Apply your education towards creating lasting solutions for the world’s most pressing challenges.
Open to Notre Dame undergraduates of all majors, the Impact Consulting Minor combines classroom and experiential learning through multiple-semester partner engagements that generate measurable social impact. The minor equips students with the analytical frameworks, strategic tools, and practical expertise to address complex social challenges, transform ideas into action, and empower communities.
As the academic core of the Powerful Means Initiative, the minor connects students with a broader community of partners, mentors, and opportunities to innovate, invest, and implement for good.
Consult with partners to have a measurable impact on the world’s most pressing problems – gender equity, access to education, poverty, climate change, energy, and others.
Get out of the classroom to work hand-in-hand with those most affected, building foundations as consultants grounded in empathy, collaboration, prototyping, and iteration.
Don’t just come up with ideas – build them! Engage with partners around the globe to create sustainable value. Build solutions that have a sustainable impact, and track and report metrics.
More Stories of ImpactIt was powerful to observe how education and opportunity are creating ripple effects of confidence and long-term change well beyond the classroom.
Erin BauerClass of 2026
The Impact Consulting Minor at Notre Dame makes the world your classroom. Connect your strengths and sense of purpose with opportunities to make a difference. Through a sequence of courses, you’ll build consulting and design thinking skills while collaborating with community partners over multiple semesters. You’ll gain firsthand insight into community priorities and work alongside local leaders to co-create, test, and implement meaningful solutions that are grounded in community immersion and relationship-building. The capstone brings together implementation, research, and impact measurement.