Nov 23, 2024  
ACE Catalog - Volume 34 
    
ACE Catalog - Volume 34 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SUST5003 - Social Entrepreneurship and Building Businesses for Good 

Credits: 3
This course focuses on the concept of entrepreneurship, from starting, maintaining, or running a business focusing on social impact. The key skills require strategic thinking, innovation, and leadership. This course emphasizes how to lead social innovation within organizations. Students identify theories on social change and build a framework on how to manage effective social movements within organizations, such as building and maintaining businesses as a force for good. Benefit Corporations are a major emphasis in the course, as students examine the major tenants of certifying as a B-Corporation.