Students focus their interests and develop the skills and knowledge they will draw on throughout their careers by choosing elective courses from both the School of Management and the broader University. Yale Management elective courses are both discipline-based, for specialized study of a particular area, and integrated, building on the connections made in the core curriculum. The school’s Career Guides provide recommended slates of courses for students interested in industries such as investment banking, marketing, or nonprofit management.

Students take one or two electives in the second semester of the first year and all electives in the second year.

Browse the full list of Yale Management elective courses.

Sample Yale Management Electives

Accounting
Financial Statement Analysis
Distress: Restructuring Troubled Companies

Economics
Macroeconomics
Behavioral and Institutional Economics

Entrepreneurship and Private Equity
Private Equity
Investing Creativity & Innovation

Finance
Corporate Finance
Hedge Funds

General Management
Decision Making for Managers and Policy Makers
Leading a Global Company

International
International Finance
Understanding Global Financial Centers

Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Strategic Leadership across Sectors
Internal Competitive Strategy and the Internal Organization of the Firm

Marketing
Managing Marketing Programs
Pricing Strategy

Nonprofit Management
Strategic Management of Nonprofit Organizations Endowment Management

Operations
Operation Analysis and Strategy
Simulation Modeling

Public Management
Policy Modeling
Program Evaluation

Strategy
Competitive Strategy
Energy Markets Strategy