Undergraduate and graduate dual-degree programs are available with the Bard Center for Environmental Policy , as are grad programs in environmental policy and environmental education, climate science and policy, and the Bard MBA in Sustainability.
BOS Menu. Bard engages in sustainability efforts on multiple fronts. Bard students prepare a meal at the Montgomery Place Campus for Food Days, one of a series of food sustainability events held at Bard every autumn.
Course Descriptions. View Faculty Members. These focus areas, as well as the courses offered in the program, with course descriptions and recent syllabi, are described below.
At the same time, a new generation of investors has arisen, seeking positive social and environmental outcomes from their investments. Bard's Focus prepares students for careers leading the transformation of conventional finance into impact finance. Students who complete the requirements for this curricular focus will have it noted on their graduation transcript. To earn the Focus Area, students must complete the following courses:. In addition, students must participate on a finance-related team for their NYCLab consulting project.
And they must complete a nine-credit Capstone project that engages substantially with impact finance. The content of the Capstone must be approved by the Program Director to insure that it qualifies for inclusion in the Focus.
This approval should be obtained in writing prior to September 30 of the year the Capstone has been initiated, and confirmed as the Capstone reaches completion prior to graduation.
Bard's Focus supports students to execute on these circular economy business models by integrating successful supply chain management with a deep understanding of circular economy strategy. The world faces mounting crises, from a disastrously warming climate to loss of biodiversity to structural inequality. This course enables managers to implement a business case for behaving in more regenerative ways, shifting business from a driver of disaster to a solutions provider.
Students given core environmental, social and business literacy, the scientific foundations and economic principles needed to achieve natural competitive advantage. After taking this course a student will be able to:. Articulate their own definition of sustainability, and have facility with various sustainability frameworks and tools appropriate for different circumstances.
Economics for Sustainable Business is designed to give you a non-mathematical overview of microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, community economics, and ecological economics.
The course has three main goals:. This class develops competency as a leader utilizing a personal mastery approach. Each student creates and executes a personal leadership development plan focused around a subset emotional intelligence leadership competencies, such as initiative, self-control, catalyzing change, influence, teamwork and collaboration. After completing the course, students will be better able to:. The course lays the groundwork for the sophisticated understanding of capital markets necessary to play a leadership role in driving sustainability.
Students examine the relationship between financial statements and the value of the underlying business entity, discuss how to integrate sustainability advantages into accounting decisions, and develop a conceptual framework for how to make rational investment decisions. Working in teams, students engage in consultancies for businesses, government agencies, and nonprofits. Students will gain confidence in their ability to manage projects, solve business problems, communicate effectively, and work in teams.
Students will be matched up with a project based on a number of factors, including student preference, skills and team size. This course explores the emergence of modern operations theory and practice, and the ways in which lean methods have been adapted into environmental and social governance systems. The course reviews the lean revolution, optimization models, and statistical quality control methods, and then focuses on supply chain management for sustainability.
The focus here is on control systems and standards designed to insure ecological integrity and social justice. The course provides background on the major codes of conduct, standards, and guidelines for companies in the area of human rights, environment, governance and integrity. This course explores two questions: how can firms gain access to finance for sustainability, and how can the global financial system be made more sustainable?
The focus is on the financial environment of the firm, both internal and external. Corporate finance topics include corporate governance and capital budgeting; project and firm level valuation; stock and option valuation including portfolio theory; debt and equity; and sources of financing.
The course then explores the broader financial landscape, with a focus on financial markets, market players, risk management and systemic risk. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a solid understanding of marketing fundamentals and applied stakeholder theory.
We study how technology and the internet has accelerated the way marketers connect with consumers and address sustainability across the brand value chain. Whether you are an intrapreneur, social entrepreneur or a change agent leading change within the private or nonprofit sector, marketing and communication skills are in demand.
This course will give you the vocabulary to speak the language of marketing, improve your strategic thinking through effective storytelling and help you navigate the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing and new media.
The learning objectives for this course include, and are not limited, to the following instruction methods:.
This course teaches hands-on analysis skills, and how to lead analytics projects and manage data teams to make better business decisions.
Successful data projects are largely about perspective in framing and questioning business problems and opportunities. Topics explored include the role of data in business and sustainability; applying a systems thinking approach; drawing boundaries and making assumptions; recognizing biases in data and technology; tying sustainability metrics to high-level business objectives, and using data to make a compelling business case.
After taking this course students will be better able to:. Bard GPS students pursue cutting-edge master degrees in policy, business, or education that embed extended field-based practical training and individualized career support.
Our alumni are changing the rules through environmental policy , changing the game through sustainable business , and changing minds through environmental education. Learn more about our three theories of change. We love to chat one-on-one with aspiring change agents. Our team is happy to schedule a call to discuss your sustainability career goals and tell you more about our various programs. In an era of transparent supply chains, IT-enabled local production, expanded entrepreneurial opportunities, megacity growth, climate change, water shortages, and millennial demands for more meaningful work, the need for sustainable practices is not going away.
This is good news for those looking for a career that makes an impact—saving the planet is a growth field. Sustainability professionals work across the economy—in healthcare, business, social work, education, and politics. As an example, Bard has over master's level graduates working in the field of sustainable business, education, and policy.
Bard was recently awarded 1 in Classroom Experience by the Princeton Review. Bard's MBA in Sustainability is one of a handful of programs around the world that fully integrates a focus on mission-driven business into every course they offer. MBA in Sustainability : Based in New York City, Bard's MBA gathers one weekend a month for an on-campus experience; this weekend visit works alongside an online curriculum designed for working professionals and students who want to attend Bard from anywhere in the U.
Bard's Center for Environmental Policy offers master's programs designed to "change the rules" and to "change minds. This holistic approach to learning illuminates integral connections between the social world and the physical sciences and encourages students to incorporate various perspectives and ideologies into their work. The climate degree covers the interplay between climate systems, ecosystems, and agricultural systems on one hand and solutions on the other, training future policy leaders to guide efforts in greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation.
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