Chicago Booth students may pursue the concentration offerings that are listed below. For students who choose to complete a concentration, a notation is made on their official transcript. Concentrations are not required for graduation.
For more information, please see the Chicago Booth Student Handbook. For course details, consult our full course descriptions.
*Revised November 5, 2024
Accounting
400 credit units chosen from the following list: Business 30000, 30005 (or 30001), 30116, 30118, 30120, 30121, 30122, 30130, 30131, 30132, 30133, 30135, 30830, 30835, 30840.
Behavioral Science
400 credit units chosen from the following list: Business 31403, 31702, 38001, 38002, 38003, 38101, 38102, 38103, 38105, 38107, 38115, 38116, 38118, 38119, 38120, 38122, 38123, 38126, 38820, 38821, 38825, 38870, 38865, 38875, 38886, and 39002.
Business Analytics
100 credit units in data science chosen from the following list: Business 41201 or 41204.
100 credit units in decision models and optimization chosen from the following list: Business 36106 or 36109.
An additional 300 units of elective credit from the following list: Business 30135, 32100, 32105, 32120, 32130, 32200, 32210, 32810, 33222, 36109, 37103, 37105, 37107, 37202, 37802, 40108, 40206 (or 40205), 40721, 41201, 41202, 41203, 41204, 41301 (or 41305), and 41814. No more than 200 units of elective credit from each area will be counted toward the concentration.
Econometrics and Statistics
300 credit units chosen from the following list: Business 41000, 41100, 41201, 41202, 41203, 41204, 41206 (or 41813), 41207, 41301 (or 41305), 41813, 41814, 41901, 41902, 41903, and 41910.
Economics
400 credit units chosen from the following list: Business 33032, 33050 (or 33040), 33101, 33112, 33222, 33230, 33251 (along with enrollment in 33250), 33301, 33305, 33350, 33401, 33403, 33454, 33501 (or 33502 or 33503), 33520, 33882, 38120, 42001, 42116, and 42135. Business 33001 and 33002 do not qualify toward a concentration.
Entrepreneurship
300 credit units chosen from the following list: Business 30118, 30121, 31401, 31402, 31403, 34101, 34102, 34103, 34104, 34106, 34108, 34111, 34113, 34115, 34117, 34205, 34206, 34208, 34210, 34211, 34219, 34220, 34302, 34305, 34306, 34702, 34704, 34705, 34709, 34715, 34815, 34816, 34820, 34825, 34826, 34880, 34887, 34888, 35123, 35213, 35823, 36110, 36820, 37200, 37201, 37301, 37703, 39101, 40110, 41206 (or 41813), 41301 (or 41305), 41813, 42705, 42711, 42820, and LAWS 43225.
Note: Students cannot take both 37200 and 37201. Students who took 34702 are not eligible to take 34707 or 34708. Students can count only 100 units of credit toward both the entrepreneurship and strategic management concentrations.
Finance
100 units in asset pricing from the following list: Business 34901, 34902, 35000, 35100, 35101, 35120, 35121, 35126, 35130, 35131, 35132, 35901, 35908.
100 units in corporate finance from the following list: Business 34101, 34903, 34904, 35200, 35201, 35202, 35210, 35213, 35214, and 35215.
An additional 200 units from the following list: Business 30130, 30131, 34101, 34901, 34902, 34903, 34904, 35100, 35101, 35120, 35121, 35123, 35124, 35126, 35130, 35131, 35132, 35133, 35136 (or 35135), 35137, 35145, 35150, 35201, 35202, 35207, 35210, 35213, 35214, 35215, 35219, 35222 (or 35220), 35225 (ECON 28620), 35823, 35824, 35881, 35889, 35901, 35907, 35908, and 41203. Business 33450 and 33451 jointly count as 100 units towards the finance concentration. Students taking Business 35000 and 35200 may count either Business 34901 or 34902 (but not both) as one of the two additional courses.
Note: Courses meeting a finance concentration, but not an analytic finance concentration, include Business 30130, 30131, 35000, 35101, and 35123.
Analytic Finance
600 credit units chosen from the following list: Business 34101, 34901, 34902, 34903, 34904, 35100, 35120, 35121, 35126, 35130, 35131, 35132, 35133, 35150, 35200, 35201, 35202, 35210, 35213, 35214, 35215, 35219, 35901, 35907, 35908, and 41203. The student must also satisfy the finance requirements.
General Management
Default Curriculum (effective Autumn 2021): To complete the general management concentration, students must complete all eight lines (800 credit units) of the Functions, Leadership and Management, and the Business Environment requirements and then complete at least an additional 300 credit units from those that count toward a concentration in strategic management, behavioral science, or a combination from both strategic management and behavioral science for a total of 1100 credit units.
Pre-Autumn 2021 Curriculum: First, satisfy all seven of the functions, management, and business environment requirements; second, complete at least an additional 300 credit units from those that count toward a concentration in strategic management, behavioral science, or a combination from both strategic management and behavioral science for a total of 1000 credit units.
Healthcare
400 credit units. At least 100 core credit units from 33350, 40206 (or 40205). 200-300 credit units from the following electives: 33351, 33352, 34205, 34210, 42300, or 42310. Up to 100 credit units of a pre-approved (by petition) experiential course with a healthcare project from 34104, 34115, 34702, 34705, 34709, 37201, 37703, 40721, 42709, 42710.
International Business
300 credit units chosen from the following list: Business 30131, 33501, 33502, 33503, 33520, 35210, 35213, and 35219. At least one must be 33501 or 33502.
Marketing Management
Business 37000 (or 37110) and at least 300 credit units from: Business 37101, 37103 (or 37105), 37107, 37110, 37200, 37201, 37202, 37208, 37209, 37212, 37301, 37703, 37810, 37816, 37882, 37902 and 41301 (or 41305).
Note: Students cannot take both 37200 and 37201. Students cannot take both 37103 and 37105.
Operations Management
300 credit units chosen from the following list: Business 36106, 36109, 40000, 40101, 40108, 40110, 40111, 40206 (or 40205), 40721, 40810, and 40811.
Strategic Management
400 credit units chosen from the following list: Business 32200, 33503, 34102, 34103, 34106, 34108, 34117, 34220, 34816, 37200, 37201, 39001, 39101, 42001, 42108, 42116, 42119, 42121, 42123, 42124, 42125, 42126, 42127, 42128, 42135, 42705, 42708, 42709, 42710, 42711, 42715, 42726, 42813, 42819, 42820, 42824, 42826, 42827.
Note: Students can count only 100 units toward both the entrepreneurship and strategic management concentrations. Students cannot take both 37200 and 37201.
Curriculum Note: Booth offers both 100 and 50-unit course offerings. 50-unit courses approved to meet half of a degree or concentration requirement are not always paired with another 50-unit course that completes the requirement.