AEM 3380 - Social Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Problem Solvers

(SBA-AG)

Fall, summer. 4 credits (fall); 3 credits (summer).

A. Wessels.

Introduces students to the social entrepreneurs, innovators, and visionaries who are creating new strategies for solving society’s problems. The course highlights innovative case studies of success in restoring the environment, resolving conflicts, curing diseases, overcoming poverty, and addressing other problems of social injustice. At the end of the course, each student develops an original blueprint for social innovation: a creative proposal for solving a societal problem.