Philly businesses, public events and now schools have all been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Local colleges including Temple University, the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University have canceled all in-person instruction and moved to online classes for the remainder of the semester.

To help students make sense of the virus’ affect on the market, The Wharton School at Penn will offer a new course, conducted remotely, to discuss the implications of COVID-19 and how global business and financial uncertainty can be managed during dramatic events.

The six-week course, called “Epidemics, Natural Disasters, and Geopolitics: Managing Global Business and Financial Uncertainty,” will start March 25 following the end of Penn’s extended spring break. More than 450 people have already registered, according to the school.

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