment). The first half (R&C Part A) must be completed by the end of the freshman year; the second half (R&C Part B) must be completed by no later than the end of the sophomore year.View a detailed list of courses that fulfill Reading and Composition requirements.

Breadth Requirement

The undergraduate breadth requirement provides Berkeley students with a rich and varied educational experience outside of their major program. As the foundation of a liberal arts education, breadth courses give students a view into the intellectual life of the University while introducing them to a multitude of perspectives and approaches to research and scholarship. Engaging students in new disciplines and with peers from other majors, the breadth experience strengthens interdisciplinary connections and context that prepare Berkeley graduates to understand and solve the complex issues of their day.

Students in the M.E.T. Program must successfully complete six breadth courses, one in each of the following categories:

Arts and Literature

Historical Studies

International Studies

Philosophy and Values (will be satisfied with UGBA 107)

Physical Science (will be satisfied with Physics 7B)

Social and Behavioral Sciences (will be satisfied with Econ 1)

With the exception of UGBA 107, UGBA courses cannot be used to fulfill breadth requirements.
With the exception of Econ 1, microeconomics and macroeconomics at any level (Econ 2, Econ 3, Econ 100A/B, Econ 101A/B, IAS 106/107) cannot be used to fulfill breadth requirements.
Courses offered by any Engineering department, with the exception of BIO ENG 100, COMPSCI C79, ENGIN 125, 157AC, MEC ENG 191K and 191AC, cannot be used to fulfill breadth requirements.
No more than two courses from any one department may be used to satisfy the breadth requirement (L&S Discovery courses are exempt).
Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams cannot be used to fulfill the breadth requirement. Some A-Level exams are accepted, but a maximum of two A-Level exams may be used to fulfill breadth requirements.
Two of the breadth courses must be upper-division (courses numbered 100-196).
Courses numbered 97, 98, 99, or above 196 may not be used to complete any breadth requirement.
Breadth courses must be a minimum of 3 semester units.
Reading & Composition courses cannot be used to fulfill breadth requirements.

Class Schedule Requirements

Minimum units per semester: 13
Maximum units per semester: 20.5
Students in the M.E.T. Program must enroll each semester in no fewer than two technical courses (of a minimum of 3 units each) required of the engineering major program of study in which the student is officially declared.

Minimum Academic (Grade) Requirements

A minimum overall and semester grade point average of 2.000 (C average) is required. Students will be subject to dismissal from the University if during any fall or spring semester their overall U.C. GPA falls below a 2.000, or their semester GPA is less than 2.000.
Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.000 (C average) in upper division technical courses each semester. Students will be subject to dismissal from the University if their upper division technical GPA falls below 2.000.
A minimum overall GPA of 2.000, and a minimum 2.000 GPA in upper division technical course work required of the major are required to graduate.

Unit Requirements

A minimum of 120 units are required to graduate.
A maximum of 16 units of Special Studies coursework (courses numbered 97, 98, 99, 197, 198, or 199) will count towards the 120 units; a maximum of four are allowed in a given semester.
A maximum of four units of Physical Education from any school attended will count towards the 120 units.
No more than 1/3 of a student's total UC Berkeley units may be taken Pass/No Pass, including physical education courses, Education Abroad Program, or courses taken on another UC campus.

UC and Campus Requirements

University of California Requirements

Entry Level Writing

All students who will enter the University of California as freshmen must demonstrate their command of the English language by fulfilling the Entry Level Writing Requirement. Satisfaction of this requirement is also a prerequisite to enrollment in all Reading and Composition courses at UC Berkeley.

American History and American Institutions

The American History and Institutions requirements are based on the principle that a U.S. resident graduated from an American university should have an understanding of the history and governmental institutions of the United States.

Campus Requirement

American Cultures

The American Cultures requirement is a Berkeley campus requirement, one that all undergraduate students at Berkeley need to pass in order to graduate. You satisfy the requirement by passing, with a grade not lower than C- or P, an American Cultures course. You may take an American Cultures course any time during your undergraduate career at Berkeley. The requirement was instituted in 1991 to introduce students to the diverse cultures of the United States through a comparative framework. Courses are offered in more than fifty departments in many different disciplines at both the lower and upper division level.

The American Cultures requirement and courses constitute an approach that responds directly to the problem encountered in numerous disciplines of how better to present the diversity of American experience to the diversity of American students whom we now educate.

Faculty members from many departments teach American Cultures courses, but all courses have a common framework. The courses focus on themes or issues in United States history, society, or culture; address theoretical or analytical issues relevant to understanding race, culture, and ethnicity in American society; take substantial account of groups drawn from at least three of the following: African Americans, indigenous peoples of the United States, Asian Americans, Chicano/Latino Americans, and European Americans; and are integrative and comparative in that students study each group in the larger context of American society, history, or culture.

This is not an ethnic studies requirement, nor a Third World cultures requirement, nor an adjusted Western civilization requirement. These courses focus upon how the diversity of America's constituent cultural traditions have shaped and continue to shape American identity and experience.

Visit the Class Schedule or the American Cultures website for the specific American Cultures courses offered each semester. For a complete list of approved American Cultures courses at UC Berkeley and California Community Colleges, please see the American Cultures Subcommittee’s website. See your academic adviser if you have questions about your responsibility to satisfy the American Cultures breadth requirement.

Plan of Study

First Year
Fall	Units	Spring	Units
CHEM 1A & 1AL²	4	ENGIN 7	4
ECON 1 (Breadth: Social & Behavioral Sciences)^4,5	4	MATH 1B⁸	4
DES INV 15 (Engineering Breadth)³	3	UGBA 10	3
MATH 1A¹	4	Breadth: Historical Studies⁴	4
M.E.T. Special Topics⁷	1-2	Reading & Composition Part B Course	4
Reading & Composition Part A Course⁶	4
	20-21		19
Second Year
Fall	Units	Spring	Units
IND ENG 172, STAT 134, or STAT 140¹⁰	3	COMPSCI C8 or 61A¹¹	4
MATH 53	4	IND ENG 120 or ENGIN 120	3
PHYSICS 7A⁹	4	MATH 54	4
Engineering Breadth³	3	PHYSICS 7B (Breadth: Physical Science)	4
Breadth: Arts & Literature⁴	3	Engineering Breadth³	4
	17		19
Third Year
Fall	Units	Spring	Units
IND ENG 160	3	IND ENG 165	3
IND ENG 162	3	IND ENG 173	3
IND ENG Elective¹²	3	IND ENG Elective¹²	3
IND ENG 171¹⁴	3	UGBA 101B	3
UGBA 100	2	UGBA 102A	3
UGBA 101A	3	UGBA 107 (Breadth: Philosophy and Values)⁴	3
UGBA 106	3
	20		18
Fourth Year
Fall	Units	Spring	Units
IND ENG Elective¹²	3	IND ENG 180	4
IND ENG Elective¹²	3	IND ENG 174	3
IND ENG Elective¹²	3	UGBA 102B	3
UGBA 103	4	UGBA Elective¹³	3
UGBA 104	3	UGBA Elective¹³	2-3
M.E.T. Special Topics⁷	1-2	UGBA Elective¹³	2-3
		Breadth: International Studies⁴	3
	17-18		20-22
Total Units: 150-154

MATH 1A may be fulfilled with a score of 3, 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus AB or BC exam, a score of 5, 6 or 7 on the IB Higher Level Math exam, or a grade of A, B or C on the A-Level Math H1, H2, H3, Pure Math or Further Math exam.

CHEM 1A/1AL may be fulfilled with a score of 3, 4 or 5 on the AP Chemistry exam, a score of 5, 6 or 7 on the IB Higher Level Chemistry exam, or a grade of A, B or C on the A-Level Chemistry exam. CHEM 4A, BIOLOGY 1A& BIOLOGY 1AL, or BIOLOGY 1B may also be used to fulfill this requirement. CHEM 4A is intended for students majoring in chemistry or a closely-related field.

Engineering Breadth: 9 units must be completed from the following list: BIO ENG 10, BIO ENG 102, CIV ENG 11, CIV ENG C30, CIV ENG 60, CIV ENG 70, CIV ENG 155, DES INV 15, EECS 16A/EL ENG 16A, EECS 16B/EL ENG 16B, ENGIN 11, ENGIN 25, ENGIN 26, ENGIN 27, ENGIN 40, MAT SCI 45, MAT SCI 45L, MAT SCI 111, MEC ENG 40, MEC ENG C85, MEC ENG 132.

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ECON 1 and UGBA 107 will be accepted for the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Philosophy and Values breadth requirements, respectively, as exceptions for students in the M.E.T. Program. The Biological Science breadth requirement is waived for students in the M.E.T. Program. In order to satisfy the College of Engineering Humanities and Social Sciences requirement, two of the breadth courses must be upper division. Some American Cultures courses will also fulfill the Arts & Literature or Historical Studies breadth requirement; use Requirements filters to search the Class Schedule for courses that apply. See College Requirements for further restrictions on breadth courses.

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Econ 1 may be fulfilled with scores of 4 or 5 on both the AP Microeconomics exam and AP Macroeconomics exam. However, the Social and Behavioral Sciences Breadth requirement cannot be fulfilled with AP exam scores.

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Reading & Composition Part A may be fulfilled with a score of 4 or 5 on the AP English Language and Composition exam or the AP English Literature and Composition exam, or a score of 5, 6 or 7 on the IB Higher Level English A: Literature (formerly English A1) or Higher Level English A: Language and Literature exam.

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M.E.T. Special Topics courses will count as upper division business units.

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MATH 1B may be fulfilled with a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus BC exam, a score of 5, 6 or 7 on the IB Higher Level Math exam, or a grade of A, B or C on the A-Level Math H2, H3, Pure Math or Further Math exam.

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PHYSICS 7A may be fulfilled with a score of 5 on the AP Physics C Mechanics exam.

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STAT 134, STAT 140 or IND ENG 172 will be accepted for the Business Administration statistics requirement for students in the M.E.T. Program. IND ENG 172 is an alternative course for STAT 134 or STAT 140. In semesters when IND ENG 172 is offered, we recommend students take IND ENG 172. Students will receive credit for only one of these courses.

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Students must acquire fluent programming skills as demonstrated by completion of coursework in a high-level language such as Python, C, C++, or Java. This requirement may be completed by taking COMPSCI 61A or COMPSCI C8 or equivalent. The COMPSCI 9xx series self-paced courses are intended for those already skilled as programmers in a high-level language to learn a second language and thus are not appropriate for meeting this requirement.

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Students must take a minimum of five courses from the following: IND ENG 115, IND ENG 130, IND ENG 142, IND ENG 150, IND ENG 151, IND ENG 153, IND ENG 166, IND ENG 170.

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Students must complete a minimum of 38 units of upper division business coursework. See UGBA Elective course list under “Major Requirements” tab. Students who take IND ENG 151 and IND ENG 150, orIND ENG 151 and IND ENG 153, will not receive credit for UGBA 141.

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IND ENG 171 will be used to fulfill the UGBA 105 requirement for the Business major.

Student Learning Goals

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Learning Goals

Quantitative modeling and analysis of a broad array of systems-level decision problems concerned with economic efficiency, productivity, and quality.
Development and creative use of analytical and computational methods for solving these problems.
Collection of and analysis of data, and the use of database and decision-support tools.
Comprehension and analysis of uncertainty.
In addition, the department expects their graduates to obtain the broader skills, background, and knowledge necessary to be an effective professional in a rapidly changing global economy.

curricular Outcomes

Identify, analyze, and evaluate alternative or candidate solutions for decision problems.
Identify appropriate models and methods for solving decision problems.
Formulate mathematical optimization models for real-life decision problems.
Understand methods for solving deterministic optimization problems and utilize optimization software for solving such problems.
Formulate analytical models and develop computer simulations to predict and optimize systems under uncertainty.
Develop models and utilize analytical tools and software to evaluate decisions under uncertainty.
Understand performance measurement.
Understand important concepts in manufacturing and service operations.
Design and apply analytical models for manufacturing and service operations.
Critique and reorganize business and industrial process flows and information flows.
Structure data to support decisions related to the aforementioned topics.
Understand organizational design and management issues.

Business Administration

MISSION

Guided by the missions of the undergraduate program, and the University's mission of teaching, research, and service, the mission of the Haas School of Business is to develop leaders who redefine how we do business.

The Haas School of Business Undergraduate Program has developed student learning goals for the Business major that provide faculty and students with a shared understanding of the purpose of the major as well as what graduating seniors are expected to know or to be able to do at the end of their course of study as it relates to the school’s mission.

The learning goals are assessed to determine whether students are achieving the outcomes. The assessment results are used to inform curricular design and other program offerings. All steps require input and participation from the business school community, particularly the faculty. The resulting learning goals, which have their origin in the core curriculum, were shaped over several months by faculty and administration and are listed below.

LEARNING GOALS

Students will be skilled in critical thinking and decision making, as supported by the appropriate use of analytical and quantitative techniques.
Students will apply functional area concepts and theories appropriately.
Students will be effective communicators who can prepare and deliver oral and written presentations using appropriate technologies.
Students will be sensitive to the ethical requirements of business activities.
Students will tackle strategic and organizational challenges with innovative solutions.

For a visual representation of the relationship between the core curriculum and the expected outcomes, please see the Haas School of Business website.

Related Courses

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Business Administration

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.
Freshman Seminars: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: Provide an introduction to the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research through a series of lectures.

