Innovation for the Public Good Certificate
The Carolina Graduate Certificate in Innovation for the Public Good (CIPG) gives master’s and doctoral students an educational pathway to explore modern design thinking and innovation changemaking and practice the skills they need to help create meaningful change in the world. The certificate is sponsored by three academic units: the College of Arts and Sciences, Gillings School of Global Public Health, and the School of Education. Additional promotional and operational support is provided by Innovate Carolina.
CIPG provides students from any department design thinking and innovation mindsets, tools and methods they need to work effectively across disciplines to solve complex problems and create innovations for the public good. By earning the certificate, students become skilled in methods that they can apply to their doctoral or thesis research. CIPG also equips them with career-ready skills that they can use when working on multi-disciplinary teams in businesses, non-profits and government agencies that increasingly demand the ability to apply cross-sector, community-engaged practices.
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Course | ||
| Foundational Design Thinking Course: | ||
| HBEH/PLCY 748 | Design Thinking for the Public Good | 3 |
| or EDUC 818 | School Psychology Intervention and Assessment III | |
| Electives | ||
| Students must take a total of 3 credits for Innovation Methods, Tools, and Best Practices. See viable course options below. | 3 | |
| Students must take a total of 3 credits for Social Innovation in Practice. See viable course options below. | 3 | |
| Minimum Hours 1 | 9 | |
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CIPG students are required to take at least 3 credits outside of their home school. For example, if you are a Gillings student and take HBEH 748 and HPM 890, which are both offered through Gillings, you will need to take your final 3-credit course outside of Gillings. (LC: Students in the College of Arts and Sciences need to take at least 3 credits outside of their home department and PLCY students cannot enroll in the HBEH 748 section of the course to satisfy this requirement.)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Innovation Methods, Tools and Best Practices Electives | ||
| HPM 890 | Special Topics in HPM (HPM 890.013 Systems Thinking & Collective Impact) 2 | 3 |
| PLCY 745 | Mixed Methods and Program Evaluation 2 | 3 |
| PLCY 790 | Social Entrepreneurship 2 | 3 |
| PUBH 718 | Systems and Design Thinking for Public Health Leaders 2 | 3 |
| ANTH 898 | Seminar in Selected Topics (Decolonizing Methodologies) | 3 |
| BUSI 521 | Design Thinking: The Innovation Process for Complex Problems | 3 |
| EDUC 767 | Introduction to Educational Innovation | 3 |
| EDUC 845 | Instructional Strategies for Teaching and Learning in Digital Contexts | 3 |
| GEOG 541 | GIS in Public Health | 3 |
| HBEH 690 | Special Topics in Health Behavior (Rapid Prototyping) | 3 |
| HBEH 730 | Theoretical Foundations of Health Behavior | 3 |
| HBEH 749 | mHealth for Behavior Change | 2 |
| HBEH 753 | Qualitative Methods in Health Behavior | 3 |
| HPM 715 | Health Economics for Policy and Management | 3 |
| HPM 742 | Health Care Finance | 3 |
| HPM 743 | Health Care Reimbursement | 1 |
| HPM 745 | Financial Management and Analysis for Public and Nonprofit Entities | 3 |
| HPM 760 | Healthcare Quality and Information Management | 3 |
| HPM 767 | Implementation Science in Health | 3 |
| HPM 772 | Techniques for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care | 3 |
| INLS 534 | Youth and Technology in Libraries | 3 |
| INLS 719 | Usability Testing and Evaluation | 3 |
| MBA 804D | Managing and Communicating in Turbulent Times | 2 |
| MBA 833A | SYSTEMS THINKING: SUST (Taught in seminar (weekend) format.) | 3 |
| MBA 833D | Sustainability Reporting & Certification (Taught in seminar (weekend) format.) | 3 |
| MBA 850A | Sustainable Community Development | 3 |
| MEJO 463 | News Lab: Creating Tomorrow's News Products | 3 |
| MEJO 530 | Green Brand Lab | 3 |
| MEJO 560 | Environmental and Science Journalism H | 3 |
| MEJO 581 | User Experience Design and Usability | 3 |
