Concentrations

Finance

Faculty Concentration Advisors: Ted Chadwick, Kathryn Griner, Keith Osher, and Mark Williams (primary)

Requirements for Students Entering Boston University Fall 2018 and After

Four courses in total are required.

• Concentrators are required to take ‘A’ list required courses: FE445 and FE449
• Concentrators are required to choose two additional courses from ‘B’ list

Requirements for Students Entering Boston University Prior to Fall 2018

Four courses in total are required.

• Concentrators are required to choose two of the following required ‘A’ list courses: FE442, FE445, and FE449
• Concentrators are required to choose two additional courses from the ‘A’ or ‘B’ list

General Management

Faculty Concentration Advisor: Frederic Brunel

Four courses in total are required.

Based on career or graduate school plans, or to develop a broad, generalized program students may prefer to take courses in an area in which no concentration is offered. In these instances, students may choose a General Management concentration.

Any four Questrom elective courses can be used to fulfill the requirements for this option. Students who concentrate in General Management cannot double concentrate with another Functional Concentration, but may do so with a Cross-Functional Concentration.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Faculty Concentration Advisor: Peter Marton

Four courses in total are required.

• SI444 is required for all students concentrating in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Students must take at least 2 courses from the ‘B’ list but no more than three from the ‘B’ list in fulfillment of the concentration.
• Those students who take SI444 and three courses from the ‘B’ list do not need to take a course from the ‘C’ list. Those students who take only two courses from the ‘B’ list must take at least one course from the ‘C’ list, for a total of 4 courses.

This concentration is no longer offered, please see Global Business Cross-Functional Concentration. For previously declared students, please see here for requirements.

Law

Faculty Concentration Advisor: Kabrina Chang

Four courses in total are required.

• Concentrators must choose three courses from the ‘A’ list
• Law concentrators are required to take one additional 300-level or higher Questrom elective. Concentrators should choose this fourth elective after consulting with a member of the law faculty. It is strongly recommended but not required that this fourth elective be a non-law course.

Management Information Systems

Faculty Concentration Advisor: Jeff Allen

Five courses in total are required.

• Concentrators must take one CAS programming course: CAS CS 108 or CAS CS111
• Concentrators must take three required MIS courses: IS465, IS467, and IS469
• Concentrators must take one ‘B’ list course.
• Students pursuing the MIS concentration as part of a double-concentration with Accounting, Finance or Marketing may use a course from their second concentration to fulfill their MIS “B” List requirement.

Marketing

Faculty Concentration Advisor: Carol Meier 

Four courses in total are required.

• Concentrators must take one required Marketing course: MK447
• Concentrators must take three courses from the ‘B’ list

Operations & Technology Management

Faculty Concentration Advisor: Yoo Taek Lee

Four courses in total are required.

• Concentrators must take two required courses: OM440 and OM441
• Concentrators must select at least one course from the following ‘B’ list
• The fourth elective may be chosen from the “B” list (recommended), or in consultation with the OM Concentration Liaison from a selection of Questrom elective courses that have a cross-functional link to operations and technology management (the OM “C” List).

Organizational Behavior

Faculty Concentration Advisor: Sandi Deacon

A concentration in Organizational Behavior focuses on the understanding and skill development necessary to lead people, teams, and organizations in complex business environments. Students with an OB concentration take courses that provide the conceptual foundation and applied experiences necessary to develop their leadership, negotiation, and collaboration skills and prepare them for a variety of career paths including management consulting, human resources, recruiting, training and development, among others. Students frequently choose to pair their OB concentration with a second concentration, allowing them to pursue a particular career focus (such as marketing, operations, information systems, or strategy) in which they also apply the skills and perspectives gained through their OB concentration.

Four courses in total are required.

• Concentrators must take two required courses: OB448 and OB460
• Concentrators must choose one course  from the ‘B’ list
• The fourth elective may be chosen from the “B” list or selected from the ‘C’ list
• If you began taking electives towards the Organizational Behavior Concentration prior to Fall 2016, please talk with an Academic Advisor in the UDC regarding the concentration requirements you should follow

Strategy

Faculty Concentration Advisor: John Kirks

Four courses in total are required.

• Concentrators must choose one ‘A’ list.
• Concentrators must choose at least two courses from the B list. Concentrators who take both courses from the A list may take one from the B list
• Concentrators can choose one course from the C list. However, concentrators who take two ‘A’ list courses and two “B” list courses, or one “A” list course and three “B” list courses are not required to take a “C” list course.