Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Advanced Certificate
Certificate Director: Professor Charlotte Walker-Said
In this graduate advanced certificate program, students will learn to solve existent problems and drive mission impact through social innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will address key social problems in their communities or in the world by developing and launching a social enterprise idea. Courses in the program will teach financial insights and language of funding, prototyping, scaling, marketing, and measuring impact of social enterprises and innovations. Students will develop impactful social enterprise ideas and operational models by learning business and financial structures of existing organizations that apply social innovation tools and frameworks.
Program Requirements
Required Courses
| HR 790 | Social Entrepreneurship Lab: Practicum and Fundraising Tutorial | 6 |
| PAD 736 | How to Begin a Non-for-Profit Business | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Electives
Select one course:
| HR 713 | Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | 3 |
| PAD 705 | Organization Theory and Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 12