| MEJO 811 | Persuasion and Social Influence | 3 |
| MEJO/HBEH 825 | Seminar in Interdisciplinary Health Communication | 3 |
| MHCH 722 | Global Maternal and Child Health | 3 |
| NURS 960 | Proseminar in Nursing (A series of three 1-credit courses.) | 3 |
| PLAN 576 |  Urbanism in the Global South | 3 |
| PLAN 636 | Urban Transportation Planning | 3 |
| PLAN 639 | Complete Streets | 3 |
| PLAN 738 | Transportation Policy and Planning | 3 |
| PUBH 754 | Research Frameworks and Methods for Assessing and Improving Population Health | 3 |
| PLCY 770 | Impact Investing and Community Finance | 3 |
| PLCY 799 | Selected Topics in Public Policy (Nonprofits and Public Policy ) | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
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Highly recommended course options.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Social Innovation in Practice Electives | ||
| EDUC 758 | Immigration and Education | 3 |
| EDUC 761 | Design of Emerging Technologies for Education | 3 |
| EDUC 919 | Design of Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments | 3 |
| FOLK 790 | Public Folklore | 3 |
| GEOG 435 | Global Environmental Justice | 3 |
| GLBL 450H | Social Change in Times of Crisis: Knowledge, Action, and Ontology | 3 |
| GLBL 481H | NGO Politics | 3 |
| GLBL 487H | Social Movements: Rethinking Globalization | 3 |
| GLBL 489 | Paradigms of Development and Social Change H | 3 |
| GLBL 890 | Special Topics in Global Studies (Approaches to Conflict Transformation) | 3 |
| GRAD 717 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship and The Entrepreneurial Mindset | 1.5 |
| HBEH 705 | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Health: A Population Perspective | 3 |
| HBEH 765 | Cancer Prevention and Control Seminar | 3 |
| HBEH 775 | Introduction to Public Health Policy and The Policy-Making Process | 3 |
| HPM 730 | Leadership and Workforce Management Strategies | 3 |
| HPM 745 | Financial Management and Analysis for Public and Nonprofit Entities | 3 |
| HPM 758 | Underserved Populations and Health Reform | 3 |
| HPM 767 | Implementation Science in Health | 3 |
| INLS 584 | Information Ethics | 3 |
| INLS 737 | Inclusive Information Services for Diverse Populations | 3 |
| MBA 803C | Corporate Communication: Social Advocacy and Activism | 3 |
| MBA 824 | MGMT WORKPLACE DIVERSITY | 3 |
| MBA 848A | StartUp-UNC I | 1.5 |
| MBA 848B | StartUp-UNC II | 1.5 |
| MEJO 530 | Green Brand Lab | 3 |
| NURS 425 | Global and Interprofessional Approaches to Solve Complex Cases | 3 |
| PLAN/ENEC 420 | Community Design and Green Architecture | 3 |
| PLAN 651 | Urban Form and the Design of Cities | 3 |
| PLAN 764/PUBA 734 | Community Development & Revitalization Techniques | 4.5 |
| PLCY 483 | Natural Disasters, Inequality, and Public Policy | 3 |
| PLCY 485 | Poverty, Health, and Human Development in Low Income Countries | 3 |
| PLCY 530 | Educational Problems and Policy Solutions H | 3 |
| PLCY 661 | Global Health Law & Policy | 3 |
| PLCY 662 | Global Health and Human Rights | 3 |
| PUBA 731 | Public Budgeting and Finance | 3 |
| PUBA 734 | Community Development & Revitalization Techniques | 4.5 |
| PUBA 738 | Managing Local Government Services | 3 |
| PUBA 756 | Nonprofit Management | 3 |
| PUBA 757/SOWO 885 | Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| PUBA 758 | Navigating Nonprofit Local Government | 3 |
| PUBA 763 | Grant Writing and Evaluation | 1.5 |
| PUBH 718 | Systems and Design Thinking for Public Health Leaders | 3 |
| PUBH 730 | Leading Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in Public Health Locally And Globally | 3 |
| PUBH 731 | Public Health Social Marketing | 3 |
| PUBH 783 | Mass Criminalization, Mass Incarceration & Public Health | 3 |
| PUBH 791 | Core Principles in Public Health Leadership | 3 |
| SOWO 750 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | 1.5 |
| SOWO 764 | Motivational Interviewing for the Treatment of Addictive and Mental Health Disorders | 1.5 |
| SOWO 792 | Program Development and Proposal Preparation | 1.5 |
| SOWO 793 | Asset Development Practice | 1.5 |
| SOWO 881 | Development Theory and Practice in Global Settings | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
