<p>I understand that Haas is a "business school", but I can't seem to find what degrees are offered at Haas. </p>
<p>Also, will someone please explain what do you learn at business schools? do you just learn how to manage and run a corporation? And what makes Haas such a coveted business school?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>are you talking about the undergrad program or haas at the graduate level?
depending on your answer, the context of the words “coveted” and “what you learn at haas” may change a lot. </p>
<p>if you want to know what school lessons you’ll “learn,” at least at the undergraduate level, then maybe rummaging through old syllabi may paint part of the picture for you:
[Index</a> of /Undergrad/courses/Syllabi](<a href=“http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/courses/Syllabi/]Index”>http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/courses/Syllabi/)</p>
<p>for a slightly “broader” understanding of the undergrad program’s goals:
<a href=“http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/pdf/learninggoals.pdf[/url]”>http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/pdf/learninggoals.pdf</a></p>
<p>of course this does not entail all the relationships with faculty, peers, and recruiters that you have the opportunity to form and develop being in a closely-knit community of berkeley (though there are various other venues on campus to achieve this as well).</p>
<p>at the MBA level, “networking” is the core of the experience. (at least from what a few haas mba alums i have connected with have said). whatever that word means to you.</p>
<p>as per your question about what makes Haas “coveted,” at least as an undergrad it is as coveted to us biz majors as any other “capped” major. if you’re really interested in business, pursue it. as simple as that. but unfortunately not <em>everyone</em> can enroll in the major: that’s just the reality of having finite faculty, staff, and classrooms (don’t think “CA debt; budget cuts” here; i’m sure though it has had an impact on haas, haas’ private donations should help buffer the effects…)</p>
<p>at both the undergrad and grad level, haas has a respectable presence in whatever ranking god you worship (research for yourself), so that should be enough to attract enough people to fill capacity. (many people care about being affiliated with the most “precious” brand they can afford/achieve, after all.)</p>
<p>Thanks for answering my question, and I should have clarify that this was for undergrad. Based on the objective of the school, I guess it requires pretty much math skill of Calc, statistics, and macro & micro economics. So for the undergrad, I still would like to know what degree is offered at undergrad. (now that I know that MBA is offered at graduate level 
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<p>Actually, no undergraduate business course requires more than a semester of calculus as a prerequisite, even though the admissions requirements for the major include second semester calculus (though the “light” calculus Math 16A/16B is acceptable).</p>
<p>The undergraduate program at Haas leads to a Bachelor of Science degree.</p>
<p>Waste of time major purely for the prestige. The people I’ve met in Haas have been the most underwhelming individuals (with a few exceptions, but the exceptions were double majoring) that I have met on campus. If you really want to do Haas double major in Math or something, that will separate you from the liars/cheaters/users of Haas.</p>
<p>^ stop stroking me, bpkid101, im gna c*m.</p>
<p>Someone is obviously bitter about not get in. lol</p>
<p>why waste your time on an undergrad business degree? it’s so redundant. get your b.a./b.s. in a field that teaches you something of value then get your mba. the yearly earnings of an mba are like triple that of a b.a./b.s. in business. and after you get your b.s. what grad school could you even consider going to? getting your mba after your bba?!@?!</p>
<p>ugh, I find it so ass backwards how people think an undergrad business degree is a good idea.</p>
<p>sounds bitter haha</p>
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well i guess you stopped the stroking. i was just playing hard to get, please go back… ;(</p>
<p>either way, as i mentioned, if you ask an MBA student why they are pursuing their MBA, it is either one of two things: switching careers (say an engineering major who wants to apply their knowledge of engineering to business [perhaps after being butt-hurt after finding out there weren’t any fulfilling engineering jobs? boohoo {jk…ish}]) or expanding their network. as i said before, MBA programs are mainly for the prestige and of course the big hook ups, connections, networks, and perks that come with it. also quite frequently, people return to get their MBA because they need it to open the door to promotions at the place they already work at.</p>
<p>people who go from undergrad biz to grad biz aren’t <em>truly</em> there to “learn” anything (although it happens to be a nice byproduct of attending classes, etc.); they’re there to exploit undergrad skills to milk all the goodies of MBA life. </p>
<p>i find it ridiculous to avoid haas undergrad because of the mentality you bring up. what do you do instead? pursue economics? </p>
<p>econ and business are very different subjects. and as any adviser will tell you: major in what you enjoy the most. it’s no different for other majors. if you’re main priority is a job, then do whatever you feel is right. but dont tell people who enjoy business to avoid a business major b/c they can do it later as an MBA. F that. I can do business now. effin A.</p>
<p>Some one got rejected this year… ;)</p>
<p>I didn’t apply to Haas. Nice trying to rationalize your decision of majors though.</p>
<p>and crowslayer… no one is stroking you, but you clearly need some attention so here you go:
you are projecting your latent homosexual urges on to me in the form of a rather homo insult. you probably suffer from some form of aspergers as well judging by all of your silly outbursts and cries for attention. I understand that your parents said you were special growing up based on your need for attention, but you are not. you are just some anti social ■■■■■ on the cc forums not providing anyone with good advice because you are so narcissistic that you believe your path is the ONLY path, the CORRECT path. It is not. business was never meant to be a major by itself, you are supposed to specialize and then get a business degree to market that specialty.</p>
<p>Berkeley forums are filled with such sensitive narcissistic kids. Jesus.</p>
<p>For the record I am a Math major minoring in computer science and concentrating in Finance. I was going to double major in Math/Econ but econ = boring. My goal is being able to develop my own models for day trading / quant trading. You kids majoring in business will come out of berkeley with ONLY soft skills. so when you get into the work place and realize you are still the same pussies(Afraid to talk back, afraid to go for the promotion, afraid of your own shadow for all I know) you were at Berkeley you will work some entry level mundane job for a possibly a decent firm for the rest of your life. Enjoy it.
