Blog Archive Friday Factoid MIT Sloans Certificate of Sustainability

Blog Archive Friday Factoid MIT Sloans Certificate of Sustainability Sustainability is at the heart of MIT Sloans nonprofit/social entrepreneurship curriculum. Examples of the more than a dozen sustainability-focused courses are “Entrepreneurs in Innovation: Information Technology, Energy, Biotechnology and Communications,” “Leading Profound Innovation for a More Sustainable World” and “Strategic Opportunities in Energy.” In February 2010, Sloan announced its third specialty certificate option, the Sustainability Certificate.   Open to all MBA and Sloan-related students (e.g., Leaders for Global Operations participants and Sloan Fellows), 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.” Required courses are System Dynamics, Strategies for Sustainable Business, Sustainable Business Lab, Professional Seminar in Sustainability and a capstone course that will be offered for the first time in Spring 2011.  Students also choose two electives from a list of 30 options. In addition to receiving the certificate, students who pursue it will receive access to Summer Sustainability Internships and a special resume book for sustainability. Share ThisTweet Friday Factoids Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)