Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Bachelor of Science
Be the change the world needs
Today’s most pressing issues demand bold thinkers and compassionate leaders. Our social innovation and entrepreneurship major empowers you to imagine a better future — and build it. You’ll learn to create solutions to social, environmental, and other problems that are more effective, efficient, sustainable, or justice-focused than current solutions. You’ll grow from extensive mentored student leadership opportunities, available through Bonner Leader Scholarship Program, Weider Community Engagement, Culture, Community and Belonging, Undergraduate Association, and clubs and organizations.
Nazareth’s B.S. in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship combines four key components:
- Learn business and leadership, including courses in general business, economics, finance, accounting, management, and leadership.
- Study social innovation and social entrepreneurship examples from around the world, along with examples of how data and other information can be used ethically to understand social and environmental problems more deeply.
- Advance your skills through extensive co-curricular and internship experiences, applying design tools and innovative thinking, and culminating in developing a real-world social innovation.
- Choose elective courses to gain deeper knowledge in a particular area to guide your social innovations or entrepreneurial goals to be successful.
Highlights
Collaborate with diverse teams to identify sustainable solutions to social and environmental challenges
Learn from and with innovators in this region and beyond
Develop a personalized tool kit to promote lasting change
Learn and collaborate at Naz annual conference and social innovation hackathon
Career Paths
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Small business owner
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Community planner
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Government project manager
- Social enterprise founder
- Sustainability coordinator
- Non-profit partnership manager
- Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analyst
- Community and economic development officer
- Grant coordinator
Project examples
Put your new skills into action through student-led projects:
- Building communities by convening cross-generational groups
- Providing more equitable distribution of food
- Expanding mental health access to student athletes
- Making Narcan accessible
- Coordinating an on-campus conference
Program Director
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Nazareth can connect you with over 180 partner organizations
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The average student in the class of 2024 completed four high-impact experiences.
$4,000
Our SPARK Grant provides up to $4,000 for you to pursue internships, research, and study abroad. SPARK details »