Evening & Weekend MBA Program
Required Courses
The Core: A Foundation for Leadership
The Berkeley MBA curriculum is anchored by ten required core courses that build upon one another and provide the analytical tools and essential knowledge to lead effectively. "The core curriculum has provided me with a whole new lens through which I can view the world," says Preston Smalley, MBA 08. "As I hear financial news, discuss business strategy, or view team dynamics, I have a whole new set of tools and perspectives which I can use."
Dion Harris, MBA 07 agrees. "I've gained a well-rounded understanding of key business challenges and solutions that I can apply in my day-to-day course of business."
As you progress through the core curriculum, you begin to understand how markets work and how to increase organizational effectiveness and motivate a diverse workforce. You gain experience in planning market strategies based on your own analyses of market structure and consumer behavior. You learn to prepare balance sheets and income and cash flow statements and to apply these tools to key financial decisions. And you begin to strengthen your leadership skills.
All ten core courses are taken in the first year. The first two semesters are each divided into half-semesters. Core courses are 1 or 2 units.
The Evening & Weekend MBA core courses are:
- Microeconomics
- Organizational Behavior
- Financial Accounting
- Marketing
- Finance
- Operations Management
- Macroeconomics
- Leadership Communications
- Ethics and Responsibility in Business
- Leadership
