Discover your purpose. Ignite your passion for social impact. Deepen your values.
Course Curriculum
The curriculum focuses on the holistic development of leaders who are both effective and ethically grounded and who seek to lead social change:
- Self-Awareness and Personal Leadership: Understanding oneself — strengths, weaknesses, values, and principles — and how this contributes to effective leadership.
- Ingenuity: Approaching leadership challenges with creativity and adaptability, encouraging innovative thinking and decision-making in dynamic environments
- Love-Centered Leadership: Fostering empathy and compassion, building strong, trust-based relationships, and inspiring others to perform at their best
- Heroism in Everyday Life: Encouraging leaders to continually strive for excellence, push beyond limitations, and lead by example, even in everyday actions
- Service to Others: Developing leadership rooted in a commitment to serving others, empowering teams, and fostering personal and professional growth
Magis: A Jesuit principle meaning “the more,” which inspires continuous improvement and the pursuit of excellence in all endeavors
Program Overview and Key Details
The program includes a comprehensive course and immersion trip designed to enhance participants’ understanding of social entrepreneurship and its impact.
Details:
- Program Fee: $25,000*
- Course Duration: September 29 – November 21, 2025
- Immersion Trip: Ten-day trip in India from January 30 to February 8, 2026
- Requirement: Course completion is mandatory to participate in the Immersion Trip
*Program fee does not include airfare.
Frequently Asked Questions
The program fee covers the 8-week course and the 10-day immersion trip. During the immersion trip, expenses such as meals, hotel accommodations, airport transfers, and daily transportation are included. Participants are responsible for covering their own airfare.
The course is synchronous, featuring weekly online discussions led by a Miller Center executive mentor. Participants will follow a curriculum designed to deepen their leadership skills, emphasizing self-awareness, purpose, and a dedication to driving social impact.
Yes, the program includes two in-person events. It begins with an in-person kickoff in late September, offering participants the opportunity to meet and connect before starting the course. Later in October, participants are invited to another in-person event during Miller Center’s In-Residence program, where they can share their experiences and engage with scalable, impactful, and investable social enterprises presenting to the Santa Clara University and Miller Center communities.
Participants can look forward to visiting Bangalore, Pune, and Goa. The thoughtfully designed itinerary includes enriching excursions and meaningful engagements at five social enterprise site visits and engaging with a broader social entrepreneur network of alumni who have graduated from Miller Center’s flagship accelerator program.