Program requirements

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to help students understand key ideas in microeconomics and how they can be applied to managerial business problems. The course develops capacity to analyze an organization's economic environment, to understand the constraints this environment places on the organization's pursuit of its goals, and to apply economic reasoning to internal decision making.

This course will touch on responsible business topics related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including analyzing pitfalls in healthcare insurance markets and taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being), incentivizing energy efficiency (GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy), internalizing externalities such as carbon, pollution, and waste (GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production), and designing climate policy (GOAL 13: Climate Action).

Course Description

We live in an increasingly data-rich world. This course focuses on using data to make good business decisions, and involves the fundamentals of data exploration, visualization, and common statistical methods. The emphasis will be on (i) being an informed and critical consumer of statistics, (ii) understanding core statistics concepts both quantitatively and qualitatively, (iii) applying the material in complex, real-world settings. All methods will be illustrated with real data whenever possible, and we will highlight applications (from Netflix, Craigslist, CitiBike, Instacart, and more) common in our daily lives. In discussing these applications, we will also touch on responsible business topics related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including algorithmic fairness and equity (Goal 10: Reduced Inequality), consumer protection and well-being (Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production), and ethical responsibilities and challenges in the technology sector (Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions).

General Course Objectives

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• Identify which methods are appropriate for different types of data and situations.
• Use visualization and key statistical tools (confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, and regression) to interpret data, tell stories, and draw conclusions.
• Understand the limitations behind various methods, metrics, and experimental designs

Course Description

This course covers basic accounting concepts used to report on the performance of a business to external parties. This course will help students to understand the information contained in financial statements and how external users use this information to make resource-allocation decisions. Although the class will include some basic accounting procedures and techniques, the emphasis of the class is on understanding how financial statements information can be used to make decisions.

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the financial statements prepared by a business and how external users make use of this information. In so doing, students will learn to appreciate what information is contained in financial statements as well as the limitations to that information and what information is missing. The course will help students gain the ability to evaluate an entity’s economic performance, and lays the foundations for evaluating a company’s environmental sustainability and social impact.

General Course Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the four financial statements and the information that each provides.
• Distinguish information that must be reported according to regulations vs. what is disclosed voluntarily
• Explain the process involved in compiling the financial statements.
• Analyze and evaluate the financial status of a business
• Interpret disclosures on financial metrics, as well as environmental and social indicators (e.g., metrics linked to UN Sustainable Development Goals #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth; #9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; #12 Responsible Consumption and Production).

Course Description

People can be your organization’s greatest asset or its greatest liability. The difference between these two is often how people are managed. As managers, you are responsible for coordinating groups of individuals around a collective goal. Doing this effectively can allow you to fully leverage you and your coworkers’ technical knowledge and personal strengths. However, this can be a complicated task. Knowledge of organizational behaviour concepts and the ability to apply them can enable you to overcome the persistent challenges involved in this endeavor. This class is designed to help you to realize and overcome these obstacles and be a more effective manager.

This course is designed to help you analyze organizational problems critically and from multiple perspectives. It will cover various topics that address common challenges, issues, and problems that managers may face as leaders and/or team members. You will become acquainted with frameworks to address these issues effectively, and you will develop a repertoire of knowledge and strategies to motivate others, make more sound decisions, think critically, be a better collaborator, respect others’ perspectives, and diagnose problems and possible conflicts.

This course will touch on responsible business topics related to UN Sustainable Development Goals. As we address topics such as effective management of employees in ways that foster trust, inclusion, positive culture, employee well-being, and organizational change, it speaks directly to GOAL 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), GOAL 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and GOAL 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions). In addition, addressing broadly applicable process topics such as decision making, power and politics, and negotiations, it can provide an invaluable toolset for addressing a range of goals, such as GOAL 12 (Climate Action) and GOAL 10 (Reduced Inequalities).

Course Format

This course is an active learning environment focused on preparing you to manage and lead at your best. Its content is grounded in theory and empirical evidence. Course sessions will be based around interactive discussions and practical activities related to the course content. The purpose of this course is to provide you an overview of organizational behaviour through practice, rumination, and reflection.

