Monday, October 26, 2009
myBiz Blog
Consider an MBA from Wisconsin! Last week the Aspen Institute unveiled its 2009-2010
Beyond Grey Pinstripes list of the top 100 business schools for environmental, social and ethical management education.
The Wisconsin MBA was ranked 17th worldwide and 15th overall in the U.S. It was ranked 5th among public business schools in the U.S. and second in the Big Ten.
Wisconsin was recognized for its dedication to integrating the concept of sustainability into existing courses, and developing new courses and programs that specifically address this issue.
One of the most important recent additions to the Wisconsin School of Business is a graduate Certificate in Business, Environment and Social Responsibility in conjunction with UW-Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. This graduate certificate is designed to provide knowledge and skills to strategically apply business principles to environmental and social challenges, and to prepare students to systematically integrate sustainability issues into day-to-day management decision making.
Inside the classroom, students find social and environmental responsibility woven throughout the Wisconsin MBA curriculum. Students are required to take an ethics course in their first year. Other sustainability-focused courses include Business and the Social Side of Sustainability, Triple Bottom Line Accounting, and Environmental Strategy and Sustainability. Each of the 10 MBA career specializations has a rarified curriculum and a unique way of addressing corporate social responsibility.
Learn more about the highly ranked Wisconsin MBA program at http://ww.bus.wisc.edu/mba/. On Wisconsin!