Certificate Requirements

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 4160Designing Social Innovations
SOCY 4161*With the Director’s permission, SOCY 4932 (Internship in Social Innovation) can be substituted for SOCY 4161Executing 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 1220Global Health Issues for the Health Professions (offered through HPRAP)
GEOG 3692     Intro to Global Public Health
IPHY 3490         Intro to Epidemiology
PHIL 3160Bioethics
PSYC 2606Social Psychology
SLHS 1010Disabilities in Contemporary Society

Economy

Course #Course Title
ANTH 4020Archeology of Inequality
GEOG 3862Geography of International Development
GEOG 3672Gender & the Global Economy
ECON 4242Urban Economies: The Economics of Cities
ECON 4717Economics of Entreprenuership 
SOCY 4071Social Stratification

Environment/Population

Course #Course Title
BAKR 1600Creating a Sustainable Future
ECON 3535Natural Resource Economics
ECON 3545Environmental Economics
ECON 3784Economic Development & Policy
ENVS 3030Topics in Environmental Social Sciences
ENVS 3031Energy & Human Behavior
ENVS 3032Environment, Media & Society
GEOG 1962Geographies of Global Change
SOCY 2077Environment & Society
SOCY 3002Population & Society
SOCY 4007Global Human Ecology
SSIR 1010Entrepreneurship & Sustainability

Government

Course #Course Title
ECON 4211Public Economies
PSCI 2106Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
PSCI 3031Political Parties &  Interest Groups
PSCI 3274Capitalism & Its Critics
PSCI 4714Liberalism & Its Critics

International Affairs 

Course #Course Title
ANTH 4500Globalization & Transnational Culture
GEOG 3682       Geography of International Development
IAFS 1000          Global Issues and International Affairs
PHIL 3260Philosophy and International Order
PSCI 3143Current Affairs in International Relations 
PSCI 4012Global Development 

Society

Course #Course Title
ANTH 3170America: An Anthropological Perspective
ANTH 4500Globalization & Transnational Culture
ARSC 3001Social Engagement & Human Rights
ETHN 2001Foundations: Race & Ethnicity in the U.S.
ETHN 2013Critical Issues in Native North America
ETHN 2432African American History
ETHN 2536Survey of Chicana/o History and Culture
ETHN 3201Multicultural Leadership
GEOG 3742Place, Power, & Contemporary Culture
IAFS 3000Special Topics in International Affairs: Humanitarianism
INVS 3302Facilitating Peaceful Community Change
PACS 2500Introduction to Peace & Conflict Studies
PACS 3700Communication & Conflict Management
SLHS 2000Introduction to Communication Disorders
SOCY 2011Contemporary Social Issues & Human Values
SOCY 2031Social Problems
SOCY 2044Crime in Society
SOCY 3141Social Movements in the U.S.
SOCY 4081Sociology of Education
WMST 2000Introduction to Feminist Studies
WMST 3500Global Gender Issues

Technology

Course #Course Title
ATLS 4519Design for Change
EMEN 4200Engineering & Entreprenuership for the Developing World
EMEN 4825Entreprenuerial Business Plan Preparation 
HUEN 1850Engineering in History: The Social Impace of Technology
HUEN 2130History of Modern Technology: 1750 to the Atomic Bomb
HUEN 2210Engineering, Science, & Society 
MCEN 4045ME Senior Design 1 (ESI Section Only)
MCEN 4085ME Senior Design 2 (ESI Section Only)
MCEN 4228Cookstove Assessment 
MCEN 4228Project-based Learning in Rural Schools 

 

Internship Opportunities

  • Blueprints ()
  • Boulder Community Hospital ()
  • Boulder House Bridge ()
  • Coloradans for the Common Good ()
  • ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Office of the Attorney General ()
  • ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Anschutz Family Medicine Community Outreach ()
  • Defy Ventures ()
  • Empower Community High School ()
  • Futurebound ()
  • Let's Connect ()

    *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.