Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions
Last Updated: 26 Jul 2021
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Accounting & Management
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borderline | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under General Management and Organizational Behavior) | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| Executing Strategy | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Strategy) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
Business, Government & the International Economy
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitalism and the State (CATS) | Fall 2021 |
Q1 | 1.5 | |
| Creating the Modern Financial System | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Food and Agribusiness | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Global Climate Change | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Global Energy in Transition | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Globalization and Emerging Markets | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Macro Risk, Economics and Markets | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Managing International Trade and Investment | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| The Role of Government in Market Economies | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
Entrepreneurial Management
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2032: 5 Technologies that will reshape the world in the next decade | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Business Marketing and Sales (also listed under Marketing) | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) (also listed under Strategy) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| E-Commerce: Strategy, Growth, and Analytics (also listed under Marketing) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Entrepreneurial Failure | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Finance) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Entrepreneurial Finance: Q2 Edition (also listed under Finance) | Fall 2021 |
Q2 | 1.5 | |
| Entrepreneurial Sales | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Entrepreneurial Solutions to the World's Problems | Fall 2021 |
Q2 | 1.5 | |
| Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under Marketing and General Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurial Failure | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurial Finance Startup Lab | Fall 2021 |
Q2 | 1.5 | |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurial Marketing (also listed under Marketing) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only (also listed under Finance) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Finance) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Go to Market / Sales Playbook | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Field Course: HBS Impact Investment Fund (also listed under Finance and General Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: PM101 | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Product Management 102 | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (also listed under General Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Startup Operations | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Finance) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Founders' Journey (also listed under Organizational Behavior) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs Seminar (also listed under Strategy) | Fall 2021 |
Q2 | 1.5 | |
| Launching Technology Ventures | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Making Markets | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Managing the Future of Work | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Scaling Technology Ventures | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Starting a Private Investment Firm | Fall 2021 |
Q1 | 1.5 | |
| Sustainable Investing (also listed under Finance) | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| Tough Tech Ventures | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Venture Capital and Private Equity | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
Finance
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building Sustainable Cities (Formerly “Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure”) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under General Management and Marketing) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Corporate Finance: Strategies for Value Creation | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Deal Making in Real Estate | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Entrepreneurial Finance: Q2 Edition (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q2 | 1.5 | |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Field X (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: HBS Impact Investment Fund (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and General Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Enterprises | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Finance and Capitalism | Fall 2021 |
Q1 | 1.5 | |
| Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Investment Management and Capital Markets | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Investment Strategies | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Private Equity Finance | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Real Estate Investment Fundamentals | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Real Estate Private Equity | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Real Property | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Sustainable Investing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
General Management
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becoming a General Manager (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under Strategy and Technology & Operations Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Marketing and Finance) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Business at the Base of the Pyramid: Business Solutions for the Global Poor (also listed under Marketing) | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under Marketing) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management and Organizational Behavior) | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under Organizational Behavior) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: HBS Impact Investment Fund (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Finance) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Innovating in Health Care | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| How to Price Anything: Strategies for Monetizing and Growing the Business (also listed under Marketing) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Innovating in Health Care | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Leadership and Happiness | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Managing Change and Transformation | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| The Moral Leader | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Purpose & Profit (also listed under Strategy) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under Strategy and Accounting & Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Seminar: Unpacking the US-China Rivalry | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change | Fall 2021 |
Q1 | 1.5 | |
| Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| U.S. Healthcare Strategy (also listed under Strategy) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| The United States and China | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
Marketing
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under General Management and Finance) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Business at the Base of the Pyramid: Business Solutions for the Global Poor (also listed under General Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| Business Marketing and Sales (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under General Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Consumer Marketing | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Creating Brand Value | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Decision Making Under Uncertainty | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| E-Commerce: Strategy, Growth, and Analytics (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Entrepreneurial Marketing: Field Course | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management and Entrepreneurial Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurial Marketing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| How to Price Anything: Strategies for Monetizing and Growing the Business (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture | Fall 2021 |
Q1 | 1.5 | |
| Managing Customers for Growth (MCG): Strategy and Analytics | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| Purpose-Driven Marketing | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Retailing | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Deals | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| From Data to Decisions | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Motivation and Incentives | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Negotiation | Fall 2022 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Negotiation Intensive Course 2241 | Fall 2021 |
Q1 | 3.0 | |
| Negotiation Intensive Course 2242 | Fall 2021 |
Q2 | 3.0 | |
| War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
Organizational Behavior
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authentic Leader Development | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management and General Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under General Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Crafting Your Life: the Tactics and Practices of the First 10 Years Post MBA | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Founders' Journey (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Leadership Execution and Action Planning | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Leading with People Analytics | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Power and Influence | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
Strategy
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond Strategic Intuition: Game Theory and Choice | Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | |
| Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under General Management and Technology & Operations Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Corporate Strategy: Creating Value Across Markets | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage | Fall 2021 |
Q1 | 1.5 | |
| Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs Seminar (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q2 | 1.5 | |
| Purpose & Profit (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Accounting & Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Reshaping Competition | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | |
| Strategy and Technology | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Strategy in Professional Service Firms | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| U.S. Healthcare Strategy (also listed under General Management) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
Technology & Operations Management
| Course Title | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becoming a General Manager (also listed under General Management) | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under General Management and Strategy) | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | ||
| Data Science for Managers 1 | Fall 2021 |
Q1 | 1.5 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q3 | 1.5 | ||
| Data Science for Managers 2 | Fall 2021 |
Q2 | 1.5 | |
| Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 | ||
| Demystifying Family Businesses | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Digital Innovation and Transformation | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Driving Profitable Growth | Fall 2021 |
Q1 | 1.5 | |
| Field Course: Lab to Market | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Launch Lab/Thesis 1 | January 2021 |
J | 3.0 | |
| Managing Global Operations | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Managing Service Operations | Fall 2021 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Supply Chain Management | Spring 2022 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 | |
| Transforming Health Care Delivery | Spring 2022 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
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