Overview
The Minor聽in聽Social Entrepreneurship聽will聽teach you聽how to conceptualize, develop, and manage successful new ventures, like聽social enterprises, not-for-profit organizations and cooperatives.聽You can apply to join the program after your first year at 捆绑SM社区.聽聽
You will build the聽skills necessary to take on issues of social responsibility and environmental sustainability, and the know-how to develop products and services that can alleviate social problems.聽聽
You can explore different social issues聽through courses聽in the Faculty of Arts, from international development, to聽social housing and聽cultural programming.聽Through targeted courses in the Faculty of Management, you will build a comprehensive set of management skills.聽聽
This聽unique聽program will help you learn聽more聽about the聽causes you are passionate聽about,聽and聽figure聽out聽how you聽can聽make a difference聽in the real world.
Careers
Whether through international or local NGOs,聽or their own business start-ups, social entrepreneurs channel their passion and innovative spirit into creative solutions to important problems facing the world today.聽 Social entrepreneurs are often agents for social change, though your knowledge can lead you聽to聽a variety of exciting career paths.聽聽
鈥痀ou could become a professional:聽
- Non-Profit Organization Director聽
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- Policy advisor聽聽
- Corporate聽social responsibility manager聽聽
Student Experience
This聽minor has a strong emphasis on hands-on experience,聽either through an experiential course聽where you can聽create an entrepreneurial business plan or through an internship at an NGO or other social enterprise.聽
SENT 499, the Social Entrepreneurship Internship, allows聽you聽to complete an internship relevant to the field while earning course credit.聽You will gain聽hands-on experience, network, and develop skills that聽can聽help you advance in your聽future聽career.聽
Course Work
As a Social Entrepreneurship student, you'll take courses like:
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Ready to apply?
For this program, you'll need to apply to the Faculty of Arts.
See the full eligibility information for more information about deadlines and required documents for your application.