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Curriculum

Concentration Requirements

To receive the Concentration in Sustainable Enterprise, students must complete a total of 9 credit hours. As part of this requirement, students may also complete an approved sustainability-focused STAR project or independent study. For more information on independent studies, please see the MBA Policy Manual. Unless otherwise noted, all courses below are 1.5 credits.

Sustainable Enterprise Core Course in Ethics, Corporate and Individual Responsibility

  • MBA 831C, Strategy and Sustainability

Sustainable Enterprise Electives (9 credits total required for class of 2024)

  • MBA 706A, Thinking and Communicating with Data
  • MBA 713, Sustainable Operations (2.0 credits)
  • MBA 790A, Renewable Energy: Project Development and Finance
  • MBA 790B, The Energy Value Chain
  • MBA 790F, Fossil Fuel Firms and the Challenge of Carbon (NEW!)
  • MBA 803C, Corporate Communication: Social Advocacy and Activism
  • MBA 803G, Gender and the Workplace
  • MBA 803T, Storytelling to Influence and Inspire
  • MBA 804M: Corporate Reputation Management
  • MBA 831F, Climate Tech startups and Investors (NEW!)
  • MBA 833, The Business of Renewable Energy (2.0 credits)
  • MBA 833A, Systems Thinking for Sustainable Enterprise
  • MBA 840W, Women in Leadership
  • MBA 850A, New Urbanism, Smart Growth and Sustainable Community Development
  • MBA 858, Markets, Government and Sustainable Growth (NEW!)
  • MBA 869C, Sustainable Finance
  • MBA 870, Global Immersion on Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship– Costa Rica and Ecuador (3.0 credits) (NEW!)
  • MBA 899-002, Stakeholder Capitalism (NEW!)

Sample Concentration Sequence

YEAR ONE
Module IModule IIModule IIIModule IV
MBA Core Curriculum MBA Core Curriculum
Electives (listed below)
MBA Core Curriculum
Electives (listed below)
YEAR TWO
Module IModule IIModule IIIModule IV


Climate Tech Startups and Investors

Corporate Reputation Management

Markets, Government and Sustainable Growth

Thinking and Communicating with Data



Renewable Energy: Project Development and Finance

Storytelling to Influence and Inspire

Sustainable Finance


The Energy Value Chain

Gender and the Workplace

Stakeholder Capitalism

Storytelling to Influence and Inspire



The Business of Renewable Energy

Corporate Communication: Social Advocacy & Activism

Fossil Fuel Firms and the Challenge of Carbon

Global Immersion – Sustainability and Social Enterprise – Costa Rica and Ecuador

Approved Independent Study or other UNC Graduate Level course Approved STAR Project, Independent Study or other UNC Graduate Level course