Overview
This course investigates in real time how can businesses can create real social and environmental impact while generating economic value. In COMM5030 Social Entrepreneurship Practicum, you will work with a mission driven business to tackle a real-world problem. Whether it’s improving business operation practices, understanding competition and consumers, measuring impact, … For more content click the Read More button below.
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply their cumulative learning and build practical business and leadership capabilities within a social entrepreneurship context. The course is taught through student engagement with a social entrepreneurship project, supported by both online modules and face-to-face workshops.
Each practicum experience will be different depending on the particular client project on which each student will work. Assessment tasks are designed to provide a consulting style framework to both create value for the social entrepreneurship project, and to enable students to demonstrate their ability to apply and synthesise social entrepreneurship concepts.
The course is the capstone course for the Master of Commerce Global Sustainability and Social Impact specialisation. It is also an alternative capstone practicum course for other MCom and MCom (Ext) specialisations. This course may also be taken as a free elective in other Master of Commerce and Master of Commerce (Ext) specialisations and as an elective in the Master of Professional Accounting (Ext) program. Please refer to the specialisation Handbook entries.
The course is offered in Terms 1, 2 and 3.
For enquiries please contact CSI Students at: csistudents@unsw.edu.au
Conditions for Enrolment
Completion of 12 UOC prior to undertaking this course as it is recommended that students do not undertake this course in their first term.
Course Attributes
Work Integrated Learning
Delivery
In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)
In-person - Intensive
Fees
Type | Amount |
---|---|
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable) | $2124 |
Domestic Students | $5010 |
International Students | $7410 |
Pre-2019 Handbook Editions
Access past handbook editions (2018 and prior)