General Course Objectives

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• Understand key elements of organizational behaviour, which are useful for analyzing and resolving workplace situations or organizational performance
• Apply analytical skills to understand, predict, and manage the behaviour of individuals and teams in your organization
• Develop respect for coworkers’ abilities and perspectives and competencies in providing and receiving guidance to achieve organizational objectives

Course Description

This course will expose students to the fundamentals of innovation and entrepreneurship. The focus is on ‘entrepreneurial thinking’ and identifying viable venture opportunities. It is a standalone course that provides useful concepts for all students with varying interests; entrepreneur, intrapreneur and entrepreneurial finance/investing. There will be coverage of the main elements of starting a venture, from idea generation to customer discovery and business model design, through prototyping and research, funding, company building and commercialization. This course will also touch on what investors look for in investable start-ups.

With a lens on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this course will highlight cases of women in entrepreneurship, aid in skill development to break down barriers for accessing entrepreneurship and demonstrate how sustainable and equitable economic growth is created through innovation and entrepreneurship using examples of ventures that focus on sustainability and social impact. Although the focus of this course will be on innovation and technology start-up ventures, the principles apply broadly to the main career opportunities arising from this track:

• Start a venture;
• Join an early-stage start-up and help it grow, from two employee types: engineer or “business” to a multi-functional, scalable organization with specialist roles and varied teams.
• Intrapreneurship or corporate innovation; disruptive initiatives in established organizations;
• Startup Financing – Angel & Venture Capital

General Course Objectives

This course is designed to provide an introduction to the theory and practice of entrepreneurship and innovation. Through cases, a simulation, in-class activities, speakers, solo and team work, students will develop a structured approach to innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will be able to:

• Manage decision-making with incomplete and ambiguous information
• Develop hypotheses regarding customer problems and design tests to inform decision-making and specify design criteria
• Approach early stage financing of pre-revenue ventures & evaluate investable start-up opportunities
• Make decisions in case, simulation and live discussion, when new information is revealed
• Connect and apply entrepreneurial thinking in corporate innovation roles, as well in start-ups
• Link course learning to personal career planning

Course Description

Introduction to business analytics and technology with two goals. The first is to introduce the fundamental concepts of AI, analytics, and technology and their impact to business and industries. The second is to provide hands-on programming experiences with Python for data processing, data visualization, and text analytics. The course covers responsible business topics related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals by examining the impacts of general-purpose technologies (e.g., AI and big data) on access to decent jobs (GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth), innovation (GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), and inequality (GOAL 11: Reduce Inequalities).

General Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Understand the concepts of AI and analytics and the implications to responsible business
• Understand the technology platforms and their implications to responsible business
• Get hands-on experiences on Python programming
• Have working knowledge on basic data visualization and text analytics in Python.

Course Description

Fundamental Finance, is an introductory course that covers a wide range of topics in finance at a fundamental level, including:

• The time value of money and discounting in financial valuation and investment decisions
• Basics of bonds, interest rates, currency exchange rates and stocks, information, market regulation
• The nature of risk and return in investments and diversification in investment portfolios
• Fundamentals of asset pricing and asset pricing models
• Methods of business financing and concepts in capital budgeting and capital structure
• Derivative securities (options, futures, swaps), risk management including governance
• The corporate financial lifecycle, from entrepreneurship and venture capital to IPOs and M&A
• Basics of financial institutions including banks, credit, securitization, regulation

As seen from the foregoing list of topics, this course will touch on topics related to several UN Sustainable Development Goals, including: entrepreneurship and finance (Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth), resilient credit systems and financial infrastructure (Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), and strong and transparent financial institutions, regulation, governance (Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions).

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to the concepts, analytical techniques, and best practices that managers use to make marketing strategy decisions. The concepts taught in this course will enable you to develop effective marketing strategies across a wide range of product & service industries. Against the backdrop of the UN Sustainable Development Goals agenda, the course uses real-world case studies to give you practice applying the techniques and making decisions in a range of industries and contexts, including business in rural markets (GOAL 3: Gender equality), inclusive prosperity in urban settings in developed and developing countries (GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities), marketing ethics and consumer protection (GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production), and price discrimination, ways to encourage sustainable consumption (GOAL 13: Climate Action). In summary, the course is focused on developing your analytical and critical thinking skills and developing your ability as a manager and decision-maker for business and society.

