Graduate Catalog

INNO 650 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS

This course is designed to help students gain insights into economic and social value creation. Specifically, the purpose of this course is to provide students with hands-on exposure to the entrepreneurial pursuit of social and health impact and innovation. Students will learn to recognize and critically assess various forms of social and health enterprise strategies as tools of economic development and social transformation.  Students will gain a greater understanding of the challenges of growing and sustaining a social or health enterprise. Students can expect to improve their consulting skills, including project planning, issue analysis, formulation of strategic and tactical recommendations, and client relationship management. By participating in this course, students will be better able to adapt and apply business skills and academic disciplines in the social and health sectors, and will have increased skills for effective and thoughtful leadership in business and society.

Credits

3