Sustainability Courses

Examines the intersecting ecological, sociological, and moral dimensions of human environmental impacts, particularly with regard to marginalized peoples. Students will gain an understanding of basic environmental justice issues, will develop analytical skills of quantitative assessment, map interpretation, and other forms of problem solving, and will research, critically evaluate, and propose solutions for specific cases of possible environmental injustice.

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Considering the global and multi-cultural context of managerial practice this course emphasizes the formation and practice of the art of adaptive leadership. We address issues of vision in unprecedented conditions and the critical dimensions of purpose and motivation. Participants explore the functions of authority, trust and power and their role in complex systems

Read more about EXLR-5120 : Building Leadership Vision for a Global Commons

This course involves a project requiring participants to work in teams to serve a social justice (vs. charitable) need in the community. Groups choose their domain of service, develop a sustainable model for their project, and implement their projects within the community using executive-level skills. The project is a learning laboratory, supporting regular review of participants' experiences in leadership and teamwork against a set of clear criteria. Participants learn new methods for making de...

Read more about EXLR-5140 : Leadership for a Just and Humane World

This course examines leadership and ethical decision making. Participants gain skills and information needed to establish ethical goals, resolve ethical problems in a global marketplace, address ethical responsibilities as a leader and maintain ethical standards with pluralistic organizations and societies.

Read more about EXLR-5210 : Ethical Leadership

Building on earlier modules, this section of the program applies leadership models to issues facing contemporary organizations. Leadership is analyzed in the context of corporate social responsibility, leading change, strategy, innovation and globalization, and extends to issues facing organizations represented in the program. Participants also interview local leaders and CEOs, hear executive guest speakers, and contribute to active discussions of cases and articles.

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The nature, role, and operation of financial institutions and markets in the economy. The impact on the financial system and industries such as banking and insurance of rapidly changing structural, policy, and international conditions. Focus is on the institutional setting facing businesses today as they cope with financing and risk management concerns.

Read more about FINC-3430 : Financial Institutions and Markets

An introduction to financial investments: the theory, practice and empirical research. Emphasis is placed on developing the risk/return relationship. Topics include modern portfolio theory, (CAPM, APT) market efficiency, derivative assets (options, futures), the pricing of contingent claims, and the influence of taxes and inflation.

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Develops a methodology to establish an organization's risk tolerance policy based on financial capacity and operational strategy. Evaluates risk financing methods and derivative solutions. The use of financial derivatives, including options, futures, swaps and other financial instruments for hedging price, interest rate, currency risks. Explores why all these strategies are not static as business and market conditions change.

Read more about FINC-4450 : Financial Risk Management

This course focuses on the design of efficient portfolios within a risk-return framework. The subjects included are: setting portfolio objectives and constraints, mean-variance analysis, modern portfolio theory, investment styles, asset allocation, portfolio protection, revision, performance and attribution. Use of portfolio analysis software.

Read more about FINC-4520 : Portfolio Management

Introduction to the theory of investment valuation, including expected rates of return and risk in the financial markets; review of empirical research on the risk/return relationship and the behavior of securities prices (e.g., stocks, bonds, futures and options).

Read more about FINC-5100 : Investments