Entrepreneurial Leadership and Critical Global Issues

Be the change you want to see in the world! This course will help you become a future entrepreneurial leader who positively impacts society! 

The world is facing unprecedented critical issues, including poverty, government accountability and corruption, income inequality, climate change, unemployment, migration and, more recently, the COVID-19 global pandemic. This course will take a close look at global issues through an experiential entrepreneurial and leadership lens, developing your ability to think strategically and systematically about different scenarios and how to unpick them innovatively, creatively and courageously. Through hands-on experience applications, exposure to entrepreneurs and key figures from business and society, class trips, and analyzing in-depth current topics through reflective reading and writing, this course aims to develop students into future entrepreneurial leaders and changemakers.

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Learning Outcomes

• Understand and analyze the context and the history of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Egypt compared to the world.
• Investigate leadership theories and connect them to critical global issues. Identify and reflect on key critical global issues, their history, cause, current state and future state and possible solutions.
• Research and critically analyze critical global issues and reflect on your entrepreneurial leadership and changemaker journey.
• Develop problem-solving, critical thinking, creative inquiry and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrate self-reflection and awareness, leadership character, tolerance and respect for others.
• Undertake research independently and in teams.
• Advanced critical writing skills encompassing analysis and evaluative judgment.
• Enhance speaking and listening skills.
• Evidence is the capacity to communicate research clearly, comprehensively and persuasively.

Duration and Location

• July 28  - August 15, 2024.
• Sessions will run daily from 9 am - 3 pm.
• AUC New Cairo campus.
• Fridays and Saturdays off.

Fees

• $1,000 (price includes field trips) - This amount is equivalent to half the price of a regular undergraduate course.
• 10% discount offered for siblings.
• Egyptian students can pay the equivalent amount in Egyptian pounds.

Egyptian students can pay the tuition using

Current AUC Equivalent

This course is one of the core courses, from among which students of all majors may select. For students interested in start-ups and sustainable development. 

Note: Program requirements may change by the time the student applies to AUC. If this course is no longer a requirement for the major, it will be counted as an elective course.

Course Transfer

• Upon taking this course, you will receive a certificate of completion from AUC.
• The course is equivalent to 3 credit hours. Only students who pass the course will be able to transfer these 3 credits when they enroll at AUC. In case of transferring the course to other universities, their transfer assessments will apply. 

Requirements

• An English writing sample (at least 750 words): essay or reflection.
• A copy of your report card for the past two years of school.
• A recommendation letter from a high-school teacher within the past academic year, if available.

Transportation 

The AUC bus service is available for extra fees. Details on the schedule will be shared before the program’s start date.

Accommodation

Accommodation is offered at the University Residences in case needed. 

About the Instructor

Nellie El Enany

Nellie El Enany is an assistant professor at the School of Business at The American University in Cairo. She has been teaching subjects including entrepreneurship, business ethics, global leadership, international business, global strategy, human resource management and organizational behavior for over 10 years at several universities, including AUC and previously at the University of Warwick and Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. She takes a creative and critical approach to teaching, with students at the heart of the learning journey. El Enany seeks to stimulate students to engage critically and reflectively with the material while emphasizing the dialectical interdependence of theory and practice and blending scholarly and popular resources during the learning process. To enhance development and self-reflection, she encourages her students to have fun and enjoy learning and is a keen advocate of incorporating play into learning. In her free time, El Enany enjoys cycling, birdwatching, treating and rescuing street animals, keeping up-to-date with global issues and studying psychology and languages. 

Ahmad E Shahin

Ahmad E Shahin is an adjunct faculty member at The American University in Cairo. He has a diverse teaching portfolio with a speciality in operations management and entrepreneurship. His love for technology reflects on his teaching style, as he utilizes technological resources to interactively engage students in discussions about the recent issues in today's world. His hobbies include reading about developing topics and learning new languages. Shahin holds a bachelor degree in industrial engineering, two master's degrees; one in finance and the other in business, and currently working on his PhD in management.

AUC Refund Policy

A 100% refund of the program fees will be offered in the following cases. If reported at least three weeks before the program's start date.

• Course cancellation
• Medical withdrawal
• Visa denial