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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.

    Program Courses

    Core

    Two required courses.

    Course Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
    ENV 807
    Corporate Sustainability Strategy and Management    		 Chertow
    Tu,Th 10:30-11:50    		   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 2022 Spring 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
    ENV 603
    Environmental Data Visualization for Communication    		   Marlon
    M,W 9:00-10:20    		   Queenborough
    ENV 617
    Real World Environmental Data Science    		   Grewal
    Tu 1:00-3:50    		        
    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 1:00-2:15    		   Reuning-Scherer
    ENV 795
    Nature as Capital: Merging Ecological and Economic Models    		   Fenichel
    M,W 9:00-10:20    		   Fenichel
    ENV 811
    Metrics, Tools and Indicators in Corporate Responsibility    		   Cort
    Tu,Th 10:10-11:30    		   Tentative

    Finance

    Course Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
    ENV 635
    Renewable Energy Project Finance    		   Gross
    Tu,Th 9:00-10:20    		   Gross
    ENV 684
    Forest Finance    		 Spalding
    M,W 4:00-5:20    		   Spalding
    Tentative    		  
    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 2022 Spring 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
    ENV 614
    GHG Management: Practical Methods (Spring-1, Jan 23- Feb 27)    		   Faculty
    M 2:30-5:20    		        
    ENV 621
    The Ministry for the Future—Imagining the Potential for Global Climate Cooperation    		   Sanford
    Th 1:00-3:50    		        
    ENV 636
    Carbon Removal as a Decarbonization Pathway (Spring-2 Mar 6-Apr 28)    		   O’Rourke
    M 2:30-5:20    		        
    ENV 637
    A Toolkit for Communicating Environmental Science    		   Mooney
    M 9:00-11:50    		        
    ENV 641
    Market-Based Mechanisms for Water Management    		 Kruse
    Th 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    		   Tentative
    ENV 742
    Fundamentals of Working with People    		   DeCew
    Tu,Th 8:30-9:50    		   Tentative
    ENV 785
    Material Flow Analysis for the Circular Economy    		   Miatto
    Tu,Th 2:30-3:50    		   Tentative
    tbd
    ENV 800
    Energy Economics and Policy Analysis    		   Gillingham
    M,W 1:00-2:20    		   Faculty
    ENV 814
    Energy Systems Analysis    		 Rao
    M,W 9:00-10:20    		   Rao  
    ENV 824
    Environmental Law and Policy    		   Klee
    M,W 1:00-2:20    		 Klee  
    ENV 838
    Life Cycle Assessment    		   Yao
    Tu,Th 10:30-11:50    		   Yao
    ENV 863
    Sustainable Finance Policy & Regulation    		 De Arriba-Sellier
    M,W 1:00-2:20    		          
    ENV 884
    Industrial Ecology    		 Miller
    M,W 1:00-2:20    		   Faculty
    Tentative    		  
    ENV 894
    Green Building: Issues and Perspectives    		 Kops
    Th 9:00-11:50    		   Kops
    Tentative    		  
    ENV 953
    Sustainable Business Capstone Consulting    		   Boyd
    M,W 1:00-2:20    		   Boyd
    ENV 956
    Strategies for Land Conservation    		   Gentry
    Tu 2:30-5:20    		   Gentry
    ENV 982
    Green Engineering and Sustainability    		   Zimmerman
    Tu,Th 9:00-10:15    		        
    MGT 525
    Competitive Strategy    		        
    MGT 532
    Business Ethics    		        
    MGT 541
    Corporate Finance    		        
    MGT 872
    Managing Sustainable Operations    		        
    MGT 873
    Supply Chain Management    		        
    MGT 893
    Non-Market Strategy    		        
    Business and the Environment Illustration

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