<p>I’m a non-Haas major, but I’m interested in taking UGBA 102a and 103, because as I understand, if you do well in them and have a good GPA otherwise, financial firms look positively at you (not that I’m going for a career in ibanking–I’m looking squarely at law school.) I have some questions about enrollment in these courses:</p>
<li>Are they offered in both fall and spring, or only one?</li>
<li>How hard is it to enroll as a non-major?</li>
<li>103 lists 101 as a prereq, but I don’t want to take 101. Will I still be able to register for 103? Will not having taken 101 significantly impede me?</li>
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<p>some of them are offered in summer. During summer, classes are not restricted to certain majors; for Cal students, everything is open to everyone more or less</p>
<p>I am thinking of taking one of them over the summer--has anyone done that? How hard are they over the summer--the grade distributions normally seem pretty good. 66% A's, 30% B's for 102a, pretty good too for 103.</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know if the prereqs really matter?</p>
<p>They're prereqs for a reason. If you ignore them you do so at your own peril.</p>
<p>Right, but does anyone know if you really need them to do fine in 103, and whether you can actually enroll in it without taking the prereq?</p>
<p>No, you dont really need them for 103, although 102a is very helpful. Take 102a session a and 103 session d. Problem solved.</p>
<p>wait, i thought ugba103's prereq is ugba101a</p>
<p>so does that mean we can still sign up for ugba 103 without completing 101a?</p>
<p>102A with the woman (Stanton?) is cake. Scantron/multiple choice exams are a joke. If you decide to take 102B, I would suggest Udpa over Geyer. You will learn so much more from Udpa because he is loud, entertaining, uses case method, and cold calls. Geyer will put you to sleep.</p>
<p>If you take 103, watch out for the Indian visiting professor from HKUST with the PhD from UCLA (can't remember his name).</p>
<p>101A with Marshack is cake. Don't go to class or buy the book or take any midterms. Ask around for the master test file which has the last 15 years of his test. Go to the midterms, and take the test home without turning it in and use it to study for the final. He has 4 grading formulas that are weighted in a way where it demands you do well on the final. Select the 100% final grade option and study the old exams. The open book final draws from his previous exams with slight modifications. Sounds hard, but it is an easy A if you know what you are doing. </p>
<p>101B with Woods is excellent. Study his notes, but don't study them. By this, I mean whatever are in his notes will not be on the exam. Woods test understanding and theoretical application so don't try to memorize anything.</p>
<p>105 with Roberts is an easy A.</p>
<p>Other excellent classes are Negotiation with Schroth and Strategy with Cluff. </p>
<p>That takes care of most of the required classes. Good luck Haasholes!</p>
<p>Do you mean 103 with Verma? That Indian guy? He wasn't bad. I swear I answered maybe 50% of the final, got 30% right, and got a B+.</p>
<p>Do you mean 103 with Verma? That Indian guy? He wasn't bad. I swear I answered maybe 50% of the final, got 30% right, and got a B+.</p>
<p>Most of the 103 profs are Indian. The guy I am talking about is a visiting prof from HKUST with a PhD from UCLA.</p>