MBA-209F -- Fundamentals of
Business: An Introduction to Business for Graduate Students
In Spring 2008 the Haas School of
Business will offer MBA 209F -- Fundamentals of Business for the seventh
time. This is a course specifically designed for graduate students in
schools other than Haas (and will serve as an elective course for their
degree programs).
Many UC Berkeley graduate students will go on to work in business and even
those who continue their research careers will spend much of their professional
lives interacting with business people. The purpose of the course is to
introduce non-business students to the vocabulary of business and to understand
how business people analyze problems and determine strategy.
The course is taught in three, five-week modules:
1. Organizational Behavior and
Management
2. Accounting and Finance
3. Marketing and Strategy
The class meets once a week, from 6:10 to 9:00 p.m. on
Wednesday evenings in Andersen Auditorium (F295 Haas School of Business).
There is no final exam, but each module is followed by a two-hour in-class exam
from 6-8PM on the Tuesday following each module; each module also has a
required short term paper.
Unlike other MBA courses, students can enroll in MBA 209F directly, via Telebears. The course control number is 08913.
For further information about the course see http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/robinson/mba209f/.
Any specific questions can be directed to the Course Manager,