Applicants to UCLA-Anderson may be aware of the school’s strength in media and real estate but might be surprised to learn that Anderson offers a cutting-edge multidisciplinary program for students interested in environmental sustainability. The Leaders in Sustainability Program is a certificate program in which MBA students take seven courses – four specified classes including the LiS core course and three sustainability-related courses, two of which must be taught outside of the student’s primary graduate school. These students also participate in leadership training along with graduate students from such disciplines as law, public health and engineering. Students in the program also work together on projects to serve businesses, nonprofits and government clients. MbaMission has also learned that Anderson recently hired a sustainability coordinator, and has established positions for two sustainability chairs in each first-year section and one for second-year students. Business school may in fact be a window into the future…
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