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 (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)
- 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)
- *The Global Business of Chocolate: Sustainability, Strategy, and Hawaii Trip (MULT-UB 137 - SAW: USA)
- *Social Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Development-Costa Rica (BSPA-UB 45 - SAW: Costa Rica)
* 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**
- 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) 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. Both will be offered starting in spring 2024 - 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)
- Social Innovation Practicum (BSPA-UB 70)
- Experiential Learning Seminar: Social Impact Consulting (BSPA-UB 103)
- NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) (INTA-GB 3371) This is a year-long 3-credit course that requires special permission for students to enroll.