Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Badge Program

Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Badge Program

Babson College Health, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Badge Program offers a combination of learning inside and outside the classroom that gives students experience in the healthcare and life sciences industry.

Students are required to (1) complete two courses from the list of track-approved courses, (2) choose four co-curricular activities to attend, and (3) attend and volunteer for at least one KMH Center event. All of these requirements require a brief reflection piece that will be submitted via Canvas.

Badge Requirements

Approved Application

Those interested in applying for this program should submit an application here. All applications will be reviewed on a weekly basis and students may be contacted for follow-up information. If you have questions about the status of your application or need more information, please contact Sienna Ablorh.

You do not need to have completed (or even have started) the requirements to apply.

Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Courses

Requirement 1: Courses

Complete at least 2 of the following courses:

Course # Title HC/LS-specific Project
ANT4600 Accessing Health? Design, Inequality and the Politics of Place  
EPS4515 Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship
MFE3534 Management Consulting Field Experience
NST1040 Human Biotechnology  
OIM3501 Global Health Innovation Lab  
OIM3536 Scaling Lean Ventures
SCN3601 Triumphs and Trials in the Pharma Industry  
SCN3635 Human Nutrition  
SCN3660 Human Health and Disease  
SOC4620 The Sociology of Health and Medicine  
ECON 232 Health Economics (Wellesley College Course)  
ECON 332 Advanced Health Economics (Wellesley College Course)  
SOC 314 Global Health and Social Epidemiology (Wellesley College Course)  

For the course to count towards the badge program, students must submit their final class deliverable to the Badge Program Canvas Page. This is especially important for courses that are not primarily focused on healthcare and life sciences, but have a module on health, or a student could choose to focus on health for their final project.

Requirement 2: Co-Curricular Activities

Students must choose to participate in four of the following co-curricular activities:

  • Attend one session of Crossroads: A KMH Center Interdisciplinary Speaker Series and submit a brief one-paragraph summary of the experience via Canvas.
  • MassBio Event Attendance and submit a brief one-paragraph summary of the experience via Canvas.
  • Undergraduate CCD Healthcare and Life Science event attendance and submit a brief one-paragraph summary of the experience via Canvas.
  • Undergraduate Healthcare and Life Science Club Participation: Join the club, attend any one event, and submit a brief one-paragraph summary of the experience via Canvas.
  • Meet with a KMH Center Senior Fellow or Alum. Multiple opportunities will be provided to encourage connection, including:
    • Monthly Office Hours with a KMH Center Senior Fellow
    • 1-on-1 Office Hours with KMH Center Senior Fellows
    • Alumni Connections made ad hoc depending on student interests and project/startup needs

Requirement 3: KMH Center Leadership

Students must attend and volunteer at at least 1 event and submit a brief one-paragraph summary of the experience via Canvas:

Fall
  • Back To Babson KMH Center Event
  • Entrepreneurship Week KMH Center Event
Spring
  • BOW Health Innovation Day

Other qualifying events will be announced as confirmed.

How long does it take to complete the program and earn the badge?

Badge completion requires reflections drawn from Babson course work, events, and experiences occurring over 2-4 academic years. The program offers flexibility to allow you to build a portfolio that tells your unique Babson story and showcase your strongest learning narratives. We work with first-year sophomores and junior students to create an action plan, so they may set viable goals for completion. Students entering the program in their senior years may curate past experiences, to complete the path at an accelerated pace.

Upon completion of the Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship pathway, students are issued a digital badge in Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The badge serves as a visual micro-credential validating credibility, competencies covered, and earning requirements of the program. Students may display this badge on their LinkedIn, resumes, or other digital signatures. Combined with the online portfolio, the digital badge allows employees to view real examples of a student's proven leadership potential, self-drive for continued personal and professional growth, and commitment to serve as an inclusive entrepreneurial leader.  Students and alumni can work with the Undergraduate CCD and the KMH Center to communicate this intentional focus more broadly.

I still have questions. Who can I talk to?

To learn more about the Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship badge program program, you may email Sienna Ablorh.