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 2016 - Legal Environment of Business 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 2026 - Business Statistics 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 2089 - Capstone 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAN 2040 - Strategic Management 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAR 2016 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 2005 - Business Ethics AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
SOC 2018 - Sociology of Diversity SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
Electives - Choose nine (9) credit hours from the list below

Total Credit Hours: 30

Electives

AEC 2300 - Sustainable Building Systems 3 Credit Hour(s)
ANT 1001 - Cultural Anthropology SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
ANT 2125 - Anthropology of Religion SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
ANT 2130 - Sex, Gender & Culture SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
ANT 2550 - Medical Anthropology SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
AST 1140 - Astronomy of Ancient Cultures SC2 3 Credit Hour(s)
CAR 1003 - Carpentry Basics 4 Credit Hour(s)
COM 1250 - Interpersonal Communication SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
COM 2300 - Intercultural Communication SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
ECE 2051 - Nutrition, Health & Safety 3 Credit Hour(s)
EMP 1001 - Principles of Emergency Management 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENP 1005 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENV 1111 - 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 1006 - Human Geography SS2 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEY 1135 - Environmental Geology with Lab SC1 4 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 2005 - Women in World History HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 2105 - Women in U.S. History HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 2110 - African American History HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 2115 - American Indian History HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 2500 - History of Islamic Civilization HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 2610 - History of Modern China HI1 3 Credit Hour(s)
HWE 1050 - Human Nutrition 3 Credit Hour(s)
JOU 2025 - New Media 3 Credit Hour(s)
JOU 2031 - Introduction to Public Relations 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAN 2016 - Small Business Management 3 Credit Hour(s)
OUT 1200 - Wilderness Ethics 2 Credit Hour(s)
OUT 1570 - Basic Search & Rescue 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 1012 - Ethics AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 1014 - Comparative Religions AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 1015 - World Religions - West AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 1016 - World Religions - East AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 2018 - Environmental Ethics AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSC 2005 - International Relations SS1 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 1005 - Psychology of Workplace Relationships 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 2105 - Psychology of Gender SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 2107 - Human Sexuality SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 2221 - Social Psychology SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 2222 - The Psychology of Death & Dying SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 2441 - Child Development SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 2551 - Child Abuse & Neglect 3 Credit Hour(s)
SWK 1000 - Introduction to Social Work 3 Credit Hour(s)
WOL World Language 3 Credit Hour(s)
WST 2000 - Introduction to Women’s Studies SS3 3 Credit Hour(s)