Course Description
The culmination of the Social Entrepreneurship major. Students complete a project of their own design that demonstrates their ability to use the major to address a community and social need related to their chosen content area. This project forms the centerpiece of their portfolio.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will prepare an 8- to 10-page paper summarizing
the extant literature on the topic of their project for this
course, highlighting an important gap in knowledge their project
addresses, describing how their project is designed to address
that gap, and presenting findings from an original analysis.
Athena Title
Social Entrepren Capstone
Prerequisite
FHCE 4010/6010
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To identify and define a need in your content area, To bring that need to life for others to understand, To apply realistic innovation and agile design methods to discover possible solutions, To communicate the social impact of the need and your solution to bring others on board, and To deliver evidence to support your plans and the impact of those plans on the original need.
Topical Outline
Objectives and Process Overview Defining the Need or Challenge Shining the Light on the Issue Developing a Realistic Innovation Plan Prototyping and Testing Pitching Your Idea
Syllabus