kellogg.northwestern.edu/certificate

Overview

The Kellogg School of Management administers a program leading to an undergraduate certificate in either Financial Economics or Managerial Analytics. Each certificate requires completion of four courses taught at an advanced level by Kellogg faculty members. Building on students’ existing analytical skills, the certificate curriculum serves as excellent preparation for careers in consulting, financial services, and other data-driven professions and/or for doctoral or professional school programs.

Certificate students also benefit from one-on-one counseling from a dedicated career development specialist to help them secure summer internships and full-time employment.

Application and Program Requirements

About 100 students each year are accepted into the certificate program through a competitive application process. Any Northwestern undergraduate who meets the program’s rigorous selection criteria may apply. Program prerequisites include advanced calculus and microeconomics. Additional program corequisites include intermediate probability & statistics and advanced econometrics & statistics.

Certificate Prerequisites

The program prerequisites should be completed prior to applying to the program.  One prerequisite course may be taken during the Winter Quarter of the year you apply.  All other program prerequisites should be completed no later than the fall of the year you apply.

Certificate Corequisites

Program corequisites must be completed within a year of entering the program.  Please note that program corequisites may be prerequisites for individual certificate courses.  Take this into account when planning your course schedule.

See kellogg.northwestern.edu/certificate for a complete explanation of the program prerequisites and corequisites.