Entrepreneurship, Management & Sustainability

This program is designed to address the demands and contexts of the critical and complex challenges of the 21st century.  A guiding principle of this major is to find the path from the strategic, social, environmental, political and economic status quo to new approaches that better meet the challenges presented by anthropogenic climate change, economic inequality, social justice and other pressing issues in contemporary society.  Students can choose from three focus areas: Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability or NGO and Mission-Based Management. Through these focus areas, students will acquire tools to analyze complex problems, understand and create organizational structures and apply different organizational strategies and practices to a variety of problems, projects and contexts.  This program was created in 2023.

The educational goals for this major are as follows:

• Examine how organizations of various structures and design operate in local and global environments in a sustainable and socially responsible manner.    

• Apply critical thinking and analytical frameworks in management context with uncertain data and limited financial information.   

• Apply organizational strategies and practices to different cultural, environmental, social, entrepreneurial, economic, and mission-based contexts.    

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate convincingly, as an organizational professional, in writing and orally.   

• Work independently and collaboratively to achieve stated organizational, social and environmental goals as demonstrated in projects and case studies in the classroom and in the field.    

Through small classes, practical hands-on projects, study trips or internships, you’ll be given the space to practice analysis, problem solving, teamwork, and effective communication skills, while examining issues of climate change, ethics, responsibility and other contemporary concerns. Support from faculty advisors will help students explore their interests and better customize their degree path. Our program takes full advantage of the multiple resources and support systems available thanks to our location in the heart of Paris and Europe, and these will allow you to acquire the skills you’ll need to succeed in a global environment.  

With every single one of our majors, you’ll find a carefully curated medley of core courses and electives, which will provide you with the tools you need to establish an unshakeable foundation in the principles and concepts fundamental to your growth within your disciplines of choice. Many majors also enable you to specialize further within the broader area of study.

BROWSE ALL MAJORS AND REQUIREMENTS

The EMS core courses, which you must take as part of the major requirements, will provide you with the tools you’ll need to ground your present and future studies. Your introduction to the fundamentals of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainability will help pave the way for your successful completion of other degree courses and your selected focus areas:

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