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Social Entrepreneurship Programs To Get You Started Down The Right Path

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Creating sustainable businesses around a social cause is becoming more and more widespread. There are numerous successful social entrepreneurship examples that target a wide range of social causes. As a result, Universities have begun creating social entrepreneurship programs (degree and non-degree), to help educate future leaders.

For MBA and Master programs, have a look at our post here: A Range of Social Entrepreneurship MBA, MA, and Graduate Elective Programs.

Below are universities that offer online classes, executive or undergraduate social entrepreneurship degree programs. These social entrepreneurship courses teach students how to look for root causes in social problems, and how to find sustainable business solutions. This can be on an individual, community, national or global level. This type of education develops leaders who can go on and start their own business, lead nonprofits, or bring a socially responsible culture to an existing company.

  • Degrees at Babson University

Babson has been ranked number one by the likes of the Princeton Review and the Financial Times for their entrepreneurship courses. Both undergraduates and graduates can select social electives within the social entrepreneurship programs. Some electives include: Social Entrepreneurship by Design and Environment and Sustainable Entrepreneurship: link

  • NYU Social Entrepreneurship Degrees

NYU Wagner offers undergraduate students a minor in social entrepreneurship. Examples of the courses offered include: Global Social Entrepreneurship: Field Experience, Social Innovation Practicum, Understanding Social Entrepreneurship: How to Change the World One Venture at a Time, and the Fundamentals of Social Entrepreneurship: Problem Solving and Integration. link 

An Alternative To Undergraduate Social Entrepreneurship Degree Programs

You can always create your own social entrepreneurship course, by selecting individual non-degree classes. Universities such as UCLA and Harvard offer online, continuing learning, extension courses and executive courses in entrepreneurship and social causes.

  • UCLA Extension

UCLA Extension offers individual online classes in general entrepreneurship. Examples of the classes include: Developing a New Business, and Entrepreneurial Marketing – link. These entrepreneurial courses can be taken alongside UCLA’s online sustainability and social courses such as Integrating a Green Business Strategy, and Sustainability Roadmap: Developing Your Business Action Plan – link.

  • Harvard Continuing Education

Harvard is another university that offers non-degree courses in entrepreneurship and social causes. At the Harvard Executive Education School there are entrepreneurship courses such as Lunching New Ventures (link) and social enterprise courses such as Public Education Leadership Program, and Corporate Social Responsibility (link).

Over at Harvard University Extension School they offer online courses such as Educational Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Comparative Perspective, Strategies for Sustainability Management,

Sustainable Business and Technology, and Corporate Sustainability Strategy. The online courses can be found here.

So there are a number of different programs for social entrepreneurship and enterprises. Some go down the full time route with undergraduate degrees, and then there is always the option of building your own education through choosing individual non-degree courses. There are also a number of highly recommended books on the subject outlined in this post: What is Social Entrepreneurship: Definition and Resources.

 

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A Range of Social Entrepreneurship MBA, MA, and Graduate Elective Programs

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Social entrepreneurship is becoming a growing career choice. It blends best business practices with social needs to create sustainable and long term solutions. Because of this, universities have created a number of social entrepreneurship MBA programs. Some universities incorporate social responsibility and business practices within all their other courses, as they believe anyone and everyone should be practicing it, regardless of academic background. While other universities have create MBA electives, and some universities have created specialized Masters focusing around the topic. Below are a number of the universities that offer an MA or MBA in Social Entrepreneurship.

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Babson University MBA with A Concentration in Social Entrepreneurship

Babson is a college that is highly ranked for their entrepreneurship undergraduate and graduate courses. Their MBA program, which includes a concentration in social entrepreneurship, has been ranked number one constantly by Princeton Review and the Financial Times for entrepreneurship. You can find out more here: Entrepreneurship at Babson.

Social Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School

The Harvard Business School offers social entrepreneurship electives to second year students taking the MBA.  The MBA social entrepreneurship electives include: Social Entrepreneurship in the Business Sector, Entrepreneurship in Education Reform, and Entrepreneurship in the Private and Social Sectors. For a list of the MBA electives have a look here: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/academics/coursecatalog/

Pepperdine Masters of Social Entrepreneurship and Change

Pepperdine offers a full Masters focused around social entrepreneurship with courses such as: Creating a Compelling Vision for Change, Globalization and Social Change, and Marketing and Public Relations for Social Change. Pepperdine’s Masters of Social Entrepreneurship and Change can be found here: http://gsep.pepperdine.edu/masters-social-entrepreneurship-and-change/

Social Enterprise at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

The Social Enterprise graduate program at the Kellogg School of Management focuses more on corporate social entrepreneurship. The course focuses on teaching social responsibility to managers and leaders of enterprises. How can social entrepreneurship be integrated within existing companies? How can companies, managers and leaders do good in their communities? Find out here: Link

NYU Social Entrepreneurship Graduate Offerings

Entrepreneurship is an offered specialization within the NYU MBA program. The specialization in entrepreneurship includes a number of social entrepreneurship courses such as: Social Entrepreneurship and Social Venture Capital. Find out more here: NYU Social Entrepreneurship

NYU also offers graduate social entrepreneurship fellowship placements: Link 

Northwest University, Washington

Northwest university offers a specialized Masters in social entrepreneurship. The Masters program includes 13 different courses such as: Marketing for Social Ventures, Law & Ethics for Non-Profits, Entrepreneurial Finance, Marketing for Social Ventures and Social Enterprise Project I. Link

Those are just a few of the universities that offer social entrepreneurship MBA programs. Other universities that offer similar programs include: Columbia, Cornell, Duke, University of Arizona, UC Berkeley, Stanford and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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The Different Online Business Courses: From Basic Classes to Small Business Management

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There are a number of different types of online business courses to take. If you want an introduction to business then there are a number of basic courses available. Or if you are in the middle of starting or running your own business, then there are more intense courses such as the one offered by Boston University. Don’t forget that there are a number of free business courses online at the iTunes University. They have numerous text, audio and video classes on management and business from universities like Stanford, Harvard, Cambridge and the Imperial College of London.

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An Online Entrepreneurship and Small Business Course

The Boston University School of Management has an online graduate certificate in Entrepreneurship if you are looking for an online small business course. It is highly ranked by Fortune Small Business Magazine. There are 4 modules that cover: strategy, sales and marketing, financing and funding, and leadership and organization. You can find out more and apply here: Entrepreneurship at Boston University 

In The US

Harvard offers a number of online management courses ranging from finance, human recourses, strategy, and communications. Their online courses can be found here Harvard Extension Distance Education under ‘management’.

There are a number of online courses for business at Notre Dame University. They have executive certificate programs in negotiation, leadership and management, and business administration: http://www.notredameonline.com/executive-certificates/

In The UK

The best place to search for the ideal online business course (adult learning, undergraduates or post graduate) within the UK is through Hot Courses.

The Open University: There are a number of different courses, including online business management classes at the Open University. You can study individual professional skills or create your own degree by choosing classes ranging from leadership, marketing, strategy, project management, and financial management.

You can earn a BTEC (HND) in Business Studies which can be found at The Oxford College here: Oxford College.

Basic Business Courses: More basic online business classes can also be found at The Oxford College. They offer a Level 3 Diploma in Business studies here.

Choosing which of the online business courses to pursue will come down to how much experience you already have in business. Once again, the iTunes University hosts a wide range of free business lectures to get people started. There are also a number of educational Apps that cover business topics. If you are looking for more entrepreneurial online courses then have a look at this post: Is There Such a Thing as a Good Online Entrepreneurship Degree or MBA?

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Is There Such a Thing as a Good Online Entrepreneurship Degree or MBA?

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Can an “online” entrepreneurship course really work? It really depends on your background. If you are already running or are starting up a business then an online degree will be ideal in learning the business side of things. If you want to take a course to find a business to start, then an online entrepreneurship degree is not ideal (have a look at the end of this post to see links to different articles on finding business ideas). These online courses teach the fundamentals of business (marketing, selling, raising funding). A lot of them are graduate programs, aimed at small business owners who are looking to expand their businesses. If you are looking for business ideas to start, then on campus learning might be best.

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Campus Based Entrepreneurship Learning

The great thing about the best college campus based entrepreneurship courses is that they make you start a business as part of the curriculum. It is helpful to attend the classes as the lecturers (most of whom have started their own companies) will keep you on track. Starting a business is a grueling process, and having this solid support is key to a student’s success. When it comes to choosing a campus based entrepreneurship degree, look at the locations that are well known for the business area you are interested in. If you are interested in more technology based entrepreneurship then California or places like MIT will be the places to look to. Whereas if you are looking for fashion entrepreneurship courses, then the UK or Europe would be the best places to look.

Studying Entrepreneurship Online

There are only a few credible entrepreneurship courses online – it is quite limited. Students benefit more when they attend a campus, or when they have their own business and study an online MBA. Below we have listed out the few entrepreneurship courses that are available online.

  • The Best Online Entrepreneurship Courses: US and UK

The Boston University School of Management has an online graduate certificate in entrepreneurship which is made up of 4 courses: Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing, Entrepreneurial Leadership & Organization, and Entrepreneurial Finance and Funding. The course is ranked among the top in online entrepreneurship courses. For more details visit here: Entrepreneurship at Boston University.

MBAs

If you are looking to complete an MBA entrepreneurship online then have a look at these universities:

  • At the Open University UK you can build your own degree through choosing the courses that suit you. So you can choose courses on book keeping or other areas of running a business. Open Learning at Open University
  • Benedictine University has an online MBA in entrepreneurship and managing innovation. There are three main areas to this course: managing creativity, building a business plan and financing a business. Have a look here for more details on this online entrepreneurship MBA.

Alternatives

If you are still looking for an idea for a business to start up, there are specific business courses that get you started. The Keyword Academy is an online learning resource that teaches people how to build traffic and monetize a website: whether it is through Google AdSense, Affiliate sales (Amazon) or creating your own products.

Becoming an entrepreneur is a daunting journey. It doesn’t help that it is a jungle out there right now when it comes to finding an entrepreneurship degree online. Just remember that a lot of entrepreneurs learned about running and starting a business through articles, books, and experiences and not through a full course. They used their existing skills (programming, product creation) and just started a business. Once you get started, you really throw yourself into learning as you go along, and that is the best way to learn about entrepreneurship.

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