Social Entrepreneurship (Minor)

Program Description

2,500 years ago Greek philosopher Heraclitus noted that one never steps into the same river twice (i.e. we live in a world of change). Nothing could be more apropos for the current environment we live in today. The heart of entrepreneurship isn't about how to merely survive in a world of change, it is about how to flourish in such a world. The joint Stern/Wagner minor in Social Entrepreneurship gives students the fundamental background to flourish in the changing world while focusing their energy on some of the most pressing social and environmental issues facing us today. Students can choose from a selection of rigorous course offerings, taught by both schools, to learn the basics of entrepreneurship from both a theoretical and practical point of view and in the context of both for-profit and nonprofit enterprises. The courses are aimed to be experiential in nature where students are presented real world problems and design their own real world solutions.

Minor Declaration

Students can apply for the minor via NYU Albert in the My Academics section of the Student Center.

Program Requirements

All students must complete a minimum of four courses to satisfy the inter-school minor requirements: an introductory course, a practicum course, and at least two additional courses (one from each school). A minimum of at least 14 total credits is required (8 credits from Wagner and 6-7 credits from Stern).

Note: Stern undergraduate students cannot double-count required Business Core or concentration courses toward this minor.

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Minor Requirements
Introductory Courses 1
Select one of the following:		3-4
BSPA-UB 41	Social Entrepreneurship
UPADM-GP 265	Fundamentals of Social Entrepreneurship: Problem Solving and Innovation
Practicum
Select at least one of the following (must NOT be from the same school as the intro course):		3-4
BSPA-UB 51	Marketing for Impact: Strategies for Sustainable Business
BSPA-UB 70	Social Innovation Practicum
BSPA-UB 103	Experiential Learning Seminar: Social Impact Consulting
BSPA-UB 2000	Social Entrepreneurship Ghana (SEG) (Open only to Stern students)
MULT-UB 301	The Startup Lab
UPADM-GP 267	Social Entrepreneurship Incubator & Practicum
Electives
Select at least two of the following (one from each school):		7-8
Stern Electives
BSPA-UB 43	Economic Inequality: Perspectives & Practices
BSPA-UB 44	Innovations and Strategies for Building a Progressive Social Enterprise
BSPA-UB 45	Sustainability Consulting in Costa Rica (Open only to Stern students)
BSPA-UB 50	Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Protein
BSPA-UB 68	Sustainability for Competitive Advantage
BSPA-UB 103	Experiential Learning Seminar: Social Impact Consulting (If not taken as a practical requirement)
BSPA-UB 2000	Social Entrepreneurship Ghana (SEG) (Open only to Stern students. If not taken as a practical requirement)
BSPA-UB 51	Marketing for Impact: Strategies for Sustainable Business (If not taken as a practical requirement)
MGMT-UB 1	Management and Organizations (Stern students may not count this course toward the minor)
MGMT-UB 7	Managing People & Teams at Work
MGMT-UB 25	Managing Change
MGMT-UB 85	Entrepreneurship
Wagner Electives
UPADM-GP 101	The Politics of Public Policy
UPADM-GP 102	Introduction to Social Impact
UPADM-GP 103	Introduction to Managing Public Service Organizations
UPADM-GP 217	Sustainable Urban Development
UPADM-GP 242	The Business of Nonprofit Management
UPADM-GP 267	Social Entrepreneurship Incubator & Practicum (If not taken as a practical requirement)
UPADM-GP 269	How to Change the World: Advocacy Movements and Social Innovation
Total Credits		14

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If the introductory course is taken at Stern (-UB), the practicum course must be taken at Wagner (-GP), and vice versa.

Policies

Program Policies

Minor Policies

1. Credit toward the minors is not given for courses completed with a grade of less than C, or for courses taken on a pass/fail basis. 
2. Students can count one course in a minor towards the requirements of another major or minor. Students intending to double count any courses would also need to contact the other major or minor’s department to ask if, and to what extent, that department permits overlapping courses.

Students who have declared interdisciplinary minors in partnership with the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service follow the academic policies set forth by the home school.

See Undergraduate for schools and policies. 

NYU Policies

University-wide policies can be found on the New York University Policy pages.

Wagner Policies

Additional academic policies can be found on the Wagner academic policy page.