Master of Arts in (Social Entrepreneurship)
Location: Mumbai
School: School of Management and Labour Studies
Centre: Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Intake: 45
Description
The field of Social Entrepreneurship which has grown very rapidly in recent years, leveraging knowledge of business management and entrepreneurial skills to solve problems related of society and the environment. The major reasons are failure or withdrawal of state and/or market to deliver the needed service to the citizen especially the poor and marginalised groups. Some changes are aligned with the global politico-economic developments and seem to be irreversible. The need is to develop fresh perspectives which are contextually relevant and also capable to deliver the needed services. We need trained professionals who can take leadership in such situations. The new models to be designed by them should be capable of ensuring sustainable development. The Masters of arts in social entrepreneurship has been developing young entrepreneurial talent pool to become ‘change agents’.
The objectives of the Master of Arts (Social Entrepreneurship) (MASE) programme are to:
The programme covers an overview of economics, polity and sociology, innovative problem solving, venture creation, business and organisational management, and leadership linking, with benefits to stakeholders. Distinctive features of the curriculum are inductive pedagogy, blending classroom teaching and experiential learning through fieldwork, problem-solving assignments on social problems at individual and group levels, and meeting and interacting with social and business entrepreneurs. The programme is primarily targeted toward developing entrepreneurial skills. There are three major dimensions and components of this programme: (i) social context, (ii) entrepreneurship skills, and (iii) management tools.
A designed mix of all the three in each Semester meets the overall objectives of the programme. The semester-wise distribution is as follows:
Venture Life
Cycle stage
|
Semester & Field
Work stage
|
Programme
Content Focus
|
Decision Focus
| |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social
Context
|
Entrepreneurship
Process & Method
|
Management
tools
|
Effectuation
|
Causal | ||
Understanding
Context and
Ideation on
Problem
|
Semester I
(in class)
|
High | High | Low | High | Low |
Rural Visit for
one month
|
High | High | Low | High | Low | |
Designing
Experiment for
Social Problem
Solving
|
Semester II
(in class)
|
Moderate | High | Moderate | High | Moderate |
Pilot Testing
of Ventures for
3 months
|
Moderate | High | Moderate | High | Moderate | |
Consolidation
|
Semester III
(in class)
|
Moderate | High | High | Moderate | High |
Field Visit for
Venture Related
Research
|
Moderate | High | High | Moderate | High | |
Venture Planning
|
Semester IV
(in class)
|
High
|
High
|
High
|
High
|
High
|
Venture Start Up
|
Enter into the Incubation Centre & Financial and Non-Financial Support
|
The entrepreneurial domain is predominantly based on ‘effectual’ logic, whereas managerial domain is ‘causal’. The MASE programme focuses on ‘effectual logic’ during the initial period, and gradually exposes the students to ‘causal logic’ at a later stage. The students will be allowed to understand and experience both and take a creative decision to decide to adopt one or a mix of both.
The programme design will take care of the ‘life cycle approach’ of entrepreneurial processes — the creative phase, venture creation phase, and growth phase. The programme curriculum blends cutting edge theory with field based experiential learnings to develop appropriate, efficient, effective and economically sustainable entrepreneurial activities.
Classroom teaching focuses on self and group learning for problem solving and reflective and participative learning. This programme uses multiple evaluation components such as mid and end semester examination, report writing and presentation, case development, business plan development, etc. Graduates from this programme are supported to initiate social ventures and become social entrepreneurs, and find employment in a range of organisations working with people in securing employment, wealth and human security.
