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Social Innovation

Community Engagement and Experiential Learning

Engaging with our community and applying our learning in applied contexts are at the heart of the Social Innovation Major. Students must complete at least one CE-designated course in addition to their participation in at least three activities, selected from a range of approved options that involve applied and immersive learning with communities external to Rollins.

Options include:

  • Participation in one of the following field study or summer programs*:
    • CHM WaSH in the Dominican Republic
    • EDU Rural Education in Rwanda
    • ENV Environment & Dev. in Central America
    • ENV Exploring the Everglades
    • ENV Portland Oregon Field Study
    • INB Live, Learn, Labor: Latin America
    • POL Social Entrep. in the Dominican Republic
    • POL Health & Human Rights in South Africa
    • POL Community Development in Tanzania
    • REL India & the Infinite
    • REL Jerusalem
    • *Other Rollins Approved study abroad programs can be considered on a case-by-case basis.
  • Participation in any SIT study abroad program
  • Participation in any Rollins Immersion program
  • Participation in a SI-related competition (e.g., Ideas for Good challenge)
  • Participation in the Sullivan Foundation or Ashoka U Exchange conference
  • Participation in Leadership Ally program (working on an SI-related project)
  • Completion of a SI-related internship (interdisciplinary designation)
  • Participation in the Student-Faculty Collaborative Research program (SI-related project)
  • Completion of an Edyth Bush Institute certificate program