SOC 421 Social Innovation
This course will provide students with a framework for identification of socially relevant problems, and for the creation of sustainable and scalable solutions to those problems. This is an intensive, project-based course with small, multi-disciplinary teams. Teams will conceive, develop and test creative technological solutions to real-world problems. The course will introduce students to Human Centered Design, customer development and agile development. Teams will be given a toolkit for innovation and exposed to a wide range of frameworks for managing and driving innovation.