{"id":3190,"date":"2023-03-31T21:34:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T21:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/?page_id=3190"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:24:21","slug":"ngos-and-social-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/ngos-and-social-change\/","title":{"rendered":"NGOs and Social Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                        \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2025\/05\/USC_NGOs_Major_Requirements.pdf\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about NGOS Major Requirements\"  \n>\n    NGOS Major Requirements \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                          <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n\n          \n          \n        \n          \n          \n        \n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2><strong>Non-Governmental Organizations and Social Change is for you if&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want to identify complex and hidden communal needs<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want to work for an NGO that addresses social problems<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want to create a social-impact startup or innovative nonprofit<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2023\/04\/NGOS-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2023\/04\/NGOS-1920x1080.png 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2023\/04\/NGOS-1280x720.png 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2023\/04\/NGOS-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span> <\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n           \n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>For the list of major requirements, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2025\/05\/USC_NGOs_Major_Requirements.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3>NGOs and Social Change Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<p>1. Understand roots of the problems NGOs aim to solve, including the many ways that people have tried to understand and solve social problems.<\/p>\n<p>2. Become critical consumers of research in order to assess solutions for social problems.<\/p>\n<p>3. Analyze different theoretical perspectives and explore how approaches to understanding social problems vary.<\/p>\n<p>4. Examine the social environments in which NGOs operate, including an internship experience.<\/p>\n<p>5. 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