Curriculum & Career Goals
With its comprehensive menu of specialized electives, the Berkeley MBA program offers a highly personalized experience. Whether you're at or headed to Wall Street or Silicon Valley, a Fortune 500 firm or a nonprofit organization, the MBA curriculum enables you to shape your education to fit your career goals.
Here are three examples of paths MBA students have taken to achieve success: starting a business, advancing in an established career, and changing careers.
Entrepreneur
Michael Black
MBA 08
MBA 08
Chief of Pediatric Heart
Surgery
Surgical Director of Pediatric
and Adult Congenital Heart Program
California Pacific Medical
Center
San Francisco, California
"With an MBA from Haas, I have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to bring medical devices to market that can potentially save millions of lives."
See the courses Michael
chose to make his transition
Career Advancer
Tim Gunderson
MBA 09
MBA 09
Managing Director
NASDAQ West Coast
Menlo Park, California
"When I'm talking with companies that are starting to structure themselves for an IPO, I use what I learned from Professor Leonard to talk with them about laying the best foundation for success over time."
See the courses Tim
chose to make his transition
chose to make his transition
Career Changer
Melissa Hiler
MBA 08
MBA 08
Investment Banker
Credit Suisse
New York
"Haas took my knowledge of finance from zero to being skilled enough to land a summer internship and then a job offer in the Investment Banking division of Credit Suisse."
See the courses Melissa
chose to make her transition
