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Earn a Dual Degree With Impact

Caroline Lucas, MBA/MS 2019 and Monika Johnson, MBA/MS 2019 took business theories and frameworks out of the classroom through their Impact Project in Berd, Armenia. They worked with a local women’s group to create a fundraising strategy, pitch deck and financial model for an ecotourism center in the region.

“The Erb Institute places students at the center of the business and sustainability marketplace and surrounds them with unparalleled community and resources to explore new frontiers. I watched Erbers create the Michigan Climate Venture, a climate tech venture capital fund; initiate Ross Climate Week, a weeklong educational series with speakers and panelists for Ross students; and play leading roles in ScaNN, the Student Carbon Neutrality Network, that organizes and coordinate the University’s efforts in achieving carbon neutrality. When you leave Erb, you leave as a confident scholar, a leader capable of systemic change, and part of a special group of friends you can call on for the rest of your life.”

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WITH A DUAL DEGREE

What is your purpose?

At the Erb Institute, we’ll help you define your purpose and go all in to pursue it.

The Erb Institute is the University of Michigan’s

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business sustainability partnership between the

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Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS). Our dual-degree MBA/MS prepares you to make a lasting impact through business. We couple rigorous, action-

Business School

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systems thinking and interdisciplinary education of SEAS to deliver the knowledge and leadership skills you need to enact change in an organization. In just two and a half to three years, you’ll graduate

with two degrees, unlimited opportunities

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for impact and a lifelong community of purpose-driven peers.

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Erb Seminar: On the Road In addition, you will take STRATEGY 525 / EAS 526 Erb Seminar: On the Road—a unique course offered only to Erb Institute students that combines research and practice with an immersive business sustainability experience. You will travel across the state of Michigan with other incoming Erb students to learn firsthand from businesses about sustainability risks, challenges, and opportunities.

IN THE CLASSROOM

Ross School of Business At Ross, you will develop a strong foundation of business fundamentals in core courses, further customize your experience through electives, and take what you’ve learned out of the classroom to develop real-world business solutions and strategies.

Curriculum

MBA Year 1 FA L L A

FALL B

WI N T E R A

WI N T E R B

At the Erb Institute, you will have the opportunity to customize your

Financial Accounting

Financial Management

Managerial Accounting

Multidisciplinary Action Project (MAP)

Applied Microeconomics

Marketing Management

Operations Management

Applied Business Statistics

Leading People + Organizations

Elective Course or Degree Requirement

Corporate Strategy

Elective Course or Degree Requirement

educational experience to create a unique academic and career path. You will complete required and elective courses in order to meet both degree requirements. Ross and SEAS offers an abundance of courses focused on social sustainability, entrepreneurship, corporate responsibility, change management and environmental energy sustainability. A sample of courses:

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EAS 512/51 3

Strategies for Sustainable Development I & II

EAS 570

Environmental Economics

MBA Year 2

EAS 597

Environmental Systems Analysis

FA L L A

FALL B

WI N T E R A

WI N T E R B

EAS 562

Environmental Policy, Politics, and Organizations

EAS 501

Business, Sustainability, and Justice

Elective Course or Degree Requirement

Elective Course or Degree Requirement

Elective Course or Degree Requirement

Elective Course or Degree Requirement

EAS 573

Environmental Footprint: Input and Output Analysis

EAS 574

Renewable Energy Systems

EAS 501

Entrepreneurship & Innovation for Sustainability

MO 620

Leading a Good Life

MKT 625

New Product Innovation and Management

STRATEGY 630

The New Age of Innovation

At SEAS, you will choose one of seven specializations to personalize your curricular experience. Whether you’d like to focus on learning how to influence human behavior—or how and why inequalities arise and are maintained around the world in relation to issues like climate vulnerability and energy transitions—SEAS has a specialization that will set you apart.

