Courses for aspiring social entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and changemakers

Although Wesleyan does not offer a formal major or minor in Social Entrepreneurship, we have the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, Civic Engagement Certificate, Philosophy Department’s Social Justice track, IDEAS, and classes across the curriculum that we recommend for aspiring social entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and changemakers. 

Following is a selection of these courses that are offered in the 2019/2020 school year. To learn about current and future classes, or for personalized academic advising as it relates to social entrepreneurship, contact us to schedule a meeting. 

  • ARHA 249:  “Public Freehold”: Collective Strategies and the Commons in Art Since 1960
  • ARST 385: Introduction to Social Practice
  • ARST 285: Generative Art, Computational Media, and Creative Coding
  • FILM 104: Documentary Filmmaking: An Introduction to Project Learning
  • COL 121F: Writing About Social Issues
  • COL 285: The Essay from Page to Web Page
  • COL 227: Life Writing: Writing About the Self and from Experience
  • ENGL 323: What Was the Public Sphere?
  • ENGL 360: Special Topics: Writing Lives
  • ENGL 372: Race, Violence, and Resistance: Pauline Hopkins and Charles Chesnutt
  • RL&L 250: Integrative Learning Project 1: Reflecting About the Liberal Arts
  • AFAM 271: The Prison State: Race, Law, and Mass Incarceration in U.S. History
  • AFAM 345: Writing Against Racism
  • PSYC 361: The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination
  • THEA 364: Friendship and Collaboration: In Theory, In Practice
  • ENGL 372: Race, Violence, and Resistance: Pauline Hopkins and Charles Chesnutt
  • AMST 174: Popular Culture and Social Justice: An Introduction to American Studies
  • AMST 208: Visual Culture Studies and Violence
  • AMST 315: Entertaining Social Change
  • ANTH 259: Development, Disasters, and Beyond
  • CHUM 355: Social Movements Lab
  • ECON 366: The Economics of Developing Countries
  • GOVT 372: Political Communication in Polarized Environments
  • GOVT 392: Theorizing the City
  • CSPL 316: Human Rights Advocacy: Critical Assessment and Practical Engagement in Global Social Justice
  • CHUM 311: Abolitionist University Studies
  • SOC 315: The Health of Communities
  • QAC 250: An Intro to  Data Journalism
  • QAC 251: Data Visualization: An Introduction
  • CSPL 262: Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
  • CSPL 280: Nonprofit Boards: Theory and Practice I
  • ECON 213: Economics of Wealth and Poverty
  • EDST 230: Schools in Society
  • PHYS 105: Science of Sustainability
  • PSYC 325: Healthy Places: Practice, Policy, and Population Health
  • ECON 366: The Economics of Developing Countries
  • E&ES 130: Digital Storytelling with Maps: Science Stories
  • WRCT 250: Writing Reality: Journalism in an Era of Polarization and “Fake News”
  • COL 227: Life Writing: Writing About the Self and from Experience
  • CIS 135: Mindfulness
  • IDEA 170: Intro to Design and Engineering
  • PSYC 266: Psychology of Communities: Identity, Activism, and Social Engagement
  • EDST 310: Practicum in Education Studies
  • CSPL 317: Social and Political Perspectives on Digital Media
  • FGSS 115: Reporting from the Inside: Journalism, Activism, and Intimacy
  • CHUM 326: Litanies for Survival, Plots for Revolution
  • WRCT 112: The Logistics of Climate Change