Visit the Registration and Enrollment site to learn more about the Haas FTMBA course enrollment processes, deadlines, and frequently asked questions.
Exchange students must enroll in a minimum of 8 units to maintain full-time status at Haas. Students may choose to enroll in up to 16 units of MBA classes, but it is not required. In addition, students will need to consider the minimum number of units required by their home school when planning their schedule. On average, exchange students enroll in between 10 and 12 units of MBA courses while attending Haas.
The Full-Time MBA program has two enrollment phases: 1) bidding and 2) add/drop. Students will bid for their elective courses during the first enrollment phase around mid-April. After the bidding phase concludes, the enrollment process is frozen and will open again during the add/drop phase. During the add/drop phase, which usually occurs for two weeks at the beginning of the semester, students enroll in or drop eligible courses to complete their Fall schedule. Detailed instructions will be provided to students before the opening of each enrollment phase.
Visit the Bidding Overview and Add/Drop Overview web pages to learn more about the enrollment phases.
MBA courses range from 1 to 3 units. Please see below for a breakdown of contact hours:
1-unit represents about 45-60 hours of work (15 classroom hours plus 30-45 hours of prep)
2-units represent about 90-120 hours of work (30 classroom hours plus 60-90 hours of prep)
3-units represent about 135-180 hours of work (45 classroom hours plus 90-135 hours of prep)
Students will have access to the elective spreadsheet and the Haas enrollment system (called Online Registration or OLR) around two weeks before the opening of the Bidding enrollment phase. During this time, students should review the course descriptions, class capacities, and course reviews to plan their schedule. Once the Bidding enrollment phase opens, students will have a specified period to enter their bid points for the classes they would like to enroll in for the Fall.
The course descriptions often provide a link to the previous or current syllabus for students to access. If you do not see a syllabus link in the course descriptions and need a copy to share with your home school, you can contact the faculty member directly and request a copy of a previous or current course syllabus.
Grades in the MBA program are based on the four-point system:
A = 4 B = 3 C = 2 D = 1 F = 0
For plus and minus grades, add 0.3 or subtract 0.3, except A+, which maintains a 4 on the scale.
To learn more about the grades at Haas, click here. Make sure to double-check with your home school to see if they will accept Satisfactory (S)/Unsatisfactory (U) grades -- S/U grades are equivalent to the Pass/Fail type of grades.
We frequently receive inquiries about the UK requirement, where courses with a participation grading component exceeding 30% attendance cannot be credited towards the student's MBA program in the UK. From an equity standpoint, our faculty will use the same grade breakdown noted on their syllabus for all the students in their classes. We do not anticipate our faculty allowing exception requests for a different grade breakdown. We understand that students from the UK need to follow the QAA requirements and encourage students to consider electives that meet these requirements to earn credits for their home school.
If you are interested in signing up for non-MBA electives at UC Berkeley, review these instructions to learn more about the enrollment process.
* Important Notes:
This information is also intended for matriculated students in the Full-Time MBA Program. As you review the instructions, you may notice that some of the conditions don’t apply to you — for example, the policy allowing up to 6 units of non-MBA courses to count toward the MBA degree.
Pay close attention to your assigned enrollment periods and the main campus deadlines. The timeline and deadlines are different and separate from the MBA elective enrollment process. Use this calendar (https://registrar.berkeley.edu/calendars/enrollment-calendar/) for non-MBA elective enrollments.
If you enroll in a non-MBA class after the given deadline, you may incur a late fee for adding the course after the main campus enrollment deadline.
If you have any questions about enrolling in non-MBA electives, please feel free to reach out to Thao Valdez at thaophan@berkeley.edu