[6.0 credits towards stream; 3.0credits towards electives] [Note: This course has been approved in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies for general education credit.] [PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/SOSC 1341 9.0.]
This course introduces students to the social economy (including co-operatives, credit unions, worker-owned firms, non-profit social service organizations, etc.). It investigates the history of the social economy and its potential contributions to local, regional and international socio- economic development.

[Open to: Business and Society majors in the Social Economy stream.] [Not open to: Non-BUSO majors, BUSO majors not taking the social economy stream, except by permission.] [Pre-Req. Sosc 1341]
The course examines alternative business and economic structures to those of the private corporation in the contemporary world. Particular attention is paid to cooperatives and worker-owned firms and their impact not just on those who work in such organizations but also on the wider economic environment in which they operate.

This course is designed primarily for students in the Social Economy stream of the Business & Society program. It involves students being assigned to an unpaid work placement for a social economy organization in the Greater Toronto Area. Prerequisite: AP/SOSC 3041 6.0. Course credit exclusions: None. Open to: BUSO majors in Social Economy Stream (and other BUSO students with permission).