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Social Impact

This major focuses on the fundamental issues facing society, and how business can be used to solve them.

For this major you’ll take lots of social impact and other core business classes. But you’ll also need to take classes in the arts, science, math, and social sciences to earn your bachelor’s degree. These extra courses help make sure that you graduate from college with all of the skills you’ll need to prepare for a successful career in social impact.

Sample Courses

Social Impact Courses:

Social Conflict and Social Change
Youth in American Society
Race and Human Rights
Equity Investing
Sociology of Aging
Global Health and Healing
Leading the Mission-Driven Organization
Data-Informed Decision Making
Impact Investing and Social Enterprise
Economics of Social Transformation
Theology of Business
Marketing a Socially Responsible Brand
Women in Contemporary Society
Community Organizing
Nonprofit Management
Resource Development for Nonprofits
Clean Technology and Supply Chain
Corporate Sustainability
Urban Sociology
Behavior Change
The Immigrant Experience
Identities, Self and Society

Core Business Courses:

Business Law
Business Information Systems
Principles of Finance
Managing People and Organizations
Principles of Marketing
Financial Accounting
Management Accounting
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Supply Chain Management
Business Statistics

General Curriculum Requirements:

Arts Courses: Art, History, Languages, Literature, Music
Math Courses: Algebra, Calculus, Computer Science, Logic, Statistics
Natural Sciences Courses: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics
Social Sciences Courses: Anthropology, Economics, Government, Psychology, Sociology