Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions
Last Updated: February 7, 2020
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| A | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
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| Applied Business Analytics | Technology & Operations Management | Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Michael Parzen | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| The Arts of Communication | General Management | Timothy McCarthy Timothy McCarthy Larry Quartana |
Fall 2019 Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1 Q2 Q4 |
1.5 1.5 1.5 |
| Authentic Leader Development | Organizational Behavior | Scott Snook Robin Ely, Tony Mayo |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
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| B | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Becoming a General Manager | General Management (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) | Amy Edmondson, Joseph Fuller | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Behavioral Economics: The Leader as Decision Architect | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Max Bazerman, Mario Small | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Chet Huber, Rory McDonald Allison Mnookin, Derek van Bever |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements | Accounting & Management | Jonas Heese, Charles C.Y. Wang | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Business at the Base of the Pyramid | General Management (also listed under Marketing) | Michael Chu | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports | Marketing (also listed under General Management) | Anita Elberse | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| C | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry | General Management | Lena Goldberg, Michael Kaufman | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States | Entrepreneurial Management | Tom Nicholas | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Competing Globally | Strategy | Juan Alcacer | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Competitive Strategy and Social Impact: Creating Shared Value | Strategy (also listed under General Management) | Mark Kramer | Fall 2019 | Q1 | 1.5 |
| Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) | Strategy (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Tarun Khanna | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations | Finance | C. Fritz Foley | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Corporate Finance: Strategy and Finance | Finance | Benjamin Esty | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors | Organizational Behavior (also listed under General Management) | Lynn Paine | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Corporate Misconduct | Accounting & Management | Eugene Soltes | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Crafting Your Life: the Tactics and Practices of the First 10 Years Post MBA | Organizational Behavior | Leslie Perlow | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Creating Brand Value | Marketing |
Jill Avery Shelle Santana |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3 |
3.0 1.5 |
| Creating the Modern Financial System | Business, Government & the International Economy | David Moss | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Creating Value Across Markets: Corporate Strategy | Strategy | Raffaella Sadun, Kevin Sharer | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) | General Management | Herman Leonard | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring | Finance | Kristin Williams Mugford | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Business Leaders | General Management | David Malan | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Business Leaders (Intensive) | General Management | David Malan | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 3.0 |
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| D | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Deals | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Guhan Subramanian | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Demystifying Family Businesses | Technology & Operations Management | Christina Wing | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Digital Innovation and Transformation | Technology & Operations Management |
Shane Greenstein Feng Zhu |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 |
| Doing Business in China | General Management | William Kirby | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
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| E | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| E-Commerce | Marketing | Ayelet Israeli | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Entrepreneurial Failure | Entrepreneurial Management | Thomas Eisenmann | Fall 2019 | Q1 | 1.5 |
| Entrepreneurial Finance | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) | Shai Bernstein, Jim Matheson Paul Gompers |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under General Management and Business, Government & the International Economy) | Geoffrey Jones | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| F | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Field Course: Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship | Marketing (also listed under General Management) | Rohit Deshpande, Henry McGee | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Designing Innovative Businesses and the Regulatory Environment | Accounting & Management | Eugene Soltes | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Marketing) | Frank Cespedes | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Field X | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Randolph Cohen | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 | Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Randolph Cohen | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Innovating in Health Care | General Management | Regina Herzlinger | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Lab to Market | Technology & Operations Management | Noubar Afeyan, Peter Barrett, Karim Lakhani | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Application Only | Finance | John Dionne | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Product Management 101 Application Only | Entrepreneurial Management | Julia Austin | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Product Management 102 Application Only | Entrepreneurial Management | Julia Austin, Melissa Perri | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only | Finance | Sara Fleiss | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery | Technology & Operations Management | Robert Huckman, Ariel Stern | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Financial Management of Smaller Firms | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Food and Agribusiness | Business, Government & the International Economy | Forest Reinhardt | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Founders' Journey | Entrepreneurial Management | Shikhar Ghosh | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| G | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Game Theory | Strategy | Elon Kohlberg | Fall 2019 | Q2 | 1.5 |
| Globalization and Emerging Markets | Business, Government & the International Economy | Sophus Reinert | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Good Strategies in Flawed Markets (formerly titled Market Imperfections, Policy, and Strategy) | Strategy | Hong Luo | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
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| H | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Alison Wood Brooks | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 1.5 |
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| I | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Immersive Field Course: Asia; China Belt & Road Initiative | Business, Government & the International Economy (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) | Meg Rithmire, Willy Shih | January 2020 | J | 3.0 |
