Social Entrepreneurship Minor
Connect your livelihood to your life purpose with the social entrepreneurship minor at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. With increasing number of individuals interested in services and products that match their values, today’s consumers not only examine price but other broader, far-reaching human consequences. How will this product impact the environment? Our health and well-being? Society as a whole?
Why Choose a Social Entrepreneurship Minor at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½?
Social entrepreneurship is concerned with not only making profits, but producing positive impacts on the local community, society and world. This altruistic form of entrepreneurship has become a new formula for business success. The social entrepreneurship minor at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ reflects a strong commitment to transform business education for positive social impact. Through the many opportunities available to you at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, you will learn how to create sustainable solutions addressing a wide range of social issues.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½’s Management Department is committed to the entrepreneurial spirit. With our social entrepreneurship minor, you will receive professional mentorship, refine your business ideas, build networks and gather support, and get hands-on practical experience. As a student, you can work with organizations in the community to practice what you learned in the classroom. Through an Applied Business Learning Experience (ABLE) internship, you can gain on-the-job experience and discover how your talents, personality and approach to work will play an important role in your professional development.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ is home to one of the oldest student entrepreneurship competitions in the country, and we have a history of helping students implement their business plans and make their dreams a reality. Each year, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ hosts the Student Entrepreneurship Competition and Shore Hatchery Competition, where many students as well as entrepreneurs from the community participate and win prestigious awards.
For those interested in a more in-depth study, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ also offers a major in management.