Courses: PMP: Stanford GSB

Areas of Specialization

There are three areas of Certificate specialization available: Government, Nonprofit Management, and Socially Responsible Business.

Within the 16 minimum units, including a PMP economics course necessary to earn a Certificate, students who wish to specialize must earn a minimum of eight units from the qualifying courses in their preferred area of specialization.

A list of qualifying courses for each area of specialization is shown on the left.

Student receiving PMP Certificate from Professor Erika Plambeck

Note: current students may view more detailed class information

Note: * indicates qualifying PMP economics courses

General List

Analysis of Costs, Risks & Benefits of Healthcare*
Business and Environmental Issues
Commercializing New Technologies: Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Comparing Institutional Forms: Public, Private and Nonprofit
Corporate Fraud
Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability
Environmental Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science for Managers and Policy Makers
Ethical Issues in Biotech Industry
Frontiers of Social Innovation
Growth and Stabilization in the Global Economy*
Homeland Security: Operations, Strategy, and Implementation
Innovation and Management in Health Care
Leadership in Diverse Organizations
Leadership Perspectives
Lives of Consequence: How Individuals Discover Paths to Meaningful Engagement
Political Economy of Health Care in the US*
Politics and Business in Europe
Service Learning (Independent Study)
Social Entrepreneurship
Strategic Issues in Philanthropy
Strategic Management of Nonprofits
Strategic Thinking in Action - In Business and Beyond
The Business World: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry through Literature
The Paths to Power
Understanding "Cheating"
Urban School System Reform
Work and Family
Working with Diversity

Sloan Students: additional qualifying courses

Sloan Economics*
Sloan Nonmarket Strategy

Government Track

Students who wish to specialize in Government must earn a minimum of eight of their 16 elective units from the list of qualifying courses below:

Analysis of Costs, Risks & Benefits of Healthcare*
Comparing Institutional Forms: Public, Private and Nonprofit
Environmental Science for Managers and Policy Makers
Growth and Stabilization in the Global Economy*
Homeland Security: Operations, Strategy and Implementation
Innovation and Management in Health Care
Lives of Consequence: How Individuals Discover Paths to Meaningful Engagement
Political Economy of Health Care in the US*
Politics and Business in Europe
Sloan: Nonmarket Strategy
The Paths to Power
Urban School System Reform

Nonprofit Management Track

Students who wish to specialize in Nonprofit Management must earn a minimum of eight of their 16 elective units from the list of qualifying courses below:

Analysis of Costs, Risks & Benefits of Healthcare*
Business and Environmental Issues
Comparing Institutional Forms: Public, Private and Nonprofit
Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability
Environmental Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science for Managers and Policy Makers
Frontiers of Social Innovation
Lives of Consequence: How Individuals Discover Paths to Meaningful Engagement
Political Economy of Health Care in the US
Social Entrepreneurship
Strategic Issues in Philanthropy
Strategic Leadership of Nonprofits
The Economics of Higher Education

Socially Responsible Business Track

Students who wish to specialize in Socially Responsible Business must earn a minimum of eight of their 16 elective units from the list of qualifying courses below:

Business and Environmental Issues
Commercializing New Technologies: Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Comparing Institutional Forms: Public, Private and Nonprofit
Corporate Fraud
Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability
Environmental Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science for Managers and Policy Makers
Ethical Issues in Biotech Industry
Frontiers of Social Innovation
Innovation and Management in Health Care
Leadership in Diverse Organizations
Leadership Perspectives
Lives of Consequence: How Individuals Discover Paths to Meaningful Engagement
Networking with Government to Achieve Social Change
Political Economy of Health Care in the US*
Social Entrepreneurship
Strategic Issues in Philanthropy
Strategic Thinking in Action - in Business and Beyond
The Business World: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry through Literature
Understanding "Cheating"
Work and Family
Working with Diversity