Applied Impact Consulting - Using Innovation for Impact

(6 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Applied Impact Consulting is an intensive, 6-credit course that requires extensive client engagement and an immersive travel experience beyond the classroom. Students work directly with the client to scope projects, manage deliverables, implement sustainable solutions, and measure impact. Working as global consultants, students will hone their skills at team building, project management, communication, human-centered design, business model development, and project measurement. Ultimately you will be a part of the team building out an Impact Portfolio to highlight the global impact we as a university are having on the world's most pressing problems. At the end of the semester, teams formally present their projects to an advisory board in an effort to secure any additional funding needed for sustainable implementation. In addition to managing a live consulting project, participants have the opportunity to engage with a number of industry experts both in the classroom and during the class immersions - both domestically and internationally. In the past students have traveled internationally to Uganda to work directly with a project partner, and to Chicago to work with design thinking firms on their project. Travel expenses are covered by the course. This course is application only.