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The Business of Making a Difference Starts Here

 

Student Learning is at the Core of Our Mission
Our robust portfolio of courses prepares students to find creative solutions to social issues by engaging and leading transformation across sectors.

 

 

Courses

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Social Sector Solutions (S-Cubed), offered with McKinsey & Company (Spring) and The Bridgespan Group (Fall) is our flagship experiential learning course that allows students to tackle complex problems with nonprofit, public, and social enterprise organizations under the guidance of professional management consultants and experienced faculty.

 

Graduate

  • Social Sector Solutions: Nonprofit & Public
  • Social Sector Solutions: Social Enterprises
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Strategic Management of Nonprofit Organizations
  • Nonprofit Boards: Governance and Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations
  • Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
  • Social Impact Speaker Series
  • Strategic Approaches for Global Social Impact

 

Undergraduate

  • Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
  • Cal Strategic Philanthropy: Real Money, Real Impact
  • Leading and Managing Nonprofit Organizations
  • Strategic Management in the Global Social Sector
  • Microfinance Decal

 

For a full list of courses and descriptions, visit our Courses page

Programs

 

 

Schwab

 

Board Fellows places UC Berkeley graduate students on nonprofit boards of directors for an academic year. Students gain valuable top-level leadership and governance experience while applying their talents to a strategic board project.

 

 

Schwab Charitable Philanthropy Speaker Series brings thought leaders and practicioners from the social impact sector to Berkeley-Haas to share their insights and experiences. The series is now in its fourth year.

Research

 

Select students engage in strategic research initiatives as project leads, consultants and analysts focused on breaking new ground in social impact while building their portfolio, knowledge, and networks.

  • Multi-Sector Leadership
  • Networked Organizations
  • Armed Conflict and People's Rights
  • The Nonprofit Sector's Impact on Jobs and the Economy
  • Volunteerism in Ethnic Communities
Career Development

 

Career resources, including fellowships, social impact mentoring hours, internships, social impact networks, and the Haas Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) are offered through the Center, the Haas Career Center, and other professional networks.

 

Student Groups

 

“Social Sector Solutions is the only place I know where you can have that team lead position. It has taught me a lot about how I lead, how I should lead, …and for sure will influence what I do in the future.”
Gordan Chan, MBA ‘12, Farber Fellow and Intern @REDF

 

“I am so excited to be working in this sector, and for this role with the Impact Planning team at Gates. It really is a dream come true on my end… exactly what I wanted to get out of my time at Haas.”
Nirosha Wickremasinghe, MBA/MPH ‘10, Impact Planning Analyst @Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation


 

The Stats

  • #3 Business School Nonprofit Program (US News & World Report, 2011)
  • 375 students enrolled in 11 Center courses in the 2010-11 academic year
  • 31 students have worked at the Center as fellows, researchers, project leads, and interns since 2009.
  • 42% of MBAs participate in the Center’s diverse programing each year.

 


MBA Social Impact Roadmap

Social impact courses and programs at Haas

 


Net Impact Business as UNusual Guide