Wharton’s broad and multifaceted curriculum will deepen your knowledge, expand your toolkit, and power your impact.
We have listed just some of the many social impact-related courses available to Penn and Wharton students. These listings are subject to change. Please review MyWharton for additional courses, as well as up-to-date section information, class times, and registration info.
Wharton’s undergraduate program also offers a secondary concentration in Social Impact & Responsibility, housed in the Legal Studies and Business Ethics department.
“Business schools are critical social institutions not only because they help students realize their full potential as individuals, but also because they empower students to use their passions and talents to maximize their impact on society. Wharton is in the global vanguard of doing both.”
–Wharton Dean Geoff Garrett
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
| Course Number | Course Name | Instructor |
| BEPP 201* | Public Finance & Policy | Saleha Jilani |
| BEPP 214* | The Nonprofit Sector: Economic Challenges & Strategic Responses | Ashley Swanson |
| BEPP 230* | Urban Fiscal Policy | Robert P. Inman |
| BEPP 261* | Risk Analysis And Environmental Management | Howard Kunreuther |
| BEPP 289* | Nations, Politics, and Markets | Stephen Golub |
| BEPP 305* | Risk Management | Deniz Selman |
| FNCE 215 | Urban Real Estate Economics | Susan M. Wachter |
| FNCE 230* | Urban Fiscal Policy | Robert P. Inman |
| FNCE 250* | Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation | Sylvain Catherine |
| FNCE 254* | Impact Investing | Christopher Geczy |
| HCMG 204* | Comparative Health Care Systems | Claudio Lucarelli |
| HCMG 212 | Healthcare Quality and Outcomes | Jeffrey Silber |
| HCMG 213 | Health Care Strategy & Management: The Business Of Health Care | John R. Kimberly |
| HCMG 391 | Health Care Entrepreneurship | Matthew Grennan |
| LGST 100* | Ethics & Social Responsibility | Thomas Donaldson, Alan Strudler, Djordjija Petkoski, Chelsea Dyan Schein, Aryeh Friedman |
| LGST 101* | Law and Social Values | Julian D. Jonker, Brian D. Feinstein, Amanda W. Shanor, Brian Jeffrey Hutler |
| LGST 202* | Law of Corporate Management and Finance | Vincent S. J. Buccola |
| LGST 213* | Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship | Carolyn Hochstadter |
| LGST 215* | Environmental Management, Law, and Policy | Sarah Light |
| LGST 216 | Emerging Economies | Philip M. Nichols |
| LGST 220 | International Business Ethics | Alan Strudler, Brian A. Berkey, Diana Robertson |
| LGST 224 | Human Rights and Globalization | Janice Bellace |
| LGST 226 | Markets, Morality, and Capitalism | Robert Hughes |
| LGST 230 | Social Impact & Responsibility | Gwendolyn Gordon |
| LGST 299* | Business, Law & Democracy | Eric Wills Orts |
| MGMT 208* | Globalization and International Political Economy | Mitchell A. Orenstein |
| MGMT 209* | Political and Social Environment of the Multinational Firm | Witold Henisz |
| MGMT 212 | Social Entrepreneurship | Valentina Assenova |
| MGMT 224* | Leading Diversity in Organizations | Stephanie J. Creary |
| MGMT 235 | Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Jacqueline Kirtley, David Hsu |
| MGMT 238 | Organizational Behavior | Adam Grant |
| MGMT 241 | Knowledge for Social Impact | Katherine Klein |
| MGMT 246 | Social Innovation and Social Enterprise | John Kimberly |
| MGMT 264* | Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Management | Stephen Sammut |
| MKTG 266 | Marketing for Social Impact | Deborah Small |
| OIDD 490 / PSYC 490 | Science of Behavior Change | Angela Duckworth, Katherine Milkmana |
*This course is available in Spring 2019.
MBA COURSES
| Course Number | Course Name | Instructor |
| BEPP 761/OIDD 761* | Risk Analysis and Environmental Management | Howard Kunreuther |
| BEPP 762 | Energy Markets & Policy | Arthur van Benthem |
| BEPP 773/FNCE 730/REAL 730 | Urban Fiscal Policy | Robert Inman |
| BEPP 789* | Nations, Politics, and Markets | Stephen Golub |
| BEPP 805* | Risk Management | Deniz Selman |
| ENVS 669 / ENVS 660 | Corporate Sustainability Strategies | Gary Survis |
| FNCE 750 | Venture Capital and Finance of Innovation | Luke Taylor, David Wessels |
| FNCE 754* | Impact Investing | Christopher Geczy |
| HCMG 845* | Managed Care and the Industrial Organization of Health Care | Bradley M. Fluegel, Atul Gupta |
| HCMG 854/LGST 811 | Legal Aspects of Health Care | Arnold J Rosoff, Robert Field |
| HCMG 866* | E-Health: Business Models and Impact | Mitesh S. Patel, John Glaser |
| HCMG 867* | Health Care Entrepreneurship | Gary J. Kurtzman, Eric M Heil, Jeffrey P Libson |
| HCMG 868* | Private Sector Development in Global Health Development | Stephen Sammut |
| HCMG 890* | ASP: Opportunities and Challenges in Africa: Healthcare and Business in Ethiopia | Heather Schofield, Ezekiel J. Emanuel |
| INTS 741 | Leadership & Intercultural Learning | Regina Abrami, Mili Lozada Cerna |
| LGST 611* | Responsibility in Global Management | G. Richard Shell |
| LGST 612* | Responsibility in Business | Peter Conti-Brown, Eric Wills Orts, Kevin Werbach, Pierre Marc Gentin, Roger Mitchell Machlis |
| LGST 815* | Environmental Management, Law, and Policy | Sarah Light |
| LGST 820 | International Business Ethics | Matthew Lister, Diana Robertson |
| MGMT 653* | Field Application Project | Keith Weigelt |
| MGMT 656* | Global Immersion Program – East Asia; South Korea; Africa | Amy L. Miller |
| MGMT 671* | Executive Leadership | Stewart Friedman |
| MGMT 715 | Political and Social Environment of the Multinational Firm | Witold Henisz |
| MGMT 720* | Corporate Diplomacy | Witold Henisz |
| MGMT 802* | Change, Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Ethan Mollick |
| MGMT 804* | Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Management | Stephen Sammut |
| MGMT 809* | Private Equity in Emerging Markets | Peter L Tropper |
| MGMT 810 | Entrepreneurship and Social Wealth Creation | Ian MacMillan |
| MGMT 960* | Institutes & Multinational Management | Witold Henisz |
| MKTG 733 | Marketing for Social Impact | Deborah Small |
| MKTG 890/GCP | Global Consulting Practicum | |
| OIDD762/OPIM762 | Environmental Sustainability & Value Creation | Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Carolyn Kousky Carolyn |
*This course is available in Spring 2019.
