MBA 209 f 
Spring 2012 CCN 08725
 Fundamentals of Business
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Class meets Wednesdays 6 - 9 p.m.
All 15 weeks of the graduate semester
Andersen Auditorium, F 295 Haas School
Module Exams: Take home exams after each Module
(No exam in Exam Week)

How to enroll:

Enter the CCN above.  Note: This course does not appear
on the Berkeley Schedule of Classes.

 
Contacts (direct admin Q's to D. Robinson)
 
  2006 Sp 2007 Sp 2008 Sp 2009 Sp 2010 Sp 2011 Sp  
A+ 5% 13 % 7 % 3 % 8% 6%  
A 43% 33 % 35 % 15 % 34% 33%  
A- 32% 33 % 27 % 17 % 20% 28%  
B+ 12% 8 % 15 % 26 % 22% 20%  
B 5% 6 % 15 % 36 % 14% 14%  
B- 3% 6 % 2 % 3% 1% 0%  






 

  • The table above shows the grade distribution for recent years. We grade by class rank, not by absolute score.
     

 

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Haas School of Business

Overview

Many graduate students in Law, Engineering and the Sciences will take a job in "industry" on leaving Berkeley. In addition, many students of Public Policy and in other Schools will interact with business people in their professional careers. Our goal is that by the end of the course, you'll feel comfortable talking with people whose graduate school work has been in Business. You'll understand the vocabulary, techniques of analysis and decision-making. Although Fundamentals of Business is a broad survey course, we understand that Berkeley graduate students are intellectually demanding and so we address some topics in depth. We also want to train you in the brief, clear writing style used in business.

The format of the course is three four-to-five-week modules taught by a team of instructors with different functional expertise:

    Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Nancy Euske)

    Accounting and Finance (Dennis Geyer)

    Marketing and Strategy (David Robinson)

The course meets a once-a-week 3 hour class on Wednesday evenings, with three take home examinations after the end of each module. In each module, students write a short term paper.

The course is open to graduate students only, from departments other than Business Administration. No prerequisite coursework is required, but a familiarity with basic economics is helpful.

For further information, and for any additional questions, please contact David Robinson.

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