Sustainability

Requirement

• A minimum of 6.00 credits of Required courses (minimum of 2 of 3 required courses)
• Remaining 6.00 credits of Elective courses (a third Required course may also be taken)

• SUST 3000 3.00 COORDINATING SUSTAINABILITY CROSS-FUNCTIONALLY

  This course will explore how sustainability-related issues and opportunities are incorporated within functional areas of a business, as well as the breadth of activities undertaken to support the enablement of sustainability integration and advancement.
  Students will examine how various sustainability issues manifest within human resources (e.g., DEI), operations (e.g., social procurement), finance (e.g., ESG reporting), and marketing (e.g., responsible advertising). Open to Schulich undergraduate students with a minimum year 3 academic standing

• SUST 3100 3.00 NAVIGATING SUSTAINABILITY ECOSYSTEMS

  This course develops the skills necessary to successfully navigate and negotiate external sustainability collaborations. This begins with obtaining a deep understanding of salient sustainability issues (e.g. indigenous reconciliation, climate crisis, DEI, inequality/poverty), and subsequently engaging in a series of issue-based simulations where students assume the roles of different stakeholder groups (e.g. business, government, nonprofit, etc.) in working to reconcile competing objectives. Open to Schulich undergraduate students with a minimum year 3 academic standing.

• SUST 4400 3.00 SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

  This course situates corporate activity within the wider context of Sustainability. In particular, emphasis is placed upon the information that corporations produce in order to inform society about its social and environmental impacts, assessing whether such reporting is relevant and/or credible. The course also helps us understand the interactions between stakeholders and the inherent issues related to their conflicting demands.
  Open to Schulich undergraduate students with a minimum year 3 academic standing.

Elective Courses:

• SUST 3200 3.00 MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN NONPROFIT SECTOR

  Previously MGMT 3200 3.00

  This course serves as a general introduction to the nonprofit organization. It explores the historic roots and social, political and economic function of the nonprofit sector in Canada. It examines both the legal and policy environments in which nonprofit organizations operate, and the unique organizational structures and governance practices that are characteristic of this sector. Additionally, this course will examine the accounting, marketing, staffing and fundraising issues of the sector.

  This course will appeal both to students who intend to pursue careers in the nonprofit sector, as well as to students who will be involved with nonprofit organizations over the course of their careers (either as board members and volunteers, or because their work in government or in the private sector brings them into contact and partnership with nonprofit organizations).

  Course credit exclusion: SB/MGMT 3200 3.00

• SUST 4000 3.00 GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS

  The public sector is a major force shaping the business environment. The mission of governments is to create public value, regulating, enabling and partnering with business in the process. This course offers a strategic understanding of the role of government, and of key features of public policy and management in different contexts across the globe. It challenges students to take on the role of public managers who need to improve performance and service delivery, often in collaboration with private and social sector partners.

  Previously MGMT 4000 3.00

• SUST 4010 3.00 SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY

  The blended course covers sustainability in the financial industry, including strategies, financial products and services, and risks and opportunities. Learning will be achieved through an experiential approach, working on cases in collaboration with financial industry partners, enabling the students to develop tangible problem-solving skills for sustainability issues in the financial industry. The course has no prerequisites.

• SUST 4100 3.00 RESILIENCE TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IN ORGANIZATIONS

  Previously offered as ORGS 4100 3.00

  This course teaches students to recognize vulnerabilities of organizations to catastrophic failure, and to understand why such risk represents both a profound challenge and a potential opportunity, and to become more effective decision-makers in general. We examine how cognitive biases, organizational culture and institutions contribute to catastrophic failures; and consider how organizations can address these challenges and become more resilient.

  Prerequisites: SB/ORGS 2100 3.00 and SB/ORGS 2200 3.00 (BBA) or INTL 2300 3.00 (iBBA)
  Course Credit Exclusion: SB/ORGS 4100 3.00

• ORGS 4600 3.00 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN ORGANIZATIONS

  This course examines diversity (broadly defined to include culture, gender, race, sexual orientation, ability, etc.,) and how organizations leverage opportunities of diversity and also navigate challenges that diversity can bring if mismanaged. Students have the opportunity to critically reflect on topics such as employee identity, maintaining business relationships across difference, the business case
  for diversity, and supporting organizational goals through inclusion.
  Prerequisites: SB/ORGS 2100 3.00, SB/ORGS 2200 3.00 and SB/INTL 2300 3.00

• ENTR 4800 3.00 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  This course is for students interested in the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship. Using a combination of assigned readings, videos, guest speakers, and extensive interaction with real world social entrepreneurs, students will gain a broad understanding of business models within the field, as well as the challenges and decisions social entrepreneurs face during start-up and on an on-going basis.