# Sustainable Business

##  Learn About the Sustainable Business Concentration

At a time of indisputable societal and environmental change, concentrating in Sustainable Business will examine the unique role of the private sector and gain a broad understanding of how embedding sustainability into core business strategy benefits financial performance and management practices.

##  Sustainable Business Concentration Requirements

To declare a concentration in Sustainable Business, you must fill out the [concentration declaration form on SternLife.](https://sternlife.stern.nyu.edu/academics-undergraduate?anchor=Declare-Your-Concentrations-706)

## You are required to complete 12 credits of Sustainable Business courses that consist of:

- Sustainability for Competitive Advantage (BSPA-UB 68)
- Three (3) courses (at least 9 credits), one from each of the following sections below: Issue Area, Discipline, and Practicum

## Approved Issue Area Courses

- Social Entrepreneurship (BSPA-UB 41)
- Economic Inequality: Perspectives and Practices (BSPA-UB 43)
- \*Social Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Development-Costa Rica (BSPA-UB 45 - SAW: Costa Rica)
- Global Business & Human Rights (BSPA-UB 47)
- Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Protein (BSPA-UB 50)\*
- Flourishing (BSPA-UB 52) *open to sophomores only*
- Social Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Food Business (BSPA-GB 2306)
- Driving Market Solutions for Clean Energy (BSPA-GB 2308)
- Business and the Environment (ECON-UB 225)
- AI Ethics in Business & Society (MULT-UB 60)

\* Please note: a max of one Stern Around the World (SAW) travel course can be applied per concentration or minor

##
Approved Discipline Courses

- Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicle Industry (ACCT-UB 53) *two-credit course\*\**
- Impact Entrepreneurship in Practice (BSPA-UB 44)
- Theory & Practice of Sustainable Investing (BSPA-UB 48)
- Accounting for Sustainability (ACCT-UB 67) *two-credit course\*\**
- Managing Climate, Cyber, Geopolitical and Financial Risk (FINC-GB 6075)
- Climate Finance: An Economic and Financial Approach to Climate Change (FINC-UB 77)

*\*\* These courses are designed to be taken in tandem in the spring - one in the first 7 weeks of the term and the other in the second. Please check Albert for more details.*

## Approved Practicum (P) Courses

- Marketing for Impact: Strategies for Sustainable Business (BSPA-UB 51)
- Sustainability Consulting: Foundations for Determining Value (BSPA-UB 65)
- Social Innovation Practicum (BSPA-UB 70)
- Experiential Learning Seminar: Social Impact Consulting (BSPA-UB 103)
- \*Business in Hawai'i: Land, Labor, and Cultural Legacy (BSPA-UB 137 - SAW: USA *previously MULT-UB 137* )
- NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) (INTA-GB 3371) *This is a year-long 3-credit course that requires special permission for students to enroll.*

*\* Please note: a max of one Stern Around the World (SAW) travel course can be applied per concentration or minor*

##  Additional Notes and Resources

- A Stern elective course may satisfy only one concentration requirement. For example, Marketing for Impact (BSPA-UB 51) can count as a Sustainable Business elective or Marketing elective, but it cannot satisfy both requirements.
- Stern juniors and seniors can request enrollment access into an MBA (-GB) course by filling out the [**MBA Course Request Form**](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewrB8FdZhAHO0ayTmXa46KsYuArwUSyVYXYFPAaVdZtd2RqA/viewform). See the form for more information. If you have questions about how a graduate course can fulfill concentration requirements, please speak with your Stern academic adviser.

##  Need help?

###  Meet with a Peer Mentor

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###  Meet with a Faculty Adviser

Talk more about this coursework as well as academic or professional pathways in this field.

[Meet with a Faculty Adviser](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/current-students/undergraduate/academics/advising/faculty-advising)

###  Meet with an Academic Adviser

Plan your concentration and degree.

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