Student Learning Outcomes: Learn more about Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Freshman Seminars: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2016
This Freshman-level Introductory course will provide an intuitive overview of the fundamental problems addressed and methods in the fields of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research including Constrained Optimization, Human Factors, Data Analytics, Queues and Chains, and Linear Programming. The course will focus on two-dimensional, i.e., bivariate, examples where the problems and methods are amenable to visualization and geometric intuition. The course will discuss applications such as dieting, scheduling, and transportation. This course will not require pre-requisites and will present the core concepts in a self-contained manner that is accessible to Freshmen to provide the foundation for future coursework.
A Bivariate Introduction to IE and OR: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: •
Provide a broad survey of the important topics in IE and OR, and develop intuition about problems, algorithms, and abstractions using bivariate examples (2D).
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Describe different mathematical abstractions used in IEOR (e.g., graphs, queues, Markov chains), and how to use these abstractions to model real-world problems.
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Introduce students to the data analysis process including: developing a hypothesis, acquiring data, processing the data, testing the hypothesis, and presenting results.
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Provide students with concrete examples of how the mathematical tools from the class apply to real problems such as dieting, scheduling, and transportation.

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Course restricted to Freshman students.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Goldberg

A Bivariate Introduction to IE and OR: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
This lecture series serves as an entry point for undergraduate and graduate curriculum sequences in entrepreneurship and innovation. The series, established in 2005, is named in honor of A. Richard Newton, a visionary technology industry leader and late dean of the University of California Berkeley College of Engineering. The course features a selection of high-level industry speakers who share their insights on industry developments, leadership, and innovation based on their careers.
A. Richard Newton Lecture Series: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of colloquium per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Sidhu

A. Richard Newton Lecture Series: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Supervised group study and research by lower division students.
Supervised Group Study and Research: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Supervised Group Study and Research: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Supervised independent study for lower division students.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore standing and consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week

Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of independent study per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of independent study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
Design and implementation of databases, with an emphasis on industrial and commercial applications. Relational algebra, SQL, normalization. Students work in teams with local companies on a database design project. WWW design and queries.
Industrial and Commercial Data Systems: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division standing

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Goldberg

Industrial and Commercial Data Systems: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Economic analysis for engineering decision making: Capital flows, effect of time and interest rate. Different methods of evaluation of alternatives. Minimum-cost life and replacement analysis. Depreciation and taxes. Uncertainty; preference under risk; decision analysis. Capital sources and their effects. Economic studies. Formerly Engineering 120.
Principles of Engineering Economics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive 2 units for 120 after taking Civil Engineering 167. Students will not receive credit after taking Engineering 120.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Adler

Principles of Engineering Economics: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
Analytical techniques for the improvement of manufacturing performance along the dimensions of productivity, quality, customer service, and throughput. Techniques for yield analysis, process control, inspection sampling, equipment efficiency analysis, cycle time reduction, and on-time delivery improvement. Applications on semiconductor manufacturing or other industrial settings.
Methods of Manufacturing Improvement: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: IND ENG 172, MATH 54, or STAT 134 (STAT 134 may be taken concurrently)

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Leachman

Methods of Manufacturing Improvement: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
This highly-applied course surveys a variety of key of concepts and tools that are useful for designing and building applications that process data signals of information. The course introduces modern open source, computer programming tools, libraries, and code samples that can be used to implement data applications. The mathematical concepts highlighted in this course include filtering, prediction, classification, decision-making, Markov chains, LTI systems, spectral analysis, and frameworks for learning from data. Each math concept is linked to implementation using Python using libraries for math array functions (NumPy), manipulation of tables (Pandas), long term storage (SQL, JSON, CSV files), natural language (NLTK), and ML frameworks.
Applied Data Science with Venture Applications: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Student Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to design and build data sample application systems that can interpret and use data for a wide range of real life applications across many disciplines and industries;
implement these concepts within applications with modern open source CS tools.
understand relevant mathematical concepts that are used in systems that process data;

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Prerequisites include the ability to write code in Python, and a probability or statistics course. This course is ideal for students who have taken COMPSCI/INFO/STAT C8

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Sidhu

Applied Data Science with Venture Applications: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
This course introduces students to key techniques in machine learning and data analytics through a diverse set of examples using real datasets from domains such as e-commerce, healthcare, social media, sports, the Internet, and more. Through these examples, exercises in R, and a comprehensive team project, students will gain experience understanding and applying techniques such as linear regression, logistic regression, classification and regression trees, random forests, boosting, text mining, data cleaning and manipulation, data visualization, network analysis, time series modeling, clustering, principal component analysis, regularization, and large-scale learning.
Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: 1.
To expose students to a variety of statistical learning methods, all of which are relevant in useful in wide range of disciplines and applications.
2.
To carefully present the statistical and computational assumptions, trade-offs, and intuition underlying each method discussed so that students will be trained to determine which techniques are most appropriate for a given problem.
3.
Through a series of real-world examples, students will learn to identify opportunities to leverage the capabilities of data analytics and will see how data analytics can provide a competitive edge for companies.
4.
To train students in how to actually apply each method that is discussed in class, through a series of labs and programming exercises.
5.
For students to gain some project-based practical data science experience, which involves identifying a relevant problem to be solved or question to be answered, gathering and cleaning data, and applying analytical techniques.
6.
To introduce students to advanced topics that are important to the successful application of machine learning methods in practice, include how methods for prediction are integrated with optimization models and modern optimization techniques for large-scale learning problems.

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: IEOR 165 or equivalent course in statistics. Prior exposure to optimization is helpful but not strictly necessary. Some programming experience/literacy is expected

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructors: Grigas, Paul

Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
Quantitative models for operational and tactical decision making in production systems, including production planning, inventory control, forecasting, and scheduling.
Production Systems Analysis: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: IND ENG 160, IND ENG 173, IND ENG 162, IND ENG 165, and ENGIN 120

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Yano

Production Systems Analysis: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
This course is concerned with improving processes and designing facilities for service businesses such as banks, health care organizations, telephone call centers, restaurants, and transportation providers. Major topics in the course include design of service processes, layout and location of service facilities, demand forecasting, demand management, employee scheduling, service quality management, and capacity planning.
Service Operations Design and Analysis: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: IND ENG 162, IND ENG 173, and a course in statistics

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Service Operations Design and Analysis: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
We will focus primarily on both quantitative and qualitative issues which arise in the integrated design and management of the entire logistics network. Models and solution techniques for facility location and logistics network design will be considered. In addition, qualitative issues in distribution network structuring, centralized versus decentralized network control, variability in the supply chain, strategic partnerships, and product design for logistics will be considered through discussions and cases.
Logistics Network Design and Supply Chain Management: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: IND ENG 160, IND ENG 162 or senior standing

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Kaminsky

Logistics Network Design and Supply Chain Management: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
This course introduces unconstrained and constrained optimization with continuous and discrete domains. Convex sets and convex functions; local optimality; KKT conditions; Lagrangian duality; steepest descent and Newton's method. Modeling with integer variables; branch-and-bound method; cutting planes. Models on production/inventory planning, logistics, portfolio optimization, factor modeling, classification with support vector machines.
Nonlinear and Discrete Optimization: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: MATH 53 and MATH 54

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Atamturk

Nonlinear and Discrete Optimization: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
This course addresses modeling and algorithms for optimization of linear constrained optimization problems. The simplex method; theorems of duality; complementary slackness. Applications in production planning and resource allocation. Graph and network problems as linear programs with integer solutions. Algorithms for selected network flow problems. Transportation and logistics problems. Dynamic programming and its role in applications to shortest paths, project management and equipment replacement.
Linear Programming and Network Flows: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: MATH 53 and MATH 54

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Hochbaum

Linear Programming and Network Flows: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Not yet offered
Designed for students from any science/engineering major, this upper-division course will introduce students to optimization models, and train them to use software tools to model and solve optimization problems. The main goal is to develop proficiency in common optimization modeling languages, and learn how to integrate them with underlying optimization solvers. Students will work primarily on modeling exercises, which will develop confidence in modeling and solve optimization methods using software packages, and will require some programming.
Review of linear and nonlinear optimization models, including optimization problems with discrete decision variables. Applications to practical problems from engineering and data science.
Introduction to Optimization Modeling: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: •
To introduce students to the core concepts of optimization

•
To train them in the art and science of using software tools to model and solve optimization problems.

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: No prerequisites except some Python programming skills, which can be met by COMPSCI C8 (or any other Python-based course)

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Optimization Modeling: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
This course will introduce students to basic statistical techniques such as parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, analysis of variance. Applications in forecasting and quality control.

Engineering Statistics, Quality Control, and Forecasting: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: IND ENG 172, or STAT 134, or an equivalent course in probability theory

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 165 after completing STAT 135.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Engineering Statistics, Quality Control, and Forecasting: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
Introductory course on the theory and applications of decision analysis. Elective course that provides a systematic evaluation of decision-making problems under uncertainty. Emphasis on the formulation, analysis, and use of decision-making techniques in engineering, operations research and systems analysis. Includes formulation of risk problems and probabilistic risk assessments. Graphical methods and computer software using event trees, decision trees, and influence diagrams that focus on model design.
Decision Analytics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: IND ENG 172 or STAT 134

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructors: Oren, Righter

Decision Analytics: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019
This course addresses modeling and algorithms for integer programming problems, which are constrained optimization problems with integer-valued variables. Flexibility of integer optimization formulations; if-then constraints, fixed-costs, etc. Branch and Bound; Cutting plane methods; polyhedral theory. Applications in production planning, resource allocation, power generation, network design. Alternate formulations for integer optimization: strength of Linear Programming relaxations. Algorithms for integer optimization problems. Specialized strategies by integer programming solvers.
Integer Optimization: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: •
Enable the students to recognize when problems can be modeled as integer optimization problems.
•
Familiarize students in leading methodologies for solving integer optimization problems, and techniques in these methodologies.
•
To acquire skills in the best modeling approach that is suitable to the practical problem at hand.
•
To train students in modeling of integer optimization problems;
•
To train the students in the selection of appropriate techniques to be used for integer optimization problems.

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: MATH 53, MATH 54, and background in Python and programming

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Rajan

Integer Optimization: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
This course surveys topics related to the design of products and interfaces ranging from alarm clocks, cell phones, and dashboards to logos, presentations, and web sites. Design of such systems requires familiarity with human factors and ergonomics, including the physics and perception of color, sound, and touch, as well as familiarity with case studies and contemporary practices in interface design and usability testing. Students will solve a series of design problems individually and in teams.
Industrial Design and Human Factors: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division standing

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Goldberg

Industrial Design and Human Factors: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
This course explores key management and leadership concepts relevant to the high-technology world. Topics include the firm's key operations, strategic issues, and managerial leadership including personal leadership and talent management. This course prepares technical and business minded students for careers focused on professional and management track careers in high technology. Students undertake intensive study of actual business situations through rigorous case-study analysis.
Technology Firm Leadership: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division standing

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Ind Eng 171 after taking UGBA 105.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Technology Firm Leadership: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
This is an introductory course in probability designed to develop a good understanding of uncertain phenomena and the mathematical tools used to model and analyze it. Applications will be given in such areas as reliability theory, risk theory, inventory theory, financial models, and computer science, among others. To complement the theory, the course also covers the basics of stochastic simulation. This course is a probability course and cannot be used to fulfill any engineering unit or elective requirements.

Probability and Risk Analysis for Engineers: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: Students will learn how to model random phenomena and learn about a variety of areas where it is important to estimate the likelihood of uncertain events. Students will also learn how to use computer simulation to replicate and analyze these events.

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Students should have a solid knowledge of calculus, including multiple variable integration, such as MATH 1A and MATH 1B or MATH 16A and MATH 16B, as well as programming experience in Matlab or Python

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 172 after completing STAT 134, or STAT 140. A deficient grade in IND ENG 172 may be removed by taking STAT 140.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Probability and Risk Analysis for Engineers: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
This is an introductory course in stochastic models. It builds upon a basic course in probability theory and extends the concept of a single random variable into collections of random variables known as stochastic processes. The course focuses on discrete-time Markov chains, Poisson process, continuous-time Markov chains, and renewal theory. It also discusses applications to queueing theory, risk analysis and reliability theory. Along with the theory, the course covers stochastic simulation techniques that will allow students to go beyond the models and applications discussed in the course.
Introduction to Stochastic Processes: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: Students will learn how to model random phenomena that evolves over time, as well as the simulation techniques that enable the replication of such problems using a computer. By discussing various applications in science and engineering, students will be able to model many real world problems where uncertainty plays an important role.

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Students should have taken a probability course, such as STAT 134 or IND ENG 172, and should have programming experience in Matlab or Python

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Ind Eng 173 after taking Ind Eng 161.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Stochastic Processes: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Introductory course on design, programming, and statistical analysis of simulation methods and tools for enterprise-scale systems such as traffic and computer networks, health-care and financial systems, and factories. Topics include the types of problems that can be solved by such methods. Programming material includes the theory behind random variable generation for a variety of common variables. Advanced techniques such as variance reduction, simulation optimization, or meta-modeling are considered. Student teams implement an enterprise-scale simulation in a semester-length design project.
Simulation for Enterprise-Scale Systems: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: •
Exposure students to state-of-art advanced simulation techniques. •
Note: the course is a mixture of modeling art, analytical science, and computational technology.
•
Have students communicate their ideas and solutions effectively in written reports.
•
Insure students become familiar with the fundamental similarities and differences among simulation software packages.
•
Introduce students to modern techniques for developing computer simulations of stochastic discrete-event models and experimenting with such models to better design and operate dynamic systems.
•
Introduce the different technologies used to develop simulation models and simulator products in order to become critical consumers of simulation study results.
•
Teach strengths and weaknesses of different approaches for a foundation for selecting methodologies.
•
Teach students how to model random processes and experiment with simulated systems.

