Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate
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 |
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| Mgmt 522S | Money Matters for Social Innovation | 4 |
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| PA 541 | Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
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| Mktg 513 | Pioneering Innovation | 4 |
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| Mgmt 523S | Storytelling and Impact Measurement for Social Innovation | 4 |
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| Mgmt 509S | Social Innovation Practicum | 4 |
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| PA 509 | Organizational Experience | 3-6 |
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| HSMP 509 | Practicum | 1-9 |
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| BA 526 | MBA International Experience | 5 |
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| Fin 575 | Impact Ventures | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |