Course Details
PASS / NO CREDIT
No
DESCRIPTION
This experiential lab course places students on teams to conduct hands-on consultative projects for social impact organizations, allowing students to apply management learnings and analytical expertise to the real challenges that leadership teams face as they operate and scale social impact endeavors within markets. The students who gain the most from this class are students interested in consulting, social innovation and leadership, social finance, and sustainability leadership. Each team’s project will be different and will require mastering frameworks for impact and sustainability leadership ranging from impact measurement and reporting, entity and fiscal structure, investment terms, go-to-market strategies, innovation for impact, and more. This class focuses on social innovation, impact finance, outcome measurement, sustainability strategy, models for scale, and root cause analysis. Deliverables will be robust, analytical, and professional-grade. Students will have the opportunity to express preferences among all potential projects and to request to be placed on teams with specific classmates.
TRACKS
Entrepreneurship Pathway
Social Impact and Responsible Leadership
Sustainability: Climate, Environment, & Energy Pathway
Social Impact and Responsible Leadership
Sustainability: Climate, Environment, & Energy Pathway
PREREQUISITES
Negative Prerequisite:
All Students: KPPI-452-0
All Students: KPPI-452-0