Curriculum

Degree Requirements

MBA Program Outline 2024-25  
(New Curriculum effective Autumn 2021.  See below Old Curriculum if you are a continuing student who has "opted out.")

Leadership   = 0 units

LEAD (Leadership Exploration and Development): Full-Time MBA; Evening MBA; Weekend MBA


Qualified Work Experience*   = 0 units

*Full-Time MBA student requirement only; for students matriculating starting in Autumn 2020


Foundations (All 3 Areas Required = 100 Units Per Area.  Select one from each row.) = 300 units
  Basic Courses  Approved Substitutes
Financial Accounting 30000 30116, 30120, 30122, 30130, 30131
Microeconomics 33001, 33002, or 33101  ECON 30100, ECON 30200
Statistics 41000 or 41100 

41201, 41202, 41203, 41204, 41206, 41207, 41301, 41305, 41813, 41814, 41901,41902,41903, 41910, 41916

Functions, Leadership and Management, and the Business Environment

  = 700 units
(7 of 8 Areas Required = 100 Units Per Area.  Select one each from seven of the following eight rows)  
  Basic Courses Approved Substitutes  
Functions
 
Finance 35000, 35001, or 35200

34101, 34901, 34902, 34903, 34904, 35100, 35120, 35130, 35150, 35201, 35210, 35214

Marketing 37000 or 37110

37101, 37103, 37105, 37106, 37107, 37200, 37201,37202, 37208, 37209, 37110, 37301, 37304, 37703, 37704 

Operations 40000 40101, 40108, 40110
Strategy 42001 39001, 39101, 42116, 42135, 42715
Leadership & Management

 

 

 
Decisions 30005 (or 30001), 36106, or 38002, 38120
36109
People 33032, 38001, 38003, or 39002
31403, 38122
Business Environment
 
Economy 33050 (or 33040) or 33112 33401, 33403, 33501, 33502, 33503, 33520
Society  33305, 33471, 37212, or 38119 30133, 33251 (along with enrollment in 33250), 34113, 3411738115, 38126, 42201
Electives   = 1000 units
Choose 1000 units.
Total Units for Graduation (a minimum of 1400 units must be Chicago Booth courses)   = 2000 units
⑤50 unit course-Must pair two 50 unit courses from the same line to meet 100 unit requirement.
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.
 

MBA Program Outline 2020-21
(Old Curriculum for students who matriculated prior to Autumn 2021 and "opted out" of New Curriculum)

Leadership = 0 units

LEAD (Leadership Exploration and Development): Full-Time MBA; Evening MBA; Weekend MBA


Qualified Work Experience*  = 0 units 

*Full-Time MBA student requirement only; for students matriculating starting in Autumn 2020


Foundations (one from each row) = 300 units

Basic Courses Approved Substitutes
Financial Accounting 30000 30116, 30120, 30122, 30130, 30131
Microeconomics 33001, 33002, or 33101 Econ 30100, Econ 30200
Statistics 41000 or 41100 41201, 41202, 41203, 41204, 41206, 41207, 41301, 41305, 41813, 41814, 41901, 41902, 41903, 41910, 41916

Functions, Management, and the Business Environment

(one each from six of the following seven rows)

= 600 units

Basic Courses Approved Substitutes
Functions


Finance 35000, 35001, or 35200 34101, 35100, 35120, 35130, 35150, 35201, 35210, 35214, 35901, 35902, 35903, 35904
Marketing 37000 or 37110 37101, 37103, 37105, 37106, 37107, 37200, 37201, 37202, 37208, 37209, 37110, 37301, 37304, 37703, 37704
Operations 40000 40101, 40108, 40110
Management

Decisions 30005 (or 30001), 36106, or 38002, 38120
36109
People 33032, 38001, 38003, or 39002


Strategy 42001 39001
Business Environment


Business Environment 33050 (or 33040) or 33305 or 33112 or 33471 33401, 33403, 33501, 33502, 33520, 42201
Electives = 1100 units
Choose 1100 units.
Total Units for Graduation (a minimum of 1400 units must be Chicago Booth courses) = 2000 units
⑤50 unit course-Must pair two 50 unit courses from the same line to meet 100 unit requirement.
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.