Portland State University’s social innovation and social entrepreneurship certificate equips you to bring meaning and purpose to your career in business or nonprofit leadership by training you to create practical, effective solutions to social and environmental challenges.

Whether you aspire to be a social entrepreneur and start a new venture, or work with a mission-driven organization in any sector, this certificate can prepare you with the experience and skills to innovate. You can either design a new social venture—nonprofit, business, government program or advocacy campaign—to address an issue that matters to you, or evaluate and suggest improvements to an existing organization of your choice.

Certificate Requirements

Graduate Certificate Requirements

Mgmt 521S/Mgmt 521	Design Thinking for Social Innovation	4
	And

Mgmt 522S	Money Matters for Social Innovation	4
	or
PA 541	Social Entrepreneurship	3
	or
Mktg 513	Pioneering Innovation	4

	And

Mgmt 523S	Storytelling and Impact Measurement for Social Innovation	4

	And

Mgmt 509S	Social Innovation Practicum	4
	or
PA 509	Organizational Experience	3-6
	or
HSMP 509	Practicum	1-9
	or
BA 526	MBA International Experience	5
	or
Fin 575	Impact Ventures	6
Total Credit Hours:		16