Social Innovation Certificate

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The Social Innovation Certificate is designed to prepare students to become socially involved business professionals who will bring business operations, marketing, and management skills into a not-for-profit business and socially responsible impact skills into a for-profit business.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Social Innovation certificate program, students should be able to:

Analyze legal, ethical, and regulatory issues impacting business operations
Apply basic principles of statistics to support business decisions
Apply principles of marketing for businesses and consumers
Develop customized skill set for business and social interaction

Requirements

BUS 216 - Legal Environment of Business 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 226 - Business Statistics 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 289 - Capstone 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAN 240 - Strategic Management 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAR 216 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 205 - Business Ethics AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
SOC 218 - Sociology of Diversity SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
Electives - Choose nine (9) credit hours from the list below

Total Credit Hours: 30

Electives

AEC 218 - Sustainable Building Systems 3 Credit Hour(s)
ANT 101 - Cultural Anthropology SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
ANT 225 - Anthropology of Religion SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
ANT 250 - Medical Anthropology SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
ANT 260 - Sex, Gender & Culture 3 Credit Hour(s)
AST 155 - Astronomy of Ancient Cultures SC2 3 Credit Hour(s)
CAR 103 - Carpentry Basics 4 Credit Hour(s)
COM 125 - Interpersonal Communication SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
COM 220 - Intercultural Communication SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
ECE 205 - Nutrition, Health & Safety 3 Credit Hour(s)
EMP 101 - Principles of Emergency Management 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENP 105 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENV 101 - Environmental Science with Lab SC1 4 Credit Hour(s)
ETH 224 - Introduction to Chicano Studies 3 Credit Hour(s)
WOL - World Language 3 credit hour(s)
GEO 106 - Human Geography SS2 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEY 135 - Environmental Geology with Lab SC1 4 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 205 - Women in World History HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 208 - American Indian History HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 215 - Women in U.S. History HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 243 - History of Modern China HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 249 - History of Islamic Civilization HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 250 - African American History HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HWE 100 - Human Nutrition 3 Credit Hour(s)
JOU 225 - New Media 3 Credit Hour(s)
JOU 231 - Introduction to Public Relations 4 Credit Hour(s)
MAN 216 - Small Business Management 3 Credit Hour(s)
OUT 134 - Wilderness Ethics 2 Credit Hour(s)
OUT 135 - Risk Management for Outdoor Professionals 1 Credit Hour(s)
OUT 167 - Basic Search & Rescue 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 112 - Ethics AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 114 - Comparative Religions AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 115 - World Religions – West AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 116 - World Religions – East AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 218 - Environmental Ethics AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
POS 205 - International Relations SS1 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 100 - Psychology of Workplace Relationships 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 205 - Psychology of Gender SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 217 - Human Sexuality SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 226 - Social Psychology SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 227 - The Psychology of Death & Dying SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 238 - Child Development SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 247 - Child Abuse & Neglect 3 Credit Hour(s)
SWK 100 - Introduction to Social Work 3 Credit Hour(s)
WST 200 - Introduction to Women’s Studies SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)