Courses

Pathfinder courses (BUSGEN listing) equip students from any major with an academically rigorous understanding of organizations, markets, decisions, and leadership. It’s a strategic enhancement and complement to a broad liberal education, preparing students to apply their education in real-world contexts.  Select courses are listed below.  

For a complete list of BUSGEN courses at Stanford University, use this link to Stanford's Navigate Classes tool.

 

Fall 2025

BUSGEN 105 From Start-Up to Mature Company: Strategic Mgmt of Entrepreneurial Ventures and Established Firms

BUSGEN 106 Becoming Effective Leaders

BUSGEN 108 Causality, Decision Making and Data Science

NEW BUSGEN 113 Are U.S. Treasuries Safe or Risky? Government Debt in the U.S. and Other Mature Economies

BUSGEN 115 Games, Decisions and Negotiations

Winter 2026

BUSGEN 102 The Future of Money and Payments

BUSGEN 110 Foundations of Corporate Finance

BUSGEN 111 Introduction to Business I: Strategic Economics and Data-Driven Decision-Making

BUSGEN 143 Finance, Corporations, and Society

Spring 2026

BUSGEN 100 Triple Bottom Line: Managing Sustainable Value Creation

BUSGEN 101 The AI-powered Org: Evolution, Rebirth or Death?

BUSGEN 105 From Start-Up to Mature Company: Strategic Mgmt of Entrepreneurial Ventures and Established Firms

BUSGEN 112 Introduction to Business II: Financial Acumen and Effective Communication

NEW: BUSGEN 116 Free Systems: Preserving Liberty in an Algorithmic World

BUSGEN 133 Showing Up