Bainbridge Graduate Institute MBA in Sustainable Business

MBA in Sustainable Business Print

Today, most MBA students get little exposure to social and environmental issues in their graduate curriculum and consequently tend to view them as peripheral to business success. BGI’s unique program preserves the academic rigor of a traditional MBA program, while infusing sustainability throughout every course. The program’s focus on entrepreneurship for sustainability prepares students to start their own sustainable enterprises or to be effective change agents within existing organizations.

Our MBA in Sustainable Business is a 2- or 3-year, part-time program designed for working individuals. Students and faculty meet in intensive classroom sessions for a 4-day weekend once a month, October through June, at the IslandWood environmental learning center on Bainbridge Island, 35 minutes by ferry from downtown Seattle. The academic year is kicked off with a 5-day orientation at Channel Rock, our eco-retreat center on Cortes Island in British Columbia.

MBA Program Categories

The MBA course offerings fall into four categories that cover the program goals of the academic program.

* The MBA Core covers specific, traditional MBA topics, with an infusion of environmental responsibility and social justice in every course.
* Business & Sustainability is taught more explicitly in the Foundations, Systems Thinking, Social Justice, and Dal LaMagna Series courses.
* Management and Leadership courses, inspired by the work of co-founder Sherman Severin, cover the human side of business from the individual level to the organizational and societal levels, with an emphasis on methods and capacity for productive change.
* Innovation & Entrepreneurship covers the process of developing a business from the creative vision of the individual through team-building and maturation into a business plan presented to potential investors.

Go to www.bgiedu.org for more information.