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    Irvine Valley College to UC Berkeley
    Business Administration Transfer Plan

    IVC covers all six of Berkeley Haas's prerequisite requirements, so nothing on the list has to wait. The catch is that UC Berkeley's ECON 1 takes two IVC courses, ECON 1 and ECON 2, and every prerequisite must be done by spring and be no more than five years old.

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    UC Berkeley Business Administration transfer admit rate, all applicants

    Major Requirements

    Business Administration Major Preparation

    Courses at Irvine Valley College that satisfy UC Berkeley's Business Administration major preparation, mapped and verified by Transfermatic's transfer engine.

    MGT 1 or MGT 1H
    Introduction to Business
    UGBA 10X — Foundations of Business3 units
    (ECON 2 and ECON 1) or (ECON 1H and ECON 2H)
    Principles of Economics - Macro
    ECON 1 — Introduction to Economics3 units
    ECON 10 (or another listed option)
    Statistics for Business and Economics
    Courses that satisfy the Statistics requirement for the Business Admin major3 units
    MATH 3A or MATH 3AH
    Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
    MATH 51 — Calculus I (choose 1)5 units
    MATH 3B or MATH 3BH
    Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
    MATH 52 — Calculus II (choose 1)5 units
    ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL 1
    Academic Reading and Writing
    Courses that satisfy Reading & Composition A4 units
    ENGL C1001 or ENGL C1001H or LIB 20 or LIB 20H
    Critical Thinking and Writing
    Courses that satisfy Reading & Composition B4 units

    General Education

    Foundation GE at Irvine Valley College

    UC Berkeley's Business Administration program uses its own GE pattern (see note below), but these five Irvine Valley College courses cover foundation requirements every UC accepts. Start here.

    Life Science

    BIO 1

    The Life Sciences

    3 units
    Physical Science

    CHEM 12A

    Organic Chemistry

    5 units
    Humanities

    HIST 1

    The History of World Civilizations to 1500

    3 units
    English CompositionCCN

    ENGL C1000

    Academic Reading and Writing

    4 units
    Critical ThinkingCCN

    ENGL C1001

    Critical Thinking and Writing

    4 units

    UC Berkeley Business Administration: full GE notes

    Haas does not accept IGETC or Cal-GETC and uses its own seven-course breadth requirement, which is needed to graduate rather than to be admitted.

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    Your First Semester

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    MGT 1 — Introduction to Business
    3 unitsMajor
    ECON 2 — Principles of Economics - Macro
    3 unitsMajor
    ENGL C1000 — Academic Reading and Writing
    4 unitsGE
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    Watch Out

    Common Mistakes for This Transfer Path

    Berkeley's ECON 1 needs two IVC classes

    UC Berkeley's ECON 1 is a single micro-and-macro course. At IVC it takes both ECON 1 and ECON 2, or both honors versions, ECON 1H and ECON 2H. One without the other leaves the requirement open.

    Pick one statistics course

    Haas accepts eight IVC statistics courses, including ECON 10, MGT 10, STAT C1000 and PSYC 10, and you need just one. ECON 10 and MGT 10 are both Statistics for Business and Economics, the most business-focused choice.

    One calculus course is enough

    Haas needs one calculus course from the accepted options. MATH 3A (or MATH 3AH) matches MATH 51 and is the direct route. MATH 3B also counts, through MATH 52, but you only need one of the two.

    FAQ

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What IVC classes do I need for Berkeley Haas?

    MGT 1 for UGBA 10X, ECON 1 and ECON 2 together for Berkeley's ECON 1, one statistics course such as ECON 10 or STAT C1000, one calculus course such as MATH 3A, and ENGL C1000 plus ENGL C1001 for reading and composition. Honors versions count too.

    Is any Haas prerequisite missing at IVC?

    No. ASSIST lists an IVC match for all six. Timing is what trips people up: every prerequisite must be finished by the end of spring before you start, with a C- or better, and the ASSIST notes say a summer course right before entry isn't counted.

    What is the Berkeley Haas transfer acceptance rate?

    5%. That's UC Berkeley's 2025 admit rate for all transfer applicants to Business Administration, from every community college, not a number for IVC alone. Haas also requires its own supplemental application, due at the end of January, and denies anyone who skips it.

    Does IGETC help for Haas?

    No. Haas does not accept IGETC or Cal-GETC. It has its own seven-course breadth requirement, which you need to graduate but not to be admitted, and a Haas prerequisite can't also count as breadth.

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    Irvine Valley College students applying to the Business Administration B.S. at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business can complete every prerequisite at IVC. MGT 1 matches UGBA 10X, the ECON 1 and ECON 2 pair covers Berkeley's ECON 1, and MATH 3A satisfies the calculus requirement. Add one statistics course and two English composition courses and the list is complete. Transfermatic orders those IVC semesters so each prerequisite lands before the spring deadline and stays inside Haas's five-year window.

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