Sustainable Business

At Fordham, you can pair your minor in sustainable business with almost any of our other 70+ majors and minors to graduate with a degree that helps you stand out in the job market. You’ll focus on creative problem solving and entrepreneurial solutions—skills that can enhance your perspective across a range of possible majors—from English to economics, psychology to chemistry.

With New York City as your college town, you’ll have unmatched access to everything from new startups to some of the biggest, most established names in business, media, fashion, and more. Here are just some of the places business students have interned:

• Goldman Sachs
• Paramount
• EY
• Morgan Stanley
• NBC Universal
• Deloitte

You’ll be able to take a wide variety of courses to meet your concentration requirements, including Designing the City, an urban design course about the relationship between people and the built environment, Social Entrepreneurship, which focuses on blending business with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing problems, and Leading for Impact, where you’ll examine business models that drive positive change.

Our rigorous curriculum in a global city prepares you for careers and thought leadership in a range of areas, including entrepreneurship, marketing, management, public policy, and urban planning to name a few.

Plus, you can connect with alumni through the Fordham Mentoring Program to receive one-on-one guidance and advice no matter what career you pursue. 

At Fordham, you’ll use AI as a tool to enhance your learning. Our program will equip you with the skills to navigate the ever-changing landscape of AI in the workforce.

As a sustainable business student, courses like Artificial Intelligence in Financial Markets will help you understand how AI is changing the way organizations manage workflows and approach investment opportunities. You’ll examine how these technological advances are reshaping corporations, preparing you for high-growth roles in areas like AI risk management and automation consulting. Additionally, you can learn with Gabelli professors who teach in Fordham’s master’s degree program in artificial intelligence in business. They know how to equip students with the skills for roles ranging from generative AI specialist to AI algorithm trader.

You’ll also have access to Fordham’s Ethical and Applied AI Hub at the Gabelli School of Business, which connects companies, entrepreneurs, policymakers, students, and community partners to harness AI responsibly for growth, innovation, and meaningful impact. 

Above all, you’ll learn skills that can’t be replaced by AI, such as critical thinking, creativity, emotional intelligence, and integrity.