Bachelor of Commerce: Social Innovation

Program Highlights

The Bachelor of Commerce: Social Innovation degree is an innovative and practical degree designed to equip students with the tools to address complex societal and environmental challenges. With an emphasis on sustainability and design thinking, this three-year degree combines core business concepts with a creative and socially conscious approach to problem-solving.

Key program highlights include hands-on learning through over 300 hours of experiential opportunities, such as capstone projects, which allow students to collaborate with industry partners and tackle real-world challenges. The curriculum integrates essential business disciplines like accounting, marketing, and project management, with specialized courses in innovation, ethics, and risk management. Students also gain exposure to advanced technologies, analytical tools, and methodologies to design and implement solutions addressing societal needs.

The program fosters a diverse and engaging learning environment with opportunities for active participation in the Innovation Hub. Here, students engage in hackathons, pitch-making workshops, and sustainability-focused initiatives, connecting them with industry leaders and community stakeholders.

This degree is ideal for students driven by a passion for innovation and social impact, preparing them for roles such as Business Development Officer, Organizational Analyst, or Market Researcher. With strong ties to local and global industries, this program uniquely positions graduates to lead in the rapidly evolving business landscape while contributing to meaningful social change.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Examine the intersections of technology, society, culture, business, and the natural world through various ways of knowing and learning.
• Employ project management principles and processes within a project to provide stakeholders with deliverables and solutions.
• Outline solutions for social, environmental, and economic challenges using design methods, collaboration, and innovation-based processes.
• Apply design thinking and holistic perspectives to the intersecting current realities and future implications of specific societal, environmental and economic challenges.
• Create technological solutions to address issues in one or a set of intersecting area(s) of concentration from the fields of science and technology, arts and culture, food and drink, business and community development, and/or production and manufacturing.
• Collaborate within professional and inter-professional working groups to meet deadlines and project milestones.
• Document a project that addresses societal, environmental, or economic challenges to meet the needs of a variety of stakeholders.
• Support continuous professional development, to seek new experiences, be open to multiple perceptions, perspectives, and responses to issues, while maintaining a strong commitment to meeting project deliverables and stakeholder requirements.
• Operate according to a set of professional standards for workplace health and wellness, effective working relationships, and societal, economic and environmental responsibility.