Blog Archive Friday Factoid Earn a Sustainability Certificate at MIT Sloan

Blog Archive Friday Factoid Earn a Sustainability Certificate at MIT Sloan Sustainability is at the heart of MIT Sloan’s nonprofit/social entrepreneurship curriculum.  In 2007, the school launched the Initiative for Sustainable Business and Society, with its  ultimate goal being to “enable people, communities, businesses, organizations, and the planet to flourish while taking an in-depth, integrated look at existing structural models; and to redefine the notion of sustainability by incorporating social equity, economic development, and environmental restoration at all levels,” according to  the school’s Careers into Action roadmap for this study area.  The initiative serves as an umbrella for the many components that fall under its purview, including a “Strategies for Sustainable Business ” lab course, a “System Dynamics ” course, a Sustainability Lunch Series, and an internship program. In February 2010, Sloan announced its third specialty certificate option, the Certificate in Sustainability. Open to any master’s level MIT student as an add-on to an existing degree program, the offering “views sustainability as a function of the interdependent dynamics of economic, societal, and environmental systems, where success overall is influenced by success across all areas and not upon a single factor” (quote from a February 2010 MIT Newsroom article). In addition to receiving the certificate along with their MBA, students who pursue it will receive access to Summer Sustainability Internships and a special resume book for sustainability. For more information on other defining characteristics of the MBA program at MIT Sloan or one of 15 other top business schools, please check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Friday Factoids Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) Blog Archive Friday Factoid Earn a Sustainability Certificate at MIT Sloan Sustainability is at the heart of MIT Sloans nonprofit/social entrepreneurship curriculum.  In 2007, the school launched the Initiative for Sustainable Business and Society, with its  ultimate goal being to “enable people, communities, businesses, organizations, and the planet to flourish while taking an in-depth, integrated look at existing structural models; and to redefine the notion of sustainability by incorporating social equity, economic development, and environmental restoration at all levels,” according to  the schools Careers into Action roadmap for this study area.  The initiative serves as an umbrella for the many components that fall under its purview, including a “Leading Sustainable Systems Lab” course and a “Sustainable Business Lab” course co-taught by eight faculty members, a speaker series and an internship program. Examples of the more than a dozen sustainability-focused courses from which students can choose (as of 2012â€"2013) are “Leading Profound Innovations for a More Sustainable World,” “Enabling an Energy-Efficient Society” and “Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations.” In February 2010, Sloan announced its third specialty certificate option, the Certificate in Sustainability. Open to any master’s level MIT student as an add-on to an existing degree program, the new certificate “views sustainability as a function of the interdependent dynamics of economic, societal, and environmental systems, where success overall is influenced by success across all areas and not upon a single factor” (quote from a February 2010 MIT Newsroom article). Required courses for the certificate program are “System Dynamics,” “Strategies for Sustainable Business,” “Sustainable Business Lab” and a capstone course that launched in spring 2011. Students in the program also choose three electives from a list of nearly 40. In addition to receiving the certificate along with their MBA, students who pursue it will receive access to Summer Sustainability Internships and a special resume book for sustainability. For more information on other defining characteristics of the MBA program at MIT Sloan or one of 15 other top business schools, please check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Friday Factoids Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) Blog Archive Friday Factoid Earn a Sustainability Certificate at MIT Sloan Sustainability is at the heart of MIT Sloan’s nonprofit/social entrepreneurship curriculum.  In 2007, the school launched the Sustainability Initiative (formerly titled the Initiative for Sustainable Business and Society), with its  ultimate goal being to “enable people, communities, businesses, organizations, and the planet to flourish, while taking an in-depth, integrated look at current structural models. By incorporating social equity, economic development, and environmental restoration at all levels, such initiatives capitalize on existing and emerging opportunities for greater long-term benefit,” according to  the school’s Career Roadmap for this study area.  The initiative serves as an umbrella for the many components that fall under its purview, including a “Strategies for Sustainable Business” lab course, a “System Dynamics” course, a Sustainability Lunch Series, and an internship program. In 2010, Sloan announced its third specialty certificate option, the Certificate in Sustainability. Open to any master’s level MIT student as an add-on to an existing degree program, the offering, according to a 2010 MIT Newsroom article, “views sustainability as a function of the interdependent dynamics of economic, societal, and environmental systems, where success overall is influenced by success across all areas and not upon a single factor.” In addition to receiving the certificate along with their MBA, students who pursue it will receive access to Summer Sustainability Internships and a special resume book for sustainability. For more information on other defining characteristics of the MBA program at MIT Sloan or one of 15 other top business schools, please check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Friday Factoids Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) Blog Archive Friday Factoid Earn a Sustainability Certificate at MIT Sloan Sustainability is at the heart of MIT Sloan’s nonprofit/social entrepreneurship curriculum.  In 2007, the school launched the Sustainability Initiative (formerly called the Initiative for Sustainable Business and Society), whose goal is “to inspire change by engaging people in open dialogue around sustainability issues and challenging them to consider their own values related to social justice, care for future generations, and the flourishing of life,” according to its Web site.  The initiative serves as an umbrella for the many components that fall under its purview, including the “Strategies for Sustainable Business” lab course, the “System Dynamics” course, the Sustainability Lunch Series, and an internship program. In 2010, Sloan announced its third specialty certificate option, the Sustainability Certificate. Open to any master’s level MIT student as an add-on to an existing degree program, the offering “views sustainability as a function of the interdependent dynamics of economic, societal, and environmental systems, where success overall is influenced by success across all areas and not upon a single factor,” reported a 2010 MIT Newsroom article. In addition to receiving the certificate along with their MBA, students who pursue it are given  access to Summer Sustainability Internships and alumni events. For more information on other defining characteristics of the MBA program at MIT Sloan or one of 15 other top business schools, please check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Friday Factoids Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)