Course Announcements

Spring 2024 Course Announcements

Finance

Financial History of the US: From the Panic of 1907 to Silicon Valley Bank (3.0 credits)
FINC-GB.2313 
Prof. Viral Acharya
Mondays, 9:00am-11:50am
Specializations: Finance

The goal of this course is for students to understand how history, i.e., people and events of the past, have shaped the present-day financial system in the United States, which encompasses its markets, institutions, and regulatory frameworks.

Management

Leading Innovation to Address Climate Change (3.0 credits)
MGMT-GB.3358
Prof. Raphael Carty
Mondays, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Specializations: Management, Sustainable Business & Innovation

The objective of the class is to educate students on how they can lead action to combat climate change and achieve climate adaptation through innovation and accelerating diffusion of innovations. This includes exposing them to a diverse set of technologies that are available for action, helping them to understand the current state of technology diffusion, and providing a playbook on how to: a) assess the technology, b) assess the market potential, and c) create a plan to accelerate technology diffusion In addition, the class will enrich students’ understanding of the diverse stakeholders involved, the role of government/public policy (especially as pertains to regulation and business model creation), the opportunity for social impact, and the ethical considerations in technology adoption. The course is interdisciplinary melding concepts from leadership/leading innovation, sustainability, business strategy, technology diffusion, technology assessment, technology development, marketing, public policy, societal impact, and ethics. This class has been developed primarily for practitioners who will lead action that can achieve impact in the next 10-20 years. The primary audience is students who will become: a) product managers, product management leaders, and product development leaders general managers b) startup founders/CEOs, presidents, and other senior leaders c) public policy leaders in climate (government, non-profits, industry organizations, etc.) d) product management/development or general managers for decarbonization efforts within corporations that are not in a sustainability industry. Additional audiences for this class include students who intend to enter careers as investors or consultants related to climate. For example, early-stage tech investors, climate funds, and ESG investors seeking to understand where to place bets on climate-related tech domains and specific companies as well as evaluating the ESG performance of non-climate firms.

Spring 2024 By-Permission Only Courses

Experiential Learning

CONSULTING PRACTICE – two sections (3.0 credits)
MGMT-GB.3306.30
Faculty: TBD
Mondays, 6:00-9:00pm
To apply, visit Experiential Education
 

MGMT-GB.3306.30
Faculty: TBD
Mondays, 6:00-9:00pm
To apply, visit Experiential Education

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.

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

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
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30-11:50am
To apply, visit Experiential Education

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

CPRL Education Practicum (3.0 credits)
Faculty: TBD
Day/Time: TBD
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12pm-1:20pm
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

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.

Consulting Lab: Branding + Innovation (3.0 credits)
MKTG-GB.2368.30
Prof. Fran Gormley
Tuesdays, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00pm

Consulting Lab: Branding and Innovation is an experiential course designed for MBA students seeking real world brand consulting experience. Students work in teams to solve critical global branding challenges facing partner organizations. Students will learn global branding frameworks and concepts as well as valuable consulting skills, including managing complex projects, enhancing team dynamics, building client relationships, and optimizing presentation skills. Each team (5-6 students) presents their own unique and innovative marketing strategy for the same client.

Finance

Global Real Estate Immersion: UAE (3.0 credits)
FINC-GB.2344.D1
Prof. Sam Chandan
Global On-Site and Pre-Departure 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 in New York and other global cities, interaction with cross-border investors, 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 real estate portfolios.

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 April, local site visits in the United Arab Emirates, and case-based deliverables

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

Managing Investment Funds (3.0 credits)
FINC-GB.3320
Prof. Anthony Marciano
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12pm-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.

Marketing

Commerce & Craft of Cinema: Cannes Film Fesitval (3.0 credits)
MKTG-GB.2142 (Part I) On campus classes at Stern during Spring 2024 semester.
MKTG-GB.2143 (Part II) Travel component to festival during Summer 2024 semester (late May). If graduating in 2024, your official graduation date will be designated as September 2024.
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 2023 Course Announcements

Business and Society

Global Supply Chain Decarbonization (3.0 credits)
BSPA-GB.2309
Prof. David Jacoby
Mondays, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Specializations: Sustainable Business & Innovation, Supply Chain Management & Global Sourcing

After generations of global trade growth, an increasing awareness of climate change and other environmental externalities has triggered a global movement toward decarbonization, and in many cases, localization or re-shoring, of supply chains. Operations and supply management professionals that continue to operate dirty global supply chains do so at the risk of sanctions from governments, investors and employees. However, lowering the carbon profile of global supply chains will be a massive undertaking. This class presents a sequence of two dozen techniques for decarbonizing supply chains, including management decision-making and optimization tools that reconcile carbon objectives with cost, service level, and other conventional supply chain management objectives. Real life case studies allow students to implement each of the techniques in the context of a real-life situation and study the opportunities and challenges of decarbonizing global supply chains.

