Course Announcements

Spring 2026 Course Announcements

Business and Society

Social Entrepreneurship (3.0 credits)
BSPA-GB.2311 
Prof. Hans Taparia & Prof. Rachel Kowal
Tuesdays, 4:55pm–5:50pm (February 3-April 28, 2026)
India Trip: March 16 - March 21, 2026
Specializations: Sustainable Business & Innovation

This course, titled Social Entrepreneurship India, is dedicated to exploring the depths of this rapidly evolving domain in a powerfully unique way. Over half of the semester, the course will explore definition, offer context on how it fits into broader economics and management frameworks, introduce high impact case studies, offer tools to identify social sector problems and create solutions, explore business designs, and examine methods to measure impact. Over spring break, the class will travel to India, the world’s most populous nation and where social entrepreneurship is operating at the cutting edge. On the ground, the class will visit several best-in-class enterprises, and it will also work with a community-based nonprofit in a rural part of the country which is building its own community-oriented business incubator. During the second half of the semester, students will apply the principles of social entrepreneurship toward completing a project that supports the growth and impact of this on-ground incubator. 

NOTE: India Trip: March 16 - March 21, 2026 
NOTE II: Students will need to be in India by Sunday, March 15th; The India program begins promptly at 8:00 am on Monday, March 16th. In order to arrive in India on time for the program start, students should plan on departing NYC on Friday, March 13th. Students will be responsible for arranging and covering the cost of their own airfare to/from India. Accommodations in double occupancy rooms will be provided and covered by Stern.

Finance

History of Financial Crises (3.0 credits)
FINC-GB.2314
Prof. Peter Koudijs
Thursdays, 9:00am-10:20am
Specializations: Economics, Finance

Financial crises are as old as financial markets themselves. There are many similarities between historical events. More often than not, financial crises are the result of bubbles in certain asset classes or can be linked to a specific form of financial innovation. This course gives an overview of the history of financial crises. We go back almost 400 years and start with the Tulip mania of 1636. From there we will slowly make our way back to today, encountering many crisis episodes that are relevant from today’s point of view. The course is organized around two themes: 1. Asset prices bubbles: 2. Credit, banks and the amplification of shocks through the financial system. We will see that these are recurring themes in the history of financial crises. The purpose of this course is to understand the causes of past crises and to develop a conceptual framework that ties common elements together. We will discuss the lessons that we can draw for financial markets today.

Financial Economics of Risk and Insurance (3.0 credits)
FINC-GB.3316
Prof. Adam Solomon
Thursdays, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Specialization: Finance

This course examines how insurers and financial markets price, pool, transfer, and manage risk. We analyze insurer value creation via risk transformation and asset-liability management, exploring market frictions (adverse selection, moral hazard, ambiguity, behavioral factors, regulation) through theory and case studies. We also cover innovative approaches to managing major tail risks—stemming from financial crises, climate change, longevity trends, and technological disruption—using tools like reinsurance, catastrophe bonds, and public/private partnerships. The course prepares students for diverse risk roles at insurers, reinsurers, specialized asset managers, emerging FinTech/InsurTech ventures, risk consulting firms, and corporate risk management.

Restructuring and Distressed Investing (3.0 credits)
FINC-GB 3308
Prof. Dan Kamensky
Mondays & Wednesdays, 9:00am-10:20am
Specialization: Finance

This is a rigorous practitioner-based course with a substantial workload. It will teach participants the required financial, credit and legal skills necessary to understand and analyze corporate credit and distressed opportunities through a systematic methodology. The framework used in the course includes a multi-step approach covering qualitative & financial statement analysis, financial projections, corporate valuation techniques, structuring and documentation, and stakeholder rights to enable students to analyze actual financial disclosures and real-world situations to make investment recommendations.

Management

Building Venture-Scale Startups (1.5 credits)
MGMT-GB.3136
Prof. Andrew Chang
Wednesdays, 9:00am-11:50am (2nd half)
Specializations: Management

This course is designed for aspiring founders looking to build and fund venture-scale startups. It provides a comprehensive roadmap from initial idea through product development to raising capital from institutional investors. Students will explore how to identify and validate ideas, develop MVPs, craft a compelling pitch, and run a successful fundraise. The course draws on the real-world experiences of founders and investors within NYC's startup ecosystem and includes hands-on simulations, live pitches, and case-based learning.

