The Social Innovation Certificate requires 6 credit units of required classes and 12 credit units of electives.
Required Courses
(3 credit hours each)
| Course # | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOCY 4160 | Designing Social Innovations |
| SOCY 4161*With the Director’s permission, SOCY 4932 (Internship in Social Innovation) can be substituted for SOCY 4161 | Executing Social Innovations |
Electives
(3 credit hours each)
Students are to take four of the following courses (only one of which can be from SOCY and no more than three of which may be from the same department) and, depending on their career goals, can choose all from the same area or from multiple ones:
Care, Health, and Resilience
| Course # | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ARSC 1220 | Global Health Issues for the Health Professions (offered through HPRAP) |
| GEOG 3692 | Intro to Global Public Health |
| IPHY 3490 | Intro to Epidemiology |
| PHIL 3160 | Bioethics |
| PSYC 2606 | Social Psychology |
| SLHS 1010 | Disabilities in Contemporary Society |
Economy
| Course # | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ANTH 4020 | Archeology of Inequality |
| GEOG 3862 | Geography of International Development |
| GEOG 3672 | Gender & the Global Economy |
| ECON 4242 | Urban Economies: The Economics of Cities |
| ECON 4717 | Economics of Entreprenuership |
| SOCY 4071 | Social Stratification |
Environment/Population
| Course # | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BAKR 1600 | Creating a Sustainable Future |
| ECON 3535 | Natural Resource Economics |
| ECON 3545 | Environmental Economics |
| ECON 3784 | Economic Development & Policy |
| ENVS 3030 | Topics in Environmental Social Sciences |
| ENVS 3031 | Energy & Human Behavior |
| ENVS 3032 | Environment, Media & Society |
| GEOG 1962 | Geographies of Global Change |
| SOCY 2077 | Environment & Society |
| SOCY 3002 | Population & Society |
| SOCY 4007 | Global Human Ecology |
| SSIR 1010 | Entrepreneurship & Sustainability |
Government
| Course # | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECON 4211 | Public Economies |
| PSCI 2106 | Introduction to Public Policy Analysis |
| PSCI 3031 | Political Parties & Interest Groups |
| PSCI 3274 | Capitalism & Its Critics |
| PSCI 4714 | Liberalism & Its Critics |
International Affairs
| Course # | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ANTH 4500 | Globalization & Transnational Culture |
| GEOG 3682 | Geography of International Development |
| IAFS 1000 | Global Issues and International Affairs |
| PHIL 3260 | Philosophy and International Order |
| PSCI 3143 | Current Affairs in International Relations |
| PSCI 4012 | Global Development |
Society
| Course # | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ANTH 3170 | America: An Anthropological Perspective |
| ANTH 4500 | Globalization & Transnational Culture |
| ARSC 3001 | Social Engagement & Human Rights |
| ETHN 2001 | Foundations: Race & Ethnicity in the U.S. |
| ETHN 2013 | Critical Issues in Native North America |
| ETHN 2432 | African American History |
| ETHN 2536 | Survey of Chicana/o History and Culture |
| ETHN 3201 | Multicultural Leadership |
| GEOG 3742 | Place, Power, & Contemporary Culture |
| IAFS 3000 | Special Topics in International Affairs: Humanitarianism |
| INVS 3302 | Facilitating Peaceful Community Change |
| PACS 2500 | Introduction to Peace & Conflict Studies |
| PACS 3700 | Communication & Conflict Management |
| SLHS 2000 | Introduction to Communication Disorders |
| SOCY 2011 | Contemporary Social Issues & Human Values |
| SOCY 2031 | Social Problems |
| SOCY 2044 | Crime in Society |
| SOCY 3141 | Social Movements in the U.S. |
| SOCY 4081 | Sociology of Education |
| WMST 2000 | Introduction to Feminist Studies |
| WMST 3500 | Global Gender Issues |
Technology
| Course # | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ATLS 4519 | Design for Change |
| EMEN 4200 | Engineering & Entreprenuership for the Developing World |
| EMEN 4825 | Entreprenuerial Business Plan Preparation |
| HUEN 1850 | Engineering in History: The Social Impace of Technology |
| HUEN 2130 | History of Modern Technology: 1750 to the Atomic Bomb |
| HUEN 2210 | Engineering, Science, & Society |
| MCEN 4045 | ME Senior Design 1 (ESI Section Only) |
| MCEN 4085 | ME Senior Design 2 (ESI Section Only) |
| MCEN 4228 | Cookstove Assessment |
| MCEN 4228 | Project-based Learning in Rural Schools |
Internship Opportunities
- Blueprints (https://www.blueprintsprograms.org/)
- Boulder Community Hospital (https://www.bch.org/)
- Boulder House Bridge (https://boulderbridgehouse.org/)
- Coloradans for the Common Good (https://www.cocommongood.org/)
- Colorado Office of the Attorney General (www.coag.gov)
- CU Anschutz Family Medicine Community Outreach (https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/family-medicine/community)
- Defy Ventures (https://www.defyventures.org/)
- Empower Community High School (https://empowerhighschool.org/)
- Futurebound (https://www.futureboundco.org/)
- Let's Connect (http://www.letsconnect.org/)
*Students may choose their own internship sites. Above is a list of local organizations that students might want to consider that have expressed an interest in creating internship positions for students enrolled in the Social Innovation program.