Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ENTSOCI). This 3-unit service learning course introduces the concept and application of social innovation and social entrepreneurship to learners as the process of developing and deploying effective solutions for challenging and often systemic social and environmental issues in support of social progress. It distinguishes social innovation from social entrepreneurship and identifies drivers to the effective implementation and evaluation of plans, programs and projects that lead to social innovation/social entrepreneurship. Social enterprise cases are used to describe and dissect social innovations within the country and internationally by engaging with communities and mentors through LSEED Center.
This course highlights the fundamental concept and practical applications of social innovations and social entrepreneurship. The course provides students with the opportunity to develop social enterprise (business) plans or create a service learning project for a community-based social enterprise, through learning sessions, guided mentoring & coaching, and design thinking (online) boot camp. Students are also given the opportunity to participate in the fellowship program under De La Salle University's Lasallian Social Enterprise for Economic Development (LSEED) Center if they decide to implement their SE ideas.
In this course, students are guided to use the Lasallian Reflection Framework (LRF), Circular Economy, and United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals as their reflection and development frameworks in creating and building social enterprises. Implementation and evaluation of projects are jointly conducted with partner communities under the guidance of the social enterprise and social action offices. Engagement is matched and aligned with the social enterprise development roadmap of communities which are aligned with the indicators of the UN SDG.
