In addition, students must complete the following:
Required Entrepreneurship Foundation Courses (6 credits):
- BMGT 4640 Innovation and Entrepreneurship – This course is an introduction to innovation
and entrepreneurship and is designed to help students see opportunities in the marketplace
and create a business that can solve problems for their customers. Through discussions,
lectures, and experiential activities, students will learn to apply best-practice
approaches to designing, developing and running your own innovation-driven business
(prerequisite BMGT 2501).
- BMGT 4565 Creativity and Innovation – Students learn the creativity, innovation, prototyping
and problem solving skills needed for successful entrepreneurship in any context.
(prerequisite BMGT 2501).
Required Entrepreneurship Focus Courses (choose 1 course for 3 credits):
- BMGT 3442 Social Entrepreneurship – students learn how to apply entrepreneurship concepts
to address social issues, with an emphasis on the triple bottom line. Prerequisites:
BMGT 4640, BMGT 4565.
- BMGT 4566 Starting a Business – using the principle effectuation and the concept of
minimum viable product, students start the launch of a business or nonprofit. Prerequisites:
BMGT 4640, BMGT 4565.
Entrepreneurship Application Course (Choose 1 course for 3 credits):
After completing the Required Entrepreneurship Foundation courses, students will select
one of the following application courses. The courses allow students to apply entrepreneurship
concepts in a context related to their own personal career objectives.
- BMGT 4602 Directed Research Entrepreneurship
- BMGT 4654 Internship in Entrepreneurship – students will apply entrepreneurial skills
as they work in a start-up, established business organization or nonprofit.
- BMGT 4567 Entrepreneurship Lab Students will leverage the resources available on campus
(e.g., 3-D printer, focus group room, graphic design department) to turn their innovative
idea into a company or nonprofit through real-world hands-on learning and intensive
mentoring and feedback. The class is geared for students who already have a business
idea or a fledgling startup and desire to get to the next level.
Entrepreneurship Elective Course (Choose 1 course for 3 credits):
(note: this list includes the same courses as the electives for the Certificate in
Entrepreneurial Studies)
- BMKT/BMGT 4629 Sales and Personal Selling
- BMGT 4566 Starting a Business (if BMGT 3442 Social Entrepreneurship is taken as the
focus course)
- BMGT 3442 Social Entrepreneurship (if BMGT 4566 Starting a Business is taken as the
focus course)
- BLAW 4310 NA Advanced Topics (Law and Entrepreneurship)
- BMGT 3524 Doing Business in India
- BMGT 4552 China in the Global Economy
- BMGT 4560 Project Management
- BMGT 4562 Negotiation
- BMGT/BSPM 4535 The Management of Sport Organizations
- BMKT 4625 Retail Marketing
- BMKT 4631 Advertising Management
- BMKT 4633 Product Management and Development
- BMKT 4637 Services Marketing
- BFIN 4251/BAAC 3116 Financial Statement Analysis
- BFIN 3211 Financial Strategy
- BMGT 3641/BITM 3741 Supply Chain Management
- BACC 3115 Cost Accounting
- BMKT 3611 Marketing Research
- BMKT 4612 Quantitative Marketing Research
Students who do not wish to pursue the Concentration in Entrepreneurship may instead
pursue the Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship.