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: IND ENG 165; IND ENG 173; IND ENG 172 or STAT 134

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 174 after completing IND ENG 131. A deficient grade in IND ENG 174 may be removed by taking IND ENG 131.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Zheng

Simulation for Enterprise-Scale Systems: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Application of systems analysis and industrial engineering to the analysis, planning, and/or design of industrial, service, and government systems. Consideration of technical and economic aspects of equipment and process design. Students work in teams under faculty supervision. Topics vary yearly.
Senior Project: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 160, 162, 165, 173, Engineering 120, and three other Industrial Engineering and Operations Research electives

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 6 hours of fieldwork per week

Summer: 10 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 9 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Senior Project: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
This course is meant for students in engineering and other disciplines who seek a challenging, interactive, team-based, and hands-on learning experience in entrepreneurship and technology. In this highly experiential course, students work in simulated start-up teams to create products or start-up ideas to address a broadly-defined need of an industry partner or social challenge.
Challenge Lab: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: 1)
To catalyze learning through experiential entrepreneurship
2)
To help students understand the entrepreneurial context, and how it can create better outcomes.
3)
To help students identify the best role for themselves within an entrepreneurial organization.

Student Learning Outcomes: 1)
Gain experience with effectively refining ideas and pivoting based on feedback and external factors.
2)
Gain experience building effective teams to develop and execute an idea
3)
Become comfortable with failure and how to learn from failure.
4)
Become adept at succinctly communicating ideas in terms of value proposition and business viability.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 10 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructors: Goldberg, Sidhu, Wroblewki, IEOR / CET Instructors

Challenge Lab: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
Too often we are enamored in our brilliant ideas, we skip the most important part: building products consumers will want and use. Precious time and effort is wasted on engineering perfect products only to launch to no users. This course teaches product management skills such as attributes of great product managers, reducing risk and cost while accelerating time to market, product life cycle, stakeholder management and effective development processes.
Product Management: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: •
Students will experience a live development of a product within the context of a product development process.
•
Students will learn common methods used in product management
•
Students will understand the difference between engineering design and product development as a process commonly used in new venture environments.

Student Learning Outcomes: •
Students will actually develop a real world functioning product, to be described as Minimum Viable.
•
Students will be able to manage a product development process that leads to a product that is technically feasible as well as desired by customers.
•
Students will gain experience needed to work as product managers in real life environments.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructors: Shen, Sidhu, IEOR / CET Instructors

Product Management: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Entrepreneurial Marketing and Finance: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Entrepreneurial Marketing and Finance: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2014
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Entrepreneurship & Innovation: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Entrepreneurship & Innovation: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011
The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read Less [-]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week

Summer:
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2011
This course is designed primarily for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in examining the major challenges and success factors entrepreneurs and innovators face in globalizing a company, product, or service. Over the duration of this course, students will examines case studies of early, mid-stage, and large-scale enterprises as they seek to start a new venture, introduce a new product or service, or capitalize on global economic trends to enhance their existing business. The course content exposes students interested in internationally oriented careers to the strategic thinking involved in international engagement and expansion. Cases will include both U.S. companies seeking to enter emerging markets and emerging market companies looking to expand within their own nations or into markets in developed nations. The course is focused around intensive study of actual business situations through rigorous case-study analysis.
Cases in Global Innovation: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 8 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Cases in Global Innovation: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course is designed primarily for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in examining the major challenges and success factors entrepreneurs and innovators face in globalizing a company product or service, with a focus on China. Over the duration of this course, students will examine case studies of foreign companies seeking to start a new venture, introduce a new product or service to the China market, or domestic Chinese companies seeking to adapt a U.S. or western business model to the China market. The course content exposes students interested in internationally oriented careers to the strategic thinking involved in international engagement and expansion and the particularities of the China market and their contrast with the U.S. market. The course is focused around intensive study of actual business situations through rigorous case-study analysis and the course size is limited to 30.
Cases in Global Innovation: China: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing. Recommended, but not required to be taken after or along with Engineering 198

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Sidhu

Cases in Global Innovation: China: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course is designed primarily for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in examining the major challenges and success factors entrepreneurs and innovators face in conducting business, globalizing a company product or service, or investing in South Asia. Over the duration of this course, students will examine case studies of foreign companies seeking to start a new venture, introduce a new product or service to the South Asian market, or South Asian companies seeking to adapt a U.S or western business model. The course will put this into the larger context of the political, economic, and social climate in several South Asian countries and explore the constraints to doing business, as well as the policy changes that have allowed for a more conducive business environment.
Cases in Global Innovation: South Asia: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing. Recommended but not required to be taken after or along with Engineering 198

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Instructor: Sidhu

Cases in Global Innovation: South Asia: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
This course explores key entrepreneurial concepts relevant to the high-technology world. Topics include the entrepreneurial perspective, start-up strategies, business idea evaluation, business plan writing, introduction to entrepreneurial finance and venture capital, managing growth, and delivering innovative products. This course prepares technical and business minded students for careers focused on entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, and high technology. Students undertake intensive study of actual business situations through rigorous case-study analysis. This course can not be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).
Technology Entrepreneurship: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 191 after taking 190A prior to fall 2009.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Instructor: Sidhu

Technology Entrepreneurship: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
This course offers the opportunity to understand the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship (BME) in an intensive format. The BME curriculum conveys the latest approaches for training global technology entrepreneurs. This method leverages insights on strategy, tactics, culture, and psychology with an accompanying entrepreneurial infrastructure. The curriculum is structured to provide an optimal global entrepreneurship experience from real life experiences.
Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: * To understand and make use of the value of diversity in idea generation and new venture creation.
Student should become aware of the infrastructure available through UC Berkeley that an support them in developing new ventures.
To understand common tactics in starting new ventures including a lean learning cycle.
To understand the mindset of an entrepreneur, including the soft skills, behaviors, and psychological factors most likely to be needed to develop a new venture.

Student Learning Outcomes: Students should be able to consider a greater number of ideas for global entrepreneurship by observing the effect of background diversity in the class.
Students should be able to follow a process of idea generation, rapid prototyping / venture story development, attraction of stakeholders, data collection, and hypothesis testing and regeneration.
Students should become aware of the mindset and behaviour required for entreprenurship and be able to reinforce some of these behavious (eg rejection tolerance, comfort with failing or being wrong, inductive learning, venture story telling/communication abilities) through excercizes in the program.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 1 weeks - 30 hours of lecture and 20 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 3 weeks - 30 hours of lecture and 20 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructors: Sidhu, Ikhlaq

Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: Read Less [-]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of colloquium per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Sidhu

A. Richard Newton Lecture Series: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Individual study and research for at least one academic year on a special problem approved by a member of the faculty; preparation of the thesis on broader aspects of this work.
Operations Research and Management Science Honors Thesis: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Open only to students in the honors program

Credit Restrictions: Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of independent study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required.

Operations Research and Management Science Honors Thesis: Read Less [-]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Open only to students in the honors program

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of independent study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required.

Operations Research and Management Science Honors Thesis: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019 10 Week Session
Students work on a field project under the supervision of a faculty member. Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for bachelor's degree.
Undergraduate Field Research in Industrial Engineering: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Completion of two semesters of coursework

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of fieldwork per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-30 hours of fieldwork per week
8 weeks - 1.5-22.5 hours of fieldwork per week
10 weeks - 1.5-18 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Undergraduate Field Research in Industrial Engineering: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Group studies of selected topics. Semester course unit value and contact hours will have a one-to-one ratio.
Directed Group Studies for Advanced Undergraduates: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Senior standing in Engineering

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Directed Group Studies for Advanced Undergraduates: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
Supervised independent study. Enrollment restrictions apply.
Supervised Independent Study: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and major adviser

Credit Restrictions: Course may be repeated for a maximum of four units per semester.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 2-7.5 hours of independent study per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of independent study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Industrial Engin and Oper Research/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Supervised Independent Study: Read Less [-]

Business Administration

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017
This course offers students a taste of what it’s really like to start a business. In addition to learning key foundational entrepreneurial concepts such as idea generation & evaluation, customer & product development, creating a business model, fundraising, marketing, and scaling & exiting a business, students will also hear from successful entrepreneurs who share their perspectives and best practices. Students will apply core concepts by working in teams to evaluate and select a venture idea that they will then develop throughout the semester.

Introduction to Entrepreneurship: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Also listed as: L & S C5

Introduction to Entrepreneurship: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
This team-taught course provides an introduction to the study of the modern business enterprise. It consists of four modules, the order of which may vary from semester to semester, and an online business simulation that runs during most of the semester. The four modules cover: Finance & Accounting, Marketing, Operations & Sustainability, and Leadership. In addition to lectures and the simulation, students attend discussion section each week.
Principles of Business: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 10

Principles of Business: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Not yet offered
The course is a discovery experience: Students discover their own leadership styles, and they discover how they can create teams – and act upon the world – to effect positive change. Students will learn how to imagine better futures, and then learn how to mobilize others to help create them. Changemakers make their impact through scientific breakthroughs, artistic imagination, social action projects, and entrepreneurial ventures. Online class sessions will cover both theoretical and practical topics, such as critical thinking, persuasive communication, problem framing, hypothesis testing, and leading and working with teams. The ultimate goal of the course is to help incoming students discover their own identity as Berkeley Changemakers.,Terms offered: Summer 2020 3 Week Session
The course is a discovery experience: Students discover their own leadership styles, and they discover how they can create teams – and act upon the world – to effect positive change. Students will learn how to imagine better futures, and then learn how to mobilize others to help create them. Changemakers make their impact through scientific breakthroughs, artistic imagination, social action projects, and entrepreneurial ventures. Online class sessions will cover both theoretical and practical topics, such as critical thinking, persuasive communication, problem framing, hypothesis testing, and leading and working with teams. The ultimate goal of the course is to help incoming students discover their own identity as Berkeley Changemakers.
The Berkeley Changemaker: A Discovery Experience: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Summer: 3 weeks - 10 hours of web-based lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.

Also listed as: L & S C12

The Berkeley Changemaker: A Discovery Experience: Read Less [-]

Hours & Format

Summer: 3 weeks - 10 hours of web-based lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.

Also listed as: L & S C12

The Berkeley Changemaker: A Discovery Experience: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2013, Spring 2007
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.
Freshman Seminars: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Freshman Seminars: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
This class will compare and contrast the variety of gift giving and sharing traditions that make up American philanthropy. Both the cultural antecedents and their expression in this country will be explored from five ethnic and racial groups: Native American, European American, African American, Hispanic American, and Asian American. The goal is to gain a greater understanding of the many dimensions of philanthropy as it is practiced in the United States today.
Philanthropy: A Cross-Cultural Perspective: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 39AC

Philanthropy: A Cross-Cultural Perspective: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 39

Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
The goal of this connector course is to provide an understanding of how data and statistical analysis can improve managerial decision-making. We will explore statistical methods for gleaning insights from economic and social data, with an emphasis on approaches to identifying causal relationships. We will discuss how to design and analyze randomized experiments and introduce econometric methods for estimating causal effects in non-experimental data. The course draws on a variety of business and social science applications, including advertising, management, online marketplaces, labor markets, and education. This course, in combination with the Data 8 Foundations course, satisfies the statistics prerequisite for admission to Haas.
Data and Decisions: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: One semester of Calculus (Math 16A or Math 1A). Also, this is a Data Science connector course and may only be taken concurrently with or after completing Computer Science C8/Statistics C8/Information C8

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Miller

Data and Decisions: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2019
This course offers an introduction to the field of biotechnology and will cover the history of the field, its impact on medicine and society, key methodologies, important therapeutic areas, and the range of career options available in the biopharmaceutical industry. In addition to lectures on innovation and entrepreneurship, students will hear from lecturers with expertise ranging from molecular biology to clinical trial design and interpretation. Several case studies of historically impactful scientists, entrepreneurs, and biotherapeutic companies will be presented. Students will work in teams to create and develop novel biotechnology company ideas to present in class. Intended for students interested in the Biology+Business program.
Introduction to the Biotechnology Field and Industry: Impact, History, Therapeutics R&D, Entrepreneurship and Careers: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.

