COURSE NUMBER: MBA294.14

 

COURSE TITLE: Social Impact Speaker Series

 

UNITS OF CREDIT: 1.0

 

INSTRUCTOR: Kristi Raube

 

STUDENT ORGANIZERS: Katie Benintende, Betsy McCormick, Aarthi Rao

 

E-MAIL ADDRESSES: katie_benintende@mba.berkeley.edu; betsy_mccormick@mba.berkeley.edu; aarthi_rao@mba.berkeley.edu

 

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: https://bspace.berkeley.edu/

 

MEETING DAY/TIME: Thursdays, 4-6PM, Fall A only

This course will meet on the following dates: 8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2 and 10/9

 

PREREQUISITE(S): None

 

CLASS FORMAT: Guest lecturers, discussion, debate

 

REQUIRED READINGS: Selected reading related to lecture topics and bios of guest lecturers prior to each class

 

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: Grade will be pass/fail and be based on class attendance and class participation. Students will be required to submit one short blog post to the IBSI, but it will not be graded. 

 

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: The Social Impact Speaker Series will introduce students to a number of leaders within the social impact space. Speakers will hail from the public, private, philanthropic and nonprofit sectors and will include some of the most forward thinking leaders in these sectors (previous speakers in this series have come from Levi's, FSG Social Impact Advisors, Education Pioneers, and Unitus). The class will consist of seven two-hour classes, with a focus on various industries within social impact. Course topics will include tech for good, impact investing, and social entrepreneurship among others. The course will also explore functional roles MBAs can pursue in social impact. Each class will have two to three guest lecturers and will include a topic overview and then move into a panel discussion where a moderator will lead the conversation on each specific topic.