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Curriculum

Concentration Requirements

To receive the Concentration in Sustainable Enterprise, students must complete a total of 9 credit hours for the class of 2024 (it remains 7.5 hours for the class of 2023). 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 713, Sustainable Operations (2.0 credits)
  • MBA 790A, Renewable Energy: Project Development and Finance
  • MBA 790B, The Energy Value Chain
  • MBA 803C, Corporate Communication: Social Advocacy & Activism (Class of 2023 only)*
  • MBA 803G, Gender and the Workplace
  • MBA 803T, Storytelling to Influence and Inspire (NEW!)
  • MBA 804M: Corporate Reputation Management
  • MBA 820, ESG & Impact Investing: Essential Skills
  • MBA 822-007 Negotiations: Gender and Race at the Bargaining Table (Class of 2023 only)*
  • MBA 824, Management of Workplace Diversity
  • MBA 828C, Strategic Innovation
  • MBA 833, The Business of Renewable Energy (2.0 credits)
  • MBA 833A, Systems Thinking for Sustainable Enterprise
  • MBA 833D, Sustainability Reporting & Certification
  • MBA 850A, New Urbanism, Smart Growth & Sustainable Community Development
  • MBA 866C, Social Innovation & Financial Inclusion
  • MBA 869C, Sustainable Finance
  • MBA 870, Global Immersion on Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship – Location & credit hours, TBD

*Not offered in 2022-2023 year.

Sample Concentration Sequence

YEAR ONE
Module I Module II Module III Module IV
MBA Core Curriculum MBA Core Curriculum
Electives (listed below)
MBA Core Curriculum
Electives (listed below)
YEAR TWO
Module I Module II Module III Module IV
  • Sustainability Reporting & Certification
  • Corporate Reputation Management
  • Storytelling to Influence and Inspire
  • Sustainable Finance
  • Social Innovation and Financial Inclusion
  • Renewable Energy: Project Development and Finance
  • Storytelling to Influence and Inspire
  • The Energy Value Chain
  • Gender and the Workplace
  • Management of Workplace Diversity
  • ESG & Impact Investing
  • Strategic Innovation
  • Storytelling to Influence and Inspire
  • Sustainable Operations
  • Systems Thinking for Sustainable Enterprise (Seminar)
  • The Business of Renewable Energy
  • Corporate Communication: Social Advocacy & Activism*
  • Global Immersion – Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship (location TBD)
  • New Urbanism, Smart Growth & Sustainable Community Development
Approved Independent Study or other UNC Graduate Level course Approved STAR Project, Independent Study or other UNC Graduate Level course

*Not offered in 2022-2023 year