Management

Managing Family Businesses and Privately Held Firms (1.5 credits)
MGMT-GB 2124
Prof. Belen Villalonga
Tuesdays, 6:00pm-9:00pm (2nd half)

This course explores the business, personal, and family issues found in family-owned and operated companies. The managerial, strategic, and behavioral complexities in these environments will be analyzed. The course focuses on these principal themes: 1) How are family businesses distinct from other firms? 2) What is the lifecycle of the family business? 3) What are the unique managerial challenges of family-owned businesses and how can they be successfully resolved?

Management Communication

Inclusive Conversations (1.5 credits)
MCOM-GB.3113
Prof. Jennifer Wynn
Tuesdays, 6:00pm-9:00pm

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 nurture belonging and increase success for all. With this course, you will gain a foundational knowledge of inclusive language, build awareness of your identities and their relationship to inclusion, and practice increasing inclusion and cross-difference understanding. Through readings, videos, conversation role plays, self-reflections, 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/social intelligences.

Fall 2023 By-Permission Only Course Announcements

Experiential Learning

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 apply, please email experiential@stern.nyu.edu. If you have any questions about the course or would like to be connected to current students or alumni, please send your request to experiential@stern.nyu.edu.

NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) (3 credits, applied in the Fall semester)
Independent Study
Faculty: TBD
Year long, Wednesdays 12:00-1:20pm
To apply, visit the Experiential Education website

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 credits applied in the Fall semester)
Independent Study
Prof. Nicole Sebastian
Year-long, Fall 2023 to Spring 2024, Meeting time varies
To apply, visit the Experiential Education website

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 Office of Student Engagement’s Experiential Education 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 credits)
Independent Study
Faculty: TBD
Day/Time: TBD
To apply, visit the Experiential Education website in September 2023

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 and drive thought leadership in real time.

Finance

Global Real Estate Immersion: Brazil (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 in New York and other global cities, interaction with cross-border investors, 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 real estate portfolios.

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 November and December, local site visits in Brazil, and case-based deliverables.
This course will count toward the Real Estate specialization. For questions, please contact the realestate@stern.nyu.edu and intl@stern.nyu.edu.

Managing Investment Funds (3.0 credits)
FINC-GB.3320
Prof. Anthony Mariciano
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:00pm-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.

Interarea

Leadership Fellows (1.5 credits x 2 semesters)
INTA-GB.3130
Fridays, 10:00am - 4:00pm
To apply, visit the Experiential Education website in September 2023

Looking to receive feedback on how you show up in groups? Ready to get out of your comfort zone? Craving an opportunity to build real connection with your peers? The year-long, cohort-based experiential Leadership Fellows course allows you to practice navigating real-world leadership challenges.

The year-long, cohort-based experiential course allows you to practice navigating real-world leadership challenges.

Components of the course include:

  • Monthly Friday session with cohort of 12 students invested in your growth with an emphasis on peer feedback
  • Immersive leadership development exercises
  • Deep dive into core leadership topics
  • Exclusive access to alumni speakers

If you have any inquiries about the course, please direct your inquiries to kk4843@stern.nyu.edu.

Management/Experiential Learning

Endless Frontiers (3 Credits x 2 semesters)
MGMT-GB.3339
Prof. Deepak Hedge
Thursdays, 9:00am-11:50am
To apply, 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 four 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. From 2019-2022, 134 companies have graduated from the EFL. Of those graduates, 93 have collectively raised more than $1.4 billion in capital to fuel their ambitious missions. 49 additional companies are set to graduate from the EFL in May 2023 as a part of the 2022-2023 cohort. EFL program graduates include Immunai (Life Sciences, 19-20 Cohort), C2i Genomics (Life Sciences, 19-20 Cohort), PhagoMed (Life Sciences, 20-21 Cohort), Databento (Deep Tech, 20-21 Cohort), Jetpack Aviation (Deep Tech, 20-21 Cohort), Kintsugi (Deep Tech, 20-21 Cohort), and Shiru (Deep Tech, 20-21 Cohort), among others. 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 with students working in teams.

Operations Management

Ops 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.