Sustainable Business Concentration Requirements
To declare a concentration in Sustainable Business, you must fill out the concentration declaration form on SternLife.You are required to complete 12 credits of Sustainable Business courses that consist of:
- Sustainability for Competitive Advantage (BSPA-UB 68)
- Three (3) courses, one from each of the following sections: Issue Area, Discipline, and Practicum
Approved Issue Area Courses
- Social Entrepreneurship (BSPA-UB 41)
- Economic Inequality: Perspectives and Practices (BSPA-UB 43)
- Global Business & Human Rights (BSPA-UB 47)
- Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Protein (BSPA-UB 50)
- Social Enterprise in Sustainable Food Business (BSPA-GB 2306)
- Driving Market Solutions for Clean Energy (BSPA-GB 2308)
- Business and the Environment (ECON-UB 225)
- Business Economy and Policy in Midst of COVID-19 (MULT-UB 24)
Approved Discipline Courses
- Innovations and Strategies for Building a Progressive Social Enterprise (BSPA-UB 44)
- Theory & Practice of Sustainable Investing (BSPA-UB 48)
- Accounting for Sustainability (BSPA-UB 67)
- Global Economic Trends (ECON-UB 240)
- Managing Climate, Cyber, Geopolitical and Financial Risk (FINC-UB 75)
Approved Practicum (P) Courses
- Sustainability Impact Consulting in Costa Rica (P) (BSPA-UB 45)
- Marketing for Impact: Strategies for Sustainable Business (P) (BSPA-UB 51)
- Social Innovation Practicum (P) (BSPA-UB 70)
- Experiential Learning Seminar: Social Impact Consulting (P) (BSPA-UB 103)
- SIV: Social Entrepreneurship in Ghana (P) (BSPA-UB 2000)
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.
- Practicum courses are labeled with a “P”
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