Penn Social Impact Lab

Catalog description

Students will learn how innovation and entrepreneurship play a central role in public problem solving. The course will explore how social entrepreneurs co-develop new ideas with key stakeholders, articulate problems and solutions, define intended impact, understand competition, and collaborate with other actors. At the end of the course, students will have mastered a set of conceptual tools and strategies that will allow them to be effective problem solvers in diverse settings throughout their careers and personal lives. The course has five core objectives: To introduce students to the concepts and practices of social entrepreneurship; To introduce students to the components of a successful social enterprise; To train students to view the world from a perspective of social innovation; To encourage and empower students to develop their own innovative solutions to different social problems around the world. To introduce students to real social issues and social innovations in a real-world setting.