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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)
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
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
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
MBA 869C, Sustainable Finance
MBA 870, Global Immersion on Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship– Costa Rica and Ecuador (3.0 credits)
MBA 899-002, Stakeholder Capitalism

Sample concentration sequence

YEAR ONE
Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4
MBA Core Curriculum MBA Core Curriculum Electives (listed below)
YEAR TWO
Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4
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