At MIT-Sloan, sustainability is at the heart of its nonprofit/social entrepreneurship curriculum. Examples of the more than a dozen sustainability-focused courses are “Entrepreneurs in Innovations: Information Technology, Energy, Biotechnology and Communications,” “Leading Profound Innovation for a Sustainable World” and “Strategic Opportunities in Energy.”
In February 2010, Sloan announced its third specialty certificate option, the Sustainability Certificate. Open to all MBA and Sloan-related students (e.g. LGO or Sloan Fellows), the new certificate “views sustainability as a function of the interdependent dynamics of economic, societal, and environmental systems, where success overall is influenced by success across all areas and not upon a single factor.” Required courses are System Dynamics; Strategies for Sustainable Business; Sustainable Business Lab (S-Lab); Professional Seminar in Sustainability and a Capstone course that will be offered for the first time in Spring 2011. Students also choose two from a list of 30 electives. In addition to receiving the certificate, students who pursue it will receive access to Summer Sustainability Internships and a special resume book for sustainability.
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