__University__ 2024-2025 Bulletin

Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate

Portland State University’s social innovation and social entrepreneurship certificate equips you to bring meaning and purpose to your career in business or nonprofit leadership by training you to create practical, effective solutions to social and environmental challenges.

Whether you aspire to be a social entrepreneur and start a new venture, or work with a mission-driven organization in any sector, this certificate can prepare you with the experience and skills to innovate.  You can either design a new social venture—nonprofit, business, government program or advocacy campaign—to address an issue that matters to you, or evaluate and suggest improvements to an existing organization of your choice.

Certificate Requirements

Graduate Certificate Requirements

Mgmt 521S/Mgmt 521Design Thinking for Social Innovation

4

And

 

Mgmt 522SMoney Matters for Social Innovation

4

or

PA 541Social Entrepreneurship

3

or

Mktg 513Pioneering Innovation

4

  

And

 

Mgmt 523SStorytelling and Impact Measurement for Social Innovation

4

 

And

 

Mgmt 509SSocial Innovation Practicum

4

or

PA 509Organizational Experience

3-6

or

HSMP 509Practicum

1-9

or

BA 526MBA International Experience

5

or

Fin 575Impact Ventures

6

Total Credit Hours:16