Course 15 Sample Concentrations

Please note you have flexibility in deciding the courses that can count toward a concentration. This list should not be viewed as either comprehensive or absolute. 
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Organizational Analytics and Strategy
1.00, Engineering Computation and Data Science
15.053, Optimization Methods in Business Analytics
15.220 (1/2 class), New Models for Global Business
15.320, Strategic Organizational Design
15.665, Power and Negotiation
15.669 (1/2 class), Strategies for People Analytics

Finance and Project Management
1.011, Project Evaluation and Management
15.054, The Airline Industry
15.418, Corporate Finance Laboratory
15.4311, Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
15.4451, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Private Equity

Business Analytics
6.0001 (1/2 class), Introduction to Computer Science Programming in Python
6.0002 (1/2 class), Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
15.053, Optimization Methods in Business Analytics
15.772, D-Lab: Supply Chains
15.780, Stochastic Models in Business Analytics
15.8141, Marketing Innovation

Health Care Management
7.05 General Biochemistry
15.0251, Game Theory for Strategic Advantage
15.363, Strategic Decision Making in the Life Sciences
15.615, Essential Law for Business
15.777, Healthcare Lab: Introduction to Health Care Delivery in the United States
15.871 Introduction to System Dynamics
17.30, Making Public Policy

Entrepreneurial Strategy and Innovation
6.036, Machine Learning
9.00, Introduction to Psychological Science
15.359, Innovation Engineering
15.3901, New Enterprises
15.815 (1/2 class), Applied Behavioral Economics
15.S14 (1/2 class), Global Business of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Marketing
15.665, Power and Negotiation
15.818 (1/2 class), Pricing
15.819, Marketing Analytics
15.833 (1/2 class), Business to Business Marketing
15.9001, Competitive Strategy
15.846 (1/2 class), Branding
15.847 (1/2 class), Consumer Behavior

Finance and Health Care
15.402, Corporate Finance
15.4451, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Private Equity
15.777, Healthcare Lab
15.780, Stochastic Modeling for Business Analytics
15.951, Independent Study

Strategy and Policy
11.002,Making Public Policy
15.0251, Game Theory for Strategic Advantage
15.2191, Global Energy: Politics, Markets, and Policy
15.8731 System Dynamics: Tools for Solving Complex Problems
15.911 Entrepreneurial Strategy

Product Development
2.009, The Product Engineering Process
6.0001 (1/2 class), Introduction to Computer Science Programming in Python
6.0002 (1/2 class), Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
15.351 (1/2 class), Introduction to Making
15.376, Media Ventures
15.6181 (1/2 course), Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Startups and the Law
15.821 (1/2 class), Listening to the Customer
15.846 (1/2 course), Branding

Marketing
15.053, Optimization Methods in Business Analytics
15.570 (1/2 course), Digital Marketing and Social Media Analytics
15.665, Power and Negotiation
15.818 (1/2 course), Pricing
15.828, Product Management
15.835 (1/2 course), Entrepreneurial Marketing
15.846 (1/2 course), Branding

Guide For Additional Sample Concentrations and Courses That May Fit

Please note – you have flexibility in deciding the courses that can count toward a concentration. This list should not be viewed as either comprehensive or absolute.

Business Analytics
1.00 or 1.000 or 6.0001 & 6.0002 or 6.01 Computer Programming
14.12, Economic Applications of Game Theory
15.0251/15.025, Game Theory for Strategic Advantage
15.0341/15.034, Metrics for Managers: Big Data and Better Answers
15.053, Optimization Methods in Business Analytics
15.0621/15.062, Data Mining: Finding the Data and Models that Create Value (half course)
15.068, Statistical Consulting
15.0711/15.071, The Analytics Edge
15.0741/15.074, Predictive Data Analytics and Statistical Modeling
15.276, Communicating with Data
15.570, Digital Marketing and Social Media Analytics (half course)
15.780, Stochastic Models
15.871, Introduction to System Dynamics (half course) or 15.873, System Dynamics for Business and Policy

Entrepreneurship
2.723J, Engineering Innovation and Design
3.086, Innovation and Commercialization of Materials Technology
6.933, Entrepreneurship in Engineering: The Founder's Journey
15.359J, Innovation Engineering: Moving Ideas to Impact
15.373J, Venture Engineering
15.3781, Building an Entrepreneurial Venture: Advanced Tools and Techniques
15.3901, New Enterprises
15.394, Dilemmas in Founding New Ventures
15.4311, Entrepreneurial Finance
15.6181, Law and Cutting Edge Technologies
15.911, Entrepreneurial Strategy

Finance
14.02, Principles of Macroeconomics or 15.012, Applied Macro-and International Economics (half course)
15.418, Laboratory in Corporate Finance or 15.402, Corporate Finance
15.4311, Entrepreneurial Finance
15.4331/15.433, Financial Markets
15.4341/15.434, Advanced Corporate Finance
15.4371/15.437, Options and Futures
15.460, Financial Engineering
15.466, Functional and Strategic Finance
15.487, Algorithmic Trading and Investment Strategies
15.5181/15.518, Taxes and Business Strategy
15.535, Business Analysis Using Financial Statements
15.617, Deals, Finance, and the Law

Information Technology
1.00 or 1.000 or 6.0001 & 6.0002or 6.01 Computer Programming
15.565J, Digital Evolution: Managing Web 3.0
15.320, Strategic Organizational Design
15.358, Software and Internet Entrepreneurship
15.376, Media Ventures
15.567, The Economics of Information: Strategy, Structure, and Pricing
15.570, Digital Marketing and Social Media Analytics (half course)
15.571, Enterprise Transformations in the Digital Economy

Marketing
15.068, Statistical Consulting
15.392, Entrepreneurial Product Development and Marketing (half course)
15.570, Digital Marketing and Social Media Analytics (half course)
15.815, Applied Behavioral Economics (half course)
15.818, Pricing(half course)
15.821, Listening to the Customer (half course)
15.828, Product Management
15.833, Business-to-Business Marketing (half course)
15.834, Marketing Strategy
15.835, Entrepreneurial Marketing (half course)
15.846, Branding (half course)
15.847, Consumer BehaviorProject Management

Project Management
15.053, Optimization Methods
15.220, Global Strategy and Organization (half course)
15.276, Communicating with Data
15.318, Discovering Your Leadership Signature
15.320, Strategic Organizational Design
15.3901/15.390, New Enterprises
15.394, Dilemmas in Founding New Ventures
15.521, Management Accounting and Control
15.565J, Digital Evolution: Managing Web 3.0
15.665, Power and Negotiation or 15.6731, Negotiation Analysis (half course)
15.871, Introduction to System Dynamics (half course) or 15.873, System Dynamics for Business and Policy