Electives


Question 1:
How many electives are to be taken in each concentration and what are the maximum number of subjects one can take all put
together in the electives


In the last four terms, you will take electives from five concentrations areas:
Technology,
Entrepreneurship,
Analytical
Finance,
Strategic Marketing, and
Leadership & Change Management.

During the elective terms, you are required to enroll for a minimum of 16 courses (each of 1 credit). You have the option of taking two additional courses or independent studies either with a credit or a pass/fail option. You are required to take courses equivalent to at least three credits in each term. The maximum number of courses you can take in any elective term is five. Your total course load for the programme should not exceed 35 credits.


Question 2:
a) How are electives selected? I mean does people higher on merit scale get to select first.....or there are ample seats for everyone to pick their selections.
b) Is their some consultation provided by ISB on electives/concentrations

The electives are selected on the basis of the bidding process. we follow the same policy as in the US b-schools where u will be alloted points for the elective terms and then you need to bid with the points availale with u. in this case there is no merit based way of allocating the electives. one bids for the electives as per the priority list created by them.

Regarding your second question, i am not sure but what we do is generally go and talk to the prof. concerned. during our core terms the prof who is handling the particular concentration gives a brief about all the courses and the prof who will be teaching in some details. if one is interested, they can go and talk to them on an individual level and from my experience, they are more than willing to help u out regarding this.


Question 3
Are their any restrictions/recomendations on how to pick electives? I mean is there a formal defn of how an ISB student can finish (or indeed, must finish?) with a specialisation in Technology/Strategy? Or can you pick whatever you want?

To specialize in any particular concentration (Tech, LCM, Finance, Marketing or Entrprenuership), you need to have at least 6 credits
(i.e 6 courses of 1 credit each) under that concentration during your electives which is spread over 4 terms.

Also, you can specialize only in upto 2 concentrations (for example, Tech and Marketing).

There are some courses which are categorized under more than one concentration (say a course in technological entreprenuership falls
under tech as well as entreprenuership concentrations). You can count only ONE such course under both the concentrations.