BE 527

Energy Markets and Energy Politics

Behavior, Education, and Communication

Ecosystem Science and Management

MO 603

Navigating Change

Geospatial Data Science

Environmental Justice

STRATEGY 615

Equity Analytics

Environmental Policy and Planning

Sustainability and Development

FI N 614

Global Capital Markets

Sustainable Systems

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ON A GLOBAL SCALE

Global Opportunities for Impact Impact Projects The Erb Institute offers Impact Project funding to Erb students as an opportunity to drive business sustainability impact. You are invited to design high-impact projects to take your learning into your own hands during your time at the University of Michigan. Whether you want to attend a business sustainability conference, have an idea for a new business you’d like to launch or a sustainability initiative you’d like to co-create —we want to help you make an impact!

As an Erb student, you qualify for up to $10K per year in Impact Project funding!

Two Internships

“Impact Projects provide students with the opportunity to customize their Erb experience, apply academic frameworks to real-world problems and, ultimately, leave a lasting legacy.”

Chris Owen, MBA/MS 2020 traveled to Ecuador for an Impact Project focused on women’s entrepreneurial empowerment.

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As an Erb student, you’ll complete two internships, giving you the chance to try something new and explore various roles and industries. If you’re still defining the career path you’d like to take, you can test out two different experiences to find the role that’s right for you.

Multidisciplinary Action Projects (MAP) During the first year of your MBA program, you’ll participate in MAP— a seven-week course designed to provide real-world experience. You’ll work full-time with fellow classmates to tackle a real business challenge for a sponsor company. Projects span across sectors, industries, functions and countries—in 2023, 45% of MAP projects are outside the US and in 2020, 99% of MAP projects presented directly to a C-Suite Executive.

SEAS Master’s Capstone You’ll complete your master’s of science with a capstone experience of your choosing. Many SEAS master’s students opt to participate in a master’s project as their capstone experience. Interdisciplinary teams of students work with faculty mentors to help solve actual environmental challenges for real clients—from all sectors, at various scales and in locations around the world. Other students choose to complete a thesis (an individual scholarly work based on independent research).

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FIND YOUR COMMUNITY

The Student Experience Your experience at the University of Michigan will be defined by your community. As an Erber, you can expect to enter into a lifelong community dedicated to pursuing a just and sustainable world: 700 strong and growing.

You will be supported and championed by the Erb Institute staff—seven individuals dedicated to your success and experience—as well as Erb Institute faculty. We have four core faculty members, Dr. Charlene Zietsma, Dr. Tom Lyon, Dr. Andy Hoffman and Dr. Sara Soderstrom, all eager to help you deepen your knowledge and tailor your educational experience.

Living in Ann Arbor, you’ll have access to some of the Midwest’s most beautiful parks, hiking trails, and lakes. If you’re a sports fan, take in a game at Michigan Stadium, the world’s largest college football stadium, or cheer on one of the many leading U-M teams. You’ll see why Ann Arbor is considered one of the best places to live—it’s also known for its creative community, culinary scene, and lively nightlife.

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“Erbers are self-starters.

I really admire how my peers take ownership over opportunities and craft projects for themselves. We voted to create a VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on the Student Advisory Board, we design our own Master’s Projects, and we author business cases!

I’ve enjoyed exploring my own interests with the Erb Institute, but more than anything, I’ve enjoyed learning from others about their passions and interests.”

Kathy Tian, MBA/MS 2020

TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID T UITION AY 2023–2024

Michigan Residents

Non-Michigan Residents

Ross, per year

$68,196

$73,196

SEAS, per year

$25,884

$50,800

An additional semester at the University of Michigan does not necessarily equate to more debt for average Erb students. Erb students have access to more funding opportunities than the traditional MBA student. As an Erb

Institute student, you’re eligible to receive tuition funding from: The Erb Institute

Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Positions

Michigan Ross

Graduate Student Research Assistant (GSRA) Positions

SEAS

The Dow Fellows Program

Rackham Scholarships

Erb students are eligible to receive Erb funding up to: $10K in Erb Institute scholarships $10K in Erb Institute Public Service Scholarship, recognizing students with public service backgrounds $10K in matching funds to offset costs of participating in qualifying internships, impact projects, or professional development opportunities

“The Erb experience has been a really powerful way for me to reflect on the many paths to help mitigate the effects of the climate crisis. Through Erb, I’ve been able to cement technical sustainability expertise, build experience working on sustainability in a variety of industries and organizations, and develop my core business skills. Throughout this experience I’ve truly valued the opportunities to build hard and soft skills, practice leadership in a safe environment, and challenge my perspectives on sustainability. Above all, I’ve gained a network of friends and colleagues who are true experts in sustainability across industries and functions.”