Instructors: Kirn, Lasky

Also listed as: MCELLBI C95B

Introduction to the Biotechnology Field and Industry: Impact, History, Therapeutics R&D, Entrepreneurship and Careers: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Study in various fields of business administration for lower division students. Topics will vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Lower Division Special Topics in Business Administration: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Lower Division Special Topics in Business Administration: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014
Organized group study on topics selected by lower division students under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the Haas School of Business faculty.
Directed Group Study: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 98

Directed Group Study: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Theory and practice of effective communication in a business environment. Students practice what they learn with oral presentations and written assignments that model real-life business situations.
Business Communication: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Restricted to Undergraduate Business Administration Majors Only

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Business Communication: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
Economic analysis applicable to the problems of business enterprises with emphasis on the determination of the level of prices, outputs, and inputs; effects of the state of the competitive environment on business and government policies.
Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Economics 1, Mathematics 1A or 16A, Statistics W21, or equivalents

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA 101A after completing ECON 100A, ECON 101A, BUS ADM 110, ENVECON 100, BUS ADM S110, IAS 106, or POLECON 106. A deficient grade in UGBA 101A may be removed by taking POLECON 106, ECON 100A, ECON 101A, ENVECON 100, IAS 106, or POLECON 106.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session
Analysis of the operation of the market system with emphasis on the factors responsible for economic instability; analysis of public and business policies which are necessary as a result of business fluctuations.
Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Economics 1, Mathematics 1A or 16A, Statistics W21, or equivalents

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA 101B after completing ECON 100B, ECON 101B, BUS ADM 111, IAS 107, or POLECON 107. A deficient grade in UGBA 101B may be removed by taking ECON 100B, ECON 101B, IAS 107, or POLECON 107.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 111

Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
The identification, measurement, and reporting of financial effects of events on enterprises, with a particular emphasis on business organization. Preparation and interpretation of balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows.
Financial Accounting: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Course not open for credit for students who are taking or have completed Undergraduate Business Administration W102A.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Financial Accounting: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
The uses of accounting systems and their outputs in the process of management of an enterprise. Classification of costs and revenue on several bases for various uses; budgeting and standard cost accounting; analyses of relevant costs and other data for decision making.
Managerial Accounting: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 102A

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Managerial Accounting: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session
The identification, measurement, and reporting of financial effects of events on enterprises, with a particular emphasis on business organization. Preparation and interpretation of balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows.
Financial Accounting: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Course not open for credit for students who are taking or have completed Undergraduate Business Administration 102A.

Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of web-based lecture per week

Online: This is an online course.

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Financial Accounting: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session
Analysis and management of the flow of funds through an enterprise. Cash management, source and application of funds, term loans, types and sources of long-term capital. Capital budgeting, cost of capital, and financial structure. Introduction to capital markets.
Introduction to Finance: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 101A

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Finance: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
This course provides an introduction to several quantitative methods used to facilitate complex decision-making in business, with applications in many different industries, at different levels in the organization, and with different scopes of decisions. The power of the methods covered in this class is further enhanced by implementing them in spreadsheet software, which allows complex problems to be approached and solved in a straightforward and understandable manner.
Introduction to Business Analytics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Mathematics 1B or 16B, Statistics W21, or equivalents

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Business Analytics: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
A general descriptive and analytical study of organizations from the behavioral science point of view. Problems of motivation, leadership, morale, social structure, groups, communications, hierarchy, and control in complex organizations are addressed. The interaction among technology, environment, and human behavior are considered. Alternate theoretical models are discussed.
Leading People: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Undergrad. Business Administration 105 after completing Business Administration 150 or S150.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of lecture and 1.5-0 hours of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 4-8 hours of lecture and 4-0 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 3-6 hours of lecture and 3-0 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Leading People: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session
The evolution of markets and marketing; market structure; marketing cost and efficiency; public and private regulation; the development of marketing programs including decisions involving products, price, promotional distribution.
Marketing: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Marketing: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
Study and analysis of American business in a changing social and political environment. Interaction between business and other institutions. Role of business in the development of social values, goals, and national priorities. The expanding role of the corporation in dealing with social problems and issues.
The Social, Political, and Ethical Environment of Business: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 5-7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5-0 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

The Social, Political, and Ethical Environment of Business: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
This course draws upon theories and frameworks from industrial organization economics, game theory, and resource-based views to address the unique challenges confronted by senior executives of organizations. The focus is strategies for competitive advantage at an organizational level. Topics include industry and competitor analysis, horizontal and vertical boundaries of the firm, strategic positioning, internal competencies, and dynamic capabilities.
Competitive Strategy: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 101A or equivalent

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
3 weeks - 15 hours of lecture per week
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Competitive Strategy: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
A variety of topics in economic analysis and policy with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 101A-101B or equivalents

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 119

Special Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session
This course will develop models for understanding the economic causes and effects of international trade, will investigate the effects of economic policies that inhibit trade, and will examine the political economy of trade. By integrating the findings of the latest theoretical and empirical research in international economics, this course help students learn how to explore the current political debates in the U.S. and elsewhere regarding the benefits and costs of international trade.
International Trade: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Undergraduate Business Administration 101A or equivalent

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Undergraduate Business Administration 118 after taking Economics 181 or Economics C181/Environmental Economics and Policy C181.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

International Trade: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
Class format consists of lectures, experiential exercises, student presentations, and case discussions. This course will cover the concepts and techniques required for successful implementation of business strategies with a particular focus on the role of effective leadership in leading strategic change.
Leading Strategy Implementation: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 10 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 190

Leading Strategy Implementation: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session
This Course introduces the student to concepts, theory and applications of financial accounting. The topics covered include accrual accounting concepts, financial statement analysis, inventory valuations, capital assets and their corresponding depreciation and impairment. Attention is given to examples on current reporting practices and to the study of reporting requirements promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) with comparison to the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”).
Intermediate Financial Accounting 1: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 102A

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Intermediate Financial Accounting 1: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
This course expands students’ knowledge of the concepts, theory, and application of financial accounting. It continues the technical accounting sequence, which also includes UGBA 120AA, Intermediate Accounting 1 and UGBA 120B, Advanced Financial Accounting. Topics include an in-depth treatment of the financing elements of the balance sheet and the income statement, as well as a detailed examination of the statement of cash flows.
Intermediate Financial Accounting 2: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: UGBA 102A is required. UGBA 120AA is recommended

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Intermediate Financial Accounting 2: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Continuation of 120A. Sources of long term capital; funds statements, financial analysis, accounting for partnerships, consolidated financial statements, adjustments of accounting data using price indexes; accounting for the financial effects of pension plans; other advanced accounting problems.
Advanced Financial Accounting: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: UGBA 120AA and 120AB are recommended

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Advanced Financial Accounting: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Determination of individual and corporation tax liability; influence of federal taxation on economic activity; tax considerations in business and investment decisions.
Federal Income Tax Accounting: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 102A (120AA recommended)

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Federal Income Tax Accounting: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
This course is designed to: 1) develop basic skills in financial statement analysis; 2) teach students to identify the relevant financial data used in a variety of decision contexts, such as equity valuation, forecasting firm-level economic variables, distress prediction and credit analysis; 3) help students appreciate the factors that influence the outcome of the financial reporting process, such as the incentives of reporting parties, regulatory rules, and a firm's competitive environment.
Financial Information Analysis: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 120AA

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Financial Information Analysis: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
This course examines how accounting in the financial services industry – banking, insurance, investment industry, and real estate – actually operates. Students learn about underwriting and pricing in each sector, investment processes and controls, incentive-based profit sharing, risk management, and the factors that contribute to profitability. Students learn what financial statements reveal about estimates companies make regarding liabilities and, more generally, what they reveal about how companies deal with uncertainty associated with predicting and measuring financial results. Students examine the controversy over employing Fair Value Accounting across sectors and learn about other sector-specific accounting requirements.
Operating and Financial Reporting Issues in the Financial Services Industry: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Students are encouraged to complete UGBA 102A or to possess a basic understanding about how financial statements are prepared

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Operating and Financial Reporting Issues in the Financial Services Industry: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
This course focuses on ethics related to the accounting for and reporting of financial statements and related financial information, and touches on the ethics of tax preparers. It is taught within the context of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), as well as broader ethical concepts. This course fulfills the accounting ethics education requirement of the California Board of Accountancy, needed for a California CPA license. The course covers (i) theories and rules and (ii) the application of these theories and rules to case studies drawn from real life. Students are taught not only to identify the risks of fraud, but also how an organization’s culture and structure might be altered to reduce the risks.
Ethics in Accounting: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Ethics in Accounting: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Concepts and problems in the field of professional verification of financial and related information, including ethical, legal and other professional issues, historical developments, and current concerns.
Auditing: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 120AA (120AB and 120B recommended)

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Auditing: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
A variety of topics in accounting with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Accounting: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: At the discretion of the instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture and 0-1 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture and 0-2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Special Topics in Accounting: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017
Managerial accounting is a company's internal language and is used for decision-making, production management, product design and pricing, performance evaluation and motivation of employees. The objective of the course is to develop the skills and analytical ability of effectively and efficiently use managerial accounting information in order to help a company achieve its strategic and financial goals.
Strategic Cost Management: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 102B

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Strategic Cost Management: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
This course will cover the principles and practice of business finance. It will focus on project evaluation, capital structure, and corporate governance. Firms' policies toward debt, equity, and dividends are explored. The incentives and conflicts facing managers and owners are also discussed.
Corporate Finance and Financial Statement Analysis: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 103

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 134

Corporate Finance and Financial Statement Analysis: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019
The course is designed to cover advanced corporate finance issues. Its purpose is two-fold. First, it will help students develop a tool-box, both conceptual and quantitative, to address real-world corporate financial issues that they will likely use immediately in any finance-related career. Second, the course is designed to give the “the big picture,” i.e., sharpen understanding of how corporate financial strategy helps increase a firm’s value in a dynamic environment. The course examines qualitative factors that help determine financial strategy, including the costs of financial distress and the value of financial flexibility, as well as quantitative techniques, such as option pricing, that will be helpful in various analyses.
Corporate Strategy and Valuation: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Undergraduate Business Administration 103

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Corporate Strategy and Valuation: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session
Organization, behavior, and management of financial institutions. Markets for financial assets and the structure of yields, influence of Federal Reserve System and monetary policy on financial assets and institutions.
Financial Institutions and Markets: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 101A-101B, and 103

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 132

Financial Institutions and Markets: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session
Sources of and demand for investment capital, operations of security markets, determination of investment policy, and procedures for analysis of securities.
Investments: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 103

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Investments: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2019
This course provides students with an introduction to the application of mathematics and statistics in the field of finance. It consists of three integrated modules: 1) an introduction to the quantitative foundations of finance, using calculus, linear algebra, statistics and probability; 2) extension into financial theory as it relates to asset pricing, fixed income, derivatives, structured finance and risk management; and 3) application and implementation of these foundational tools and theory through software like Excel to build basic quantitative financial models (touching on programming). The goal is to use financial models that can guide business and financial decisions.
Introduction to Financial Engineering: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: UGBA 103

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to Financial Engineering: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Survey of major life financial decisions (e.g., career choice, consumption versus saving, investments, mortgages, insurance) and how decision-making biases (e.g., overconfidence, present bias, limited attention) can lead to suboptimal choice. The course draws on research from economics, psychology, and sociology.
Personal Financial Management: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructors: Odean, Selinger

Personal Financial Management: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session
This course explores why markets are sometimes inefficient. We consider the role that investors’ heuristics and biases play in generating mispricing in financial markets. We also explore how various trading frictions limit the ability of arbitrageurs to reduce mispricing. Finally, we look at the influence of market inefficiencies on corporate decisions.
Behavioral Finance: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 103

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Behavioral Finance: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
A variety of topics in finance with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Finance: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 103

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 139

Special Topics in Finance: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
A survey of the concepts and methodologies for management control of production and operations systems. Topics include inventory control, material requirements planning for multistage production systems, aggregate planning, scheduling, and production distribution.
Production and Operations Management: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 104 or equivalent, or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 0-1 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 5-7.5 hours of lecture and 0-2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 142

Production and Operations Management: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2010
This course provides an introduction to game theory and decision analysis. Game theory is concerned with strategic interactions among players (multi-player games), and decision analysis is concerned with making choices under uncertainty (single-player games). Emphasis is placed on applications.
Game Theory and Business Decisions: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Mathematics 1B or 16B, Statistics 21, or equivalent

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Game Theory and Business Decisions: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2005, Spring 2005
The primary objective of this course is to develop the critical skills and knowledge needed to successfully pitch and lead projects, and to deliver those projects on time and within budget. The course delves into formal planning and scheduling techniques including: project definition, project selection, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Resource Estimation, Critical Path Method (CPM), Pert, Gantt Charts, Resource Constrained Scheduling, Project Monitoring and Project Closing.
Project Management: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Project Management: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session
A variety of topics in manufacturing and information technology with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Operations and Information Technology Management: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Special Topics in Operations and Information Technology Management: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2016
The designs of systems of rewards, assessment, and manpower development. The interaction of selection, placement, training, personnel evaluation, and career ladders within an on-going organization. Role of the staff manager. Introduction of change. Implications of behavioral research for management problems and policies.
Management of Human Resources: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 105

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 151

Management of Human Resources: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
The purpose of this course is to understand the theory and processes of negotiation as practiced in a variety of settings. It is designed to be relevant to the broad spectrum of negotiation problems faced by managers and professionals. By focusing on the hehavior of individuals, groups, and organizations in the context of competitive situations, the course will allow students the opportunity to develop negotiation skills experientially in useful analytical frameworks (e.g.- simulations, cases).
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 105

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 152

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2019
This course will provide students with a sense of "political intelligence." After taking this course, students will be able to: (1) diagnose the true distribution of power in organizations, (2) identify strategies for building sources of power, (3) develop techniques for influencing others, (4) understand the role of power in building cooperation and leading change in organizations, and (5) make sense of others' attempts to influence them. These skills are essential for effective and satisfying career building.
Power and Politics in Organizations: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Power and Politics in Organizations: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
The purpose of this course is for the students to develop understanding of the theory and practice of leadership in various organizational settings. It is designed to allow students the opportunity to develop leadership skills through experiential exercises, behavioral and self-assessments, case studies, class discussions, and lectures.
Leadership: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA 155 after completing UGBA W155. A deficient grade in UGBA 155 may be removed by taking UGBA W155.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Leadership: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 10 Week Session
The purpose of this course is for the students to develop understanding of the theory and practice of leadership in various organizational settings. It is designed to allow students the opportunity to develop leadership skills through experiential exercises, behavioral and self-assessments, case studies, class discussions, and lectures.
Leadership: Purpose, Authority, and Empowerment: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA C155 after completing UGBA W155. A deficient grade in UGBA C155 may be removed by taking UGBA W155.

