Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions
Last Updated: 17 Oct 2023
Management Science Track Courses
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| # | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Technologies that Will Change the World in the Next Decade | Entrepreneurial Management | Shikhar Ghosh | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| A | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF) | Accounting & Management | Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese |
Fall 2023 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| B | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Joshua Schwartzstein | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Building Web 3 Businesses | Entrepreneurial Management | Scott Duke Kominers, Shai Bernstein |
Spring 2024 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Prithwiraj Choudhury, Chet Huber, Derek van Bever |
Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Allison Mnookin, Willy Shih |
Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements | Accounting & Management | Joseph Pacelli | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements | Accounting & Management | Jonas Heese | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Business Marketing and Sales | Marketing, Entrepreneurial Management | TBD | Spring 2024 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| Business at the Base of the Pyramid | General Management | Michael Chu | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| C | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks | Finance | John Macomber | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) | Finance | Mark L. Egan, C. Fritz Foley |
Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring | Finance | Stuart C. Gilson | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| D | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Science for Managers 1 | Technology & Operations Management | Michael Parzen | Fall 2023 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| Data Science for Managers 1 | Technology & Operations Management | Michael Parzen | Spring 2024 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Data Science for Managers 2 | Technology & Operations Management | Michael Parzen | Fall 2023 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Data Science for Managers 2 | Technology & Operations Management | Michael Parzen | Spring 2024 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| Data Visualization for Analysis and Communication | Technology & Operations Management | Martin Wattenberg | Spring 2024 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| Data for Impact (Previously Measuring and Managing Social Impact) | Entrepreneurial Management | Benjamin N. Roth, Natalia Rigol |
Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Deals | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Guhan Subramanian | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Deals Q2 | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Guhan Subramanian | Fall 2023 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Digital Innovation and Transformation | Technology & Operations Management | Shane Greenstein | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Digital Marketing Workshop | Marketing | Jacob Cook, Ben Kirshner |
Fall 2023 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| E | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurial Finance | Entrepreneurial Management, Finance | Raymond Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli |
Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Entrepreneurial Finance | Entrepreneurial Management, Finance | Shai Bernstein | Spring 2024 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley | Entrepreneurial Management, Finance | Paul Gompers | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| F | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) | Entrepreneurial Management, Finance | Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff |
Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Innovating in Health Care | General Management, Technology & Operations Management | Regina Herzlinger | Spring 2024 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| Field Course: Projects in Investing | Finance | Sara Fleiss | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Startup Operations | Entrepreneurial Management | Julia Austin | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Field Course: Venture Capital Journey | Entrepreneurial Management | Jeffrey Bussgang, Simon Rothman, Zach Brauer |
Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Financial Management of Smaller Firms | Finance, Entrepreneurial Management | Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff |
Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Founder Mindset | Entrepreneurial Management | Reza Satchu | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| G | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go To Market Strategies | Marketing | Ayelet Israeli | Fall 2023 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| I | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovating in Health Care | General Management, Technology & Operations Management | Regina Herzlinger | Spring 2024 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture | Marketing | Tomomichi Amano | Spring 2024 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| Investment Management and Capital Markets | Finance | Luis Viceira, Emil Siriwardane |
Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Investment Strategies | Finance | William Vrattos | Spring 2023 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| L | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launching Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Jeffrey Bussgang, Lindsay Hyde, Christina Wallace |
Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| M | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making Markets | Entrepreneurial Management | Scott Duke Kominers | Spring 2024 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| Managing Customers for Growth | Marketing | Eva Ascarza | Fall 2023 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Managing Human Capital | Organizational Behavior | Ethan Bernstein | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Managing Service Operations | Technology & Operations Management | Ryan Buell | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Managing and Innovating in Financial Services | Finance | David Scharfstein | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Managing the Future of Work | Entrepreneurial Management | Christopher Stanton | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| N | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Max H. Bazerman, Amit Goldenberg, Kevin Mohan, Kym Nelson, Andrew Wasynczuk |
Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Livia Alfonsi, John Beshears, Alex Chan, Jillian Jordan, Andrew Wasynczuk |
Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| P | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business | Marketing | Elie Ofek | Fall 2023 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| Private Equity Finance | Finance | Victoria Ivashina, Ted Berk |
Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Public Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial Management, General Management | Mitchell Weiss | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| R | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Estate Investing | Finance | Dwight Angelini, Matt Kelly |
Spring 2024 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Real Estate Private Equity | Finance | Nori Gerardo Lietz | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Real Property | Finance | John Macomber | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems | General Management, Strategy, Accounting & Management | Ethan Rouen | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Reshaping Competition | Strategy | Alexander MacKay | Fall 2023 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC) | Accounting & Management, Entrepreneurial Management, General Management | George Serafeim | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in the Era of Climate Change (ROICC): Solutions Lab (By Application Only) | Accounting & Management, Entrepreneurial Management, General Management | George Serafeim | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| S | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaling Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Jeffrey Rayport | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) | Finance, Strategy | Benjamin Esty | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Strategy for Entrepreneurs | Strategy, Entrepreneurial Management | Rembrand Koning | Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Supply Chain Management | Technology & Operations Management | Kris Ferreira | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Sustainable Investing | Finance, Entrepreneurial Management | Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi |
Spring 2024 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Systems to Scale Growth-Stage Ventures (SGSV) | Entrepreneurial Management, Accounting & Management | Jeffrey Rayport, Tatiana Sandino |
Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| T | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TALK: How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Alison Wood Brooks | Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Tough Tech Venture Labs | Entrepreneurial Management | Jim Matheson, Joshua Lev Krieger |
Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Tough Tech Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Joshua Lev Krieger, Jim Matheson |
Spring 2024 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| V | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture Capital and Private Equity | Entrepreneurial Management | Jo Tango, Archie L. Jones |
Fall 2023 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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