Env Sustainability Capstone

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

The Capstone Course, which spans Modules 4 and 5, provides students with a practical understanding of environmental and sustainability challenges in an organizational setting. Organized in teams, students work with a real organization to gain experience in identifying opportunities and solving challenges related to sustainable business, communication, and implementation, while also flexing their problem-solving, analytical, synthesis, and communication skills. In the first part of the course, students are introduced to the clients and the projects, focusing on developing consulting skills and frameworks to help them successfully deliver on these projects in the second part of the course. Students work in their teams to conduct open and initial research into their projects, including interviewing their clients. Consistent with the mission and values of Georgetown University, this course helps develop students to be ethical leaders: women and men who act with integrity and have well-deserved reputations for assiduously managing the social and environmental impacts of their organizations.