General Course Objectives

After completing the course, students will be able to:

• Describe the activities and decisions involved in developing a marketing strategy, including
  • Market segmentation and target market selection decisions
  • Product/service positioning decisions
  • Pricing decisions
  • Distribution decisions
  • Communication decisions
• Apply analytical techniques to make effective marketing strategy decisions. Specifically:
  • Employ strategic frameworks to analyze a market environment.
  • Segment a market to identify promising segments.
  • Develop value propositions and make effective positioning decisions.
  • Analyze profitability data to make pricing decisions.
  • Analyze buyer behavior to make effective communication decisions.

An organization's success depends on how efficiently and effectively it executes its strategic goals. This requires a detailed understanding of the transformation processes and its operations that is used to produce and deliver goods and services to customers. This course will provide students with the fundamentals needed to understand how to design, manage and continuously improve these business processes. The course will cover examples of processes that are traditional, as well as ones that relate to responsible business including the design of responsible and sustainable production and delivery of products and the design of health care processes that reduce inequities and increase access and promote the health and well-being of populations in a cost-efficient manner. Our emphasis on examples of responsible business is in concert with some of the principles articulated by the UN in their Sustainable Development Goals including: GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-Being, GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, GOAL 11: Reduce Inequalities. The skills that students will develop in this course are relevant for all business students.

Course Description

This course introduces students to the key aspects of managerial accounting. Managerial accounting, which focuses on internal users (such as managers and employees), differs from financial accounting, which focuses on external users (such as investors and creditors). Managerial accounting emphasizes planning, directing, and controlling an organization with significant emphasis on internal financial analysis and assessment.

Management accounting has two major roles:

• Decision-Facilitating role: Managers have the responsibility and authority for making decisions with respect to the use of the firm’s resources. To do this effectively they must identify the alternative actions and strategies available to them, predict the possible consequences of those actions or strategies, and then select the strategy course of action that has the most preferred predicted outcome. Management accounting systems can be effective in providing information that is useful in predicting the possible consequences of alternative actions and in identifying when and where corrective action may be required.
• Decision-Influencing role: Although a manager may be the sole owner of an entity, most managers are employees who may or may not hold an interest in the entity. The choices made by a manager are likely dependent on the predicted consequences that are of personal concern to her/him. As a result, a manager may not make the choices most preferred by the owners. To mitigate this problem, the firm’s owners (or higher-level managers) frequently establish formal or informal incentive systems that are designed to motivate their managers to choose actions in the best interest of the entity.

This course will address and discuss responsible business topics related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals including the importance of lifelong learning given the significant and continuing changes businesses face (GOAL 4: Quality Education), entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation (GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth), and the importance of resilient infrastructures and sustainable industrialization (GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation & infrastructure).

Course Description

This course is positioned in the first period of the MBA program to provide students with a broad foundation for understanding the positive and negative impacts business can have economically, socially, and environmentally – and how long-term, strategic approaches can unlock business opportunities while addressing these issues.

Companies and society are confronted with a confluence of factors that point to a new way of doing business. These factors include environmental degradation and climate change, widespread poverty and social inequity, and the need for renewable sources of energy. Customer demands are evolving, technology is rapidly advancing, and resources are becoming increasingly scarce. This suggests that more than a “business as usual” approach is needed to be a successful and sustainable enterprise in the long-term. As the focus of this entire course is on responsible business, topics related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals are present throughout. SDGs that receive particular attention include: responsible production and consumption (Goal 12), climate action (Goal 13), and sustainable and equitable innovation (Goal 9), and partnerships for the SDGs (Goal 17).

General Course Objectives

• Explain and defend the role of responsible business in society.
• Anticipate ethical and social responsibility challenges that they will face as managers in a variety of organizations and weigh management responses to these challenges.
• Analyze evolving global conditions, market demands, and stakeholder pressures to identify sustainable innovation and business development opportunities.
• Evaluate organizational ethics and sustainability performance using a variety of frameworks.

This course provides experiential learning aimed towards advancing student capacity for effective leadership. The key idea at the center of this course is the fundamental dilemma faced by all leaders: Leaders seek to influence people, and people desire to be autonomous. This idea describes both the central objective of leaders (i.e., influence the thoughts, feelings, and actions of people) and why this is difficult to do well (i.e., autonomous behavior and decision making is important for our personal growth and happiness). Course content and activities are designed to deepen understanding of human behavior, increase respect for the autonomy of others, and practice what leaders can do to influence others, facilitate change, and generate adaptive solutions. This course will touch on responsible business topics related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals including creating meaningful work and inclusive workplaces (GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth), diversity and inclusion (GOAL 10: Reduce Inequality), and diverse leadership (GOAL 5: Gender Equality).

