Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions
Last Updated: March 5, 2019
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| A | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
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| The Arts of Communication | General Management | Timothy McCarthy Larry Quartana Timothy McCarthy |
Fall 2018 Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
1.5 1.5 1.5 |
| Authentic Leader Development | Organizational Behavior | Scott Snook Tony Mayo |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
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 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Chet Huber, Stephen Kaufman, Rory McDonald, Derek van Bever
Willy Shih |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements | Accounting & Management | Charles C.Y. Wang | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Business at the Base of the Pyramid | Finance (also listed under General Management and Marketing) | Michael Chu | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports | Marketing (also listed under General Management) | Anita Elberse | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| C | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: The United States | Entrepreneurial Management | Tom Nicholas | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (University-wide Course) | Strategy (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Tarun Khanna | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Corporate Financial Operations | Finance | C. Fritz Foley | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors | Organizational Behavior (also listed under General Management) | Lynn Paine | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Corporate Strategy | Strategy | Raffaella Sadun | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Creating Brand Value | Marketing | Jill Avery, Shelle Santana | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Creating the Modern Financial System | Business, Government & the International Economy | David Moss | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Creating Shared Value; Competitive Advantage through Social Impact | Strategy (also listed under General Management) | Mark Kramer | Fall 2018 | Q1 | 1.5 |
| Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) | General Management | Herman Leonard | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring | Finance | Kristin Williams Mugford | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Business Leaders | General Management | David Malan | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
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| D | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Deals | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Guhan Subramanian | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Developing Mindsets for Innovative Problem Solving | Accounting and Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Srikant Datar | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Digital Innovation and Transformation | Technology & Operations Management | Shane Greenstein | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Doing Business in Africa | Finance | John Macomber | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
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| E | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| E-Commerce | Marketing | Thales Teixeira Donald Ngwe |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1 Q4 |
1.5 1.5 |
| Entrepreneurial Finance | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Finance) | Ramana Nanda, Robert White | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under General Management and Business, Government & the International Economy) | Geoffrey Jones | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education | General Management | John Jong-Hyun Kim | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
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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 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | General Management | Steven Rogers | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry | General Management | Lena Goldberg | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Creating Shared Value; Competitive Advantage through Social Impact | Strategy (also listed under General Management) | Mark Kramer | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Digital Marketing Workshop | Marketing | John Deighton | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under Marketing) | Frank Cespedes, Mark Roberge | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education | General Management | John Jong-Hyun Kim | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 | Field Course: Field X | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Randolph Cohen | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 | Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Application Only | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Randolph Cohen | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Lab to Market (formerly Commercializing Science) | Technology & Operations Management | Noubar Afeyan, Peter Barrett, Karim Lakhani, Eva Guinan | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Leading Social Enterprise | General Management | Herman Leonard | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Application Only | Finance | John Dionne | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Product Management 101 Application Only | Entrepreneurial Management | Julia Austin | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Product Management 102 Application Only | Entrepreneurial Management | Julia Austin | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only | Finance | Sara Fleiss | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Social Innovation Lab | General Management | John Jong-Hyun Kim, Brian Trelstad | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery | Technology & Operations Management | Robert Huckman, Ariel Stern | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Financial Management of Smaller Firms | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Food and Agribusiness | Business, Government & the International Economy | Forest Reinhardt | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Founders' Journey | Entrepreneurial Management | Shikhar Ghosh | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| From Data to Decisions: The Role of Experiments | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Michael Luca | Spring 2019 | Q4 | 1.5 |
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| G | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Game Theory | Strategy | Elon Kohlberg | Fall 2018 | Q2 | 1.5 |
| Globalization and Emerging Markets | Business, Government & the International Economy | Sophus Reinert | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Good Strategies in Flawed Markets (formerly titled Market Imperfections, Policy, and Strategy) | Strategy | Hong Luo | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