Programme Outcomes
Distribution of Credit Hours:
Year |
Details |
Credits |
I |
Foundation Course |
4 |
Core Course |
26 |
|
Field Work |
6 |
|
Choice Based Credit System (Open Elective) |
2 |
|
Choice Based Credit System (Elective Foundation) |
2 |
|
II |
Core Courses |
12 |
Field Work |
24 |
|
Choice Based Credit Courses (Disciplinary Elective) |
4 |
|
Research Dissertation |
4 |
|
Total Credits |
84 |
Semesterwise Courses:
Semester |
Course Category |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit/s |
I
|
Basic Course |
FC |
Foundation Courses |
4 |
Core Course (Multidisciplinary) |
SE01 |
Entrepreneurship |
2 |
|
Core Course (Multidisciplinary) |
SE02 |
Social Sector Perspectives and Social Entrepreneurship |
2 |
|
Core Course |
SE03 |
Microeconomics |
2 |
|
Basic Course |
SE04 |
Basic Accounting and Costing |
2 |
|
Basic Course (Research) |
SE05 |
Quantitative Research Methodology |
2 |
|
Basic Course (Research) |
SE06 |
Qualitative Research Methodology |
2 |
|
Basic Course |
SE07 |
Introduction to Public Policy: Concepts, Theory and Practice |
2 |
|
Basic Course (Multidisciplinary) |
SE08 |
Sustainable Development |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Total – Semester I |
20 |
II |
Fieldwork (Community Engagement) |
FW1 |
Field Work – 1 (Rural and Pre-Pilot Immersion) |
6 |
Elective Course (CBCS) |
CBCS |
Open Elective Course |
2 |
|
Elective Course (CBCS) |
CBCS |
Elective Foundation Course |
2 |
|
Skill Based Course |
SE09 |
Venture Design and Field Work (Pilot) Preparation |
2 |
|
Core Course (Multidisciplinary) |
SE10 |
Marketing Management for Social Ventures |
2 |
|
Core Course |
SE11 |
Financial Management for Social Ventures |
2 |
|
Core Course (Multidisciplinary) |
SE12 |
Supply Chain Management |
2 |
|
Core Course (Multidisciplinary) |
SE13 |
Social Marketing |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total – Semester II |
20 |
|
|
|
|
Total – Year 1 |
40 |
III |
Fieldwork (Community Engagement) |
FW2 |
Field Work – 2 (Pilot Social Enterprise) |
18 |
Core Course |
SE14 |
Legal Framework for Social Ventures |
2 |
|
Core Course (Multidisciplinary) |
SE 15 |
Strategic Venture Design and Resource Management |
2 |
|
Core Course (Research) |
SE16 |
Research Design for Dissertation |
2 |
|
|
|
Total – Semester III |
24 |
|
IV |
Fieldwork (Community Engagement/Skill Based) |
FW3 |
Fieldwork – 3 (Research Data Collection) |
6 |
Elective Course (CBCS) |
CBCS |
Disciplinary Elective Course |
2 |
|
Elective Course (CBCS) |
CBCS |
Disciplinary Elective Course |
2 |
|
Skill Based Course |
SE17 |
Social Impact Assessment |
2 |
|
Skill Based Course |
SE18 |
Venture Plan |
2 |
|
Core Course (Multidisciplinary) |
SE19 |
Management of Technology for Social Ventures |
2 |
|
|
Skill Based (Research) |
|
Research Dissertation |
4 |
|
|
|
Total – Semester IV |
20 |
|
|
|
Total – Year 2 |
44 |
|
|
|
Grand Total – MASE |
NOTE: In addition to 84 Credits of MASE Programme, a Non-Credit ‘Value-Added Course’ (30 hrs) will also be offered to the students in the Semester III/IV as per the need.
Fee Structure:
Components | M.A. In Social Enterprenurship | ||||
Fees | Sem I | Sem II |
Sem III | Sem IV |
|
FEE | Tuition Fee | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
Examination Fee | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
CHARGES |
Field Education / Internship / Experiential Learning Charges | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
IT Charges | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | |
Library Charges | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | |
Other Charges( ID Card, Convocation & Misc.) * | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FUNDS | Students' Competency Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lab / Studio Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Development Fund | 10,000 | 0 | 10,000 | 0 | |
Students' Union Fund * | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
Alumni Fund * | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 | |
Health Care Fund* | 2,000 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | |
DEPOSITS | Caution Deposits (Refundable at the time of exit from programme on submission of No Dues Certificate) | 10,000 | 0 | ||
Semester wise Course Fee | 51,500 | 27,500 | 39,000 | 27,000 | |
Yearly Fees | 79,000 | 66,000 | |||
Total Course Fee | 1,45,000 | ||||
Institute reserves the right to revise the Fee Structure of programmes if necessary. | |||||
Expenses related to Practicum / Study tour / Rural field work / Urban field work/Winter Institute, if any, will have to be met by the students themselves at the time of the activity. | |||||
No fee concession is available for self-finanaced programmes. |