Hours & Format

Summer: 10 weeks - 4.5 hours of web-based lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Also listed as: UGIS C151

Leadership: Purpose, Authority, and Empowerment: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Not yet offered
The purpose of this course is for the students to develop understanding of the theory and practice of leadership in various organizational settings. It is designed to allow students the opportunity to develop leadership skills through experiential exercises, behavioral and self-assessments, case studies, class discussions, and lectures.
Leadership: Purpose, Authority, and Empowerment: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA W155 after completing UGBA 155. A deficient grade in UGBA W155 may be removed by taking UGBA 155.

Hours & Format

Summer: 10 weeks - 4.5 hours of web-based lecture per week

Online: This is an online course.

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Mulhern

Leadership: Purpose, Authority, and Empowerment: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
A variety of topics in organizational behavior and industrial relations with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in the Management of Organizations: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 105

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 159

Special Topics in the Management of Organizations: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
Consumer behavior is the study of how consumers process information, form attitudes and judgments, and make decisions. Its study is critical to understand how consumers think and behave, which is critical for a company wishing to develop a customer focus. Given how different people are, it is amazing how similarly their minds work. Consumer psychology is the systematic study of how consumers perceive information, how they encode it in memory, integrate it with other sources of information, retrieve it from memory, and utilize it to make decisions. It is one of the building blocks of the study of marketing and provides the student with a set of tools with diverse applications.
Customer Insights: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 106

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Customer Insights: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017
Information technology has allowed firms to gather and process large quantities of information about consumers' choices and reactions to marketing campaigns. However, few firms have the expertise to intelligently act on such information. This course addresses this shortcoming by teaching students how to use customer information to better market to consumers. In addition, the course addresses how information technology affects marketing strategy.
Market Research: Tools and Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 106

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Market Research: Tools and Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
This course is an introduction to product management in marketing consumer and industrial goods and services. The course will cover analysis of market information, development of product strategy, programming strategy, and implementation.
Brand Management and Strategy: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 106

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 162

Brand Management and Strategy: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
As consumers demand information and products tailored specifically to their individual needs, brands strive to create alternative advertising methods to build lasting relationships and retain “top of mind” status. Smart consumers, especially those in niche markets, have dismissed traditional avenues of sponsorship and product placement. Course explores how and why brand executives across multiple industries are leveraging entertainment to connect with niche markets. It educates students about how marketers develop creative and entertaining ways to connect with multi-hyphenate customers. Course culminates in a Creative Pitch, based on a case study, and a Client Presentation where students present marketing campaigns to industry executives.
Product Branding and Branded Entertainment: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Product Branding and Branded Entertainment: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
This course specifically addresses how to deal with competition. Additionally, marketing managers usually have to make decisions with incomplete or unreliable information. In “Marketing Strategy” students learn how firms develop plans that can be updated in light of changing circumstances. The course covers the following topics: Market size estimation; Competitor identification and analysis; Internal analysis; Alternative business models; Risk identification, assessment and management using scenario planning; Handling unknown futures using sensitivity analysis; Price setting dynamics; Competitive tactics. The course utilizes a combination of lectures and cases. There are group presentations (self-selected teams) and some group projects.
Marketing Strategy: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 106

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Marketing Strategy: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2019, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session
Basic concepts and functions of advertising in the economy; consumer motivation; problems in utilizing advertising and measuring its effectiveness.
Advertising Strategy: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 106

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 165

Advertising Strategy: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018
A variety of topics in marketing with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Marketing: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 106

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4-6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 169

Special Topics in Marketing: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2018
This three-module course aims to equip students with proven concepts, techniques, and frameworks for assessing and formulating pricing strategies. The first module develops the economics and behavorial foundations of pricing. The second module discusses several innovative pricing concepts including price customization, nonlinear pricing, price matching, and product line pricing. The third module analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of several Internet-based, buyer-determined pricing models.
Pricing: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Pricing: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
This course will examine selected aspects of the history of American business. Included will be discussions of the evolution of the large corporation, the development of modern managerial techniques, and the changing relationship of business, government, and labor.
History of American Business: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Rosen

Formerly known as: American Studies C172, Business Administration C172

Also listed as: AMERSTD C172

History of American Business: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
An analysis of the law and the legal process, emphasizing the nature and functions of law within the U.S. federal system, followed by a discussion of the legal problems pertaining to contracts and related topics, business association, and the impact of law on economic enterprise.
Legal Aspects of Management: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 175

Legal Aspects of Management: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
This course introduces students to public relations and how it is used by companies, non-profits and individuals to build and support their brands through innovative communication techniques. Students will hear from and have direct access to entrepreneurs and established executives who share insights on how they've used creative public relations campaigns and communications skills to create attention and value for their brand or avoid it in a crisis. They also learn to work in teams crafting effective media responses for an existing company needing real help now (not a case study). The semester ends with each student applying this technique to create their own personal brand that they can refine as they prepare to move into the workforce.
Innovations in Communications and Public Relations: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Innovations in Communications and Public Relations: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
A variety of topics in business and public policy with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Business and Public Policy: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 107

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 179

Special Topics in Business and Public Policy: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2020
A survey involving environmental, economic, political, and social constraints on doing business abroad; effects of overseas business investments on domestic and foreign economies; foreign market analysis and operational strategy of a firm; management problems and development potential of international operations.
Introduction to International Business: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Undergraduate Business Administration 101A-101B or equivalents

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Undergraduate Business Administration 178 after completing Business Administration 188. A deficient grade in Business Administration 188 may be removed by taking Undergraduate Business Administration 178.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Introduction to International Business: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
By exploring the intersection of global business, entrepreneurship, and consulting, this course provides an understanding of how decision-makers in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can develop the frameworks necessary for making decisions about how to venture across borders in pursuit of economic opportunities in today's hypercompetitive global business environment. In addition to the technical analysis of cases, there is a strong emphasis on how to create a new service company, market and sell to potential clients, manage client relationships, and leverage financial and human resources in a service setting.
International Consulting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

International Consulting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
The nature of real property; market analysis; construction cycles; mortgage lending; equity investment; metropolitan growth; urban land use; real property valuation; public policies.
Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Economics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Economics 1, Mathematics 16A or 1A, or equivalents

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 180

Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Economics: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
Real estate debt and equity financing; mortgage market structure; effects of credit on demand; equity investment criteria; public policies in real estate finance and urban development.
Introduction to Real Estate Finance: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 180

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 183

Introduction to Real Estate Finance: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
This course examines how market forces influence the development of cities and the development and pricing of real estate assets. Topics include city formation; city size; land rent and land use; the operation of residential, commerical and industrial property markets; and the impacts of government policies, including the provision of public services, the imposition property taxes and fees, transportation pricing and investment, and land use regulations.
Urban and Real Estate Economics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: A background in microeconomics and basic calculus is preferable. Please contact the instructor if you are unsure about your preparation for this course

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Urban and Real Estate Economics: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2009
A variety of topics in real estate economics and finance with emphasis on current problems and research.
Special Topics in Real Estate Economics and Finance: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Special Topics in Real Estate Economics and Finance: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020
This is a project-based course in collaborative innovation where students experience group creativity and team-based design by using techniques from across the disciplines of business, theater, design, and art practice. Students will leverage problem framing and solving techniques derived from critical thinking, systems thinking, and creative problem solving (popularly known today as design thinking). The course is grounded in a brief weekly lecture that sets out the theoretical, historical, and cultural contexts for particular innovation practices, but the majority of the class involves hands-on studio-based learning guided by an interdisciplinary team of teachers leading small group collaborative projects.
Collaborative Innovation: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for UGBA 190C after completing ART 100, or THEATER 100. A deficient grade in UGBA 190C may be removed by taking ART 100, or THEATER 100.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of studio per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Beckman

Collaborative Innovation: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019
The goal of this course is to equip students with innovation skills and practices. This is a learn-by-doing lab. Students learn research methods, ethnography, analysis and synthesis, reflective thinking, scenario creation, ideation processes, rapid prototyping cycles and designing experiments, iterative design and how to tell the story of “Never Before Seen” ideas. Class time is spent using hands-on innovation and human-centered design practices. Teams present work for critique and iterative development. The course features short lectures, guest talks, campus-based fieldwork, site visits, research and readings. Projects will be launched in the sessions and each team will be coached and mentored.
Innovation and Design Thinking in Business: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Innovation and Design Thinking in Business: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Not yet offered
This course is a strategy and general management course for students interested in pursuing careers in the global information technology industry. Students are taught to view the IT industry through the eyes of the general manager/CEO (whether at a start-up or an industry giant). They learn how to evaluate strategic options and their consequences, how to understand the perspectives of various industry players, and how to anticipate how they are likely to behave under various circumstances. These include the changing economics of production, the role network effects and standards have on adoption of new products and services, the tradeoffs among potential pricing strategies, and the regulatory and public policy context.
Strategy for the Information Technology Firm: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 4-6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Strategy for the Information Technology Firm: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session
Advanced study in the fields of innovation and design that will address current and emerging issues. Topics will vary with each offering and will be announced at the beginning of each term.
Special Topics in Innovation and Design: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 2-7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Special Topics in Innovation and Design: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2016, Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session
This course is a workshop in the fundamentals of public speaking skills in today's business environment. Each student will give speeches, coach, and debate each other, and take part in a variety of listening and other communication exercises. The course focuses on authenticity, persuasion, and advocacy.
Communication for Leaders: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 3.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Communication for Leaders: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
This class explores the broad principles of improvisation, a performing art form that has developed pedagogical methods to enhance individual spontaneity, listening and awareness, expressive skills, risk-taking, and one’s ability to make authentic social and emotional connections. The ultimate aim of the course is to help students develop an innovative and improvisational leadership mindset, sharpening in-the-moment decision making and the ability to quickly recognize and act upon opportunities when presented. In practical terms, this course strives to enhance students’ business communication skills and increase both interpersonal intuition and confidence.
Improvisational Leadership: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Improvisational Leadership: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Leadership Communication is a workshop in the fundamentals of public speaking in today's business environment. Through prepared and impromptu speeches aimed at moving others to action, peer coaching, and lectures, students will sharpen their authentic and persuasive communication skills, develop critical listening skills, improve abilities to give, receive, and apply feedback, and gain confidence as public speakers.
Leadership Communication: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 2 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Alternative to final exam.

Leadership Communication: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
This course is highly interactive and challenges you to explore questions central to your own leadership journey. The ultimate aim of the class is to help you develop a lifelong leadership development practice, where continuous personal growth is valued and actively pursued.
Leadership and Personal Development: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Leadership and Personal Development: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
This course prepares students conceptually and practically to found, lead, and manage organizations in the nonprofit sector. The course focuses on mission and theory of change (strategy), role of the board in governance, managing and marketing to multiple constituencies, role of advocacy in meeting mission, leadership styles and managing organizational culture, resource development (philanthropy), nonprofit financial management, managing for impact, HR management (volunteering), and cross-sector alliances.
Leading Nonprofit and Social Enterprises: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: 101A or equivalent

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 115

Leading Nonprofit and Social Enterprises: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017
This course provides a survey of innovative social movements and their complex relationships to social media technologies. It will examine the evolution from pre-social-media to present-day mobilizing strategies and the interplay between explicitly policy- and advocacy-focused approaches and related efforts rooted in music, visual arts, popular culture and celebrities. The course will place into comparative relief the discourses of explicitly racially- or ethnically-defined movements and movements that mobilize based on other, sometimes overlapping categories of marginalization including class, immigration status, gender identity and occupational category.
Social Movements and Social Media: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Instructor: David Harris