Creativity is at a crossroads as a powerful tool for business. The LinkedIn 2020 Workplace Learning Report ranked “Creativity” as #1 ‘soft’ skill companies need most. At the same time, business schools and business have been accused of squashing the creative spirit in individuals. We’ll find out why and what you can do to ensure your creativity flourishes within yourself and in the communities you serve. And in 2021— during a time of response, reaction, adaptation, and re-imagination—the demand for creative solutions continues to grow. Never before has creativity been such a valuable, sought-after asset in organizations across all industries. Beyond the corporate realm, Creativity is a critical competency we will need in the urgent push to achieve targets for the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030; you will apply the tools, frameworks and theories in this course to creative problem-solving challenges aligned with the SDG you are most responsible for contributing to, based on your academic knowledge and professional experiences to-date.

The world economy is becoming increasingly interdependent as value chains extend across countries and continents, and the volume of international trade and foreign direct investment has grown faster than world economic output. The effects of globalization are complex and have created both opportunities and challenges for businesses. For example, globalization has opened new markets for businesses and has created unprecedented wealth. However, climate change and environmental concerns, as well as political and societal changes brought on by globalization, require businesses to adapt and better manage risk.

This course is designed to explore the role of businesses in the global context. The major themes covered in this course include international markets, societal trends, sustainability, international politics & institutions, and new technologies & innovation— broadly, the five factors of STEEP Analysis. This course will touch on responsible business topics related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals including how business can respond to climate change (GOAL 13: Climate Action), the ethics of innovation (Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), as well as social movements and corporate activism related to equity and fairness (Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities). We also will delve into topics such as the global energy system and the transition to a net-zero economy (Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy), food security and sustainable agriculture (Goal 2: Zero Hunger), and the circular economy and recycling (Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production).

• BA 504 BSI: Foundation
• BA 507 BSI: Global
• BA 508 BSI: Capstone
• BA 512 BSI: Experiential Learning

• BA 563 - Decision Making for Managers
• BAAC 501 - Financial Statement Analysis I
• BAAC 511 - Intermediate Managerial Accounting: Decision Making and Performance Evaluation
• BAAC 580A - Climate and ESG Accounting and Reporting
• BAEN 502 - Growing and Exiting a Venture
• BAEN 505 - Entrepreneurial Finance
• BAEN 506 - Technology Entrepreneurship
• BAEN 509 - Applied Methods in Technology Start-ups at CDL
• BAEN 549 - Innovation and Sustainability
• BAEN 580A - Indigenous Relations and Climate Economy
• BAEN 580C - Impact Investing
• BAFI 501 - Banking and Capital Markets
• BAFI 502 - Corporate Finance
• BAFI 503 - Topics in Corporate Finance
• BAFI 507 - Mergers and Acquisitions
• BAFI 513 - Risk Management
• BAFI 519 - Topics in Investment Management
• BAFI 580B - Venture Capital
• BAHR 507 - Two-Party Negotiations
• BAHR 508 - Managing Change
• BAHR 580A - Leading Diversity and Inclusion
• BAIT 515 - Al Commercialization
• BAIT 516 - Health & Technology
• BAIT 518 - Data Visualization
• BAIT 523 - Fintech
• BAMA 503 - New Product Development
• BAMA 504 - Integrated Marketing Communication
• BAMA 505 - Business Development
• BAMA 506 - Consumer Behavior
• BAMA 508 - Marketing Research
• BAMA 513 - Digital Marketing
• BAMA 514 - Brand Management
• BAMA 520 - Customer Analytics
• BAMA 580B - Strategic Communications, Public Relations, and Crisis Management
• BAMA 580C - Tech Product and Management
• BAMS 523 - Managerial Decision Modeling and Analytics
• BAPA 580A - Climate Economics & Markets
• BASC 500 - Process Fundamentals
• BASC 523 - Supply Chain Management
• BASC 524 - Supply Chain Analytics
• BASM 501 - Business Strategy
• BASM 502 - Corporate Strategy
• BASM 510 - Consulting Simulation
• BASM 516 - Economics and Strategy of Innovation
• BASM 523 - Management Consulting and Corporate Decision Support
• BAUL 500 - Real Estate Market
• BAUL 501 - Real Estate Investment Analysis

***ALL COURSES SUBJECT TO CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR***