UCSB Applied Economics ClubUCSB AEC
Career Tracks

Build real skills.
Earn real influence.

Seven career-focused tracks built around projects, case studies, and real-world tools. Complete modules to earn credits, every credit adds to your vote weight and moves you up the speaker queue.

7 Tracks
35 Modules
+1 Vote per Credit
Speaker Priority
Choose your track
Finance 5 modules
Investment Banking
What analysts actually do on deals
  • Build a DCF model from scratch
  • Analyze a real M&A transaction
  • Write a buy-side pitch book
0 / 5 modules 0 credits
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Markets 5 modules
Trading & Markets
Execute, size, and defend real trades
  • Evaluate a live trade setup
  • Build a risk management framework
  • Price options and attribute P&L
0 / 5 modules 0 credits
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Research 5 modules
Equity Research
Cover a stock like a sell-side analyst
  • Build a bottoms-up revenue model
  • Write a stock initiation report
  • Present your thesis to the group
0 / 5 modules 0 credits
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Ad Tech 5 modules
Ad Tech & Media
Run real campaigns on The Trade Desk
  • Navigate The Trade Desk platform
  • Build a full audience targeting strategy
  • Analyze campaign ROAS and optimize
0 / 5 modules 0 credits
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Venture 5 modules
Venture Capital
Evaluate startups and write deal memos
  • Score a real startup pitch
  • Model a cap table through Series A
  • Write a one-page investment memo
0 / 5 modules 0 credits
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Strategy 5 modules
Consulting
Solve cases like a first-year analyst
  • Structure problems with MECE issue trees
  • Crack a profitability case cold
  • Build a McKinsey-style recommendation deck
0 / 5 modules 0 credits
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Macro 5 modules
Macro & Policy
Trade the economic cycle
  • Parse a Fed statement and predict the next move
  • Construct a rates trade thesis
  • Write a 1-page economic brief
0 / 5 modules 0 credits
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From module to influence

01

Choose a Track

Pick the career path you're most curious about, IB, trading, VC, consulting, and more. Each track is self-contained and starts from zero.

02

Complete Modules

Work through project-based modules using real tools, Excel models, live platforms, case studies. Each module produces a real deliverable.

03

Earn Credits

Every completed module earns 1 credit. Credits stack across all tracks, the more you finish, the more influence you accumulate.

04

Unlock Influence

Credits boost your vote weight on the topic ballot and move you to the front of the speaker Q&A queue at every club event.

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