Marney Coleman, MBA/MS 2023

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Earn an MBA with impact

Choose Your Own Full-Time Adventure!

AT THE ERB INSTITUTE Attend ROSS

Nike, Manager, Global Supply Chain Strategy or

Bloomberg, New Energy Finance Bain and Co, Consultant

Attend SEAS Start at SEAS

Erb On the Road

3M, Strategy and Marketing Development Strategist

Start at ROSS

Ford Motor Company, Investor Relations Manager

Yes MBA Year 1: ROSS Core

Boeing, Manufacturing Manager— Transformation

Join a ROSS Club

Select Your Specialization

Rocky Mountain Institute, Associate

Pick Your Electives

Behavior, Education, and Communication

Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management

Ecosystem Science and Management Environmental Justice

Business and Human Rights

Environmental Policy and Planning Geospatial Data Science

Finance for Societal Good

Sustainability and Development

Energy Markets and Energy Politics

Hispanic Business Students Association Black Business Students Association

Do you still have program requirements to fulfill?

Amazon, Senior Product Manager L’Oreal Paris, Marketing Manager & Management Development Associate Lazard, Associate

Erb Student Advisory Board

SC Johnson, Associate, Strategic Sustainability

Social Venture Fund

Adidas, Financial Analyst, Southeast Asia

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Energy Club Michigan Business Women Net Impact

Sustainable Systems

Out for Business

Design an Impact Project

Select Your SEAS Opus

Participate in Patagonia Case Competition in California

Master’s Thesis

Select Your ROSS MAP

Master’s Practicum Master’s Project •

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Select Your Internship — You’ll Complete Two!

Califia Farms: Implications of Specialty Coffee Farming Costs in Colombia Amcor Plastics: Towards a Global Plastics Protocol: Policy Solutions for Closing to Loop on Plastics Green Bay Packers: Titletown Development Sustainability Recommendations U-M William Davidson Institute: Business Models for Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets

Start a women’s entrepreneurial center in Ecuador

Amazon, Seattle, WA Qualify the value of a series of innovations and develop new product proposals for Amazon Marketplace General Motors, Detroit, MI Analyze the market risks and opportunities associated with the alternative fuel vehicle market Ocean Conservancy: USA, Jamaica, Hong Kong Create a self-sustaining business model that can be implemented around the world to up-cycle collected plastics into durable products

Join UNLEASH Innovation Lab in China Launch a startup venture to advance renewable energy development

Environmental Defense Fund, Climate Corps Bain and Co. Summer Associate Citi Bank, Financial Analyst Cargill, Strategy Associate Intern Starbucks, Marketing Erb sponsored internship in Rwanda

Present human rights research at the Centre for Responsible Business Conference in India

Microsoft, Product Marketing Manager Intern

Implement a workforce development program in Manzini, Swaziland

Nike, Operations Intern

Amazon, Senior Product Manager Intern

Credit Suisse, Investment Banking Summer Associate

Aparajitha Foundation, Madurai, India Perform a market analysis and create a financial model for an overarching ecosystem to support the micro small medium entrepreneurs sector

Attend a Veterans Energy Seminar Co-create a microfinance initiative in Costa Rica

Seventh Generation, Strategy Intern

Google, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA Develop a strategy to manage Google’s emerging market currency risk

Launch your own B Corporation

Acumen Fund, Investment Portfolio Summer Associate

For comprehensive lists of Ross Electives, Clubs, and MAPs, visit michiganross.com

For a comprehensive list of past SEAS Master’s projects, visit seas.umich.edu

Unilever, Marketing Intern

REI, Student Consultant

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