BIOL 619 - Business Concepts for Environmental Managers

3 hours.
3 Credits

The course offers environmental managers a basic understanding of accounting systems-to enable them to interpret financial data in corporate and governmental settings, to integrate traditional business concepts with those of sustainable environmental management, and to recognize the role of environmental management among the multiple interests within business negotiations. The first part of the course develops skill in financial accounting, and this knowledge is then applied to areas in environmental financial management, including budgeting, project finance, and business development and strategy.