Monday, December 1, 2014

Spring 2015 Course Offering

BSOS 388B - Innovation and Social Change: Do Good Now
Tuesday 2:00-4:30 PM
3 credits

Explore the many mechanisms for achieving social impact through social innovation. This is team-based, highly interactive and dynamic course that provides an opportunity for students to generate solutions to a wide range of problems facing many communities today. This course deepens the students understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation practices by guiding them through the creation and implementation process as applied to a project idea of their choice. These projects serve as the laboratory to implement topics such as design systems thinking, developing and communicating a strategy and goals, project management and implementation skills, teamwork and talent management, fundraising and revenue generation, marketing and partner development, leadership skills and project sustainability. For more information, visit www.dogood.umd.edu .

This is a Fearless Ideas course offered in collaboration with PUAF388D and HONR348D

Students should contact Blessing Enekwe at blessing@umd.edu to register for the course.