Course Description
Tenets, models, best practices, and frameworks for social entrepreneurship and social enterprise; direct work with community partner agencies and development of social enterprise plans in support of organizational missions.
Athena Title
SOCIAL ENTREPR A&S
Non-Traditional Format
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of the project(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 25-50% of overall instructional time.
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
Students will develop understanding of social entrepreneurship tenets, models, best practices and frameworks; will develop and demonstrate civic and educational skills, dispositions, and knowledge to apply entrepreneurial solutions to social issues; will take part in service-learning activities with a community agency; and will develop a plan to incorporate a sustainable social enterprise component supporting the mission of a local community agency.
Topical Outline
Course incorporates site visits, readings, simulations, reflective activities, and small- and whole-group discussion sections with presentations from social entrepreneurs, faculty, and community partners. Topics include: •Social entrepreneurship: meanings, models and frameworks •Tenets, behaviors, skills of successful entrepreneurship; relationship to Arts and Sciences majors •Examples of local, regional, national and international social enterprises •UGA and community contexts, supports, and challenges for social entrepreneurship •Financing options and opportunities; marketing •Developing ideas into proposals and plans •Impact, evaluation, sustainability, and growth of social enterprise •Site visits and service-learning work with Athens-area non- profits to understand their missions, clients, activities, and needs •Identification, development and delivery of promising ideas