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  • SUB 6520: Sustainable marketing

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    This course provides a background of the sustainable marketing orientation as it evolves from the societal, consumer and environmental marketing perspectives. The goal of this course is to help students develop responsible marketing objectives and create effective marketing strategies that consider economic benefits, environmental concerns and social equity. Students will gain knowledge and background about green market segmentation, integrated marketing management, stakeholder involvement, and issues such as "greenwashing" "sustainable advantage" a"long term sustainability
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  • SUB 6530: Ecopreneurship

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    Ecopreneurs are individuals or groups who imagine new green business opportunities and then take on the risks required to convert these ideas into reality. Ecopreneurship develops when enterprising individuals and groups identify and solve critical problems and meet unmet needs in ways that improve the profitability and sustainability of operations, institutions, and products. Ideally ecopreneurship will meet triple bottom line of providing profits, while improving people's health and restoring the environment. Ecopreneurship is the task of meeting human needs in ways that provide satisfaction, comfort, joy, and health without diminishing the options or richness for future generations.
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  • SUB 6540: Environmental Science and Law

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    (3 units) Managers benefit from having an understanding of the scientific method and the function of both managed and natural ecosystems. The basic problems and strengths of environmental science are reviewed in relation to manufacturing, materials, maintenance, and disposal of waste. The relevant environmental laws will be discussed and used to illustrate the application of environmental science to real problems. Students will be introduced to the U.S. laws [such as the Clean Air and Water Acts, the Endangered Species Act, and CERCLA, SARA Title III (EPCRA), and RCRA] and European and international rules and regulations.
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  • SUB 6550: Sustainable Development and Planning Strategy

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    Managers are often called upon to make strategic decisions about placement of facilities and strategic planning for providing services and products. This course provides an introduction into the increasingly complex world of planning and sustainable development, ranging from destination resorts to urban infill on "brownfields" sites. Thetools for design with nature and ecosystem analysis are introduced and used in case studies and problem solving exercises.
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  • SUB 6560: Sustainable Products and Services

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    (3 units) This course provides an interactive introduction to design and meeting human needs with ecoeffective goods and services. It explores how we interact with the environment around us, how we can make things fit and feel better (ergonomics), improve productivity and health, and how we can substitute services for ownership. Emphasis is placed on the use of materials and manufacturing methods that are earth and people friendly. This course includes case studies, design projects, labs, and experiments. It is also designed to help students rediscover their creativity and ability to find new solutions to complex problems.
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  • SUB 6570: Sustainable Operations and Production

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    This course reviews the foundations and principles of production and operations management from an environmental and sustainability perspective. The goal of the course is to help students develop a better understanding of production and operations impact the environment and resource use, and to identify and evaluate alternatives to mitigate or avoid those impacts. Topics covered include a review of common production technologies and processes, process mapping (flow diagramming), material balances, waste minimization and pollution prevention, design for environment, industrial ecology, and sustainability principles applied to production processes.
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  • SUB 6580: Ecotourism

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    This course reviews the foundations and principles of ecotourism, a growing part of the enormous tourism industry. The goal of this course is to develop a better understanding of ecotourism, ecological economics, enterprise accounting, and the approaches that can be used to manage resources sustainably, resolve conflicts, and create new ecotour business applications and opportunities. Ecotourism opportunities in agriculture, adventure, guiding, and destination management are discussed and explored. Skill development in research, analysis, and communication are key elements of this course.
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  • SUB 6590: Triple Bottom Line Leadership

    3.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    (3 units) This course explores the leadership challenge in bringing sustainable practices into use. Having good ideas and excellent solutions is not sufficient without the leadership to change internal company philosophies and thought processes, assumptions and behaviors to embrace the new tools and techniques. Organizational and cultural changes are the missing ingredients in the implementation of triple bottom line management. This course covers the challenge of improving governance and leadership. The first step in becoming this new type of leader is developing a better sense of the total person in relationship to the natural environment and the universal responsibility we bear as crew members of spaceship Earth.
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  • SUS 6000: Managerial Accounting

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    This course integrates the principles of financial and managerial accounting to prepare the manager to use accounting to assess and manage the health of the organization. Topics include financial statements and their interpretation; the bookkeeping process and transaction analysis; accounting for assets, liabilities, and owners' equity; cost-volume-profit relationships; budgeting; and internal analysis techniques. The class will also explore environmental, social, and ethical accounting issues, which challenge students to apply existing accounting systems to new settings and critically analyze existing and proposed accounting systems. The goal is to equip students to become managers and/or designers of accounting systems that produce relevant information to facilitate corporate and organizational decisionmaking, and to assure that appropriate information is tracked so managers can make more successful and sustainable decisions.
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  • SUS 6010: Principles of Sustainable Management

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Alliant International University

    In an Arthur D. Little survey of 481 companies, 95% of responding executives counted sustainable development as important to their business future. The issues of sustainable management-a concept integrating economic success, environmental quality, and social equity-hold increasing interest for organizational leaders. This course examines the steps of assessing current realities (i.e., social and environmental impacts); defining a sustainable vision; setting measurable results; and designing a strategy to fill the gap. The course will include a historical review of the field of sustainability, environmental justice and social responsibility, including The Natural Step, Natural Capitalism and other sustainable models of management. The course will also introduce systems theory, whole systems thinking and biomimicry as frameworks for managing business. Includes one-unit survey of business statistics.
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