Minor
A complementary minor is taken in addition to a student’s main program. There is no direct admission in a complementary program; the choice is made after admission and registration in a bachelor program.
Compulsory Courses (24 units)
INS2101 Introduction to Social Innovation
INS2102 Social Justice and Critical Thinking
INS2103 Social Movements
INS2104 Democracy and Civic Engagement
INS2105 Social and Solidarity Economy
INS2106 Management, Administration and Social Innovation
INS3101 Self-Management in Organizations
INS3102 Practical Seminar: Introduction to Action Research
Optional Courses (6 units)
6 units from:
ECS2192 Inequality, Conflict and Social Justice
INS3103 Capitalism, Classes and Inequalities
INS3104 Labor Movements
IPA1123 Introduction to Group Dynamics
IPA3126 The Spiritual Dimensions of Leadership and Group Facilitation
ISC2301 Communication and Organizations
With the approval of the School of Social Innovation, students may also choose optional courses from among those offered by the School of International Development and Global Studies in order to add an international perspective to their studies.
Some courses have specific prerequisites.
A course that is part of a bachelor degree or a major cannot count as an optional course toward a minor.
This course consists of two components: (1) the examination of the variable linkages between inequality (economic, social, political), injustice, and violent conflict; and (2) the examination of efforts to create environments characterized by equality, equity, justice and peace.
Social innovation basics, methodological foundation to study the field and best practices.
Main contemporary theories of social justice (liberal, critical, catholic, etc.) and issues related to redistribution, recognition, capabilities and accessibility.
Analyzing social situations through the lens of concepts developed by the most important schools of critical thinking and the approaches in social movement studies.
Fundamentals of democracy, participation and representative government needed to understand and move beyond the framework in which they are embedded within Western societies.
Students having completed the course DVM4154 Global Studies, Citizenship and Development will be credited for this course.
Overview of social and solidarity economy through a survey of the field’s main texts and its most important initiatives.
Students having completed the course DVM4150 Social Economy and Local Development in Developing Countries will be credited for this course.
Basics of management and administration necessary for the proper functioning of a social organization.
Students having completed the courses ADM1100 Introduction to Business Management will be credited for this course.
Structures, bodies, and modes of operation within democratic organizations.
Basic introduction to action research through getting involved in an organization and/or implementing a project, critically reflecting on the experience.
Theoretical foundations of Marxist analysis, key concepts and contemporary debates, in particular, current economic and technological changes.
Analysis of the trajectory and dynamics of social movements focused on issues of class and socioeconomic inequality.
Basic notions in project management adapted to the reality of innovative social organizations.
This course initiates participants to the group phenomenon and to different fundamental concepts, such as group typology, elements of group dynamics, as well as conditions and factors that are part of interpersonal and group communication. Participants learn to be aware of the quality of their participation and to develop their capacity to observe and to interact.
This course was previously HUM1103 and IGL1103.
Definition of an organization. Usual approaches to communication within the organizations: functionalist, strategic, critical, and cultural. The change management issue. Impact of technology.
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