Social Entrepreneurship Program | Social Impact and Innovation Specialization

Our Social Innovation and Impact Specialization courses blend social and environmental perspectives with the more traditional economic perspective. They provide innovative conceptual frameworks, strategies, and implementation skills necessary to create substantial social as well as economic value in for-profit, nonprofit and public sectors.
Each course in the SII specialization falls into one or more of the following areas:

• Ethics/Corporate Social Responsibility/Diversity/Wealth Distribution
• Environmental Sustainability
• Economic Development
• Social Venturing
• Non-Profit Management

The specialization is appropriate for students anticipating careers (now or later) in the non-profit and public sectors and for those who wish to enhance their engagement in the for-profit sector as a matter of corporate citizenship.

A sampling of some of the 30+ courses across the various disciplines:

• Doing Business in (DBi) Costa Rica, Social Innovation & Impact
• Energy and the Environment
• Economics of Healthcare
• Advanced Global Perspectives on Enterprise Systems
• The Future of the Global Economy
• Growth in the Developing World and the World Economy
• Global Poverty Alleviation
• Forensic Accounting & Financial Statement Fraud
• Social Venture Capital
• Investing in Microfinance
• Business & The Federal Government
• Social Venture Fund Practicum
• Examining the Nonprofit Capital Market
• Social Enterprise Development
• Women in Business Leadership
• Managing the Growing Company
• International Social Impact Strategies: India, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala
• Foundations of Social Entrepreneurship
• Leading Sustainable Enterprises
• Corporate Branding and CSR
• Social Problem-Based Entrepreneurship: Conceive, Develop, & Launch!