Certificate in Social Innovation
The graduate certificate in Social Innovation will prepare future social innovators to design innovative policy solutions, create social enterprises, and develop new financial tools to speed the pace of social innovation. The program features courses from both the USC Price School and the USC Marshall School of Business which provides students the opportunity to take social innovation and social entrepreneurship courses and then select electives around their interests to develop a useful course of study for their future career aspirations.
The certificate consists of 13-15 units of graduate courses depending on the electives chosen.
Required Courses (7 units)
- BAEP 591 Social Entrepreneurship (3)
- PPDE 580 Social Innovation (4)
Choose two of the following electives (6-8 units)
- BAEP 564 Investing in Impact Ventures (3)
- MOR 555 Designing High Performance Organizations (3)
- MOR 566 Environmental Sustainability and Competitive Advantage (3)
- PPD 665 Contemporary Issues in Philanthropy (4)
- PPD 688 Business and Public Policy (4)
- PPD 689 The Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy (4)
- PPDE 683 Social Finance and Development (4)
Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Current USC Graduate Students
Applicants for the Certificate in Social Innovation who are currently enrolled in a graduate program at USC (and are in good standing with a 3.0 GPA) need to submit the appropriate paperwork for adding the certificate program.
The paperwork may be obtained from Suzanne Alexander, Academic Program Administrator, Graduate Programs in Public Policy, at [email protected].
Prospective Applicants
Applicants who have not matriculated at USC must submit a formal application at the USC Graduate Admission website.
Deadlines:
July 1 – Fall Semester
November 1 – Spring Semester
April 1 – Summer Semester
Please contact the USC Price Office of Admissions at [email protected] for more information.