• Social Entrepreneurship
• Dawson Hall
• 853 Sherbrooke Street West
• Montreal QC H3A 0G5
• Telephone: 514-396-1821
• Website: mcgill.ca/socent

Student Affairs Administrator and Program Advisor: Tara Alward

Please email interdisciplinary.arts [at] mcgill.ca to make an appointment

The Minor Concentration in Social Entrepreneurship is a collaboration of the Faculty of Arts and Desautels Faculty of Management. It is designed to provide Arts (B.A.) students with an understanding of how to conceptualize, develop, and manage successful new ventures, including social enterprises, not-for-profit organizations, and cooperatives. The program is interdisciplinary and integrative. Many courses will therefore include students from multiple McGill faculties.

Students who pursue this program will acquire the skills necessary to take on issues of social responsibility, environmental sustainability, and the know-how to develop products and services to alleviate social problems. The minor concentration will impart a comprehensive set of management skills through targeted coursework in the Faculty of Management, complemented by an array of related courses in the Faculty of Arts.

The minor concentration also involves hands-on experience, either through an experiential learning course requiring students to create an entrepreneurial business plan, or through an internship at an NGO or other social enterprise. All Arts students in existing majors and minors with a minimum GPA of 3.0 may apply for the Minor Concentration in Social Entrepreneurship after completing at least one year of academic studies at the university.

Further information is available at mcgill.ca/socent.