The Entrepreneurial Mindset for Business Leaders (1.5 credits)
MGMT-GB.2132
Prof. Ashish Bhatia
Mondays, Wednesdays 1:30pm-2:50pm (2nd half)
Specializations: Management, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Today’s leaders face a world where information is incomplete, change is constant, and hesitation can cost you. This course gives MBA students a powerful new decision-making toolkit grounded in entrepreneurial thinking—designed not for starting companies, but for leading with agility, clarity, and confidence. Through real-world cases, interactive exercises, and practical tools, you'll learn how to: -Make High-Velocity Decisions – Act quickly and strategically without waiting for perfect data. -Think Like an Entrepreneur – Use available resources, take smart risks, and move forward even when the path isn’t clear. -Break Out of Analysis Paralysis – Recognize the habits that slow you down—and learn how to override them. -Lead Through Uncertainty – Build a mindset and culture that embraces iteration, adaptability, and bold action. -Apply Effectual Thinking – Shift from prediction to control, using proven methods to create opportunities from what you already have. This course reframes decision-making as a creative, action-oriented process—giving you the mindset and methods to lead in any environment.

Management Communication

Inclusive Conversations (1.5 credits)
MCOM-GB.3114
Prof. Jenn Wynn
Tuesdays 6:00pm-9:00pm (2nd half)
Specializations: Leadership & Change Management & Management

Research shows that being on inclusive teams makes people more creative, more diligent, and harder-working, and that more diverse leadership teams outperform their less diverse peers in financial returns. Furthermore, inclusion leads to increased innovation, which is critically important in today’s rapidly changing world. So what does inclusion mean and how does one cultivate it? This course aims to develop mindful, inclusive communication skills to enable belonging and increase success for all. With this course, you will gain foundational knowledge of inclusive language, build awareness of your social identities and their relationship to inclusion, and practice increasing inclusion and cross-difference understanding. Through readings, videos, conversation role plays, self-reflection, peer feedback, case analyses, and class discussions, by the end of this course, you will be able to: 1) Recognize to what extent an interaction is or is not inclusive; 2) Apply the knowledge, skills, mindsets, and frameworks learned in this course to maximize inclusion in your conversations at work and beyond; and 3) Empower yourself and others to foster inclusive team communication and to continue ongoing learning about inclusion. Inclusive Conversations is for everyone who wants to create more shared understanding and connection across lines of difference, both 1:1 and in teams. Regardless of your starting point, this course will empower you to grow your emotional, relational, and cultural intelligences.

Operations Management

Foundations of AI Agents (1.5 credits)
OPMG-GB.3110
Prof. Ilan Lobel & Prof. Srikanth Jagabathula
Tuesdays, 9:00am-11:50am (2nd half)
Specializations: Management of Technology and Operations, Tech Product Management - (Section B), Supply Chain Management and Global Sourcing - (Part I)

This hands-on course gives MBA students a practical foundation in generative and agentic AI. Students will work directly with neural networks, embeddings, transformers, and large language models (LLMs). The students will learn how to build AI agents that are capable of learning by interacting with the environment, planning, and making automated business decisions. Students will explore recent advances in reinforcement learning and AI simulators that undergird agentic AI systems. Through applied projects, students will develop working mental models and learn to prototype and evaluate AI tools for real business problems. The course prepares students to lead the implementation and integration of AI systems for large-scale decision-making.

Spring 2026 By-Permission Only Courses

Experiential Learning

Stern Signature Projects (3.0 credits)
INTA-GB.3330
Faculty: TBD
Day: TBD, 6:00-9:00pm
To apply, visit the Experiential Education website

NYU’s research continually drives innovation for the global challenges of tomorrow. Stern Signature Projects (SSPs) pair student teams with research centers and SMBs to address some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century. Structured as semester-long academic independent studies, these opportunities allow students to customize their MBA experience by driving thought leadership across an array of global and interdisciplinary questions. Each semester’s unique projects take place domestically and globally.

FinTech Experiential Learning (3.0 credits)
INTA-GB.2313
Prof. Kathleen Derose
Tues, Thurs: 10:30-11:50am
To apply, visit the Experiential Education website

This inter-departmental course provides hands-on experience in the emerging Fintech discipline. It is intended to immerse students in a semester-long project evaluating fintech innovation projects within the financial services sector. The projects will enable the partner company to develop a deep understanding of the financial services customer of the future, and the products and services the financial institution will need to deliver. Fintech refers to financial sector innovations involving technology-enabled business models that can facilitate disintermediation, revolutionize how existing firms create and deliver products and services, address privacy, and regulatory challenges, provide new gateways for entrepreneurship, and see opportunities for inclusive growth.

