Social Entrepreneurship

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce basic concepts and techniques of entrepreneurship applied to promote social good in all three sectors of the economy (for-profit, non-profit and government) to sophomores and juniors. The goal is to help students be better prepared for upper-level entrepreneurship and service leadership courses that build on social entrepreneurship knowledge. The course will cover the fundamentals of entrepreneurship with a particular focus on entrepreneurship in the pursuit of the greater good through charitable efforts, self-sustaining improvement efforts, and institutional efforts with a clear social benefit as part of the organization's mission.