Concentration in Social Innovation

The Social Innovation concentration is available to Gabelli students. Both primary and secondary concentrations must be taken in conjunction with another primary concentration or major. 

Primary Concentration

Course Title Credits
Select two of the following:
FNBU 4441
ST: Sustainability and Finance
LPBU 3234
ST: Leading for Impact
LPBU 3430
ST: Sustainable Business
LPBU 3446
ST:Social Entrepreneurship
LPBU 4005
ST:Fair Trade Entrepreneurship
MKBU 3448
ST: Social Marketing
SABU 3453
ST: Sustainability and Strategy
Two electives with the SOIN attribute
One co-curricular requirement (see below)

Secondary Concentration

Course Title Credits
Select one of the following:
LPBU 3234
ST: Leading for Impact
LPBU 3430
ST: Sustainable Business
LPBU 3446
ST:Social Entrepreneurship
LPBU 4005
ST:Fair Trade Entrepreneurship
FNBU 4441
ST: Sustainability and Finance
MKBU 3448
ST: Social Marketing
SABU 3453
ST: Sustainability and Strategy
Two electives with the SOIN attribute
One co-curricular requirement (see below)

Interdisciplinary electives

Courses in this group have the SOIN attribute.

Course Title Credits
ACBU 4444Sustainability and Environmental Reporting and Disclosure3
ACBU 4646Ethics in Financial Reporting and Accounting3
BISC 1002Ecology: A Human Approach3
CHEM 1109Chemistry of the Environment3
CMBU 3810Applied Business Communications3
ECON 3256Comparative Economic Systems4
ECON 3850Environmental Economics4
ECON 3884Contemporary Economic Problems4
ECON 4110Ethics and Economics4
ENST 1000Introduction to Environmental Studies3
ENST 4900Internship: Environmental Communications and Media4
FNBU 4441ST: Sustainability and Finance3
FNBU 4466ST: Alternative Investing3
FNBU 4469Impact Investing3
HUST 2500The Humanitarian System: Past, Present, and Future4
HUST 3600Evolution of Development and Humanitarian Aid Systems4
HUST 4800International Humanitarian Internship4
HUST 4888Senior Thesis Seminar4
INSY 4412ST: IT and Sustainability3
ISGB 7945IT and Sustainability3
LPBU 3226Exploring Entrepreneurship3
LPBU 3227Innovation and Resilience3
LPBU 3234ST: Leading for Impact3
LPBU 3235ST:Inside Tech Ventures3
LPBU 3430ST: Sustainable Business3
LPBU 3432ST: Modern Economics for a Sustainable World3
LPBU 3446ST:Social Entrepreneurship3
LPBU 4001Fair Trade and Microfinance3
LPBU 4005ST:Fair Trade Entrepreneurship3
LPBU 4467ST: Global Immersion: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Rwanda3
LPBU 4468ST: Global Immersion: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Senegal3
LPGB 76AVDeveloping the Sustainability Mindset3
LPGB 76AWLeadership & Trust3
MKBU 3448ST: Social Marketing3
MKBU 3459Cross Cultr Consumer Insight3
NSCI 1040People and the Living Environment3
PHIL 3109Environmental Ethics4
PHIL 3712Global Environment and Justice4
PHYS 1203Environmental Physics3
POSC 3131Politics, Urban Health, and Environment4
POSC 3307Environmental Politics4
POSC 3610Political Economy of Development4
POSC 3616Political Economy of Poverty4
PSYC 4920Youth, Values, and Society4
PSYC 6850Evaluation of Psychological and Social Programs3
SABU 3453ST: Sustainability and Strategy3
SWGS 7605Social Work Education3
SWKO 6431Adv Clin Assess & Diagno II3
THEO 3542Catholic Social Teaching3
THEO 6740Catholic Social Thought and Praxis3
VART 2055Environmental Design4

Co-Curricular Requirement

Students must select one of the following co-curricular offerings, which should be chosen based on time and commitment level:

  • Social innovation practicum

  • Service learning with social innovation component

  • Social innovation internship

  • Global Outreach (GO!) trip

  • AshokaU/Clinton Global Initiative conferences

  • Social innovation-related academic competitions

  • Other (with permission of program director)

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