Consulting Practice (3.0 credits)
MGMT-GB.3306.30
Faculty: Prof. Brett Baptist, Prof. Yasmin Ibrahim & Prof. Bhushan Sethi
Mondays, 6:00-9:00pm

In the business world, consultants help analyze and solve organizations’ most challenging problems. Consultants tackle these challenges by applying a structured approach to their analyses; this in turn allows for successful problem-solving across industries. Through the Stern Consulting Corps (SCC), students learn these skills in a hands-on, for-credit course with blue chip brands as the project partners. In SCC, teams of MBA students create lasting, business-driven impact with our partners by crafting actionable business plans and targeting opportunities for growth.

CPRL Education Practicum (3.0 credits)
Faculty: TBD
Day: TBD
Please email experiential@stern.nyu.edu if you are interested in applying

Through the CPRL Education Practicum, Stern MBA students have the opportunity to work with a consortium of business, policy, education, and law students from top tier upper-level graduate programs. This is an intensive, full-semester practicum and seminar in the theory and methods of managing, governing, and transforming public- and social-sector organizations in K-12 education. *This course takes place at Columbia University*

Experiential Learning/By Lottery

Communication for Consultants (3.0 credits)
MCOM-GB.3311.30
Prof. Brian Hanssen
Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00pm
 

Clients expect the consultant to listen well to their perceived needs, engage collaboratively with their staff and ultimately communicate their insights in a manner that leads to some form of change. In this experiential learning offering, students will take on client engagements. Each project will be based in NYC and have an impact on the City. The assignments will require participation from the initial client meeting, through data collection and finally presenting to the client. While the course experience will entail considerable field work, students will be supported by class work that focuses on the communication tools in a typical consulting contract.

Finance

Global Real Estate Immersion: UAE (3.0 credits)
FINC-GB 2344.D1
Prof. Sam Chandan
Trip and Pre-trip meetings (see syllabus)
See syllabus for application

While commercial real estate development, asset management, and the legal and tax framework of investment and lending remain inherently local features of a worldwide sector valued at more than $300 trillion, institutional real estate equity and debt capital flows have become increasingly global over the last several decades. 

For students seeking careers in the institutional real estate industry and related sectors, whether in New York and other global cities, interaction with cross-border investors, private equity platforms, lenders, property technology entrepreneurs, and others will be the norm rather than the exception. This course introduces students to real estate finance and investment analysis in non-US settings, special issues when deploying equity and debt capital internationally, and approaches to analyzing global portfolios. The skills and experiences acquired in this course are broadly applicable and not limited to real estate. 

The highly experiential course is structured around direct interaction with global real estate developers, investors, lenders, and policymakers in a major non-US market, supplemented by pre-departure meetings in March and April, an intensive schedule of visits in the UAE, and case-based deliverables. 

This course will count toward the Real Estate specialization. For questions, please contact realestate@stern.nyu.edu and intl@stern.nyu.edu.

Marketing

Commerce & Craft Cinema: Cannes Film Festival (3.0 credits)
MKTG-GB.2142 (Part I) On campus classes at Stern during Spring 2026 semester.
MKTG-GB.2143 (Part II) Travel component to festival during Summer 2026 semester (late May). If graduating in 2026, your official graduation date will be designated as September 2026.
Prof. Alvin Lieberman
Trip and Pre-/Post-trip meetings (see syllabus)
To apply, visit here.

This is a specialized EMT course, designed to provide students with a framework for understanding the dynamics of the global film industry including the complete process from crafting the idea for a film script, hiring or becoming a producer, financing the project, selling it to a studio or independent production company, building a team, production elements, post production including music acquisition, and the selling or distribution to a global marketplace. The course will include learning about distribution and exhibition, marketing and building audience awareness, research applications, international licensing, and preparation for a career in the industry. It consists of class sessions in the Spring semester and travel to the festival in the Summer semester. In addition to tuition, students have to pay for travel and living expenses.

Operations Management

Operations in Panama: A Man, A Plan, A Canal (3.0 credits)
OPMG-GB.2312
Prof. Harry Chernoff & Prof. Kristen Sosulski
Trip and Pre-/Post-trip meetings (see syllabus)
See syllabus for application

This exciting advanced elective from the ToPS department will be a three (3) credit course studying the history, major business operations, and future of the country of Panama. 

