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Course description

This course introduces students to social innovation and entrepreneurship via hands-on applied learning. An overarching theme is teaching students blended value business models ¿ how to create both social and financial value at the same time. Key emphases are on how to create positive sustainable social impact while also turning a profit. Students will form teams around a social opportunity of their passion and then be given the skills to further shape, evaluate and execute their project. Students are taught a discovery-driven approach to finding the right opportunity for innovation and entrepreneurship. Students must devise innovative solutions to their social opportunity and learn how to design it in a way that could transition into a viable and sustainable, financially self-sufficient business. Assessment in the course is based on the demonstration of course-taught practical skills, ability to make a financially sustainable social impact, and reflective learning-from-experience skills. The personal and professional development focus of the course culminates in an Awards Day which recognizes the commitment and passion of outstanding individuals and teams.

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