Social Movements and Social Media: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
This course teaches students the concepts and practices of effective philanthropy. It offers students the experience of studying relevant theories and frameworks for assessing potential grant recipients and a real-world grant making experience in which they complete a series of nonprofit organizational assessments and then make actual grants totaling $10,000 to a limited number of organizations. Students learn about the evolution of the philanthropic sector from traditional entities, such as private, corporate and community foundations, to an array of new funding intermediaries, technology-driven philanthropies, open source platforms, “impact” investors, and venture philanthropy partnerships.
Strategic Philanthropy: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Strategic Philanthropy: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019
This course is designed to provide broad exposure to the theories and activities of social entrepreneurship. The inquiry is grounded in real-world examples that illustrate the topics and stimulate thinking, discussion, and learning. Working in groups, students develop a business plan or pitch deck for a social enterprise that addresses an issue that is of interest/concern to the student team. Students with preexisting social enterprise ideas or plans that they would like to further develop and refine are welcomed and encouraged to use this class project as an opportunity to do so.
Social Entrepreneurship: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Social Entrepreneurship: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
The main objective of this course is to help students become effective practitioners in global development and understand career options in the global social sector. The course aims to (i) analyze the historical, sociological and statistical underpinnings of the major issues in global development (conflict, food security, human rights, poverty, health and education), (ii) understand what various organizations can contribute to each issue (government agencies, multilateral institutions, private foundations, NGOs, and private sector companies and entrepreneurs), and (iii) design and analyze approaches to addressing these issues.
Strategic Approaches for Global Social Impact: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Strategic Approaches for Global Social Impact: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Not yet offered
This course, one of the first of its kind offered at a business school, will prepare students for the growing field of practice at the intersection of business and human rights. Students will gain an overview of the international human rights framework and global business and human rights standards and guidelines; analyze the ways in which companies can impact human rights, and to assess the degree to which companies are and should be responsible for human rights impacts; learn to manage a company’s human rights impacts as corporate human rights managers, external consultants, or civil society advocates; and practice the communication skills necessary to successfully address human rights issues within a complex multinational corporation.
Managing Human Rights in Business: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Managing Human Rights in Business: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course covers the methods and applications of impact evaluations, which is the science of measuring the causal impact of a program or policy on outcomes of interest. At its essence, impact evaluation is about generating evidence on which policies work, and which don’t. This subject matter should appeal to three main audiences: (1) those in decision-making positions, such as policy makers and business leaders, and need to consume the information generated from impact evaluations to make informed evidence-based decisions, (2) project managers, development practitioners and business managers who commission impact evaluations and (3) researchers who actually design and implement impact evaluations.
Applied Impact Evaluation: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Applied Impact Evaluation: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
Advanced study in the field of social sector leadership that will address current and emerging issues. Topics will vary with each offering and will be announced at the beginning of each term.
Topics in Social Sector Leadership: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-5 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-12.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Topics in Social Sector Leadership: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2016
Discuss the field of strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) through a series of lectures, guest speakers, and projects. The course will examine best practices used by companies to engage in socially responsible business practices. It will provide students with a flavor of the complex dilemmas one can face in business in trying to do both "good for society" and "well for shareholders." It looks at CSR from a corporation perspective, and how this supports core business objectives, core competencies, and bottom-line profits.
Sustainable Business Consulting Projects: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Sustainable Business Consulting Projects: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session
This course—a mixture of lectures, readings, business cases and corporate speakers—uses theory, frameworks, tools and business cases to teach students how to systematically evaluate and implement sustainability strategies that also maintain or maximize financial returns. Students are taught to identify opportunities to create business value from environmental and social challenges, and to evaluate the competitive implications related to sustainability initiatives. What type of long-term strategies can organizations set to simultaneously foster sustainable development strategy and sound financial practice? How should decision makers make trade-offs between these two organizational objectives? When is “sustainability” also “good business”?
Business and Sustainability: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Business and Sustainability: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 8 Week Session, Spring 2020
Advanced study in the field of corporate social responsibility that will address current and emerging issues. Topics will vary with each offering and will be announced at the beginning of each term.
Topics in Corporate Social Responsibility: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Topics in Corporate Social Responsibility: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
Energy is one of the main drivers of civilization. Today we are at the precipice of what many hope will be a major paradigm shift in energy production and use. Two transitions are needed. On the one hand, we must find ways to extend the benefits of our existing energy system to the impoverished people living in the developing world while continuing to provide these benefits to the people of the developed world. On the other hand, we must completely overhaul the existing system to fight climate change and other forms of air and water pollution. Are these shifts truly within our reach? Can we achieve both simultaneously? If so, how? This Big Ideas course will grapple with these questions using an interdisciplinary systems approach.
Energy & Civilization: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions: Students who take UGBA 193B will not receive credit for L&S 126.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Energy & Civilization: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2014 10 Week Session, Summer 2013 10 Week Session, Summer 2012 10 Week Session
This is a zero-unit internship course for non-immigrant international students participating in internships under the Curricular Practical Training program. Requires a paper exploring how the theoretical constructs learned in UGBA courses were applied during the internship.
Curricular Practical Training for International Students: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: International students only

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of internship per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 0 hours of internship per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required.

Curricular Practical Training for International Students: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session
This course includes both formal learning in lectures, experiential learning, and action research through site visits abroad. Students and instructor will visit with international companies and/or organizations to learn about the business opportunities and challenges of operating in a specific country or region. Evaluation is based on student participation, presentations, and a research paper. Country and business industry focus may vary from term to term depending upon the instructor.
Business Abroad: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: To be determined by instructor depending on topic

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4-6 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 5 weeks - 16-25 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Business Abroad: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
This is a speakers series course designed to give students insights from practitioners into complex issues facing American business leaders. Each week a guest speaker will discuss an issue related to a particular theme, ranging from corporate governance to the social responsibilities of business. Students will be challenged to synthesize, question, and extend those insights under the guidance of the instructor.
Undergraduate Colloquium on Business Topics: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required.

Undergraduate Colloquium on Business Topics: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Do you have an idea for a new business, but want to learn how to more fully develop this idea? Would you like to receive funding for your business idea, but lack a framework to ask for capital? This course takes students through the new venture process using a business plan as the main deliverable. A well-written business plan sets key milestones and indicates the resources needed to achieve them, in an increasingly complex business environment. Through the planning process that tightly links market and financial planning a business plan creates a set of standards to which investors and teammates can evaluate actual performance, laying the foundation for an “operating plan” once the business is launched.
Entrepreneurship: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Entrepreneurship: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Not yet offered
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts and principles for consulting with startups and small businesses. Students will work in self-created teams of 3-4 and can either bid for projects provided by the instructor, or source their own project so long as it fits the course criteria. Course time will include guest lecturers and consulting skills workshops. Student teams will be expected to meet together and with the client outside of class time.
Startup and Small-Business Consulting: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Startup and Small-Business Consulting: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
This course explores and examines key issues facing entrepreneurs and their businesses. It is intended to provide a broad spectrum of topics across many business disciplines including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, production/quality, technology, etc. Students will acquire a keen understanding of both the theoretical and real world tools used by today's entrepreneurial business leaders in achieving success in today's global business environment.
Entrepreneurship: How to Successfully start a New Business: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Entrepreneurship: How to Successfully start a New Business: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011
This course examines whether and how entrepreneurial ventures can meaningfully address global poverty vs. more traditional approaches such as foreign aid, private philanthropy or corporate social responsibility initiatives. Combining lectures, case studies, and interviews with social entrepreneurs, it explores poverty and entrepreneurship before focusing on their intersection in various bottom-of-pyramid markets, from health, housing, and education to energy, agriculture, and finance.
Entrepreneurship To Address Global Poverty: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Entrepreneurship To Address Global Poverty: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Courses of this kind will cover issues in entrepreneurship that either appeal to a specialized interest by type of firm being started (e.g., new ventures in computer software) or in the aspect of the entrepreneurial process being considered (e.g., new venture funding). The courses typically will be designed to take advantage of the access offered by the University and the locale to knowledgeable and experienced members of the business community.
Topics in Entrepreneurship: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Topics in Entrepreneurship: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Study in various fields of business administration. Topics will vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Special Topics in Business Administration: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Upper division standing

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week
10 weeks - 2-4 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 196

Special Topics in Business Administration: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Organized group study on topics selected by upper division students under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the Haas School of Business faculty.
Directed Study: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 198

Directed Study: Read Less [-]

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
Enrollment restrictions apply.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Undergrad. Business Administration/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: Business Administration 199

Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read Less [-]

Faculty and Instructors

+ Indicates this faculty member is the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.

Faculty

Debby Hopkins, Executive Fellow.
Research Profile

Cameron Anderson, Professor. Status hierarchies, psychology of power, self and interpersonal perception.
Research Profile

Ned Augenblick, Assistant Professor. Theoretical and empirical analysis of online markets.
Research Profile

Aaron Bodoh-Creed, Assistant Professor. Industrial organization, market design, psychology and economics.
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Severin Borenstein, Professor. Energy policy and climate change, electricity deregulation, airline competition, oil and gasoline market pricing and competition.
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Jamie Breen , Assistant Dean, MBA Programs for Working Professionals.
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Andrew Campbell, Executive Director, Energy Institute.
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Maria Carkovic, Executive Director, Institute for Business Innovation.
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Dana Carney, Associate Professor. Ethics, social cognition, social judgment and decision making, nonverbal communication, power and influence, prejudice and discrimination.
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Courtney Chandler, Senior Assistant Dean, Evening & Weekend MBA Program.
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Jennifer Chatman, Professor. Organizational culture and firm performance, group demography, norms in social groups.
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Henry Chesbrough, Adjunct Professor. Innovation, Organizing, structuring, and managing internal and external research and development, Technology-based spinoffs and corporate venture capital, Managing intellectual property, Comparative industry evolution in high-technology industries between the US, Japan, and Western Europe.
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Kevin Coldiron, Master of Financial Engineering. Shadow Banking, Carry Trades, Sentiment and Asset Valuation.
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Victor Couture, Assistant Professor. Urban economics, transportation.
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Clayton Critcher, Associate Professor. Judgment and decision making, consumer experience, the self, moral psychology, social cognition.
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Ernesto Dal Bo, Professor. Applied microeconomic theory, political economy, corruption and influence, collective decision-making, coercion.
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Solomon Darwin, Executive Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation. Smart City Innovations and Business Models, Cognitive Computing Business Models, Open Innovation and Business Models, Sustainability, Strategic Planning & Cost Reduction Strategies, Forensic Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, International Accounting & Multinational Corporations.
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Lucas Davis, Associate Professor. Energy and environmental economics, applied microeconomics, public finance.
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Rui de Figueiredo, Associate Professor. Game theory, methodology and econometrics, non-market strategy, institutions and organizations, bureaucratic organization, American politics.
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Mathijs de Vaan, Assistant Professor. Economic sociology, social network analysis, causal inference.
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Patricia Dechow, Professor. Accounting accruals, quality and reliability of earnings, use of earnings information in predicting stock returns.
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Marjorie DeGraca, Executive Director, M.E.T. Program.
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+ Stefano DellaVigna, Professor. Behavioral economics.
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Sunil Dutta, Professor. Performance measures, incentive contracts, accounting information, cost of capital, equity valuation.
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Omri Even-Tov, Assistant Professor. Corporate debt, relation between accounting information, bond returns, and stock returns, analysts as information intermediaries.
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Ellen Evers, Assistant Professor. Judgment and decision making, collecting, pattern perception, moral psychology.
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Pnina Feldman, Assistant Professor. Operations economics, operations management incorporating strategic consumer behavior, pricing strategies, operations-marketing interface, behavioral operations.
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Brenda Fellows, Lecturer. Multicultural competence challenges, relationship between strategic executive leadership to organizational and people performance.
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Frederico Finan, Associate Professor. Applied microeconomics, development economics, political economy.
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Lee Fleming, Professor. Strategies for product invention, integration of scientific and empirical search strategies, recombination of diverse technologies, innovation.
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Tenny Frost, Executive Director, Alumni Relations & Development.
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William Fuchs, Assistant Professor. Dynamics, asymmetric information, contracting with limited enforcement.
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Nicolae Garleanu, Professor. Asset pricing, liquidity, contracts, financial innovations, security design, auctions.
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Paul Gertler, Professor. Impact evaluation, health economics.
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Andreea Gorbatai, Assistant Professor. Social structures, social norms, open innovation, collective entrepreneurship.
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Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Professor. International macroeconomics and finance.
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Brett Green, Assistant Professor. Information economics, dynamic games, contract theory, sports economics.
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Jose Guajardo, Assistant Professor. Business model innovation, business analytics, service innovation, operations strategy, operation-marketing interface.
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John Hanke, Executive Fellow.
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Heather Haveman, Professor. Organizational theory, economic sociology, historical sociology, entrepreneurship, organizational development.
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Terrence Hendershott, Professor. Management of information systems, role of information technology in financial markets, electronic communications networks and stock market design.
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Benjamin Hermalin, Professor. Corporate governance, executive compensation, economics of leadership and organization, contract theory, competitive strategy and industrial organization.
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Teck Ho, Professor. Behavioral pricing and revenue model design, bounded rationality, emotional gaming, strategic intelligence quotient.
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Ming Hsu, Associate Professor. Marketing, customer insights, neuroscience, consumer decision-making.
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Ganesh Iyer, Professor. Competitive marketing strategy, distribution channels, marketing information, internet institutions and competition, bounded rationality.
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Drew Jacoby-Senghor, Assistant Professor. Intergroup Interactions, Social Networks & Prejudice , Morality in Group-Diverse Contextsm Effect of Subtle Bias on Performance.
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Paul Jansen, Adjunct Professor.
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Przemyslaw Jeziorski, Assistant Professor. Industrial organization, quantitative marketing, dynamic games.
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Peter Johnson, Assistant Dean, Full-time MBA Program.
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Yuichiro Kamada, Assistant Professor. Revision games, solution concepts for games, social networks, market design, communication, political economy.
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Zsolt Katona, Associate Professor. Online marketing, search advertising, network economics, social networks.
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Michael Katz, Professor. Economics of network industries, intellectual property licensing, telecommunications policy, cooperative research and development.
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Guy Kawasaki, Executive Fellow.
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Tom Kelley, Executive Fellow.
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Amir Kermani, Assistant Professor. Monetary policy, macroeconomics and housing, securitization market and political economy.
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Jonathan Kolstad, Assistant Professor. Health economics, industrial organization, public economies, applied microeconomics.
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Yaniv Konchitchki, Assistant Professor. Macro-accounting, linkages between accounting information, stock returns, and the macroeconomy.
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Laura Kray, Professor. Negotiation, gender stereotypes, counterfactual mindsets, group decision making, organizational justice.
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Linda Kreitzman, Executive Director & Assistant Dean, MFE.
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Scott Kupor, Executive-in-Residence.
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Alastair Lawrence, Assistant Professor. Financial disclosures and reporting issues, SEC comment letters, how investors demand financial information, auditing issues.
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Thomas Lee, Associate Adjunct Professor.
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Jonathan Leonard, Professor. Employee incentives, affirmative action, job creation, workplace regulation.
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Martin Lettau, Professor. Finance, asset pricing, stocks, bonds.
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Ming Leung, Assistant Professor. Organizational theory, economic sociology, markets, categorization, strategy.
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David Levine, Professor. Organizational learning, economic development, management, workplace, health and education in poor nations.
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Ross Levine, Professor. Financial regulation and economic growth, income inequality, poverty, financial crises, political economy, international capital flows, entrepreneurship.
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Dmitry Livdan, Associate Professor. Asset pricing, informational economics, corporate finance.
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+ Richard Lyons, Professor. Exchange rate economics, microstructure finance, international finance.
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Kimberly MacPherson, Academic Coordinator, Health Management.
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+ Ulrike Malmendier, Professor. Corporate finance, behavioral economics, behavioral finance, economics of organizations, contract theory, law and economics.
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Gustavo Manso, Associate Professor. Corporate finance, entrepreneurship, financial institutions, financial markets.
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Andre Marquis, Executive Director, Innovation Acceleration Group.
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Aaron McDaniel, Professional Faculty.
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Kellie McElhaney, Associate Adjunct Professor.
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Conrad Miller, Assistant Professor. Hiring, job networks, affirmative action in the labor market, spatial labor market frictions.
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Don Moore, Professor. Overconfidence in decision-making, negotiation, and ethical choice.
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Enrico Moretti, Professor. Labor economics, urban economics.
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John Morgan, Professor. Competition in online markets, elections and polling, communication in organizations, experimental economics.
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Adair Morse, Associate Professor. Household finance, entrepreneurship, corruption & governance, asset management, development.
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Abhishek Nagaraj, Assistant Professor. Innovation, entrepreneurship, big data, cartography.
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Noel Nellis, Adjunct Professor.
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Leif Nelson, Professor. Human judgment and decision making, consumer preferences and choices, consumption experience and consumer well being.
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Alexander Nezlobin, Assistant Professor. Equity valuation, managerial performance measurement, real options, profitability analysis, monopoly regulation.
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Hoai-Luu Nguyen, Assistant Professor.
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Terrance Odean, Professor. Behavioral finance, investor behavior, investor welfare, influence of individual investors on asset prices.
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Marcus Opp, Assistant Professor. Corporate finance, contract theory, DSGE models, trade theory.
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Christopher Palmer, Assistant Professor. Mortgage finance, housing markets, foreclosure crisis, structured finance, gentrification, applied econometrics.
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Yiangos Papanastasiou, Assistant Professor. Dynamic pricing, operations.
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Minjung Park, Assistant Professor. Marketing and microeconometrics, industrial organization, firm behavior .
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Christine Parlour, Professor. Banking, market design.
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+ Panos Patatoukas, Associate Professor. Measuring and forecasting economic activity using financial statement analysis, valuation, cross-industry economic links, supply-chain performance, financial reporting.
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Trond Petersen, Professor. Organizations, social stratification, inequality, economic sociology, comparative studies, quantitative methods.
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Kristiana Raube, Adjunct Professor.
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Paul Rice, Executive Fellow.
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Andrew Rose, Professor. International trade patterns, contagion in currency crises, exchange rate determination, banking and exchange crises in developing countries, exchange rate regimes.
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Christine Rosen, Associate Professor. History of business and the environment, business history, green chemistry, sustainable business strategies.
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Kenneth Rosen, Professor.
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Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, Assistant Professor. Development economics, political economy, taxation, government.
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Juliana Schroeder, Assistant Professor. Social cognition, judgment and decision-making, interpersonal and intergroup processes.
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Abby Scott, Assistant Dean, Career Management & Corporate Relations.
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Carl Shapiro, Professor. Design and use of patents, anti-trust economics, intellectual property and licensing.
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Stephen Shortell, Professor. Organizational correlates of quality and outcomes of care, evaluation of total quality management and community-based health improvement initiatives.
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Nora Silver, Adjunct Professor.
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Richard Sloan, Professor. Accounting information and stock returns, earnings management, role of analysts and auditors as information intermediaries.
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Jim Spitze, Executive Director, CIO Leadership Program.
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David Sraer, Associate Professor. Behavioral finance, corporate finance, entrepreneurship and venture capital, organizations.
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Sameer Srivastava, Assistant Professor. Organizational sociology, organizational theory, network analysis, culture and cognition, economic sociology, research design and methods.
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Richard Stanton, Professor. Mortgage and lease markets, term structure modeling, mutual funds and risk management, employee stock options.
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Matthew Stepka, Executive-in-Residence.
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Biz Stone, Executive Fellow.
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Jay Stowsky, Senior Assistant Dean for Instruction.
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Toby Stuart, Professor. Corporate strategy, entrepreneurship.
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Steven Tadelis, Professor. E-commerce, economics of organizations, procurement contracting, theory of the firm and industrial organization, contract theory, game theory.
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Terry Taylor, Professor. Social responsibility in and economics of operations management, supply chain management, marketing-operations interface.
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David Teece, Professor. Role of product and process development, intellectual property, competitive performance, innovation and organization of industry.
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Laura Tyson, Professor.
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J. Miguel Villas-Boas, Professor. Competitive strategy, customer relationship management, internet strategies, organization design.
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Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Professor. Household consumption and portfolio choice, stock market participation, returns to entrepreneurial investment, corporate governance.
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Johan Walden, Associate Professor. Asset pricing, heavy-tailed risks, networks and capital markets.
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Erika Walker, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Program.
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William (Reed) Walker, Assistant Professor. Environmental economics, labor and public economics.
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Nancy Wallace, Professor. Housing price indices, mortgage prepayment and pricing models, option pricing models, executive stock option valuable.
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Jane Wei-Skillern, Adjunct Associate Professor.
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James Wilcox, Professor. Banking, business conditions, conversions.
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Catherine D. Wolfram, Professor. Energy markets, environmental regulation.
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Candace Yano, Professor. Supply chain management, service systems management, production-quality interface issues, marketing-production interface issues.
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Noam Yuchtman, Associate Professor. Educational institutions, human capital, historical development, labor market institutions, law and economics, political institutions, social interactions.
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Dariush Zahedi, Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship & Development in the Middle East.
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Xiao-Jun Zhang, Professor. Financial statement analysis, financial accounting theory, international accounting.
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Affiliated Faculty