Panama has developed as the economic hub of Latin America and leads this area of the world in economic, logistics and hospitality operations. Our course tracks the development of the country as an independent nation and highlights the importance of Panama in the Global Shipping Supply Chain. 

Through readings, classroom discussion and a one-week visit to the country, students will learn, analyze and observe the intricacies of the Panama Canal, various hospitality developments and the history and future challenges that Panama faces. 

The Panama Canal is certainly the country’s major attraction, and process techniques and strategies abound within this fascinating operation. Included in our week travel in Panama will be extensive real estate projects and major tourism improvements that have been provided by the financial revenues from the canal. The course is a unique opportunity to learn about these operations and speak to the major decision makers leading Panama.

Fall 2025 Course Announcements

BSPA

Sustainability Consulting: Using ROSI to drive the business case (3.0 credits)
BSPA-GB.2310
Prof. Chana Rosenthal
Wednesdays, 1:30pm-4:30pm
Specializations: Sustainable Business & Innovation

This course is designed to assist students in developing the knowledge, skills, and perspective they need to assess and calculate the financial benefits of company investments in sustainability initiatives solely using the NYU Stern CSB Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI™) methodology, and to deepen the knowledge through hands-on consulting with a business determining the financial benefits of one of their investments in sustainability initiatives. Sustainability creates enterprise value, and in this course, students will develop an effective sustainability leadership perspective through pursuit of the following learning objectives: 1) to understand and use the ROSI™ Framework and Methodology, including identifying key sustainability risks and opportunities and the associated benefits, 2) to identify key financial benefits for sustainability practices across the framework’s nine value drivers, 3) to understand how to work with companies in a consulting capacity using ROSI™ to determine the financial benefits of that company’s investment in a sustainability initiative 4) to develop and present an internal business case for sustainability to a client. Student group projects will enable them to act as management consultants and provide recommendations for developing and implementing a sustainability business case using ROSI™ for the company that they are paired with. The format of the course is a combination of lecture and experiential learning, Students will work with advisors and pre-selected companies on defining and monetizing the returns on specific sustainability initiatives of the client companies. Class sessions will span a variety of activities, including guest lecturers from the business community, discussion, role-playing, and other participatory exercises, as well as work on the projects with the clients.

Finance

The Venture Capital Industry (3.0 credits)
FINC-GB.3372
Prof. Tom Wisniewski
Thursdays, 1:30pm-4:20pm 
Specializations: Finance

This course provides an insider's view of both the broader VC industry and the detailed mechanics of how top firms operate. Through a combination of case studies, industry data analysis, and direct interaction with leading VCs and founders, students will develop a sophisticated understanding of this vital corner of our innovation economy. The course is aimed at MBA candidates interested in VC careers, those pursuing the founder/entrepreneurship track, and those interested in better understanding this important part of the US economy.

Management

Management with Purpose: Strategies for New and Aspiring Managers (3.0 credits)
MGMT-GB.3311
Prof. Suzy Welch
Tuesdays, 1:30pm-4:20pm & Wednesdays, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Specializations: Management, Leadership & Change Management

Great managers are often the unsung heroes of thriving organizations, transforming work into something meaningful by empowering teams, delivering results, and driving success. Management with Purpose is designed for new and aspiring managers who want to lead with intention, building high-performing teams and strong cultures. This course covers the essential managerial skills from hiring to making tough decisions, navigating crises, and managing upward. It also focuses on managerial career growth, offering strategies for promotion and long-term impact. Ultimately, Management with Purpose is about becoming a manager who changes organizations and lives for the better.

Marketing

Art Through Technological Innovation (1.5 credits)
MKTG-GB.2134
Prof. Tad Smith
Tuesdays, 6:00pm-9:00pm (1st half)
Specializations: Entertainment, Media & Technology

This course offers a deep dive into the intersection of art, technology, and commerce, exploring how technological innovations have revolutionized not just artistic expression but also the business of art. Examine the evolution of the art market, from the patronage systems of the past to the rise of galleries, global auction houses, and digital marketplaces. Gain insights into the economics of art, including valuation strategies, market dynamics, and the influence of globalization. Explore case studies on how technology has disrupted traditional business models, from online auctions and social media promotion to blockchain-based authentication and the booming NFT market. By synthesizing historical context with cutting-edge trends, this course equips you with the knowledge to understand and navigate the rapidly changing business landscape of the art world.

