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Business, Economics, and Entrepreneurship
Can economic growth be reconciled with sustainability? Can social entrepreneurs find solutions to climate adaptation challenges? How do we incentivize fishermen to conserve the world’s fisheries? Can microfinance loans to the entrepreneurial poor reduce global poverty? What practices can businesses adopt to align their bottom lines with sustainability? How can we do well while doing good – and while embracing principles of equity, access, participation, and human rights?
In the context of policies, course participants are introduced to key concepts and skills associated with social entrepreneurship, finance, and economics and are consequently enabled to think proactively about solving some of the world’s biggest problems – while also probing how profitability and social justice might intersect and at times come into conflict.
Students are introduced to economic concepts such as supply and demand, utility, macro- and microeconomics, the time value of money, and the use of indicators. They also engage with key concepts relating to business formation and management, raising funds using debt or equity, and financial accounting.
Participants begin to see some of the largest social problems we face today as essentially economic challenges – and are then asked to come up with potential solutions.
Summer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
EESJ0101 | Section 001 | Call Number 12086
View course availabilitySummer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
EESJ0101 | Section 003 | Call Number 12440
View course availabilitySummer A: Online
July 01 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 8:00–11:00 a.m. ET
Online
EESJ0101 | Section D01 | Call Number 12156
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
EESJ0101 | Section 002 | Call Number 12087 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
EESJ0101 | Section 004 | Call Number 12441
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
EESJ0101 | Section 005 | Call Number 12940
View course availabilitySummer B: Online
July 15 to July 26, 2024
Monday–Friday, 5:00–8:00 p.m. ET
Online
EESJ0101 | Section D02 | Call Number 12157
View course availabilitySummer C: Online
August 05 to August 09, 2024
Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Online
Instructor(s):
EESJ0101 | Section D03 | Call Number 12158
View course availabilitySpring
January 20 to March 24, 2024
Online
Instructor(s):
EESJ0104 | Section D01 | Call Number 11444 - CLASS IS FULL!
Intended for students interested in creating new business or social enterprises, this hands-on course focuses on the creation, evaluation, development, and launch-readiness of new business or social ventures. Participants are guided through the new venture creation process as applied to student team-selected venture ideas. Through interactive lectures, short case studies, and structured peer activities, students explore the elements of the new venture planning process in an innovative modular format.
For each student venture, key issues are addressed in a fashion highly consistent with other formal venture-planning processes including: business model development, customer discovery, product-market validation, in-depth industry and market analysis, product or service innovation, brand development and go-to-market strategies, team selection and management, profit models, financing, and legal considerations.
Students work through a series of structured activities and assignments that correspond with each phase of new venture planning. Throughout the class they refine their venture’s hypothesized business model on the basis of instructor and peer feedback. At each stage of venture plan development, they learn critical terms, apply tools that support research and decision making, and develop a deep understanding of how each major planning activity fits into formal venture creation. Additionally, they hone critical professional skills including creative problem-solving, communication and negotiation, project management, financial analysis, and collaborative leadership. By the end of the class, participants have generated robust business models, with supportive venture plan documents, investor pitches, websites, and crowd-funding videos.
Summer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
ENIN0201 | Section 001 | Call Number 10358 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
ENIN0201 | Section 002 | Call Number 10415
View course availabilitySummer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
ENIN0201 | Section 003 | Call Number 10396
View course availabilitySummer A: Online
July 01 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 5:00–8:00 p.m. ET
Online
Instructor(s):
ENIN0201 | Section D01 | Call Number 11783
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
ENIN0201 | Section 004 | Call Number 10359 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
ENIN0201 | Section 005 | Call Number 10416
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
ENIN0201 | Section 006 | Call Number 10397 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer B: Online
July 15 to July 26, 2024
Monday–Friday, 12:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Online
Instructor(s):
ENIN0201 | Section D02 | Call Number 11784
View course availabilityGame theory is the science of strategy. Within this ever-evolving field, practitioners are responsible for working through economic concepts that depend on rationality, as well as choice and uncertainty. Specifically, those working in this field help with optimal decision making between an independent agent and competing actors. The result of this work can take many forms, including when (and if) to launch a product and how to price it, or when to be cooperative in a negotiation (or not), or even whether to confess to a crime (or not). Throughout the course, students will study the works of key pioneers in Game Theory, as well as synthesize and triangulate readings to topics in economics, business, political science, and project management. Students will be expected to apply learnings to solving work complex probability sets and analyze decision-maker payoffs. By the end of the course, students will have a new appreciation for how Game Theory directly impacts - and influences - major decisions. Additionally, they will be able to work through choices and outcomes better in their own lives.
