{"id":171,"date":"2012-06-07T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T12:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/academics\/elective-options\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:03:29","slug":"elective-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/curriculum\/elective-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Elective Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-170\" src=\"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/students_diag.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/students_diag.JPG 400w, https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/students_diag-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While we do not officially designate or include &#8220;majors,&#8221; we encourage selection of elective courses that will help students develop a broad understanding of business while focusing on the industry-specific course work which best matches career goals. Use the links in this section to explore some of the elective options available.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/departments\">Academic Departments<\/a>:\u00a0View Academic Department presentations on elective offerings for MBAs and BBAs, or link to course information provided by the Academic Departments.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bus.umich.edu\/Courses\/Default.aspx\">Course Descriptions<\/a>: Descriptions for elective and core courses by term, department, and\/or program. \u00a0Also includes links to Non-Business School Graduate Courses at UM-Ann Arbor (for MBA students) and Nonprofit and Public Management Center Courses.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/bbacapstone\/\">BBA\u00a0Capstone Courses<\/a>: View course descriptions and supplemental information for BBA Capstone courses.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rosscdo.bus.umich.edu\/channels\/bba\/\">Career Path Resources<\/a>: Read career path overviews to discover which career path you&#8217;re interested in and what skills and knowledge are important to that particular path.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bus.umich.edu\/CourseEvaluations\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course Evaluations:<\/a>\u00a0 Evaluations of Ross School of Business classes, searchable by term, department, course number, program, instructor.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.bus.umich.edu\/syllabi\/\">Kresge Course Syllabi Archive<\/a>: A database of archived syllabi from Ross School of Business classes.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.lsa.umich.edu\/syllabi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LSA Course Syllabi Archive<\/a>: A database of archived syllabi from select LSA classes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/studentresources\/forms\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent or Group Study Projects<\/a>: Undergraduate or Graduate study projects for course credit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/dual-degrees-bba-minors-special-programs\" rel=\"noopener\">Dual Degrees &amp; Special Programs<\/a>:\u00a0 Dual degrees, Washington Campus, Study Abroad, and more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/credit-foreign-language-study\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Language Study<\/a>: MBA degree credit for undergraduate foreign language courses, BBA foreign language distribution requirement info.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/non-business-course-opportunities-mbas\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Non-Business Course Electives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we do not officially designate or include &#8220;majors,&#8221; we encourage selection of elective courses that will help students develop a broad understanding of business while focusing on the industry-specific course work which best matches career goals. 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