MBA610 - Systems, Sustainability, and Social Justice

This first-term course helps students understand the context within which business and government operate and what is unsustainable about our practices, policies and mental models.

MBA614 - Accounting

The principles and tools of accounting are fundamental to understanding the financial reporting that leaders, investors and stakeholders rely on to make decisions.

MBA622 – Data Analytics

This course challenges students to discover, evaluate, and learn to use this information and data to promote social justice and sustainability.

MBA620 – Cultivating Leadership Capacity

This is the first of two courses exploring leadership capacities for complex change and transformation for self, teams, and organizations.

MBA634 – Economics for Sustainability

This course is a one-semester introduction to the fundamentals of managerial economics and macroeconomics.

MBA638 – Marketing and Communications for Social Impact

Students develop the mindset of a marketer and learn the concepts and techniques that comprise a successful marketing strategy for a business, product, or idea.

MBA648 - Operations and Supply Chain Management

Students learn how to navigate their way in the strategic, tactical, and operational decision-making environments of operations and supply chain management of service and manufacturing companies.

MBA630 – Leading Organizations and Change

This course frames organizations as complex adaptive systems with purpose, structures, boundaries, and dynamics, whether for-profit, non-profit, and community-based.

MBA654 - Financial Systems

Students will use financial statements and data to develop analysis, valuation and capital budgeting of investment projects and enterprises, and risk management of financial flows and investments.

MBA650 – Strategy for Sustainability

This course is designed to help students define the strategic questions/issue, analyze the context, and develop strategies for any organization—including either overall organizational strategy or sustainability strategy—and become proactive and more holistic strategic thinkers.

MBA690 - Integrative Capstone

The objective of the course is for the student to demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the mindset, practical skills, knowledge, and attributes needed for creating a convincing business case, whether in the creation of a new enterprise or a new initiative in an existing organization.

MBA671 - Building an Effective Social Impact/Sustainability Program

In this course, through experiences from practitioners and case studies, you will learn how to build and run a program that is an asset to the business – helping to elevate Social Impact programs to even higher standards.

MBA674 - Energy Systems for Sustainability

This course explores the energy technologies and systems in a framework of enduring social and environmental sustainability on a global scale.

MBA675 - Management Consulting Skills for Sustainability Professionals

This one-unit course is for management consultants looking to expand their practice to include sustainability ESG consulting, sustainability and ESG professionals interested in becoming management consultants, and students new to and interested in management and sustainability consulting.

MBA676 - Sustainable Food Systems

This two-unit course will inspire students to explore and understand the local and global food systems and the resource-intensive nature of the current model related to sustainability issues.

MBA678 - Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Management

For companies to be able to report on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emission impacts, set GHG reduction targets, and reduce emissions over time, they must have GHG accounting practices in place that produce inventories that are accurate and verifiable.

MBA679 - Creating a Sustainable and Effective DEI Strategy

Students will learn the fundamental components of creating an impactful and successful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) organizational strategy during this two-unit course.

FIN6320 - Capital Structures and Technology for Impactful Financial Markets

Sustainable solutions can be financed by traditional and innovative capital structures, whether by a business, civil society NGO, or government.

INN6300 - New Ventures and Product Innovation

The emphasis in this course is on the entrepreneurial process to recognize opportunity, design, plan, and launch profitable and sustainable ventures.

MBA685 - Promoting Anti-Racism and Diversity in the Workforce

We will explore what qualities and theories of leadership will help an individual steer an organization through the cultural shifts needed to promote and foster diversity and anti-racist mindset, philosophies, and practices within the workplace and out into the community.

MBA686 - Sustainability, Carbon Accounting, and Climate Action Planning

This course covers greenhouse gas accounting and climate action planning with a focus on the local level—cities, counties, and institutions such as businesses and universities.