Leadership & Social Innovation, B.A.
In your future, the lines between activism and entrepreneurship, business and social innovation will continue to blur. Businesses will take new forms, and innovation and collective ownership and action will be applied to meet the world’s most pressing challenges. Climate. Equity. Affordable housing. Food security. Justice.
John Carroll University’s Bachelor of Arts in Leadership and Social Innovation will prepare you to stand among society’s brightest — leaders and entrepreneurs who don’t hesitate to bring courage, compassion, and creativity to address societal needs. You will gain the skills and mindsets required to affect meaningful change in conscientious and impactful ways. You will learn foundational concepts across disciplines — finance, law, sociology, history, management, marketing — and bring habits of reflection and self-awareness about your role as a collaborator, convener and leader.
Community-based activities and research, and experiential learning opportunities in the Capstone and through co-op experience will give you a 360-view of markets, communities and policy and empower you to actively advocate for inclusion and social justice.
Students must complete the University’s Integrative Core Curriculum in addition to the Boler Core Curriculum. In completing the Integrative Core Curriculum, Boler College of Business students must take PL311 (Business Ethics) as one of the choices in the category of Jesuit Heritage.
Prospective Financial Planning and Wealth Management majors must complete FN 312 with a minimum grade of C.
According to national statistics, 75% of all entrepreneurs today started as arts and sciences majors. Thus, the center offers any student, regardless of major, a unique series of opportunities to learn, apply, and practice their entrepreneurial skills in a real-world setting. The academic and co-curricular programs under the Muldoon Center umbrella allow students to develop their creativity, and innovative ideas, to work with and learn from business owners, and to participate in local, regional and national competitions.
We encourage every Boler student to earn Bloomberg Certification. By completing the (free) self-paced Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) e-learning course, you gain a credential that tells employers you have a firm grasp of the gold standard financial markets data platform.
of JCU students enrolled in a Leadership Development course.
Sharpen your “thinking outside of the box” skills.
Ranked #1 for job readiness by Bloomberg Business.
The “New” M.S. in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Students asked and we listened. We know that it can be a balancing act to work full time and attend graduate school. Add managing a family into the mix and it can seem impossible. It’s not.
Literal Food for Thought Provides Lessons in Social Entrepreneurship
Experiential learning and community engagement are hallmarks of a John Carroll University education, and they come to life with the Food for Thought food buggy. The food buggy fulfills JCU’s comprehensive and holistic Jesuit mission while actualizing the University as a social entrepreneurship leader in Northeast Ohio.
Boler Adds Social Innovation Research Expertise to Global Voices of Refugee Youth Effort
Boler College faculty have joined several governments and leading NGOs, a major research firm along with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency to support post-primary education for refugees and host communities. The consortium has launched Voices of Refugee Youth,an education and research project focused on Rwanda and Pakistan.