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| I | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Immersive Field Course: Boston; Private Equity Real Estate Investing and Development | Finance | Arthur Segel | January 2019 | J | 3.0 |
| Immersive Field Course: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital | Finance | Paul Gompers | January 2019 | J | 3.0 |
| Immersive Field Course: Japan; Innovation through the Fusion of Digital and Analog | Strategy | Hirotaka Takeuchi | January 2019 | J | 3.0 |
| Immersive Field Course: Los Angeles; Hollywood: Distribution and Marketing Challenges in a Digital World | General Management | Henry McGee | January 2019 | J | 3.0 |
| Immersive Field Course: UK; Behavioral Insights | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Michael Luca | January 2019 | J | 3.0 |
| Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy | Business, Government & the International Economy | Rafael Di Tella | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Technology Sales | General Management | Lou Shipley | Fall 2018 | Q1 | 1.5 |
| Investing in Emerging Markets | Finance | Sig Yog | Spring 2019 | Q4 | 1.5 |
| Investing in the 21st Century: Return, Risk and Impact | Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Investment Management for Professional and Personal Investors | Finance | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 | |
| Investment Strategies | Finance | Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| L | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
| Launching Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Jeffrey Bussgang, Sam Clemens | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Law, Management and Entrepreneurship | General Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | John Batter, Lena Goldberg | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Leadership Execution and Action Planning | Organizational Behavior |
David Fubini Ryan Raffaelli |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Leading Social Enterprise | General Management | Herman Leonard | Fall 2018 | Q1 | 1.5 |
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| M | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Making Markets | Entrepreneurial Management | Scott Duke Kominers | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Managing with Data Science | Accounting and Management | Srikant Datar | Fall 2018 | Q1 | 1.5 |
| Managing the Future of Work | Entrepreneurial Management | William Kerr | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Managing Growth | Technology & Operations Management | Gary Pisano | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Managing Human Capital | Organizational Behavior | Ethan Bernstein | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Managing and Innovating in Financial Services | Finance | David Scharfstein | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Managing International Trade and Investment | Business, Government & the International Economy | Dante Roscini
Meg Rithmire |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Managing Service Operations | Technology & Operations Management | Ryan Buell | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Managing, Organizing & Motivating for Value | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Andrew Wasynczuk | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Mastering Strategy Execution | Accounting & Management (also listed under Strategy and General Management) | Robert Simons Tatiana Sandino |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| The Moral Leader | General Management | Joseph Badaracco Sandra Sucher |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
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| N | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Katherine Coffman, Deepak Malhotra, Kevin Mohan Leslie John, Ashley Whillans, Julian Zlatev |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Negotiation Intensive Course | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | James Sebenius Max Bazerman, Francesa Gino, Deepak Malhotra, Kathleen McGinn, Andrew Wasynczuk Max Bazerman |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 Spring 2019 |
Q2 Q3 Q4 |
3.0 3.0 3.0 |
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| P | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| People Analytics: Leading in a Data-Driven World | Organizational Behavior | Jeffrey Polzer | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Personal Selling and Sales Force Management | Marketing (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Doug Chung | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 1.5 |
| Perspectives in Health Care Management | Technology & Operations Management | Robert Huckman and various faculty | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Power and Influence | Organizational Behavior | Julie Battilana Lakshmi Ramarajan |
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 |
Q1Q2 Q3Q4 |
3.0 3.0 |
| Private Equity Finance | Finance | Victoria Ivashina | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Public Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial Management (also listed under General Management) | Mitchell Weiss | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| R | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Real Estate Private Equity | Finance | Nori Gerardo Lietz | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Real Property | Finance | Boris Vallee, Charles Wu | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Reigniting Value through Frontier Technologies (IoT/ML/AI/AR/VR/Blockchain) | Marketing | Rajiv Lal | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems | General Management (also listed under Accounting & Management and Strategy) | Rebecca Henderson, George Serafeim | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Retailing | Marketing | Jose Alvarez | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| S | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarters | Credits |
| Scaling Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Jeffrey Rayport | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation | General Management | Brian Trelstad | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 1.5 |
| Strategic IQ | Strategy | John Wells | Spring 2019 | Q3 | 3.0 |
| Strategy and Technology | Strategy | David Yoffie | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Supply Chain Management | Technology & Operations Management | Janice Hammond | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure | Finance | John Macomber | Spring 2019 | Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
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| T | Area | Faculty Name | Term | ||
| Twenty-First Century Energy | Business, Government & the International Economy (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) | Martha Crawford | Fall 2018 | 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 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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| V | Area | Faculty Name | Term | ||
| Venture Capital and Private Equity | Entrepreneurial Management | Nori Gerardo Lietz | Fall 2018 | Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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