Students who have an interest in becoming entrepreneurs or participating in the launch of a new product or service can minor in entrepreneurship by taking 18 semester hours of courses from the management, marketing, and finance departments. This minor helps students develop the following:
- research skills to identify entrepreneurial opportunities for small business startups
- the ability to integrate knowledge from the various business disciplines as they apply to small business management
- an understanding of financial decision making as it applies to entrepreneurship ventures
- the ability to critically analyze competitive strategy
The entrepreneurship minor includes the following courses:
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 15 | |
| PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE | ||
or ACC 201 | ACC & FIN FOR ENTREPRENEURS | |
| MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | ||
| NEW VENTURE STRATEGIES | ||
| MARKETING FOR NEW VENTURES | ||
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| MARKETING EMERGING TECHNOLOGY | ||
| PRACTICUM IN MANAGEMENT | ||
| PRACTICUM IN MARKETING | ||
| SPORT & FITNESS MGT INTERNSHIP | ||
| INTERNSHIP MUSIC BUSINESS | ||
| PORTFOLIO | ||
| Or any of the following courses with statement from faculty of record stating how the project or practicum applies to entrepreneurship, business, or the development of a new product: | ||
| GRAPH DES: SENIOR PROJ MGMT | ||
| PEOPLE, PLANTS & ENVIRONMENT | ||
| INTRO MOLECULAR UNDST BIO SYST | ||
| SENIOR CAPSTONE | ||
| SP TOPICS BIOLOGICAL SCI | ||
| UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH | ||
| CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN I | ||
| INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS | ||
| SELECTED TOPICS IN CHEM | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMICAL RESEARCH | ||
| CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN | ||
| APPLIED MATERIALS ENGINEERING | ||
| COMPUTER ENGINEERING DESIGN I | ||
| INTRO TO BIG DATA COMPUTING | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| SR PROJ:TEAM SOFTWARE DESIGN | ||
| EE DESIGN PROJECTS | ||
| GEOSPATIAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| DIRECTED STUDY | ||
| RESEARCH & PROF DEV CAPSTONE | ||
| SYSTEMS ANALYSIS & DESIGN I | ||
| SEL TOP UNDERGRAD MATH | ||
| SENIOR DESIGN I | ||
| SELECTED TOPICS | ||
| PHYSICS PRACTICUM | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 18 | |