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<div><div>The Social Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary minor that caters to all majors to students who are interested in learning how to create and maintain social enterprises in order to contribute to society. The courses offered include general business classes, marketing, economics, english, psychology, philosophy, and theatre, but most of the courses are heavily business based. Due to this reason, many students do not realize that the minor exists. Other students simply are not motivated to start or complete the minor because there are not any courses that guide students to define social problems and design different approaches to solutions. Before adding additional courses that are not offered, the minor will be enhanced by changing the course requirements. </div><div><br/></div><div>Potential Courses that can be added</div><div>Diverse Training: Fighting Hate & Bias and Social Justice are two topics that conveniently overlap. This course is different from courses already offered due to the nature of information and topics that would be discussed and the interdisciplinary aspect. This course would involve between 2-5 professors who teach History, Politics, Women’s Studies, Economics, and Philosophy. Topics that would be taught include analyzing underrepresented groups, exploring and analyzing different forms of hate and bias and how they occur, discuss variations of how to achieve equality, learn how to combat hate and bias inside and outside the workplace, and completing a group or class campaign about a specific social issue agreed upon that will take place in Converse for 1 day- 1 week</div><div><br/></div><div>Design Thinking would explore what design thinking is by analyzing case study examples. There will be activities conducted in the beginning of classes in order to ignite curiosity and creativity in order to free the mindset of limited possibilities. There will also be a project that would take place in small groups or as a class effort to showcase what design thinking is and to spark interest to Converse students from various disciplines.</div><div><br/></div></div>
= Priority 4: Increase Community-Converse Partnerships student’s networking abilities and entrepreneurial skills by offering more internship and job opportunities through the college. = '''<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"div>UIF FELLOWS COALITION</spandiv></spandiv></span>''' <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahomaIn this class,genevaprofessors at Converse would connect students with local businesses,sans-serifwith which partnerships with the college would be made. ">One of Converse’s largest and mostly untapped advantages is its location in proximity This class would allow students to learn how to reach out to Wofford Collegebusinesses, another UIF along with getting the hands on experience and networking experience with companies throughout the schoolyear. OtherStudents would have the opportunity to intern with a company for a semester, regional UIF universities volunteer at events on campus, have an entry level position with a company, and much more. This would allow students to network more developed I&E ecosystems include Furman with the community, and Clemsonpossibly find future job opportunities after college. </spandiv></spandiv><br/span> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">In planning regional events with colleges like Wofford, Clemson, and Furman, and directing students to resources that Converse may not be able to produce on its own, students will be able to interact with and learn from campus communities right outside their space.</spandiv></spandiv></spandiv>
= Priority 5: Create Pipeline for I&E Students =