BCom Undergraduate Core

  • MGCR 360 Course not available
    • an introduction to the philosophy of business and critical concepts of ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability

BCom Undergraduate MSUS Programs

BCom Managing for Sustainability (MSUS) Programs

  • Guided by the International Society of Sustainability Professionals Survey & Report (2010), the MSUS programs were conceived to cover the key skills and competencies students should develop in order to be effective change agents. Students, educators, and practitioners from a variety of sectors were consulted to better understand current needs and future direction for sustainability in management education. Officially launched in fall 2014, the programs are the result of a cross-disciplinary partnership between the Desautels Faculty of Management, the McGill School of Environment (MSE), and McGill Department of Geography.

MSUS Major in Managing for Sustainability

  • The Major in Managing for Sustainability (30 credits) focuses on combining management and business knowledge with a solid understanding of the interlinked economic, social and ecological challenges of achieving sustainability. It integrates management studies with fundamentals of environmental science and sustainability. The Major includes the integration of multiple management disciplines with sustainability; fundamental concepts of environmental science, social sciences and human impacts on natural systems; and an experiential learning component in the form of a consulting engagement, internship or research project offering "real world" experience.

MSUS Concentration

  • The Managing for Sustainability Concentration (15 credits) focuses on conceptual and analytical skills needed to formulate and implement organizational policies that contribute to ecologically sustainable and socially responsible economic development. The main themes of courses in the Concentration include: organizational implications of the interlinked economic, social and ecological challenges of sustainability; the integration of sustainability into traditional business functions; and leadership, stakeholder management and managing change required to achieve sustainability.


Sample Undergraduate BCom sustainability-related courses

  • ACCT 401 Sustainability & Environ Acct 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • INSY 455 Tech&Innov for Sustainability 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • MGPO 438 Social Entrepreneur&Innovation 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • MRKT 351 Marketing & Society 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • MSUS 401 Sustainability Consulting 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer


Master of Business Administration (MBA)MBA offerings

MBA Program

The MBA Program at Desautels allows students to select elective courses that are available in strategies for sustainability, non-profit consulting, and global leadership.


Executive MBA

McGill-HEC Montréal Executive MBA Executive MBA Sustainability Module

Launched in 2014, the EMBA's Sustainability Module provides an innovative four-day module focusing on sustainability imperatives confronting contemporary organizations. 

The module achieved BNQ Level 3 (2014) and Level 4 (2015) sustainability, an initiative that was supported through McGill Office of Sustainability's Sustainability Projects Fund.

International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL)

International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL)The International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL) began in 2006 as part of the quest to become a world leader in health care management and leadership education. Beyond the Masters of Management degree, this program is designed for experienced working professionals in all areas of healthcare and includes participants from over 11 countries each year.

The program is led by Prof. Henry Mintzberg which emphasizes social, ethical and environmental contexts for enabling health sector excellence.


McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship

McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship

The Centre accompanies McGill startups throughout the entire entrepreneurship journey—from the initial ideation stage to validation, launch and acceleration, and to its initial public offering.

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