There are exceptions to what I’ve said above but they are all simultaneous majors doing what I’ve described; a technical skill (computer science, engineering, math, etc…) and a business degree thrown in on the side.</p>
<p>you can say I am bitter all you want, but I didn’t apply to Haas(not even a top 10 grad business program rofl) and have no intentions of applying there after I graduate. I plan on stanford/chicago/harvard, where a business degree not only means something but guarantees you an executive promotion track in your chosen profession. an undergrad degree does neither of these things.</p>
<p>don’t believe me? google it. ****ing idiots.</p>
<p>I think this thread needs to die before it becomes a “my major is better than your major” fight.</p>
<p>well i’ll be a monkey’s uncle. first you stop stroking me. then you go on to stroke yourself! this is the worst case scenario!!! and if you must know:
i’m a math/biz person, so hence the
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<p>also: lol @ this:
tell me, do they teach math majors how to do any of this? are you kidding yourself? these are the soft skills you work with on a constant basis as a business major: working in teams, asserting yourself in informational meetings and other opportunities to network, expressing yourself as a L-E-A-D-E-R. tell me, “Beyond Petroleum” kid 101, what exactly have you done to express your leadership in your college career so far? "oh i’ll get my harvard MBA… THEN i’ll get my dream job. I’ll go to U chicago (??? wow) and then make BILLIONS! I’ll go sit in the corner and deceive myself by preoccupying myself by playing with my d*ick til the gooey gooey comes out.</p>
<p>hoooooweeee! it seems to me that for <em>you</em>, tomorrow never comes! </p>
<p>you know what the funny thing about tomorrow is, bud? you don’t KNOW what’s going to happen to you. you dont KNOW things will go according to plan. maybe you wont be accepted to anywhere at all! (what’s your gpa as <em>math and cs</em> major? have you written a --what’s it called-- an <em>essay</em> lately??? do you even know how to <em>speak articulately and with purpose and not sound like you just creamed your pants seconds before</em>?</p>
<p>even if you don’t agree with anything i’ve stated here, consider this: you’re at berkeley, right? why aren’t you at harvard? $? why don’t you have a full ride then?</p>
<p>yeah, that’s what i thought. you overestimate yourself. so many better people before you have failed to get into a top 20 MBA program, get off your pedestal and keep your nose down in your math and programming books and work to get whatever it is you think you deserve.</p>
<p>I stopped reading after gooey gooey, come back in a few years if you want to argue- you are clearly a highscool student in the head still.</p>
<p>i didn’t know idiots could read, but if you must know, i wrote that block of text for the amusement of the CC community and to put you to shame (an easy enough task).</p>
<p>projecting your insecurities about a bad major choice is hardly putting me to shame. realizing that your haas degree is worthless must make you feel dumb, I get it.</p>
<p>Let me know how you fair in Berkeley math, mr. undergrad bus major, I’ll be waiting here laughing.</p>
<p>again with your glorious future. if you want to play stat games, i’ll be here in the <em>now</em> my nice, sparkly GPA. </p>
<p>take your cs and math degree and i’ll take my degrees and i’m sure we’ll both have rewarding experiences down the line. perhaps mine may come a little closer as you’re stuck at home studying for your BA 101 class at HBS, though. we’ll see.</p>
<p>avg earnings bus degree 55k
avg earnings mba 7 years down the line from stanford/hbs/chicago 155-220k</p>
<p>suck it.</p>
<p>55k isn’t too bad. Also, how is a bba comparable to an mba. Of course mba’s would get paid more. It makes more sense to compare it to a bs in engineering or econ or whatever.</p>
<p>Anyways I hear quants get treated pretty badly in finance.</p>