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Application Deadline
May 14

Social Enterprise Master’s Curriculum

The Social Enterprise Master’s program requires 39 or 42 credit hours to complete, depending on the student’s prior economics background. 

Core Courses (12 credit hours)

Global Social Entrepreneurship (includes required immersion)
 
Core
Social Innovation: Context and Best Practices
 
Core
Learning Social Innovation
 
Core

Skills Institutes (3 credit hours)

Skills institutes are 1-credit courses offered in a face-to-face online format or as part of the required in-person immersion held on American University’s campus. These course offerings are updated often to reflect current topics in the field, and they are subject to change each term. Skills institutes enable students to customize their curriculum and stay current in the field.

Multinational Negotiation
 
Skills Institutes
Real World Strategic Planning
 
Skills Institutes
Leadership Communication Strategies
 
Skills Institutes
Structured Analytic Techniques
 
Skills Institutes
Data Visualization
 
Skills Institutes
Writing Op-Eds
 
Skills Institutes
Smartphone Media Production
 
Skills Institutes
Designing Learner-Centered Trainings for Conflict Transformation
 
Skills Institutes
Briefing Policy Makers
 
Skills Institutes
Data Visualization Concepts, Tools, and Techniques
 
Skills Institutes
Seeing Systems for Sustainability: Creating Locally Informed Mapping for Sustainable Solutions
 
Skills Institutes
Building Cross-Sector Partnerships
 
Skills Institutes

Economics (3–6 credit hours)

Introduction to Economic Theory
 
Economics
Foundations of Economic Development
 
International Development

Methods and Analysis (6 credit hours)

Quantitative Methods: Research Design & Statistical Analysis
 
Methods & Analysis
Project Design, Monitoring & Evaluation (DM&E)
 
Methods & Analysis

Electives (12 credit hours) 

Choose from the following courses:

Private Sector Engagement with Social Issues
 
Methods & Analysis
International Negotiation
 
Methods & Analysis
Intercultural Communication
 
Core
Management of Organizations and Human Capital
 
Methods & Analysis
Sustainable Development and Global Environmental Politics
 
International Development
Global Governance
 
Core
Conflict Assessment and Prevention
 
Int’l Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
Global Health Politics and Policy
 
International Development
International Economics
 
Economics
Marketing Management
 
Methods & Analysis
Politics of Global Development
 
Methods & Analysis
Post-War Transitions
 
Methods & Analysis

In-person Experiences (3 credit hours)

International Immersion (optional but highly recommended) and Study Abroad.

Optional International Immersion
 
Elective
Optional Study Abroad
 
Elective

Capstone (3 credit hours)

Taken in a student’s final semester, the capstone experience blends professional skills training with an applied policy or research project that bridges theory and practice. Learn more about the capstone here.

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