Vinod Aggarwal, Affiliated Professor. Integration of market and non-market strategies, International debt rescheduling, Lobbying and trade protectionism.
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Joseph Farrell, Affiliated Professor. Financial reporting, capital market efficiency, regulation in the internet age, negotiation and merger remedies, market structure.
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Morten Hansen, Affiliated Professor. Collaboration in and across companies, including online collaboration tools in business .
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Robert P. Merges, Affiliated Professor. Antitrust, intellectual property, property rights, patent law, law and economics, copyright law, digital content, online contracts.
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Lecturer

Mark Coopersmith, Lecturer.
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Brent Copen, Lecturer.
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Joe Dougherty, Lecturer. Social entrepreneurship and leadership in nonprofit organizations, College access and post-secondary success, Agricultural transformation in the developing work.
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Diane Dwyer, Lecturer.
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Ben Mangan, Lecturer.
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Allan Marks, Lecturer.
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Virginia Rath, Lecturer.
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Eric Reiner, Lecturer.
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Jeffrey Rideout, Lecturer.
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Mike Rielly, Lecturer.
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David Riemer, Lecturer.
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William Rindfuss, Lecturer.
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Deepak Agrawal, Lecturer. Credit risk, Fixed income, Risk management.
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Beverly Alexander, Lecturer. Integrated low carbon energy strategies, Energy efficiency, demand response & smart grid, Business leadership development.
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Wasim Azhar, Continuing Lecturer.
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Roy Bahat, Lecturer.
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Homa Bahrami, Senior Continuing Lecturer. Enterprise adaptation & flexibility, Organizational innovation for globalization, Impact of technology on organizational design, Orchestrating geo-distributed teams, Leading multi-cultural knowledge workers.
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Yasaman Baiani, Lecturer. Product management.
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Elizabeth Bailey, Lecturer. Antitrust, Intellectural property, Energy economics.
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Rajiv Ball, Lecturer. Leadership Communications, ReFrame.
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Ajay Bam, Lecturer. Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Product Design.
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Cristina Banks, Senior Continuing Lecturer.
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Michael Barry, Lecturer.
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+ Sara Beckman, Senior Lecturer SOE. Innovation and design management, New product development, Operations strategy, Environmental supply chain management.
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Sam Berde, Lecturer. Auditing.
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Kurt Beyer, Lecturer. Intrapreneurship in large organizations, Ecosystems of Innovation, Impact of disrptive technologies on IT and media industries, Entrepreneurship and innovation during recessions, Government supported innovation.
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Steven Blank, Continuing Lecturer. Methodology and models for customer-facing activities for early stage startups.
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Michael Borrus, Lecturer.
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Dino Boukouris, Lecturer. Venture capital and private equity.
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Colin Boyle, Lecturer. Strategy and management of non-profit and other social sector organizations, Impact measurement and evaluation of social sector organizations and programs, Global health policy and economics, including financing and systems reform, Product development and access to medicines in low-income countries.
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Janet Brady, Lecturer.
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Ori Brafman, Lecturer. Distributed Networks, Inclusion as Strategic Advantage, Improvisational Leadership, Trust and Emotional Connection in Organizations.
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John Briginshaw, Lecturer. Equity valuation, Fast growth companies.
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Rada Brooks, Continuing Lecturer.
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Shashi Buluswar, Lecturer.
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Jorge Calderon, Lecturer. Social venture design, Impact investing strategies and outcomes, Purpose economy evolution, the infusing of traditional companies with positive purpose and values, Convergence of investment and philanthropic services for the High-Net Worth segment, Entrepreneurship as a tool for prosperity for disadvantaged communities, Diversity in innovation.
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Jennifer Caleshu, Lecturer. High Impact Leadership, Leading Innovative Change, Leadership Communications, Active Communicating.
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Rob Chandra, Lecturer. Alternative investing (venture capital, private equity, & hedge funds), Entrepreneurship.
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David Charron, Continuing Lecturer.
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John Danner, Continuing Lecturer.
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Timothy Dayonot, Lecturer.
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Stephen Etter, Continuing Lecturer.
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William Falik, Continuing Lecturer.
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William Fanning, Continuing Lecturer.
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Flavio Feferman, Lecturer. Entrepreneurship and innovation in developing regions, The role of business and technology in economic development, Innovation clusters and regional economic development, Agricultural development, Entrepreneurial education, International consulting.
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Todd Fitch, Lecturer. Economic impacts of intellectual property, Peer instruction impacts on learning, Innovation, Technology Strategy.
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C. Sean Foote, Continuing Lecturer.
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Jeffrey Ford, Lecturer.
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Prashant Fuloria, Lecturer.
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Solomon Fulp, Lecturer.
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Dennis Geyer, Lecturer. Multi-driver cost modeling, Driver-based planning, Cost Reduction strategies.
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Christopher Giles, Lecturer.
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Ioannis Gkatzimas, Lecturer.
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Peter Goodson, Continuing Lecturer.
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Ernest Gundling, Continuing Lecturer. Global leadership development, Cross-border organization development: innovation, collaboration, change management, Global teams.
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Dan Hanson, Lecturer.
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David Evan Harris, Lecturer. Non-profit, non-governmental and civil society organizations, Social movements and social media technologies, Civic technology platforms, firms and networks, governance, Philanthropic innovation and risk-taking, celebrity activism, Ethics and discourses of socioeconomic inequality, historical materialism, Futures thinking, scenario planning, New media art, arts organizations, art funding ecosystems, Brazil, Latin America.
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Lynne Heinrich, Continuing Lecturer.
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Kevin Hill, Lecturer.
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Daniel Himelstein, Continuing Lecturer. Global business, Entrepreneurship, small business, Leadership, organizational development, culture, Strategic business planning, consulting, Technology.
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Asiff Hirji, Lecturer.
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Whitney Hischier , Lecturer.
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Judy Hopelain, Lecturer.
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Jim Hornthal, Lecturer.
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Andrew Isaacs, Senior Continuing Lecturer. Marketing for High Tech Entrepreneurs, The Business of Nanotechnology Opportunity Recognition: Technology and Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, Energy, Sustainability and Business Innovation.
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Arina Isaacson, Continuing Lecturer.
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Oren Jacob, Lecturer.
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Ron Kahn, Lecturer.
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Edward Kass, Lecturer.
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Clark Kellogg, Lecturer.
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Sheldon Kimber, Lecturer.
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Michael Kobori, Lecturer. Corporate Sustainability, Business in Society.
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Lloyd Kurtz, Lecturer.
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Gregory La Blanc, Continuing Lecturer. Data and analytics strategy, Business model innovation, Alternative investment strategies, Evolutionary decision theory, Behavioral law and economics, Behavioral corporate finance, Complex adaptive systems, Information in organizations.
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Colin Lacon, Lecture.
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Adam Leipzig, Lecturer.
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Anne Leschin, Lecturer.
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Glen Low, Lecturer. Corporate sustainability, Natural capital, Ecosystems, Data science, Water, Behavior change.
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Ericka Lutz, Lecturer. Creativity and the writing process, International business writing styles.
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Ananth Madhavan, Lecturer.
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Kenneth Marshall, Value Investing.
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Sumon Mazumdar, Continuing Lecturer.
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John McCauley, Lecturer.
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Chris McCoy, Lecturer.
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Roger McElrath, Lecturer.
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Jon Metzler, Lecturer.
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Alison Bloomfield Meyer, Lecturer.
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Peter Molloy, Continuing Lecturer.
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Daniel Mulhern, Lecturer.
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Ethan Namvar, Lecturer.
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Faris Natour, Lecturer.
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David Nelson, Lecturer.
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Carl Nichols, Lecturer.
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Robert O'Donnell, Lecturer.
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Samuel Olesky, Continuing Lecturer.
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Maura O'Neill, Lecturer.
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Terry Opdendyk, Continuing Lecturer.
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Marymoore Patterson, Lecturer.
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Brandi Pearce, Lecturer.
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William Pearce, Lecturer.
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Erica Peng, Lecturer.
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Arturo Perez-Reyes, Continuing Lecturer.
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John (Jack) Phillips, Continuing Lecturer.
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Mark Poff, Lecturer.
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Don Proctor, Lecturer.
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Chris Puscasiu, Lecturer.
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Tiffany Rasmussen, Lecturer.
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Mark Rittenberg, Continuing Lecturer.
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David Robinson, Senior Continuing Lecturer.
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Dave Rochlin, Lecturer.
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Omar Romero-Hernandez, Lecturer.
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William Rosenzweig, Lecturer.
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Alan Ross, Continuing Lecturer.
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Nicole Sanchez, Lecturer.
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Holly Schroth, Senior Continuing Lecturer.
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Frank Schultz, Continuing Lecturer.
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Barry Schwartz, Lecturer.
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Fred Selinger, Continuing Lecturer.
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Bill Shelander, Lecturer.
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Bill Shireman, Lecturer.
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Andrew Shogan, Lecturer.
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Dan Simpson, Lecturer.
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Ryan Sloan, Lecturer.
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F. Victor Stanton, Senior Continuing Lecturer.
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Brian Steel, Lecturer.
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Michael Sternberg, Lecturer.
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Robert Strand, Lecturer.
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Lisa Suennen, Lecturer.
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Donatella Taurasi, Lecturer.
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Peter Thigpen, Continuing Lecturer.
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Krystal Thomas, Continuing Lecturer.
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Paul Tiffany, Senior Continuing Lecturer.
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Molly Turner, Lecturer.
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Phin Upham, Lecturer.
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Lynn Upshaw, Continuing Lecturer.
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Joe Wadcan, Lecturer.
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Barbara Waugh, Lecturer.
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James Webb, Lecturer.
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Randolph Wedding, Lecturer.
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Steven Weinstein, Lecturer.
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Dennis Williams, Lecturer.
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Peter Wilton, Senior Continuing Lecturer.
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Steven A. Wood, Continuing Lecturer.
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Cort Worthington, Continuing Lecturer.
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Arman Zand, Lecturer.
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Mark Zanoli, Lecturer.
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Visiting Faculty

