The Courses
The Entrepreneurial and Innovation Mindset
(ENTR 301)
This is an introductory course into the Entrepreneurship and Innovation major and minor that explores the mindset of entrepreneurs, and the innovation process, and introduces the many aspects of entrepreneurship and innovation. It is the recommended first course for those interested in a major or minor in the discipline.
Pre-requisites: none
Innovation Management
(ENTR/MGMT 305)
This course will teach you the techniques and process of innovation and creativity and focuses on applying principles of Design Thinking and Lean Startup. Learn how to understand problems, create solutions, and test/gather feedback in an iterative process of creativity and innovation.
Pre-requisites: none
Starting a Small Business
(ENTR 310)This course helps students understand, develop, and practice the steps necessary for starting a successful small business. This course is ideal for students who desire the knowhow required to start a personal business (e.g., accounting practice, personal trainer, graphic design, social media, food service, fashion, social work, or any other common small business). This course will also help those students who have a “side hustle” learn how to more effectively grow and more efficiently manage their current business. This is an experiential learning course where students will learn about key topics and get a chance to work on applying them to their current business or future business idea.
Pre-requisites: none
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation
(ENTR 335)
This course explores the concepts of social entrepreneurship and innovation, including what it takes to develop, launch, and manage a successful social mission-driven venture. The course is designed to help prepare future nonprofit, business, and government leaders to generate positive social impact in financially sustainable ways.
Pre-requisites: ENTR 301
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Internship
(ENTR 303/403)
An internship with a startup or innovative organization where students earn academic credit while performing approved entrepreneurial work. This is a required course for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation major.
Pre-requisites: ENTR 301 and ENTR 305
The Entrepreneurial Experience Capstone
(ENTR 495)
This Capstone course will synthesize the students’ entrepreneurship and/innovation coursework with other business coursework to learn how to apply it in the entrepreneurial world. This is an experiential learning course where the student can build a new business, work with startups, and/or engage with organizations in the innovation ecosystem.
Pre-requisites: ENTR 301, ENTR 305, ENTR 335
New Venture Planning
(ENTR 311)
This class will expose you to entrepreneurship’s ambiguity and uncertainty while developing an ability to navigate these challenges via proven new venture planning tools and techniques. The course is organized around new venture creation projects that allow you to experience the messiness of entrepreneurship while applying mindsets, tools, and processes to identify problems you can solve, test potential solutions to those problems, and develop business models that sustainably deliver those solutions.
Pre-requisites: ENTR 301
Small Business Consulting
(ENTR 368)
This is a highly applied course in which the instructor plays the role of facilitator and managing consultant. Students serve as consultants to real clients. The course should be considered partially as an independent study class as the student will work with the client outside of the regular class to achieve specific agreed-upon objectives.
Pre-requisites: ENTR 301
Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship & Innovation
(ENTR 494)
The field of entrepreneurship changes rapidly and successful entrepreneurs must continually stay abreast of current trends and developments. This course focuses on current issues of importance to those involved in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Pre-requisites: ENTR 301