Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions
Last Updated: 22 May 2024
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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 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| A | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Manager's Guide to Leveraging Technology | Technology & Operations Management | Michael Parzen | Fall 2024 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | James Sebenius | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent | General Management | Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie | Fall 2024 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF) | Accounting & Management | Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese |
Fall 2024 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| The Arts of Communication | General Management | Candace Bertotti | Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Authentic Leader Development | Organizational Behavior | Thomas J. DeLong, Monique Burns Thompson |
Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Authentic Leader Development | Organizational Behavior | Robin Ely, Monique Burns Thompson |
Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Avoiding Startup Failure | Entrepreneurial Management | DJ DiDonna, Lindsay Hyde |
Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| D | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Science for Managers 2 | Technology & Operations Management | Michael Parzen | Fall 2024 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Data Science for Managers 2 | Technology & Operations Management | Michael Parzen | Spring 2025 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| Data Visualization for Analysis and Communication | Technology & Operations Management | Martin Wattenberg, Fernanda Viégas |
Spring 2025 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| Data for Impact: Impact Measurement from Startup to Fortune 500 C-Suite | Entrepreneurial Management | Benjamin N. Roth, Natalia Rigol |
Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Deals | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Guhan Subramanian | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Deals Q2 | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Guhan Subramanian | Fall 2024 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Demystifying the Family Enterprise | Technology & Operations Management | Christina Wing | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Designing Technology Ventures | Technology & Operations Management | Thomas Eisenmann, Robert Howe |
Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Digital Marketing Workshop | Marketing | Jacob Cook | Fall 2024 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty | General Management | William Kirby | Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| E | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | General Management | Dustin Tingley | Fall 2024 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Entrepreneurial Finance | Entrepreneurial Management, Finance | Raymond Kluender | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Entrepreneurial Finance | Entrepreneurial Management, Finance | Shai Bernstein | Fall 2024 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling | Entrepreneurial Management | Mark Roberge, Lou Shipley |
Fall 2024 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling | Entrepreneurial Management | Mark Roberge, Lou Shipley |
Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building, Managing, and Scaling the First Sales Team as a Founder, Investor, or Advisor | Entrepreneurial Management | Lou Shipley | Spring 2025 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| Entrepreneurial Solutions | Entrepreneurial Management | William Sahlman | Fall 2024 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley | Entrepreneurial Management, Finance | Paul Gompers | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences | Entrepreneurial Management | Satish Tadikonda | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| G | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generative AI for Business Leaders | Accounting & Management, Technology & Operations Management | Suraj Srinivasan | Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions | General Management, Business, Government & the International Economy | Laura Alfaro | Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Globalization and Emerging Markets | Business, Government & the International Economy | Reshmaan Hussam | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| L | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch Lab/Capstone 2 | Technology & Operations Management | Alan MacCormack, Russell J Wilcox |
Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Launch Lab/Thesis 1 | Technology & Operations Management | Alan MacCormack, Russell J Wilcox |
January 2025 |
J | 3.0 |
| Launching Tech Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Christina Wallace | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Launching Tech Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Jeffrey Bussgang | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Law, Management and Entrepreneurship | General Management, Entrepreneurial Management | John Batter | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Law, Management and Entrepreneurship | General Management, Entrepreneurial Management | John Batter | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) | Organizational Behavior | Ryan Raffaelli | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Leadership and Happiness | General Management | Arthur Brooks | Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Leading a Family Business (LFB) | Strategy | Josh Baron | Spring 2025 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| N | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | John Beshears, Katherine Coffman, Thomas Graeber, Kevin Mohan, Kym Nelson, Julian J. Zlatev |
Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Negotiation | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Livia Alfonsi, Max H. Bazerman, Alex Chan, Jillian Jordan |
Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| O | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ownership (OWN): Define Success, Create Advantage, Build to Last, Engage Effectively | Strategy | Josh Baron | Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| P | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power and Influence | Organizational Behavior | Lakshmi Ramarajan | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Power and Influence for Positive Impact | Organizational Behavior | Julie Battilana, Deborah Winshel |
Fall 2024 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| The Power of DEI: Harnessing Talent and Opportunity for Enduring Success | General Management | Nancy Koehn | Fall 2024 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business | Marketing | Elie Ofek | Fall 2024 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Private Equity Finance | Finance | Victoria Ivashina, Ted Berk |
Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Product Management | Entrepreneurial Management | Sara McKinley Torti | Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Public Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial Management, General Management | Mitchell Weiss | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| R | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Estate Investing | Finance | Dwight Angelini, Matt Kelly |
Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Real Estate Private Equity | Finance | Nori Gerardo Lietz | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Real Property | Finance | Boris Vallee | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems | General Management, Strategy, Accounting & Management | Ethan Rouen | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Reweaving Ourselves and the World: New Perspectives on Climate Change | General Management | Rebecca Henderson | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC) | Accounting & Management, Entrepreneurial Management, General Management | George Serafeim | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| The Role of Government in Market Economies | Business, Government & the International Economy | Matthew Weinzierl | Spring 2025 |
Q4 | 1.5 |
| S | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaling Technology Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Jeffrey Rayport | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change | General Management | Gerald Chertavian, Brian Trelstad |
Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) | Business, Government & the International Economy | Matthew Weinzierl | Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| The Spiritual Lives of Leaders | General Management | Nien-hê Hsieh, Derek van Bever |
Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) | Finance, Strategy | Benjamin Esty | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Strategy Execution | Accounting & Management | Dennis Campbell | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Strategy and Technology | Strategy | David Yoffie | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Strategy and Technology | Strategy | Andy Wu | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Strategy for Entrepreneurs | Strategy, Entrepreneurial Management | Rembrand Koning | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Supply Chain Analytics | Technology & Operations Management | Kris Ferreira | Fall 2024 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| Supply Chain Management | Technology & Operations Management | Kris Ferreira | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Sustainable Investing | Finance, Entrepreneurial Management | Vikram Gandhi | Fall 2024 |
Q2 | 1.5 |
| Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) | Entrepreneurial Management, Accounting & Management | Tatiana Sandino | Spring 2025 |
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 | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Tough Tech Ventures | Entrepreneurial Management | Joshua Lev Krieger, Jim Matheson |
Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship | General Management | John Jong-Hyun Kim | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Transforming Health Care Delivery | Technology & Operations Management | Susanna Gallani, Robert Huckman |
Spring 2025 |
Q3 | 1.5 |
| Turnarounds and Transformation | Entrepreneurial Management, Organizational Behavior | Ranjay Gulati | Spring 2025 |
Q3Q4 | 3.0 |
| U | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Healthcare Strategy | General Management, Strategy | Leemore S. Dafny | Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| Unpacking the US-China Rivalry | General Management | Andy Zelleke | Fall 2024 |
Q1 | 1.5 |
| V | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture Capital and Private Equity | Entrepreneurial Management | Jo Tango, Archie L. Jones |
Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
| W | Area | Faculty Name | Term | Quarter | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity | Negotiation, Organizations & Markets | Deepak Malhotra, Kevin Mohan |
Fall 2024 |
Q1Q2 | 3.0 |
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