Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions

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Accounting & Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under General Management) Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Executing Strategy Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Managing Risk Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Strategy) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Business, Government & the International Economy
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Capitalism and the State (CATS) Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
Creating the Modern Financial System Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Food and Agribusiness Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Globalization and Emerging Markets Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Macro Risk, Economics and Markets Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Managing International Trade and Investment Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
The Role of Government in Market Economies Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) (also listed under Strategy) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
The Entrepreneur's Playbook: A How-To Guide for Start-Up Strategy Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Failure Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Finance) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (also listed under Organizational Behavior) Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Entrepreneurial Sales Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Solutions to the World's Problems Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Decoding "Growth" in Silicon Valley Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Marketing (also listed under Marketing) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only (also listed under Finance) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Finance) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Product Management 101 Application Only Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Product Management 102 Application Only Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (also listed under General Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Finance) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Founders' Journey (also listed under Organizational Behavior) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (also listed under Strategy) Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
Investing - Risk, Return, and Impact (also listed under Finance) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Launch Lab/Thesis 2 Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Launching Technology Ventures Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Making Markets Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing the Future of Work Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Road to the White House Fall
2020 		Q1 1.5
Sales Management & Strategy (also listed under Marketing) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Scaling Technology Ventures Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Venture Capital and Private Equity Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Finance
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under General Management and Marketing) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Finance: Strategies for Value Creation Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Using Mobile Phones to Fight COVID in Emerging Markets Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Enterprises Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Finance and Capitalism Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Investing - Risk, Return, and Impact (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Investment Management for Professional and Personal Investors Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Investment Strategies Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Private Equity Finance Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Real Estate and Today's Leader Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Real Estate Private Equity Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Real Property Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Research Seminar on Private Equity and Venture Fall
2020 		Q1 1.5
Research Seminar on Private Equity and Venture Capital - Paper Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
General Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
The Arts of Communication Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Becoming a General Manager (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under Strategy and Technology & Operations Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under Marketing and Finance) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under Marketing) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management) Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Conversations on Leadership Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 1.5
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under Organizational Behavior) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Doing Business with China 2030 Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under Marketing) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Innovating in Health Care Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Planning Your Business with China Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Field Course: Purpose & Profit (also listed under Strategy) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Innovating in Health Care Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Justice: Ethics in an Age of Pandemic and Racial Reckoning Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership and Happiness Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Lessons from Transformational Medical Advances Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Change and Transformation Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
The Moral Leader Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business (also listed under Marketing) Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Purpose & Profit (also listed under Strategy) Fall
2020 		Q1 1.5
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under Strategy and Accounting & Management) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change Fall
2020 		Q1 1.5
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Marketing
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
AI in Market-facing Functions (AIM) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under General Management and Finance) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under General Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Decision Making Under Uncertainty Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
E-Commerce: Strategy, Growth, and Analytics Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurial Marketing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business (also listed under General Management) Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Retailing Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Sales Management & Strategy (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Winning with New Products & Services Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Deals Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Leading Difference (also listed under Organizational Behavior) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Motivation and Incentives Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Negotiation Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course 2241 Fall
2020 		Q1 3.0
TBD Spring
2021 		Q3 3.0
Negotiation Intensive Course 2242 Fall
2020 		Q2 3.0
Organizational Behavior
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Authentic Leader Development Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under General Management) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Crafting Your Life: the Tactics and Practices of the First 10 Years Post MBA Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Founders' Journey (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Leadership Execution and Action Planning Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Leading Difference (also listed under Negotiation, Organizations & Markets) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Leading with People Analytics Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Managing Human Capital Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Power and Influence Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Seminar: How Star Women Succeed Fall
2020 		1.5
Strategy
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Beyond Strategic Intuition: Game Theory and Choice Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under General Management and Technology & Operations Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Competing Globally Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Strategy: Creating Value Across Markets Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Purpose & Profit (also listed under General Management) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Good Strategies in Flawed Markets (formerly titled Market Imperfections, Policy, and Strategy) Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Fall
2020 		Q2 1.5
Purpose & Profit (also listed under General Management) Fall
2020 		Q1 1.5
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Accounting & Management) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Strategic IQ Intensive Spring
2021 		Q3 3.0
Strategy and Technology Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Strategy for Entrepreneurs Intensive: Critical Choices in Creating a Successful Enterprise Fall
2020 		Q1 3.0
Technology & Operations Management
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Applied Business Analytics Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Becoming a General Manager (also listed under General Management) Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under General Management and Strategy) Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Demystifying Family Businesses Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Digital Innovation and Transformation Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Driving Profitable Growth Spring
2021 		Q4 1.5
Field Course: Lab to Market Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Integrated Design: MS/MBA Year Two Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Launch Lab/Thesis 1 January
2021 		J 3.0
Managing Global Operations Spring
2021 		Q3 1.5
Managing Service Operations Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0
Supply Chain Management Spring
2021 		Q3Q4 3.0
Transforming Health Care Delivery Fall
2020 		Q1Q2 3.0