PUBPOL 651 - Social Enterprise and Innovation

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
Social entrepreneurship and policy innovation is a new and fast-growing area of social policy and business scholarship and practice. The goal of social enterprise is to do well financially by creatively solving social issues. Innovation - in problem identification, stakeholder engagement, acquisition of funding, production, marketing, evaluation, and other areas - is essential to the success of social entrepreneurship. This course will introduce students to social enterprise and innovation through a mix of scholarly and practice reading, engagement with scholars and practitioners and teamwork. Working in a team and on a social issue they care about, students will learn system thinking skills, entrepreneurial mindset, skills, and tools to start up their own social venture or work in a social business.

Course Note
This course is an elective in the Master of Public Policy program. It is part of the concentration in Nonprofit Organization Policy and Management.

Enrollment Requirements:
Pre-requisite = Completion of PPOL-G 611, PUBPOL 620,PPOL-G 621, PUBPOL 610, PPOL-G 602 and PUBADM 602 or PPOL-G 622

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