The ACM Chicago Programs are ...

Like the city itself, changing and adapting, creating new opportunities and developments.

With Urban Studies, established in 1969, as our anchor and model, we’re modifying Chicago Arts and building a new program in Business, Entrepreneurship, and Society to offer students a full range of choices in this dynamic city.

Focused on learning and living as citizens of the city.

You won’t just talk about the city, you’ll be in it: interacting with art and artists, doing business, learning a neighborhood. You won’t just read about it, you’ll be getting out, sampling the cultural riches, and meeting the people who make this city work.

Uniquely centered on academic rigor and personal engagement.

All three programs include a city-centered Core Course and a choice of academically demanding Seminars. But each program also asks you to do independent work in your field and to complete an internship that will connect your academic focus to the world of work.

Stay tuned for more details

As the new ACM Chicago Programs develop this year, stay tuned to this webpage for more information. And talk to your college’s Chicago Programs faculty advisors, who have helped develop these programs to meet your curricular goals and the quality expectations of ACM colleges.

Photos from top: At an "el" stop; a seminar meets with TV news anchor Warner Saunders at the Channel 5 studios; "Sole Man," a monument to the Great Northern Migration in Bronzeville.