Impact, Value and Sustainable Business, MBA

Curriculum

Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Major Requirements 1

1. The IVSB major is fulfilled by completing 4.0 credit units (CU) of coursework from the following list of courses approved for the major, with at least 2 credit units (CU) of coursework from the Environmental List:

   Not resolved to a course
   4

Environmental:

1. ACCT/BEPP 7640

   Climate and Financial Markets

   Not resolved to a course
2. BEPP/FNCE/OIDD 7610

   Climate Risks and Opportunities

   Not resolved to a course
3. BEPP/OIDD 7630

   Energy Markets and Policy

   Not resolved to a course
4. LGST 8150

   Environmental Management: Law and Policy
5. LGST 6470

   The Business and Governance of Water
6. LGST/OIDD 7620

   Environmental Sustainability and Value Creation

   Not resolved to a course
7. MGMT 7230

   Strategy and Environmental Sustainability
8. MGMT 8970

   Global Modular Course A (Impact Hack)

   As published: “Global Modular Course A (on Sustainability; in Germany, by application)”
   1
9. OIDD 5250

   Thinking with Models: Business Analytics

   As published: “Thinking with Models: Business Analytics for Energy and Sustainability”

Social and Governance:

1. ACCT 7470

   Financial Disclosure Analytics
2. BEPP 7700

   American Public Policy through an Economic Lens
3. BEPP 7730/FNCE 7300/REAL 7300

   Urban Fiscal Policy

   Not resolved to a course
4. FNCE 7540

   ESG and Impact Investing
5. FNCE 8020

   Shareholder Activism
6. LGST 6420

   Big Data, Big Responsibilities: Toward

   As published: “Big Data, Big Responsibilities: Toward Accountable Artificial Intelligence”
   0.5
7. LGST 6430

   Other People's Money: The Law, Politics

   As published: “Other People's Money: The Law, Politics, and History of Financial Institutions”
8. LGST 8020

   Law of Corporate Management and Finance
9. LGST 8080

   Employment

   As published: “Employment Law: Practical Considerations for Managers”
   1
10. MGMT 6240

    Leading Across Cultural and Relational Differences
11. MGMT 6250

    Corporate Governance, Executive

    As published: “Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation and the Board”
12. MGMT 7150

    Political Environment of the Multinational Firm

    or: MGMT 7200 Corporate Diplomacy
13. MGMT 7860

    Reforming Mass Incarceration and the Role

    As published: “Reforming Mass Incarceration and the Role of Business”
14. MGMT 7900

    WORKS Immersion (Prison Education)
15. MGMT 8120

    Social Entrepreneurship
16. MGMT 8970

    Global Modular Course A (Impact Hack)
    1

Students may replace up to one credit unit (CU) of coursework from the above-listed courses with a course from this pre-approved list of courses outside of Wharton that bears a clear relationship to the core of the major:

1. CBE 5050

   Carbon Capture
2. EAS 5010

   Energy and its Impacts: Technology

   As published: “Energy and its Impacts: Technology, Environment, Economics, Sustainability.”
3. EAS 5060

   Electricity and Systems Markets
4. EAS 5020

   Renewable Energy and Its Impacts

   As published: “Renewable Energy and Its Impacts: Technology, Environment, Economics, Sustainability”
5. EAS 5050

   Climate Policy and Technology
6. ENMG 5120

   Energy Geopolitics and National Security
7. ENMG 5400

   Decarbonization & Net Zero
8. ENVS 6300

   The Future of water
9. ENVS 6530

   Corporate Sustainability Strategies
10. ENVS 6550

    Life Cycle Assessment
11. LAW 9190

    Law Seminar (Energy Law and Climate

    As published: “Law Seminar (Energy Law and Climate Change)”
12. MSE 5480

    Materials Science and Market Signals in

    As published: “Materials Science and Market Signals in Clean Energy Supply Chains”
13. MSE 7900

    Selected Topics in Materials Science and

    As published: “Selected Topics in Materials Science and Engineering (Energy, Water, and Materials for the AI Economy)”
    1

Recommended courses to supplement the MBA major – IVSB

1. LGST 6130

   Business, Social Responsibility, and the Environment

In addition to courses that count for credit toward the IVSB Major for MBA students, we encourage but do not require MBA students majoring in IVSB to take LGST 6130: Business, Social Responsibility, and the Environment (.5 cu). This course does not count toward the four required credit units for the major in IVSB, but can be taken to fulfill students’ core Legal Studies and Business Ethics requirement. This course focuses on the social and environmental responsibilities of business.

Impact Analytics

For MBA students especially interested in Impact analytics, we note that while the STAT department does not have courses that count toward the four required credit units for the major, the following courses may be of special interest:

1. STAT 5710

   Modern Data Mining
   1
2. STAT 5810

   Convex Optimization for Statistics and Data Science
3. STAT 5900

   Causal Inference
   1
4. STAT 7100

   Data Collection and Acquisition: Strategies

   As published: “Data Collection and Acquisition: Strategies and Platforms”
5. STAT 7110

   Forecasting Methods for Management
6. STAT 7220

   Predictive Analytics for Business
   0.5
7. STAT 7230

   Applied Machine Learning in Business
   1
8. STAT 7240

   Text Analytics
9. STAT 7700

   Data Analytics and Statistical Computing
10. STAT 7730

    Data Science Using ChatGPT
    1
11. STAT 7770

    Introduction to Python for Data Science
    1
12. Select 5.5 course units of electives

    Not resolved to a course
    5.5

MBA Core Requirements

MBA Core Requirements

Accounting

1. Select one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   0.5-1
2. ACCT 6110

   Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
   1
3. ACCT 6130

   Fundamentals of Financial and Managerial Accounting

Finance 1

Corporate Finance

1. Select one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   0.5-1
2. FNCE 6110

   Corporate Finance
3. FNCE 6210

   Corporate Finance (Half CU)

