The purpose of the proposed minor in Collaborative Social Innovation is to provide students with the skills and experiences to help improve the human condition expressed in practical, impactful challenge-focused activities through the cross-disciplinary approaches of:

1. Collaboration – Effective leadership and teamwork focused on enduring and learning from failure, managing risk, handling conflict, project management, and effective communication.
2. Social impact – Understanding of complex, transdisciplinary problems associated with a clear focus on improving the human condition and evaluating the effectiveness of such efforts
3. Innovation and design thinking – Designing and constructing novel, feasible solutions to address complex problems and ensuring that such solutions are sustainable

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Micro Focus (at least two courses from this list):		6-9
PUBP 1142	Teams and Collaboration
PUBP 3141	Leading Social Organizations
PUBP 4140	Foundations of Leadership
Macro Focus (at least two courses from this list):		6-9
COE 1201	Design Thinking and Innovation for Grand Challenges
PUBP 3201	Introduction to Social Policy
PUBP 3210	U.S. Health Policy
PUBP 3315	Environmental Policy and Politics
PUBP 3320	Climate Policy
PUBP 3350	Energy Policy
PUBP 3502	Information and Communications Technology Policy
PUBP 3600	Sustainability, Technology, and Policy
PUBP 4200	Social Policy Issues
PUBP 4211	Urban Policy
PUBP 4212	Women and Public Policy
PUBP 4214	Gender, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
PUBP 4414	Technology, Innovation, and Policy
PUBP 4726	Privacy, Technology, Policy and Law
Total hours		15