PADM 5810 - Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Social entrepreneurs create sustainable, social impact by funding, developing, and implementing innovative solutions to social, cultural, and/or environmental problems. This course uses case studies to illuminate how social entrepreneurs identify opportunities, and plan and implement innovative, social change. Students will be empowered to develop their own creative solutions to societal issues. Topics may include, but are not limited to, an introduction to the terminology and history of social entrepreneurship, concepts of sustainable development, the role of Millennium Development Goals, human-centered design, systems thinking, triple bottom line, theory of change, developing social business models, and creating sustainable funding streams.

Note: Open to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students.

Credits: 3 hours