Degree Requirements
Course Requirements
To earn the Master of Science in Sustainable Management, students must complete a total of 12 courses. Five courses are required core courses, four are selected from the list of business foundation electives and three are selected from the list of interdisciplinary electives.
Core Courses
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
ENV 506 | SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE: ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS, HUMAN NEEDS, & SYSTEMS THINKING | 4 |
MGT 512 | DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES (FORMERLY GSB 595) | 4 |
MGT 515 | SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT | 4 |
MPS 511 | SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 4 |
MPS 576 | ENERGY POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 1 | 4 |
| |
MPS 579 | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 2 | |
Business Foundation Electives
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 16 |
ACC 500 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | |
or ACC 502 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING |
ACC 557 | GLOBAL STRATEGIC FINANCIAL ANALYSIS | |
ECO 526 | BUSINESS STRATEGY | |
ECO 535 | BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND DECISION-MAKING | |
ECO 555 | MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS | |
FIN 559 | SUSTAINABLE VALUE CREATION | |
GSB 519 | BUSINESS ANALYTICS TOOLS (FORMERLY GSB420) | |
MGT 500 | LEADING EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL ORGANIZATIONS | |
MGT 507 | GLOBAL SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT | |
MGT 535 | CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING | |
MGT 556 | ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP | |
MGT 585 | FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS | |
MGT 595 | SOCIAL AND SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE | |
MKT 555 | MARKETING MANAGEMENT | |
MKT 559 | EMERGING MARKETS | |
MKT 590 | SERVICES MARKETING | |
MKT 798 | SPECIAL TOPICS (Marketing for Social Good) | |
RE 520 | URBAN PLANNING AND PUBLIC POLICY | |
Interdisciplinary Electives: Select 3 (12 credit hours); Students May Select Any Three Courses; Career Paths Are Recommended Below
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 12 |
SUD 401 | SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT I: PLANNING, POLICY & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | |
SUD 402 | SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT II: APPLIED ANALYSIS OF URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY | |
SUD 403 | BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT: PRACTICE AND IMPLEMENTATION | |
SUD 420 | SUSTAINABLE URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS | |
SUD 430 | SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION | |
GEO 441 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | |
or MPS 552 | GIS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT |
GEO 442 | GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT | |
ENV 401 | INTRODUCTION TO URBAN BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT | |
ENV 441 | URBAN FORESTS AS SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS | |
INT 408 | NATURE, SOCIETY, AND POWER | |
MPS 572 | POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND PUBLIC POLICY | |
MPS 577 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS AND MEDIATED SOLUTIONS | |
MPS 604 | SPECIAL TOPICS (Environmental Policy/Sustainable Source Reduction) | |
PRAD 575 | COMMUNICATION ETHICS AND LAW | |
Degree Requirements
- Satisfactory completion of the college residency requirement.
- Satisfactory completion of the 12 required courses, or their substitutes as approved by the Chair of the Management Department.
- All courses for credit toward the degree must be completed within six calendar years after the candidate’s first term of enrollment in the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. After a lapse of six years a course is expired. An expired course is not acceptable for the purpose of satisfaction of degree requirements and is not applicable to the degree.
Content displayed from this DePaul University catalog page.