Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions
Last Updated: October 23, 2019
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Accounting and Management
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements | Jonas Heese, Charles C.Y. Wang | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Corporate Misconduct | Eugene Soltes | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Field Course: Corporate Misconduct | Eugene Soltes | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Mastering Strategy Execution (also listed under Strategy and General Management) | Susanna Gallani, Robert Simons | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Strategy) | Ethan Rouen, George Serafeim | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
Business, Government & the International Economy
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creating the Modern Financial System | David Moss | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management) | Geoffrey Jones | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Food and Agribusiness | Forest Reinhardt | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Globalization and Emerging Markets | Sophus Reinert | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Immersive Field Course: Asia; China Belt & Road Initiative (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) | Meg Rithmire, Willy Shih | January 2020 | J | 3.0 |
| Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy | Rafael Di Tella | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Managing International Trade and Investment | Dante Roscini
Meg Rithmire |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| The Microeconomics of Competiveness: Firms, Clusters, and Economic Development (also listed under Strategy) | Laura Alfaro | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| The Role of Government in Market Economies | Matthew Weinzierl | Fall 2019 | Q2 | 1.5 |
Entrepreneurial Management
Finance
General Management
Marketing
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under General Management) | Michael Chu | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under General Management) | Anita Elberse | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Creating Brand Value |
Jill Avery Shelle Santana |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3 |
3.0 1.5 |
| E-Commerce | Ayelet Israeli | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management) | Rohit Deshpande, Henry McGee | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Frank Cespedes | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Reigniting Value through Frontier Technologies (IoT/ML/AI/AR/VR/Blockchain) | Rajiv Lal | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Retailing | Jose Alvarez | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Sales Management & Strategy (formerly Personal Selling and Sales Force Management) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Doug Chung | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Economics: The Leader as Decision Architect | Max Bazerman, Mario Small | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Deals | Guhan Subramanian | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life | Alison Wood Brooks | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Leading Difference (also listed under Organizational Behavior and Technology & Operations Management) | Frances Frei, Francesca Gino | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Motivation and Incentives | John Beshears, Brian Hall | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Negotiation | Kevin Mohan, Julian Zlatev Francesca Gino, Kevin Mohan Joshua Schwartzstein |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Negotiation and Diplomacy | R. Nicholas Burns, Robert Mnookin, James Sebenius | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Negotiation Intensive Course |
Christine Exley James Sebenius, Andrew Wasynczuk Andrew Wasynczuk |
Fall 2019 Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1 Q2 Q4 |
3.0 3.0 3.0 |
| War and Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation, Policy and Humanity |
Deepak Malhotra | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
Organizational Behavior
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authentic Leader Development | Scott Snook Robin Ely, Tony Mayo |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under General Management) | Lynn Paine | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Crafting Your Life: the Tactics and Practices of the First 10 Years Post MBA | Leslie Perlow | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Leadership Execution and Action Planning |
David Fubini Ryan Raffaelli |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Leading Difference (also listed under Negotiation, Organizations & Markets and Technology & Operations Management) | Frances Frei, Francesca Gino | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Leading with People Analytics | Jeffrey Polzer | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Managing Human Capital | Ethan Bernstein | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Power and Influence | Lakshmi Ramarajan | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |