GLST 6343 - Social Entrepreneurship

3 credits

This course is intended to be an introduction to practices and principles of social entrepreneurship. The course focuses in great part on innovative approaches to addressing social needs, and explores contemporary case studies. Topical themes include: economic development through social enterprise; policy, politics, and free market forces; ethics and social responsibility; and globalization and the new economy. This course assumes that anyone can be entrepreneurial, whether or not it is their primary calling, and that everyone can play some role in supporting an entrepreneurial team. Therefore, special attention will be given to re-discovering our imaginative, inventive capacities, and cultivating entrepreneurial qualities.