Tracks
Strategy students may choose (but are not required) to follow one of four tracks. Each track guides your elective choices, provides a distinct experiential learning opportunity, and connects to likely career outcomes. All majors complete the same Junior Core.
You do not need to officially declare a track, and you may switch at any time. If you’re interested in the Product Management or Research tracks, plan early — both require specific first-semester classes to keep the option open.
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Management Consulting
External advisors who help organizations solve their hardest business problems. The original BYU Strategy track, founded with the major in 2009.
Weekly case practice
Work case interviews with peers, alumni, and faculty from your first semester — the same framework McKinsey, Bain, and BCG use.
Real client projects
Junior- and senior-year consulting practicums place you on a small team solving a real problem for a real client.
Strong MBB pipeline
Consulting is the #1 first destination — 21% of graduates. 9% of alumni have worked at McKinsey, Bain, or BCG, and graduates have placed at 30+ consulting firms.
The strongest pairing. Industrial organization, market analysis, and microeconomic theory directly support strategy case work — entry barriers, competitive dynamics, pricing.
StatisticsConsulting projects increasingly require real data analysis. A stats minor signals you can do more than build slide decks.
PsychologyOrganizational behavior, change management, and stakeholder dynamics are huge in consulting. Psych gives you the language for the “soft” side of the work.
