ENTR 225 Social Entrepreneurship

This course is designed to introduce students to social entrepreneurship. A social entrepreneur recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to achieve social change. The social entrepreneur focuses on creating social capital. The primary goal of social entrepreneurship is to further social and environmental causes. Social entrepreneurs are most commonly associated with the voluntary and not-for-profit sectors, but this need not preclude making a profit. Course topics include the manner in which both business and entrepreneurial principles apply to social entrepreneurship and the process for the development of new products or services that contribute to the solution of a social problem. This course provides the knowledge of fundamental business concepts and tools to build a social venture. The course will focus on one broad social problem each semester and students will learn to set up a business relevant to finding a solution to that social problem.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Define social entrepreneurship.
   
2. Identify characteristics and behaviors of a social entrepreneur within him/herself and others.
3. Analyze the role of the social entrepreneur as a change agent.
4. Identify practical and appropriate methods to adapt business concepts, tools, and skills to the social
   sector.
5. Describe the differences between the for-profit and non-profit sectors and where they blend.
6. Analyze how social entrepreneurs finance organizations and social enterprises.
7. Identify the ways that social entrepreneurs measure and evaluate outcomes and impact.
8. Discuss the history and evolution of social enterprise.
9. Analyze the impact of globalization on social enterprise.

Course Objectives

1. Define social entrepreneurship.
   
2. Identify characteristics and behaviors of a social entrepreneur within him/herself and others.
3. Analyze the role of the social entrepreneur as a change agent.
4. Identify practical and appropriate methods to adapt business concepts, tools, and skills to the social
   sector.
5. Describe the differences between the for-profit and non-profit sectors and where they blend.
6. Analyze how social entrepreneurs finance organizations and social enterprises.
7. Identify the ways that social entrepreneurs measure and evaluate outcomes and impact.
8. Discuss the history and evolution of social enterprise.
9. Analyze the impact of globalization on social enterprise.