Browse Entrepreneurship Courses
We offer a variety of innovation and entrepreneurship courses to students from all schools at Tufts University. Unless otherwise stated, ENT courses are offered as 3-Credit, full semester, graded courses.
With the exception of ENT164 Introduction to Making and ENT193.03 Software Prototyping Without Code, ENT courses include the following class attributes:
BFA-Social Science, LA-Distribution-Social Sciences, SoE-HASS-Social Sciences.
TML/ENT010 Preparing New and Aspiring Leaders
Development and application of leadership skills across a range of contexts including startups, corporations, and nonprofits.
TML/ENT011 Developing Financial Literacy
Introduction to sound money management in personal and professional finance.
TML/ENT013 Essentials of Marketing
This marketing 101 course will provide students with an understanding of marketing practices across a range of applications, from startups to non-profits.
TML/ENT014 Planning your career pathway
This course guides students through the process of developing a career plan across an individual's professional journey.
TML/ENT015 Living a Life of Purpose (2 credits, Second Half)
This course will help students to learn how to contribute to global society with an ethical mindset and cultural sensitivity.
ENT090 Paths to Entrepreneurship (2 credits, Second Half)
In this course, students learn and unlearn what it means to be an entrepreneur and the various paths one can take towards entrepreneurship.
ENT100 Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurial Thinking
This introductory course is designed for students curious about how to unleash their creative spirits to solve big problems with innovative solutions.
ENT101 Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
In this course we will introduce the core mindset and skillset behind new venture creation.
ENT103 Entrepreneurial Finance
This course focuses on developing and applying the financial skills that are needed to successfully manage commercial and social enterprises.
ENT105 Entrepreneurial Marketing
This course focuses on institutional and product marketing methods used by start-up to medium-sized companies.
ENT106 The Science of Sales
Our “Science of Sales” course explores process, tools, technology, metrics and most importantly, the people that are required to actually sell, close orders and bring in revenue.
ENT107 Entrepreneurial Leadership
This course is designed to help students develop the knowledge, confidence, skills, and self-image necessary to pursue entrepreneurial ventures in such domains as business, government, and public service.
EE185/CVS149/ENT109 Societal Aspects of Design
Multi-disciplinary perspective of innovative technology-based design process for societal and community influence. Principles of design from product development process, thought and emotion, ethics and responsibility.
TML112/ENT012 Communication Skills: Vocal Arts
The course will develop effective communications skills across a range of personal and professional scenarios.
ENT141 Entrepreneurship for Social Impact – f/k/a Innovative Social Enterprises
Innovative Social Enterprises is structured to provide students a highly interactive exploration of core skills vital to social entrepreneurs.
ENT142 Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Impact
Through case analysis, press analysis, group discussions, and interactions with nonprofit leaders, you will learn how entrepreneurship and philanthropy are deeply intertwined in healthy, high-performing organizations.
CS150 Entrepreneurship for Computer Science
This is an introductory entrepreneurship course for Computer Science students. The course provides an overview of entrepreneurship, develops an entrepreneurial perspective, and provides a framework for the essential elements of entrepreneurial ventures.
ENT159 Art Entrepreneurship
As innovative thinkers, artists address and answer questions of creative entrepreneurship in myriad ways from pop-ups to public projects, performances to artist run spaces, from online retail to non-profits.
ENT161 Consumer Product Ventures
This course covers the entrepreneurial process from conception to commercialization or launch of a new venture focused on a consumer product.
ENT162 Bringing Products To Market
Bringing a Product to Market covers the design process of a product from ideation to deployment and market launch.
ENT163 Entrepreneurial Business Law
Entrepreneurial Business Law is an interactive class featuring speakers from the private equity, venture capital, and investment banking worlds as well as executives who have exited through a public offering or sale of their company.
ENT164 Introduction to Making
Introduction to Making is an exploratory course that gives you the practical, hands-on skills to make working prototypes of your products.
CVS/ENT170 Developing Leaders in the Civic Context
Integration and application of concepts from adult development and learning, leader and leadership development, and organizational behavior to build capacity for social change.
ENT193.01 Building Your Entrepreneurial Toolkit
In this course students will start to learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, innovation, culture, business models and strategy and how these elements vary across industries.
ENT193.02 Lean Software Leadership
Learn about lean principles, roles and responsibilities in software development, with a focus on entrepreneurial projects and ventures.
ENT193.03 Software Prototyping Without Code (2 credits, second half)
Learn to create a fully working web / mobile app using no-code tools in just 6 weeks. No technical experience required.
ENT193.04 Starting A Small Business
Introductory course that takes students through all phases of business creation for an actual small business.
TML/EM/ENT193.05 Introduction To Intellectual Property
Explore fundamental concepts and legal frameworks that govern intellectual property (IP) rights.
TML/EM/ENT193.06 Business Essentials For Modern Times
Introductory course that provides an overview of the business world.
ENT194.01 Inside the Classroom (aka Classroom Operations Officers, or COO)
"Inside the Classroom" allows students to serve as Classroom Operating Officers (COO), where they receive course credit for providing leadership, mentorship and student support for Entrepreneurship courses.
ENT198 Entrepreneurial Internship
The Entrepreneurial Internship course allows students to earn credits while working as an intern for their company sponsor during the semester.
ENT199 Entrepreneurial Field Study
This immersive course enables students to apply the learning and skills acquired by other courses on Entrepreneurship to the creation and development of their own new venture.
ENT280/NUTR280J Nutrition and Entrepreneurship (Boston Campus)
Entrepreneurial theory and practice relevant to the nutrition/food space will be discussed from the perspectives of a stand-alone start-up company and within larger organizations.
ENT/EM/TML330 Transfer Credit
You may use courses taken at other institutions, semesters abroad, and pre-matriculation credits to complete coursework and requirements.