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More Courses, More Pathways to Sustainability and Impact

Kellogg currently offers 37 electives that cover a diverse array of skills, functions, industries, and intellectual topics within the umbrella of social impact and sustainability.

This unmatched breadth and depth of coursework is enabled by the engagement of the student body: over the past five years, 80% of each full-time student class has taken at least one elective from our pathways, while 20% of each full-time student class has taken more than 3 electives from our pathways.

Our courses serve the full range of student aspirations: whether you want to build a deep well of skills, knowledge, and experience for a particular functional career path like corporate impact and sustainability or impact and sustainable finance, or whether you have a specific interest in topics like healthcare access or food and agriculture systems, we are equipped to serve you.

In addition to majors, Kellogg provides “pathways” to students interested in building expertise in emerging areas and evolving industries. Social Impact and Sustainability offers two pathways to guide students to courses that are right for their aspirations and interests.

Faculty perspective

Paul Christensen, clinical professor of finance, talks about teaching Social Impact at Kellogg
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Social Impact & Responsible Leadership Pathway

Leadership Foundations
  • Ethics & Leadership
  • Managing Firms for Shareholders and Society
General Tools
  • Social Change Essentials: Methods, Money, and Partnerships
  • Quantifying Social Return: Tools for Impact, Corp, + Nonprofit Investments
Impact-Driven Organizations
  • Strategic Leadership in NP Sector
  • Board Governance of Nonprofits
  • Operations for Social Impact
  • Strategy & Renewal in Nonprofits
  • Social Innovation Practicum
  • GIM: Impact /Sustainable Ventures
Corporate Impact & Sustainability
  • Value Creation Through Sust
  • Decision Making for Sust Business
  • Corporate Social Innovation
  • Sustainability Lab
Impact & Sustainability Finance
  • Impact Investing + Sust Finance
  • Early Stage Impact Investing
  • ESG Investing & Sust Reporting
  • Venture Lab & PE Lab
  • Community Investment & Impact
Policy and Public Action
  • Public Econ: Federal
  • Public Econ: State and Local
  • Regulation of Comp Strategies
  • Strategy Beyond Markets
  • Macroeconomic Policy & Global Capital Markets
Education
  • Education Industry
  • Educ Consulting Lab
Energy & Climate
  • Econ of Energy Markets
  • Climate Impacts
Healthcare
  • Managing Health Care Svcs
  • Health & Human Rights
  • Med Tech in Global Public Health
Global Development
  • Entrepreneurship in Emerg Mkts
  • Strat Challenges in Emerg Mkts
  • GIM: Corp Strat & Social Performance

Climate, Environment & Energy Pathway

Foundations
  • What Every MBA Should Know About Climate Change
  • Business Strategy
  • Microeconomic Analysis
  • Ethics & Leadership
Economic Analysis & Policy
  • Econ of Energy Markets and the Environment
  • Public Econ for Bus Leaders: Federal Policy
  • Climate Impacts
  • Carbon Removal, Capture, and Use
  • Government Incentives
Business Sustainability
  • Value Creation Through Sustainability
  • Decision-Making for Sustainable Business
  • ESG Investing and Sustainability Reporting
  • Sustainable & Responsible Supply Chain
  • Managing Firms for Shareholders and Society
  • Climate Activism and its Business Impacts
  • Sustainability Lab
  • Social Innovation Practicum
Entrepreneurship, VC, and Finance
  • Impact Investing + Sustainable Finance
  • NUvention: Energy
  • Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture Capital
  • Early Stage Impact Investing
  • Private Energy + Sust Infrastructure Devel Finance
  • GIM: Impact & Sustainable Ventures
  • Venture Lab & PE Lab
Food & Agriculture
  • Sustainable Food
  • The Future of Food & Ag
Transportation & Infrastructure
  • Breakthrough Energy Efficiency
  • Sustainability in Water
Energy & Grid
  • Advanced Topics in Electric Tech
  • Electrify Everything
Supply Chain & Circularity
  • Sust Supply Chain Management
  • Circular Economy