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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