Course Details
Course offered Winter 2017
HONORS 231 C: Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (SSc)
HONORS 231 C: Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (SSc)
SLN 15416 (View UW registration info »)
Credits: 5
Limit: 25 students
Limit: 25 students
Students must register for the HONORS listing of the class if they wish to earn Honors credit. Honors students will engage in an action orientated project (addressing a grand challenge through volunteering with an organization, creating a fundraising effort, or a social media campaign, etc.). A write up and a reflection will be part of this additional component for Honors, distinguishing it from the coursework ENTRE 490 students will do.
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs explores big problems and opportunities facing society, ranging from healthcare and education to climate change and poverty. The course examines how solutions to these massive challenges can be researched, validated, and implemented using entrepreneurial skills such as creativity, opportunity recognition, business models, pivoting, and execution