Innovation and Change For Social Impact

Catalog description

Social innovation is needed to solve the world’s most important issues. This course covers examples of social innovation, and allows students to work on developing an appropriate innovation. The course covers the interconnectedness of social and economic needs, and the range of processes and organizations that can be used to deal with the pressing issues. Students will work on the key elements of a venture plan that takes an idea and moves it to the point of implementation They will also be exposed to the innovator of a recent social innovation.