Summer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
ECON0102 | Section 001 | Call Number 12085 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
ECON0102 | Section 002 | Call Number 12915
View course availabilityFall
September 20 to December 01, 2024
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET
Online
What is the impact of the resurgence of populism, nativism, and geopolitical competition on foreign relations and economic growth? Is China’s push to turn the renminbi into a global currency a threat or an opportunity? What are the implications of an unsustainable levels of public debt (U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Asia) on the future of international monetary and financial architecture? Given questions such as these, this course examines the interplay between globalizing pressures and national interests.
Working from a multilateral perspective, students use case studies to examine the nature of relations between nation-states in a period of increased economic and political integration. Topics include theories of international political economy in relation to foreign aid and sovereign debt, international trade and capital flows, security and non-state actors, rights-based approaches to development and humanitarian emergencies, energy sustainability, and the role of international organizations and financial institutions.
For counterpoint, students also examine the political, ideological, and social determinants of domestic political economies, including that of the United States. The political mechanisms of economic policy-making and the relationship between domestic policy and foreign policy are explored using theoretical, historical, and topical cases; examples include the political economy of income distribution and social welfare, national defense and hegemony, the national debt, and globalization.
Students examine these and other topics through lecture, research, academic and policy dialogue, group projects and presentations, peer critiques, and guest speakers. For students enrolled in the in person program, the course typically includes a visit to the United Nations Headquarters.
Summer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
EGLO0240 | Section 001 | Call Number 12088 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer A: Online
July 01 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 8:00–11:00 a.m. ET
Online
Instructor(s):
EGLO0240 | Section D01 | Call Number 11797
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
EGLO0240 | Section 002 | Call Number 12089 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer B: Online
July 15 to July 26, 2024
Monday–Friday, 5:00–8:00 p.m. ET
Online
Instructor(s):
EGLO0240 | Section D02 | Call Number 11798
View course availabilityThis course focuses on the firm’s financial and economic behavior. The firm needs cash to undertake worthy investments, and the firm needs to identify investments worth undertaking. What models does the firm use to identify such investments? What sources of cash can the firm use? How do the financial markets in which this money is raised function? How does the market value the firm, its securities, and its investments? What financial instruments are available to the firm? What are the microeconomic models that best describe a firm’s behavior in such markets?
In answering these questions, the participants discuss stocks, bonds, stock markets, as well as valuation models of investments, firms, and securities. They also work with concepts like optimal investment strategies, what is revealed and what is hidden in published accounting statements, and what are some of the sources of risk. Students also acquire familiarity with the mechanics and history of the financial markets.
The course includes case studies and some sustained independent work by the participants.
Laptops, while not required, are highly recommended for In-Person participants.
Summer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section 003 | Call Number 10362 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section 004 | Call Number 11619 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section 001 | Call Number 10360
View course availabilitySummer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section 002 | Call Number 12057 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer A: Online
July 01 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 12:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Online
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section D01 | Call Number 12143 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer A: Online
July 01 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 5:00–8:00 p.m. ET
Online
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section D02 | Call Number 11838 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section 007 | Call Number 10363
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section 008 | Call Number 10433
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section 005 | Call Number 10361 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section 006 | Call Number 10434 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:10–11:00 a.m. and 1:10–3:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section 009 | Call Number 12355 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer B: Online
July 15 to July 26, 2024
Monday–Friday, 12:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Online
BUFE0220 | Section D04 | Call Number 12229
View course availabilitySummer B: Online
July 15 to July 26, 2024
Monday–Friday, 5:00–8:00 p.m. ET
Online
Instructor(s):
BUFE0220 | Section D03 | Call Number 12144
View course availabilityLooking at stocks, bonds, ETFs, cryptocurrency, real estate, futures, and options, this course introduces students to how professional investment managers construct investment portfolios. We look at these different investment opportunities as well as key valuation and risk management techniques. How might investors benefit from diversification? What are the metrics for measuring performance? What are the common pitfalls made by investors?
Class time is divided between interactive lecture and guided hands-on work. Participants assume the role of professional money managers as they operate their own diversified investment portfolios in a session-long simulation game. Common theories and practices presented in class, news of current and world events, and discussion around decisions made by the world’s foremost investors are incorporated as students develop a sense of how real-time managers make decisions.
Participants are required to bring laptops for this class and, as this is a quantitative course, should be comfortable with math and prepared for a challenging experience.
Summer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
INVE0101 | Section 001 | Call Number 12101 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer A: In Person
June 24 to July 12, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
INVE0101 | Section 002 | Call Number 12102 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
INVE0101 | Section 003 | Call Number 11622 - CLASS IS FULL!
View course availabilitySummer B: In Person
July 16 to August 02, 2024
Monday–Friday, 11:10 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 3:10–5:00 p.m. ET
In Person
Instructor(s):
INVE0101 | Section 004 | Call Number 12103
View course availabilitySpecific course details such as topics, activities, hours, and instructors are subject to change at the discretion of the University.
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