Fall 2025 By-Permission Only Courses

Experiential Learning - By-Application Courses

CPRL Education Practicum (12-credit opportunity)
CONS-GB.3012

Through the CPRL Education Practicum, Stern MBA students have the opportunity to work with a consortium of business, policy, education, and law students from top tier upper-level graduate programs. This is an intensive, full-semester seminar and practicum in the theory and methods of managing, governing, and transforming public- and social-sector organizations in P-12 education. This study-away experiential offering is structured with three components: Seminar: Theoretical seminar in the design, governance, transformation and democratic accountability of public sector organizations. 

Skills Training: Professional skills training in the competencies required for success as managers and leaders of modern public- and social- sector organizations. Consulting Engagement: Students support education organizations in thinking through some of their challenging issues and provide actionable solutions. CPRL offers a limited number of CPRL Scholar Awards of up to $20,000 granted to exceptional students to apply to their NYU tuition in return for a commitment to spending time after graduation in a public or nonprofit job in the education sector. To learn more, please click here. If you have any questions about the course cprl@law.columbia.edu or schedule a 1:1 with a CPRL staff member.

NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) (3.0 credits)
Independent Study
Prof. Andrea Armeni
Year long, Wednesdays 12:00-1:20pm

The NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) is a unique inter-disciplinary, experiential learning course which is offered in tandem with a student-led and operated Impact Investing Fund of the same name. Students participating in NIIF are expected to enroll in the NIIF course for the full academic year (fall and spring) and will receive 1.5 credits for each semester of participation. The class will be divided into five Deal Teams. The Deal Teams will have a sectoral focus (e.g., Financial Inclusion, Environment, Healthcare/Aging, Education and Food Systems) for sourcing prospective investment clients.

Board Fellows (3.0 credits)
Independent Study
Prof. Nicole Sebastian
Year long, Fall 2025 to Spring 2025, One Friday per month from 9AM-5PM

The NYU Stern Board Fellows Program provides MBA students with the opportunity to learn more about what it is like to be on the board of a non-profit. Students work New York City-based nonprofit organizations to complete a strategic governance project for the board while attending their board meetings and working with board/organizational liaisons. With the assistance of the Experiential Learning team, as well as a program advisor who is an expert in board service and governance, Fellows will be matched with one of our partner boards in teams of three. Our selection and matching process reflects each student’s strengths, as well as each organization’s needs. Facilitated peer-learning sessions will ensure that Fellows are also able to hear about other students’ unique board experiences.

Stern Signature Projects (3.0 credits)
Independent Study
Faculty: TBD
These projects are currently being sourced and the application will be due in early September; you can sign up here for the specialized SSP email list. 
To learn more, visit the Experiential Education website

Stern Signature Projects (SSP) is an experiential platform that provides unique applied learning opportunities which align Stern MBAs with leading faculty and research centers with the NYU network to tackle complex questions and leverage system-level thinking to help solve some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Anyone can read business concepts in a textbook, but through SSP our students have the chance to tackle those issues in real time.

Finance

Global Real Estate Immersion: London (3.0 credits)
FINC-GB.2344
Prof. Sam Chandan
Trip and Pre-trip meetings (see syllabus)
See syllabus for application

While commercial real estate development, asset management, and the legal and tax framework of investment and lending remain inherently local features of a worldwide sector valued at more than $300 trillion, institutional real estate equity and debt capital flows have become increasingly global over the last several decades. 

For students seeking careers in the institutional real estate industry and related sectors, whether in New York and other global cities, interaction with cross-border investors, private equity platforms, lenders, property technology entrepreneurs, and others will be the norm rather than the exception. This course introduces students to real estate finance and investment analysis in non-US settings, special issues when deploying equity and debt capital internationally, and approaches to analyzing global portfolios. The skills and experiences acquired in this course are broadly applicable and not limited to real estate. 

The highly experiential course is structured around direct interaction with global real estate developers, investors, lenders, and policymakers in a major non-US market, supplemented by pre-departure meetings in December and January, an intensive schedule of visits in London, and case-based deliverables. 

This course will count towards the Real Estate specialization. For questions, please contact the realestate@stern.nyu.edu and intl@stern.nyu.edu.

