Our program provides students with skills to navigate the connections between community entities, local governments, and businesses. By blending theory, research, and personal experiences, the program equips students to advance their careers while making a meaningful difference in the lives of those around them. Students in this program will develop critical thinking skills to understand how they can influence their communities and evaluate the impact of external factors on their communities.

Students will address and develop solutions for quality-of-life and development challenges faced by neighborhoods, towns, small cities, and rural regions, all the way to affect the global scale, while assessing the causes and consequences of economic and population shifts.

This program provides participants with the necessary tools to establish impactful partnerships while fostering the perspective and confidence required to leverage individual strengths to create lasting socio-economic impact.

Combining social innovation and economic challenges, the program offers a framework for grasping opportunities to address socio-economic challenges. Students will learn to build ethical social platforms, manage creative communities, and understand the dynamics of network-mediated social change.