| Immersive Field Course: Cuba; Islands in the Stream - Economy, Trade, and the Role of Business and Global Markets in the Future of Cuba | Finance | Arthur Segel , Charles Wu | January 2019 | J | 3.0 |
| Immersive Field Course: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital | Finance | Paul Gompers | January 2020 | J | 3.0 |
| Immersive Field Course: Japan; Innovation through the Fusion of Digital and Analog | Strategy | Hirotaka Takeuchi | January 2020 | J | 3.0 |
| Immersive Field Course: Los Angeles; Hollywood: Distribution and Marketing Challenges in a Digital World | General Management | Henry McGee | January 2020 | J | 3.0 |
| Innovating in Health Care | General Management | Regina Herzlinger | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy | Business, Government & the International Economy | Rafael Di Tella | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Integrated Design: MS/MBA Year Two | Technology and Operations Management | Beth Altringer, Krzysztof Gajos, Alan MacCormack | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Investing - Risk, Return, and Impact (formerly Investing in the 21st Century - Return, Risk, and Impact) | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi | Spring 2020 | Q3Q3 | 3.0 |
| Investment Management for Professional and Personal Investors | Finance | Luis Viceira | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Investment Strategies | Finance | Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| L | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Launching Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Jeffrey Bussgang, Sam Clemens | Fall 2019 | Q2 | 1.5 |
| Launch Lab/Thesis 1 | Technology and Operations Management | Robert Howe, Alan MacCormack | January 2020 | J | 3.0 |
| Launch Lab/Thesis 2 | Entrepreneurial Management | Thomas Eisenmann | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Law, Management and Entrepreneurship | General Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | John Batter | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Leadership Execution and Action Planning | Organizational Behavior |
David Fubini Ryan Raffaelli |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Leadership and Happiness | General Management | Arthur Brooks, Leonard Schlesinger | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Leading Difference | Organizational Behavior (also listed under Negotiation, Organizations & Markets and Technology & Operations Management) | Frances Frei, Francesca Gino | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Leading with People Analytics | Organizational Behavior | Jeffrey Polzer | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| M | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Making Markets | Entrepreneurial Management | Scott Duke Kominers | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Managing Change and Transformation | General Management | Rosabeth Kanter | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Managing the Future of Work | Entrepreneurial Management | William Kerr, Christopher Stanton | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Managing Human Capital | Organizational Behavior | Ethan Bernstein | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Managing International Trade and Investment | Business, Government & the International Economy | Dante Roscini
Meg Rithmire |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Managing and Innovating in Financial Services | Finance | David Scharfstein | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Managing Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Spencer Rascoff, Jeffrey Rayport | Fall 2019 | Q2 | 1.5 |
| Managing Service Operations | Technology & Operations Management | Ryan Buell | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Mastering Strategy Execution | Accounting & Management (also listed under Strategy and General Management) | Susanna Gallani, Robert Simons | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| The Moral Leader | General Management | Joseph Badaracco Sandra Sucher |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Motivation and Incentives | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | John Beshears, Brian Hall | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| N | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Kevin Mohan, Julian Zlatev Kevin Mohan, Kym Lew Newlson, Joshua Schwartzstein, James Sebenius |
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Negotiation and Diplomacy | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | R. Nicholas Burns, Robert Mnookin, James Sebenius | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Negotiation Intensive Course | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets |
Christine Exley James Sebenius, Andrew Wasynczuk Andrew Wasynczuk |
Fall 2019 Fall 2019 Spring 2020 |
Q1 Q2 Q4 |
3.0 3.0 3.0 |
| Negotiation Mastery Intensive | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Michael Wheeler | Spring 2020 | Q4 | 3.0 |
| P | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Power and Influence | Organizational Behavior | Lakshmi Ramarajan | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Private Equity Finance | Finance | Victoria Ivashina | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Public Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under General Management) | Mitchell Weiss | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| R | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Real Estate Private Equity | Finance | Nori Gerardo Lietz | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Real Property | Finance | Boris Vallee, Charles Wu | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Reigniting Value through Frontier Technologies (IoT/ML/AI/AR/VR/Blockchain) | Marketing | Rajiv Lal | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems | General Management (also listed under Accounting & Management and Strategy) | Ethan Rouen, George Serafeim | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Retailing | Marketing | Jose Alvarez | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| The Role of Government in Market Economies | Business, Government & the International Economy | Matthew Weinzierl | Fall 2019 | Q2 | 1.5 |
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| S | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Sales Management & Strategy | Marketing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Doug Chung | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Scaling Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Jeffrey Rayport | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation | General Management | Brian Trelstad | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Strategic IQ Intensive | Strategy | John Wells | Fall 2019 | Q1 | 3.0 |
| Strategy and Technology | Strategy | Andy Wu, David Yoffie | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Supply Chain Management | Technology & Operations Management | Janice Hammond | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure | Finance | John Macomber | Spring 2020 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| T | Area | Faculty Name | Term | ||
| Tech Ethics: AI, Biotech, and the Future of Human Nature | General Management | Douglas Melton, Michael Sandel | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Tech Sales | Entrepreneurial Management | Mark Roberge, Lou Shipley | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship | General Management | John Jong-Hyun Kim | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| U | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| U.S. Healthcare Strategy | Strategy (also listed under General Management) | Leemore Dafny | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| V | Area | Faculty Name | Term | ||
| Venture Capital and Private Equity | Entrepreneurial Management | Nori Gerardo Lietz | Fall 2019 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| W | Area | Faculty Name | Term | ||
| War and Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation, Policy and Humanity |
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Deepak Malhotra | Spring 2020 | Q3 | 1.5 |
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