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Business and the Environment Specialization

For YSE students who are interested in working on environmental issues in for-profit organizations, or in NGOs and public agencies that partner with for-profit organizations, be well prepared to do so. This specialization will be particularly helpful for MEM students with an environmental science or policy background and less experience with business concepts.

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    Note that a capstone course used to fulfill the MEM capstone requirement cannot also be used toward fulfilling an MEM Specialization requirement; a capstone course taken once cannot be used to fulfill multiple requirements. Learn more about YSE capstone courses by visiting the MEM Capstone page.

    Courses

    Core

    Two required courses.

    Course Fall 2021 Spring 2022 Fall 2022 Spring 2023
    ENV 807
    Corporate Sustainability Strategy and Management    		 Chertow
    M,W 9:00-10:20    		   Esty  
    MGT 502/ACCT 270
    Foundations of Accounting and Valuation    		        

    Electives

    Students must take four courses from the lists below, including at least (a) one Quantitative course or one Finance course and (b) one from the list of Additional Electives.

    Quantitative

    Course Fall 2021 Spring 2022 Fall 2022 Spring 2023
    ENV 603
    Environmental Data Visualization & Communication    		 Queenborough
    M 9:00-11:50    		     Queenborough
    ENV 617
    Real World Environmental Data Science    		 Grewal
    Tu 2:30-5:20    		          
    ENV 728
    Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences    		 Reuning-Scherer
    Tu,Th 2:30-3:50    		   Reuning-Scherer  
    ENV 753
    Regression Modeling of Ecological and Environmental Data    		 Gregoire
    M,W 10:30-11:50    		   Gregoire  
    ENV 758
    Multivariate Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences    		   Reuning-Scherer
    Tu,Th 1:00-2:20    		   Reuning-Scherer
    ENV 795
    Nature as Capital: Merging Ecological and Economic Models    		           Fenichel
    ENV 811
    Metrics, Tools and Indicators in Corporate Responsibility    		   Cort
    Tu,Th 10:10-11:30    		   Tentative

    Finance

    Course Fall 2021 Spring 2022 Fall 2022 Spring 2023
    ENV 635
    Renewable Energy Project Finance    		   Gross
    M,W 7:30pm-8:50pm    		   Gross
    ENV 684
    Forest Finance    		         Spalding  
    MGT 842
    Financing Green Technologies    		        

    Additional Electives

    Other courses or independent projects may be used to satisfy elective requirements subject to approval of the faculty coordinator of the specialization.

    Course Fall 2021 Spring 2022 Fall 2022 Spring 2023
    ENV 622
    Decarbonizing Pathways to Limit Climate Change    		   Levin
    Th 4:00-6:50    		   Tentative
    ENV 641
    Market-Based Mechanisms for Water Management    		 Kruse
    Tu 1:00-3:50    		          
    ENV 659
    The Practice of Silviculture: Principles in Applied Forest Ecology (Friday field trips)    		   Ashton
    M,W 8:30-10:20    		   Ashton
    ENV 742
    Fundamentals of Working with People    		   DeCew
    Tu,Th 9:00-10:20    		   DeCew
    ENV 800
    Energy Economics and Policy Analysis    		   Gillingham
    M,W 10:30-11:50    		   Gillingham
    ENV 814
    Energy Systems Analysis    		 Rao
    M,W 9:00-10:20    		   Rao  
    ENV 819
    Strategies for Land Conservation    		   Gentry
    Tu 2:30-5:20    		   Gentry
    ENV 824
    Environmental Law and Policy    		 Klee
    M,W 10:30-11:50    		   Klee  
    ENV 838
    Life Cycle Assessment    		   Yao
    Tu,Th 10:30-11:50    		   Tentative
    ENV 884
    Industrial Ecology    		 Yao
    M,W 10:30-11:50    		   Faculty
    Tentative    		  
    ENV 894
    Green Building: Issues and Perspectives    		 Yost
    F 9:00-11:50    		   Faculty
    Tentative    		  
    ENV 953
    Sustainable Business Capstone Consulting    		 Boyd
    M,W 1:00-2:20    		   Boyd
    Tentative    		  
    ENV 958
    Sustainable Business Capstone Consulting Clinic- Entrepreneurs    		   Boyd
    M,W 1:00-2:20    		   Boyd
    ENV 982
    Green Engineering and Sustainability    		           Zimmerman
    MGT 525
    Competitive Strategy    		        
    MGT 532
    Business Ethics    		        
    MGT 541
    Corporate Finance    		        
    MGT 557
    Design and Marketing of New Products    		        
    MGT 635
    Venture Capital and Private Equity Investment    		        
    MGT 862
    Introduction to Responsible Business    		        
    MGT 872
    Managing Sustainable Operations    		        
    MGT 873
    Supply Chain Management    		        
    MGT 893
    Non-Market Strategy    		        
    Business and the Environment Illustration

    Learning Community

    There is a corresponding “Learning Community” for each specialization, where anyone interested in the topic can find related news, spotlights, colleagues, and events.

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