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Master’s Concentration

Social Enterprise, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Are you a social entrepreneur or aspiring to become one? Will a social innovation move the needle on a problem or challenge you’re passionate about? Increase your value as a nonprofit leader and learn to address community issues in this hands-on master’s degree concentration in Social Enterprise, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship designed to help you drive mission impact. In this program, you’ll gain the practical strategies and tools needed to take a social enterprise idea through to launch — plus all the steps in-between: funding, prototyping, scaling, marketing, measurement, and more.

This program follows the graduate guidelines of the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC).

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Top-ranked, career-focused education in a flexible online format.

At a Glance

Classes Next Begin
March 31

Term Length
10 Weeks

Master's Tuition
$835 per credit hour

Format
Online

Admission Details
Free Application. No GRE or GMAT

How Long to Finish
As quick as 18 months. Access a sample schedule

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Skills You’ll Learn

Determine the strengths and challenges in developing a successful and impactful social enterprise
Cultivate innovation, design thinking, and other processes to examine an idea’s social value and market possibilities
Apply social innovation frameworks and tools to test a social enterprise’s business and financial structure

Curriculum

Master of Science in Nonprofit Leadership with a concentration in Social Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship requires completion of 48 credit hours (12 courses).

5

Core Courses

4

Concentration
Courses

3

Elective Courses

Core Courses

Learn the scope of activity, historical development, and future direction of the industry. These courses provide a foundation that you'll draw on throughout your concentration and elective courses. The capstone serves as the culminating academic experience in which you'll explore a problem of practice in your field of study.

NFP 4010 Leading Nonprofit/Nongovernmental Organizations
NFP 4015 Healthy Nonprofit/Nongovernmental Organizations
NFP 4020 Legacy and Trends of Nonprofit Organizations and Civil Society
NFP 4905 Graduate Social Research Methods
NFP 4901 Capstone Project
OR
NFP 4920 Portfolio Capstone
Concentration Courses

Focus on a specific professional area within the larger industry sector and master the skills needed to excel in that area.

NFP 4115 Leading Nonprofit Financial Health
NFP 4400 Principles and Practices in Social Enterprise, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
NFP 4405 Social Enterprise Strategies
NFP 4410 Social Enterprise Experiential Learning
Elective Courses

Popular electives for students in the Nonprofit Leadership program include:

ORL 4115 Organizational Culture and Organizational Development Impacts
COMM 4144 Strategic Public Relations
MALS 4284 Arts and Culture Entrepreneurship
COMM 4320 Social Media Strategy
ORL 4400 Leading Strategic Planning in Organizations
ORL 4530 Leading a Culture of Organizational Innovation

Elective courses may be chosen from among non-core and concentration courses in the academic program, and you may also select courses in other College of Professional Studies graduate programs. Your academic advisor will help you select electives that align with your career and personal goals.

Interested in a graduate certificate?

Explore our four and six course graduate certificates in Social Enterprise, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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Career Opportunities

Select Job Titles

Chief Innovator
Corporate Social Responsibility Director
Senior Data Analyst
Social Enterprise Consultant
Social Innovation Program Manager
Social Venture Advisor

Social and Community Service Managers Salary: National Average

$64,100

(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Accreditation


Higher Learning Commission

University College programs maintain the highest level of accreditation offered by The Higher Learning Commission, one of the regional accrediting bodies recognized by the federal government. The University of Denver and all of its academic programs are regionally accredited by this commission, and regional accreditation is the highest standard for universities in the United States.


Nonprofit Academic Centers Council
The Nonprofit Leadership program at DU's University College is a proud member of several leading nonprofit associations, including the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC).
 

 

 


Colorado Nonprofit Association
The University of Denver's Nonprofit Leadership program through University College is proud to be a sponsor of the Colorado Nonprofit Association, a valued community partnership for more than a decade.

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