ENTREPRENEURIALISM AND SOCIETY

CSCS 530

Purpose-driven organizations including community and grassroots efforts, nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations, social enterprises, cooperatives, and land trusts. Examines roles, critiques, characteristics, and infrastructural components. Includes analysis of historical, current, and trending approaches to purpose-driven work through textual, community-engaged, or case study learning.

CSCS 460

Provides opportunities for learning about some of the "nuts and bolts" of nonprofit organizations. Through studying high- impact organizations, interacting with local experts, and through an independent investigation of the work of a local nonprofit organization, develop uniquely tailored understandings and skills for nonprofit leadership.

CSCS 400

Explores philanthropy and civic engagement through giving time, money and effort to a public purpose. Learn the philanthropic process including creating a giving plan, as well as exploring strategic and creative ways to give that promote civil society and engagement. Develop plans for assessment and evaluation of philanthropic giving.

CSCS 255

Introduction to the process of developing effective solutions to complex problems as a means of systemic social change. Provides a broad overview of the social innovation ecosystem, including history, context, case studies, and critical perspectives.

CSCS 300

Learn the concepts and tools to analyze the broad environment in which nonprofits operate and assess the impact of this environment at the community and individual organizational level.