Online Business Degrees in Sustainability

The list of colleges and universities offering degrees, majors, or certificates in sustainable business continues to grow (see a complete list in the right sidebar of this blog). I often receive emails asking if I know where to get an online degree in sustainable business. For those asking this question, last week, two new programs were announced.

The University of Wisconsin has launched an online Bachelor of Science degree in Sustainable Management. Students must complete the first two years of undergraduate general education studies before being admitted to the Sustainable Management program. The program includes courses in environmental studies, triple bottom line accounting, natural resource management, information systems, logistics, supply chain management, and sustainability.

For those seeking a graduate degree, Marylhurst University has launched an online MBA with curriculum in sustainability. The program includes courses in Program topics to include:
Ethical Issues and Environmental Law, Green and Social Marketing, Ecological Economics,Managerial and Environmental Accounting, and Management: A Triple Bottom Line Approach.

Update June 3, 2009: City University of Seattle offers both an online (or on-campus) MBA with an emphasis in Sustainable Business as well as an online (or on-campus) graduate certificate program in Sustainable Business.

Update July 22, 2009: University of Southern Maine offers an online graduate certificate in sustainable business.

Update August 17, 2009: Antioch University offers an online MBA in Organizational and Environmental Sustainability

See also: Where to Get a Business Degree in Sustainability & The Best Business Programs in Sustainability

Sustainable Business Design Among "Top 50 Business Professor Blogs"

Sustainable Business Design blog has been listed among the Top 50 Business Professor Blogs by MBAExplorer.com. MBAExplorer.com is a site for information on obtaining MBA degrees, including a search engine for MBA programs, general information on MBA admissions and curriculum, career advice, and a blog discussing topics of interest to those interested in the MBA degree.

The Top 50 Business Professor Blogs lists blogs in technology, management, economics and finance, marketing, strategy, leadership, and innovation, and other business topics.

New MBA Career Book Available

Press Release
from CSRwire

Best Selling Author and Net Impact Co-Founder Announces New MBA Career Book, "More Than Money: Questions Every MBA Needs to Answer"

Book is being offered for "free" to business schools for a limited time

(CSRwire) (CSRwire) DOVER, MA - July 15, 2008 - Dr. Mark Albion announced today an unprecedented publishing distribution program for his forthcoming book, More Than Money: Questions Every MBA Needs to Answer," which will be available August 15, 2008 as a .PDF file and will ship September 12 in hardcover ($19.95). A description, downloadable excerpt and MBA commentary on the book can be found here.

This short career guidebook helps aspiring MBAs, MBA students and graduates navigate a fulfilling life of contribution and comfort. The book is based on Dr. Albion's speeches at dozens of business schools each year, many as co-founder of Net Impact. The book includes stories of successful entrepreneurs, including SVN members Elliot Hoffman, CEO of the New Voice of Business, and Joe Sibilia, president of CSRwire.

Social Venture Network (SVN) member company Berrett-Koehler is offering the .PDF file of the book free until August 15 to business schools who order a copy for every student at the school. The first two business schools to do so are Duke's Fuqua School of Business (830+ MBAs), home of the renowned Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE), and Simmons School of Management (200+), which offers the nation's leading MBA program designed exclusively for women and is the site of Dr. Albion's first speeches to students on this subject. After August 15, bulk discounts will be available.

If you're interested in helping your alma mater or a business school you're connected to take advantage of this offer, please contact Dr. Albion as soon as possible (508 785.2091; drmark@makingalife.com). In addition, if you are an MBA graduate and would like to add to the MBA commentary on the book, please contact him as well.

Video of Dr. Albion interview: Wall Street, Leadership & Business Schools
Video of Dr. Albion Keynote Speech at Fuqua (iTunes Required)

About Mark Albion
Mark Albion spent 18 years as a student and professor at Harvard University and its Business School. Dr. Albion left Harvard to develop a community of service-minded MBAs, co-founding Net Impact in 1993. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Making a Life, Making a Living® and True to Yourself: Leading a Values-Based Business (www.makingalife.com). He has spoken at more than 125 business schools on five continents, for which Business Week magazine dubbed him "the savior of B-school souls."