15 915 - Laboratory for Sustainable Business

Institution:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Subject:

Description:

Focuses on what organizations can do to address the challenges we face as a society and as a species. Explores how commercial firms, nonprofits, and government agencies respond to problems including climate change, environmental degradation, and social dislocation. Provides tools and methods as well as practical applications of sustainability committed to both the reality of ?the bottom line? and the need to sustain the natural and human systems on which we rely. Students work in teams with a company/organization on a real-world sustainability project throughout the term.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Prereq: 15.913

Corequisites:

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Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

web.mit.edu/student/

Phone Number:

(617) 253-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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