MIT Sloan introduces three fresh undergraduate majors and minor fields of study
Gearing Up for a New Era: MIT Sloan's Course 15 Redesign
Brace yourself, MIT Sloan School of Management undergraduates! The Course 15 education system, famously known as the management curriculum, is getting a massive facelift for the first time in eons.
Starting this academic year, you'll find three spankin' new majors - management, business analytics, and finance - with their corresponding minors on the menu. The students of classes 2017 and 2018 have the option to switch to one of these new majors, but the classes of 2019 and beyond will be making that decision.
The Course 15 redesign kicked off around four years ago when a savvy gang of MIT Sloan faculty set up an undergraduate education task force. According to Scott Alessandro, director of the Sloan undergraduate education office, their mission was to beef up the program and enhance its interplay with MIT's broader undergraduate education scene.
Turns out, many MIT students were in the dark about what management science was and the awesome classes they could take, including grad ones, without restriction. Only the core courses for master's programs are off-limits to most.
"The restructuring of our undergraduate degrees is in sync with our graduate program portfolio," says Jake Cohen, the senior associate dean for Sloan undergraduate and master's programs. Finance and business analytics/operations research have been the hottest concentrations among Course 15 students, and the new business analytics and finance undergraduate majors offer more depth in these areas.
The business analytics major, henceforth known as 15-2, will arm students with a diverse set of data analysis and problem-solving methodologies. The finance courses at MIT Sloan have long been undergraduate favorites, and the new finance major will offer a plethora of options for those eager to dive in.
The new management major, christened as 15-1, is a two-parter. The first bit provides a comprehensive management education, while the second part allows students to focus on a specific business area in depth. It's a sweet deal for double-major students, as they can choose the MIT Sloan subjects that complement their secondary field of study.
Alessandro expects the number of Course 15 majors and minors to skyrocket with this revamp, and he's also excited about encouraging all MIT undergrads to take one or more Sloan courses.
Want to know more about these new majors? Send a mail to the MIT Sloan Undergraduate Education office at [email protected].
If you're curious about what MIT Sloan has to offer in terms of courses and majors, you can check out their undergraduate finance electives or dive into the tidbits on MIT OpenCourseWare[1][2]. For executive education, MIT Sloan offers training in leadership, strategy, and digital business, but these aren’t part of the traditional undergraduate or graduate major programs[3].
- The spankin' new majors - management, business analytics, and finance - are now available to MIT Sloan School of Management undergraduates, with the option for classes 2017 and 2018 to switch to one of these new majors.
- The MIT Sloan faculty sought to beef up the undergraduate program and enhance its interplay with MIT's broader undergraduate education scene when they set up an undergraduate education task force four years ago.
- The business analytics major, now known as 15-2, will equip students with a diverse set of data analysis and problem-solving methodologies, while the new finance major offers a wealth of options for those eager to delve into the subject.
- The new management major, called 15-1, offers a comprehensive management education in the first part, followed by an opportunity for students to focus on a specific business area in depth.
- In light of the Course 15 redesign, Alessandro anticipates a surge in the number of Course 15 majors and minors, and encourages all MIT undergrads to take one or more Sloan courses.