Managing Investment Funds 
FINC-GB.3320 (Fall - 3.0 credits)
FINC-GB.3322 (Spring - 3.0 credits)
Prof. Jeff Meli
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00-1:20pm
To apply, visit nyumpsif.com

The Michael Price Student Investment Fund (MPSIF) is a family of funds managed directly by NYU Stern MBA students. The fund, part of the overall NYU endowment, was established in 1999 through a generous gift from Michael Price, managing partner, MFP Investors, LLC and former chairman of Franklin Mutual Series funds. MPSIF provides students with hands-on experience managing a real fund with significant assets. The fund is divided into three equity funds - Growth, Value and Fixed Income. While each fund has its own performance benchmark, MPSIF's primary goal is to deliver positive returns that exceed the rate of inflation. Based on the February 2021 Annual Report, MPSIF had assets under management of $2.9 million, excluding more than $1.88 million in mandated distributions since its inception to the Price School. Since March 2000, MPSIF has earned a cumulative return (after trading costs) of 284.2%, or 6.8% per annum. About 40 students enroll each year and are responsible for screening and evaluating stocks, preparing and presenting pitches for buy and sell recommendations and strategizing on broader portfolio allocation and risk management decisions. Students also write a newsletter and prepare annual and semi-annual reports to the MPSIF Board of Advisors. Students gain invaluable experience in investment management, which provides a competitive advantage when interviewing for summer internships or full-time employment after graduation. Managing the diverse tasks in MPSIF relies on teamwork and the course requires students to draw on their knowledge of finance, macroeconomics, accounting, competitive analysis, strategy and marketing.

Inter-Area

Leadership Fellows (3.0 credits Year-Long or 1.5 credits)
INTA-GB.3130 
To apply, email aav7212@stern.nyu.edu

Looking to receive feedback on how you show up in groups? Ready to step out of your comfort zone? Craving an opportunity to build real connection with your peers? The cohort-based, experiential Leadership Fellows course allows you to practice navigating real-world leadership challenges both as a group and with professional role players. In your small cohort of 12 students, you’ll repeatedly practice giving and receiving constructive feedback. Leadership Fellows requires full commitment and active participation. 
 
There are two formats (both application-based): The 3-credit course is a year-long commitment (1 Friday per month). The 1.5-credit course is a month-long commitment (1-2 times per week).

Management and Organizational Behavior

Endless Frontiers
MGMT-GB.3339 (3.0 credits x 2 semesters)
Prof. Deepak Hedge
Thursdays, 9am-11:50am
To apply or sign up for an info session, see here.

The Endless Frontiers course is a capstone course in entrepreneurship. It will introduce you to the challenges of building, financing, and scaling science and technology based startups. You will learn about these challenges by interacting with founders of startups admitted to the Endless Frontier Labs (EFL) program, as well as business leaders and elite investors who mentor the startups admitted to the program. In the six years since its founding, the EFL has established itself as one of the most impactful programs in the world for science- and tech-based startups. Since 2019, 173 seed-stage program graduates have raised over $2.1 Billion in capital. Almost half (47.2%) of program graduates have been led by women founders. By interacting with the founders of such companies, you will develop a deep appreciation for how cutting-edge scientific ideas are commercialized and disrupt markets. 
 
This unique nine-month course is a “big picture” course. The emphasis of the course is not on understanding conceptually difficult material, but on applying simple ideas systematically to resolve the tremendous uncertainty faced by early-stage startups attempting to disrupt existing markets and industries. Accordingly, classroom discussions will focus on applying basic analytical tools, drawn from strategy, economics, and finance to develop business models, evaluate the size of markets, assess financing options of early-stage ventures, and the risks and potential of ideas. Due to the course’s special circumstances, which involve working with new companies seeking capital: 1) students sign a non-disclosure agreement, 2) penalty is imposed for missed classes, 3) interested students must apply to the course to be considered. The course will run over the Fall and Spring.

Operations Management

Operations in Entertainment: Las Vegas (3.0 credits)
OPMG-GB.2313
Prof. Harry Chernoff
Trip and Pre-/Post-trip meetings (see syllabus)
See syllabus for application

When we think of entertainment, perhaps the most popular location that comes to mind is Las Vegas. Behind the glitter & excitement are industries dedicated to supplying entertainment to customers. Operations address the supply side of business, including how products are produced, how services are supplied. This course goes behind the scenes to observe & analyze the operations involved. This course presents an opportunity to observe and study the entertainment industry including strategy formation & decision-making. The entertainment comes in various forms. The underlying driver is gaming, but the industries surrounding the various forms of gambling have also become major profit centers. During a 1-week visit to Las Vegas, students will observe and study some of the major industries that comprise the broad scope of entertainment in this city. Although Operations Management models, techniques and strategies in this field are applicable anywhere, Las Vegas is the epicenter of the industry.