Academic Divisions
Accounting
All Columbia Business School students gain a foundational understanding of accounting principles through the core curriculum, and students interested in further refining their expertise in accounting may take electives offered by the Accounting Division, such as Earnings Quality and Fundamental Analysis and Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation.
Decision, Risk, and Operations
Columbia Business School’s renowned Decision, Risk, and Operations Division offers a range of courses for students interested in pursuing careers in both operations management and decision and risk analysis, including Supply Chain Management, Operations Consulting, and Turnaround Management.
Economics
The Economics division at Columbia Business School has an award-winning faculty, which includes a Nobel Prize winner, a winner of the Eileen Bennett Prize (awarded bi-annually to an outstanding female economist), a former member of the Federal Reserve Board, two Fellows of the Econometric Society, and several editors of leading economics journals. Our faculty have received numerous teaching awards in recent years for both the core course on managerial economics and the core course on the global economic environment.
Finance
The School’s Program for Financial Studies recommends a series of courses for career functions such as Asset Management; Investment Banking and Corporate Finance; Sales, Trading, and Research; Financial Consulting; and Risk Management.
Management
In addition to the management courses in the core curriculum, the School’s Management Division recommends interested students design their elective schedules to include courses that span management functions, such as Top Management Process and Managerial Negotiations.
Marketing
For students interested in pursuing careers in marketing, the School’s widely acclaimed Marketing Division offers a wealth of electives, including New Product Development, Social Media and Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Consumer Insights.
Centers
Entrepreneurship
The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center offers a balanced combination of courses, programs, and mentorship for committed students who want to gain the fundamental skills and principals of an entrepreneurial mindset, including starting and growing a business. Experienced practitioners and faculty from the NYC ecosystem teach courses ranging from Master Classes like the Entrepreneurial Greenhouse Program (a selective accelerator), to Digital Literacy for Decision Makers (communicating with the tech world), to Entrepreneurial Finance (taught by the dean of the school on how create, identify, and ensure value) to the Venture Capital Seminar taught by renowned venture capitalists. Additionally, a plethora of programming ensures that aspiring entrepreneurs have access to the resources, knowledge, and networks they need to thrive.
Leadership and Ethics
In addition to sponsoring research, events, and orientation programming, the Bernstein Center on Leadership and Ethics offers a series of electives that explore the challenges faced by business leaders. Courses include Personal Leadership and Success, Finance and Sustainability, and High Performance Leadership.
Real Estate
The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate recommends that interested students begin taking real estate electives in their second semester and offers advice on building a schedule that focuses on real estate electives such as Global Real Estate Investment and Real Estate Transactions.
Social Enterprise and Climate Change
The Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change assembles faculty expertise from across disciplines to provide students with the holistic education needed to pursue socially and environmentally beneficial practices in any industry. Recommended courses include High Performing Nonprofits, Business and Climate Change, and Impact Investing.
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Value Investing
The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing at Columbia Business School recommends that students interested in value investing pursue a series of courses that includes Applied Value Investing, Applied Security Analysis, and Legends in Value Investing.
Programs
Global Family Enterprise
In addition to supporting the Family Business Club, conducting research, and hosting events on campus and around the world, the Family Business Program currently offers a range of MBA and EMBA elective courses that provide in-depth coverage of the unique issues facing family businesses, from single operating companies to complex, diversified family enterprises.
Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management
Courses in the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program at Columbia Business School are taught by faculty experts and seasoned practitioners from the healthcare industry, and include classes such as Strategy and Competition in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Healthcare Industry in the 21st Century, and Healthcare Investment and Dealmaking.
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Media and Technology
The Media and Technology Program at Columbia Business School recommends that students begin by taking Media Platforms and Content: Foundations Course before pursuing electives in their area of interest. A wide variety of electives are offered across functional topics (Digital Marketing, Sports Analytics, Media Entrepreneurship etc), Industry Topics (The Business of Sports, Managing Celebrity Brands, Digital Investing, etc) and Strategy (Media M&A, Technology Strategy, Internet Wars, etc). Students are also encouraged to explore electives across the University, and cross-register for courses of interest in the Film School, Law School, or Journalism School.
Private Equity
Students interested in careers in private equity can deepen their knowledge in the field through a number of courses offered by the School’s Private Equity Program, including Private Equity in Emerging Markets, Venture Capital: Risk/Opportunity, and Private Equity: The Credit Markets and Leveraged Buyouts.