Macroeconomics

1. Select one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   0.5-1
2. FNCE 6130

   Macroeconomics and the Global Economic Environment
3. FNCE 6230

   Macroeconomics and The Global

   As published: “Macroeconomics and The Global Economic Environment (Half CU)”

Legal Studies

1. LGST 6110

   Responsibility in Global Management

   or: LGST 6120 Responsibility in Business

   or: LGST 6130 Business, Social Responsibility, and the Environment
   0.5

Microeconomics

1. BEPP 6110

   Microeconomics for Managers

   As published: “Microeconomics for Managers: Foundations”
   0.5
2. BEPP 6120

   Microeconomics for Managers: Advanced

   As published: “Microeconomics for Managers: Advanced Applications”
   0.5

Management

1. MGMT 6100

   Foundations

   As published: “Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership”
   0.5
2. MGMT 6110

   Managing Established Enterprises

   or: MGMT 6120 Management of Emerging Enterprises
   1

Marketing

1. MKTG 6110

   Marketing Management
   0.5
2. MKTG 6120

   Dynamic Marketing Strategy

   or: MKTG 6130 Strategic Marketing Simulation
   0.5

OIDD

1. Select one unit of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   0.5-1
2. OIDD 6110

   Quality and Productivity
   1
3. OIDD 6120

   Business Analytics
4. OIDD 6130

   Online Business Models and the Information-Based Firm
5. OIDD 6140

   Innovation
6. OIDD 6150

   Operations Strategy
   0.5
7. OIDD 6620

   Enabling Technologies
   1
8. OIDD 6900

   Managerial Decision Making
   2

Statistics

1. STAT 6130

   Regression Analysis for Business

   As published: “Regression Analysis for Business 2”

   or: STAT 6210 Accelerated Regression Analysis for Business
   1

Management Communication

1. Select one of the following options:

   Not resolved to a course
   0.5
2. WHCP 6160

   Management Communication

   As published: “Management Communication 3”

   or: WHCP 6180 Entrepreneurial Communication
   3

Writing Requirement

MBA students are required to demonstrate mastery of persuasive writing for a business audience. This is tested on an online Writing Waiver Exam that incoming MBA's complete the summer before they matriculate. Students unable to demonstrate mastery on this exam are required to take WHCP 6210: Foundations of Business Writing in the fall of their first year. This pass/fail, 0 CU course is designed to provide students with the instruction and support they will need to achieve mastery in persuasive writing for a business audience.

Second Year Requirement:

Students must satisfy the following requirements during their second year in the program: (1) maintain a Wharton GPA that is greater than 2.33 in each semester of their second year, and (2) have no more than 4 CU of Wharton courses with a grade less than or equal to 2.33 (C+ or lower) in their second year.

Curriculum

Global Experience Concentration

1. Students must complete 2 CU in WHG 5000-level or above

   Not resolved to a course
   2
2. Select at least 1 CU from the following: 1

   Not resolved to a course
   1

Accounting

1. ACCT/FNCE 7970

   Taxes and Business Strategy

   Not resolved to a course

Business Economics and Public Policy

1. BEPP/OIDD 7630

   Energy Markets and Policy

   Not resolved to a course
2. BEPP/ACCT 7640

   Climate and Financial Markets

   Not resolved to a course
3. BEPP 7890

   Economic Globalization: Policy, History and

   As published: “Economic Globalization: Policy, History and Contemporary Issues”

Finance

1. FNCE 7190

   International Financial Markets and Cryptocurrencies
2. FNCE 7310

   Global Valuation and Risk Analysis
3. FNCE 7320

   International Banking
4. FNCE 7400

   Central Banks, Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets
5. FNCE 7540

   ESG and Impact Investing
6. FNCE 7560

   Energy Finance

Health Care Management

1. HCMG 8590

   Comparative Health Care Systems
2. HCMG 8680

   Private Sector Role in Global Health

Legal Studies and Business Ethics

1. LGST 7500

   Global (Anti-)Money Laundering
2. LGST 8020

   Law of Corporate Management and Finance

Management

1. MGMT 6240

   Leading Across Cultural and Relational Differences
2. MGMT 7150

   Political Environment of the Multinational Firm
3. MGMT 7200

   Corporate Diplomacy
4. MGMT 7230

   Strategy and Environmental Sustainability
5. MGMT 7870

   Global Management of Digital Businesses
6. MGMT 7880

   Managing and Competing in China
7. MGMT 8090

   Private Equity in Emerging Markets
8. MGMT 8170

   Global Growth of Emerging Firms
9. MGMT 8330

   Strategies and Practices of Family

   As published: “Strategies and Practices of Family-controlled Companies”
10. MGMT 8710

    Advanced Global Strategy
    1
11. MGMT 8750

    Comparative Capitalism

Marketing

Operations, Information, and Decisions

1. OIDD 6730

   Global Supply Chain Mgmt

   As published: “Global Supply Chain Mgmt.”
2. OIDD 6970

   Retail Operations
3. OIDD/BEPP 7610

   Climate Risks and Opportunities

   Not resolved to a course
4. OIDD/LGST 7620

   Environmental Sustainability and Value Creation

   Not resolved to a course

Real Estate

1. REAL 7050

   Global Real Estate: Risk, Politics and

   As published: “Global Real Estate: Risk, Politics and Culture”
2. REAL 7300/BEPP 7730/FNCE 7300

   Urban Fiscal Policy

   Not resolved to a course
3. REAL 8360

   International Housing Comparisons
   1