Sally Baack, Visiting Professor. Ethical leadership in organizations, CEO-Board relations in Corporate Governance, Strategic Management, International Competition.
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Michelle Greenwald, Visiting Professor.
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Steven Huff , Visiting Professor.
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Shachar Kariv, Visiting Professor. Social networks, Social learning, Personal and social preferences.
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Gary Pieroni, Visiting Professor.
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Jeff Thompson, Visiting Associate Professor.
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Karin Thornburn, Visiting Professor.
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Joachim Voth, Visiting Professor.
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Jennifer Walske, Social Impact Fellow.
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Emeritus Faculty

David Aaker, Professor Emeritus. Brand and brand building, Brand portfolio strategy, Global brand management.
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Robert Cole, Professor Emeritus. Software and Automotive industries, Management of technology, Japanese organizations, Quality, Organizational learning, knowledge management, Organizational transformation.
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Robert Edelstein, Professor Emeritus. Urban real estate economics and urban financial problems, Property taxation and the role of the public sector, Inter-linkages, securitization and globalization of real estate asset markets, Design of optimal mortgage debt instruments and variable-rate mortgages, Macroeconomic determinants of housing construction, Impacts of inflation and deflation on real estate values, Determinants of US and international real estate asset cycles.
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Jerome Engel, Adjunct Professor Emeritus. Innovation and creativity, Clusters and networks of innovation, Venture capital firms, structures and incentives, Corporate venturing and innovation initiatives, Entrepreneurship and management practices in emerging enterprise, Technology management and licensing, Mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, Financing high-tech ventures.
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Edwin Epstein, Professor Emeritus. Business ethics, generally, Jewish business ethics, specifically peace and conflict studies related issues.
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Rashi Glazer, Professor Emeritus. High-technology marketing, Information-intensive marketing, Consumer and managerial decision making, E-business, E-commerce, Marketing strategy, Knowledge management.
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Nils Hakansson, Professor Emeritus. Dynamic portfolio strategies, The welfare economics of financial markets, Economics of Information, Disclosure regulation and productive efficiency, Financial reporting.
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Robert Harris, Associate Professor Emeritus. Japan, Europe, U S , competitive strategy, industry policy, antitrust regulation, mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and transportation industries, comparative industry policies, performance in emerging technologies.
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Hayne Leland, Professor Emeritus. Structural modeling of credit risk, Dynamic models of optimal leverage and agency costs, Optimal investment strategies in the presence of transactions costs, Performance measurement: beyond mean-variance analysis.
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James Lincoln, Professor Emeritus. International business and management, particularly Japanese management, Corporate governance, organizational networks, organizational theory and research methods, Human resource management and industrial relations.
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Thomas Marschak, Professor Emeritus.
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Terry Marsh, Associate Professor Emeritus.
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Raymond Miles, Professor Emeritus.
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David Mowery, Professor Emeritus.
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John Myers, Professor Emeritus.
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Karlene Roberts, Professor Emeritus.
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Mark Rubinstein, Professor Emeritus.
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Pablo Spiller, Professor Emeritus.
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Barry Staw, Professor Emeritus.
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George Strauss, Professor Emeritus.
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+ M. Frances Van Loo, Associate Professor Emeritus.
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David Vogel, Professor Emeritus.
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Oliver Williamson, Professor Emeritus.
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Janet Yellen, Professor Emeritus.
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Faculty

Ilan Adler, Professor. Financial engineering, optimization theory, combinatorial probability models.
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Anil Jayanti Aswani, Assistant Professor.

Alper Atamturk, Professor. Logistics, integer programming, computational optimization, robust optimization.
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Laurent El Ghaoui, Professor. Decision-making under uncertainty, convex optimization, robust solutions, semidefinite programming, exhaustive simulation.
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Lee Fleming, Professor. Invention, innovation, patents, big data, leadership.
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Ken Goldberg, Professor. Robotics, art, social media, new media, automation.
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Paul Grigas, Assistant Professor. Large-scale convex optimization, statistical machine learning, and data-driven decision making.
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Xin Guo, Professor. Financial engineering, industrial engineering and operations, stochastic processes and applications, stochastic control, semi-martingale and filteration expansions, credit risk, (ir)reversible investment.
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Dorit S. Hochbaum, Professor. Data mining, integer programming, discrete optimization, network flow techniques, clustering, image segmentation, machine vision, pattern recognition.
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Philip M. Kaminsky, Professor. Biotechnology, logistics, distribution, algorithms, planning, optimization, control, manufacturing, semiconductors, scheduling, biomanufacturing, probabilistic methods, production scheduling, supply chain management, operations management, logistic.
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Javad Lavaei, Associate Professor. Control theory, optimization theory, power systems, and data science.
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Robert C. Leachman, Professor. Logistics, manufacturing, semiconductors, scheduling, supply chain systems, dynamic production models, production planning and scheduling.
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Shmuel S. Oren, Professor Emeritus. Economics, algorithms, financial engineering, risk management, planning, optimization, operation of electric power systems, market based coordination of network systems, trading instruments.
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Rhonda L. Righter, Professor. Modeling, optimization, stochastic systems, systems with uncertainty.
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Lee W. Schruben, Professor. Health care systems, simulation, optimization of simulation system response, foundations of simulation modeling, supply chains, experimental designs, biopharmaceuticals, Production.
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Zuo-Jun Shen, Professor. Logistics, supply chain design and management, inventory management, auction mechanism design.
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Ikhlaq Sidhu, Adjunct Professor. Technology management, industrial engineering and operations, technology commerialization, interdisciplinary engineering.
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Candace Yano, Professor. Inventory control, production planning, distribution systems planning, integrated production-quality models, integrated manufacturing-marketing models.
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Zeyu Zheng, Assistant Professor.

Lecturers

David Law, Lecturer.

Mehdi Maghsoodnia, Lecturer.

Kenneth Sandy, Lecturer.

Ken Singer, Lecturer.

Naeem Zafar, Lecturer.

Emeritus Faculty

Richard E. Barlow, Professor Emeritus. Industrial engineering and operations, reliability theory, statistical data analysis, Bayesian probability modeling.
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Stuart E. Dreyfus, Professor Emeritus. Neural networks, dynamic programming, limits of operations research modeling, cognitive ergonomics.
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C. Roger Glassey, Professor Emeritus. Simulation of manufacturing systems, production planning and scheduling, mathematical optimization.
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Robert M. Oliver, Professor Emeritus. Risk management, operations research, industrial engineering, prediction of rare events, default and fraud detection, credit risk scoring, analysis tools, computer software, acquisition and negotiation strategies.
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Sheldon M. Ross, Professor Emeritus. Financial engineering, simulations, stochastics, statistical analysis.
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J. George Shanthikumar, Professor Emeritus. Scheduling, production system modelling and analysis, queueing theory and applications, reliability and probability theory, sequencing, simulation methodology, stochastic processes and modelling.
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Ronald W. Wolff, Professor Emeritus. Stochastic processes, queueing theory, queuing network, transmission systems.
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Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Business Administration

About the Program

M.E.T. at a Glance: One Program, Two Bachelor of Science (BS) Degrees

Admission to the M.E.T. Program

Accreditation

Major Requirements

General Guidelines

Lower Division Requirements

Upper Division Requirements

College Requirements

UC and Campus Requirements

University of California Requirements

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Plan of Study

Student Learning Goals

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Learning Goals

curricular Outcomes

Business Administration

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Related Courses

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

IND ENG 24 Freshman Seminars 1 Unit

IND ENG 66 A Bivariate Introduction to IE and OR 3 Units

IND ENG 95 A. Richard Newton Lecture Series 1 Unit

IND ENG 98 Supervised Group Study and Research 1 - 3 Units

IND ENG 99 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units

IND ENG 115 Industrial and Commercial Data Systems 3 Units

IND ENG 120 Principles of Engineering Economics 3 Units

IND ENG 130 Methods of Manufacturing Improvement 3 Units

IND ENG 135 Applied Data Science with Venture Applications 3 Units

IND ENG 142 Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Analytics 3 Units

IND ENG 150 Production Systems Analysis 3 Units

IND ENG 151 Service Operations Design and Analysis 3 Units

IND ENG 153 Logistics Network Design and Supply Chain Management 3 Units

IND ENG 160 Nonlinear and Discrete Optimization 3 Units

IND ENG 162 Linear Programming and Network Flows 3 Units

IND ENG 164 Introduction to Optimization Modeling 3 Units

IND ENG 165 Engineering Statistics, Quality Control, and Forecasting 4 Units

IND ENG 166 Decision Analytics 3 Units

IND ENG 169 Integer Optimization 3 Units

IND ENG 170 Industrial Design and Human Factors 3 Units

IND ENG 171 Technology Firm Leadership 3 Units

IND ENG 172 Probability and Risk Analysis for Engineers 4 Units

IND ENG 173 Introduction to Stochastic Processes 3 Units

IND ENG 174 Simulation for Enterprise-Scale Systems 3 Units

IND ENG 180 Senior Project 4 Units

IND ENG 185 Challenge Lab 4 Units

IND ENG 186 Product Management 3 Units

IND ENG 190A Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 1 - 4 Units

IND ENG 190B Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Entrepreneurial Marketing and Finance 1 - 4 Units

IND ENG 190C Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 1 - 4 Units

IND ENG 190D Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 1 - 4 Units

IND ENG 190E Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Entrepreneurship &amp; Innovation 1 - 4 Units

IND ENG 190F Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 1 - 4 Units

IND ENG 190G Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 1 - 4 Units

IND ENG 190H Cases in Global Innovation 1 Unit

IND ENG 190I Cases in Global Innovation: China 1 Unit

IND ENG 190K Cases in Global Innovation: South Asia 1 Unit

IND ENG 191 Technology Entrepreneurship 3 Units

IND ENG 192 Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 2 Units

IND ENG 195 A. Richard Newton Lecture Series 1 Unit

IND ENG H196A Operations Research and Management Science Honors Thesis 3 Units

IND ENG H196B Operations Research and Management Science Honors Thesis 3 Units

IND ENG 197 Undergraduate Field Research in Industrial Engineering 1 - 12 Units

IND ENG 198 Directed Group Studies for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units

IND ENG 199 Supervised Independent Study 1 - 4 Units

Business Administration

UGBA C5 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 2 Units

UGBA 10 Principles of Business 3 Units

UGBA C12 The Berkeley Changemaker: A Discovery Experience 2 Units

UGBA C12 The Berkeley Changemaker: A Discovery Experience 2 Units

UGBA 24 Freshman Seminars 1 Unit

UGBA 39AC Philanthropy: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 Units

UGBA 39E Freshman/Sophomore Seminar 2 - 4 Units

UGBA 88 Data and Decisions 2 Units

UGBA C95B Introduction to the Biotechnology Field and Industry: Impact, History, Therapeutics R&D, Entrepreneurship and Careers 2 Units

UGBA 96 Lower Division Special Topics in Business Administration 1 - 4 Units

UGBA 98 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units

IND ENG 190E Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research: Entrepreneurship & Innovation 1 - 4 Units