Entrepreneurship, Orgs & Soc 239 - Organizations and Finance

Students will create and manage organizations,;learn from topical lectures, readings and case;studies, and hear from guest speakers. The course;will cover core organizations: not-for-profits,;"C" corporations, "S" corporations, partnerships,;and the LLC (limited liability company) plus;special variations like workers cooperatives and;social venture variations known as benefit;corporations and L3C companies. Students will;also learn how to analyze and present financial;information and gain competency with basic;spreadsheets and analytical tools. Finally,;students will consider organizations in their;social contexts, discussing the relationship of;organization types to social issues at global and;local scales.

Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors