Transform Ideas Into Action.
The Entrepreneurship (ENT) Minor develops your ability to transform ideas into action. You’ll build the entrepreneurial mindset and skillset to see opportunities, design solutions, and create meaningful change – in any organization or any field.
- Transform ideas into action through hands-on projects
- Identify problems worth solving and create innovative solutions
- Develop the bias for action that defines entrepreneurial leaders
- Learn from practitioner faculty who’ve built ventures and driven innovation
- Graduate ready to create change
Create Impact Anywhere
Being entrepreneurial isn’t only about starting companies (though some students do). It’s about developing a transformative way of thinking and acting that opens doors in any field—from launching new ventures to creating new initiatives in existing organizations to improving how nonprofits and government serve communities.
What You’ll Develop
Through in-class project work, in-company experiences, and learning from faculty who are practicing innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors, you’ll develop:
The Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Embrace a bias for action – ready to take the first step
- Creative and innovative – good at identifying problems worth solving and creating great solutions
- Agile, resilient and persistent – always finds a way forward
- See opportunities where others see obstacles
- Always learning and growing – embracing a growth mindset
The Entrepreneurial Skillset
- Know how to create a new venture
- Acquire fluency in the language of business
- Build proficiency in business skills
- Adopt an experimental and iterative approach to solve problems
- Develop strong team building and collaborative skills
- Acquire professional skills that accelerate career explorations
Confidence and Self-Knowledge
- Have explored your purpose, motivations, and core beliefs
- Have confidence in your own agency and resourcefulness
- Believe in your ability to learn what it takes to solve real problems
- Have acquired a human-centered, ethical approach to business and leadership
Your Entrepreneurial Journey
The Entrepreneurship Minor is highly customizable.
It is designed to deliver core business skills like finance, marketing, sales and leadership for everyone, while allowing students to customize their learning journey through a large collection of electives.
The ENT minor requires 15 credits that fits naturally into your schedule over 2-3 years
Foundation Course (3 Credits)
Build your entrepreneurial foundation by choosing one of the following courses:
BME 184 Biomedical Entrepreneurship & Strategy
CS150 Entrepreneurship for Computer Scientists
ENT101 Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
ENT141 Entrepreneurship for Social Impact – f/k/a Innovative Social Enterprises
ENT161 Consumer Product Ventures
Core Courses (6+ Credits)
Choose at least two areas to develop expertise in key business functions:
EM 54 Engineering Leadership
ENT103 Entrepreneurial Finance
ENT105 Entrepreneurial Marketing
ENT106 The Science of Sales
ENT107 Entrepreneurial Leadership
Elective Courses
Complete your 15 credits and explore your interests through courses in areas of concentration, including but not limited to:
TML/ENT010 Preparing New and Aspiring Leaders
TML/ENT011 Developing Financial Literacy
TML/ENT013 Essentials of Marketing
TML/ENT014 Planning your career pathway
TML/ENT015 Living a Life of Purpose (2 credits, Second Half)
ENT090 Paths to Entrepreneurship (2 credits, Second Half)
ENT100 Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurial Thinking
EE185/CVS149/ENT109 Societal Aspects of Design
TML112/ENT112 Vocal Arts for Personal And Professional Life
ENT142 Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Impact
ENT159 Art Entrepreneurship
ENT162 Bringing Products To Market
ENT163 Entrepreneurial Business Law
ENT164 Introduction to Making
ENT193.02 Lean Software Leadership
ENT193.04 Starting A Small Business
TML/EM/ENT193.05 Introduction To Intellectual Property
TML/EM/ENT193.06 Business Essentials
ENT194.01 Inside the Classroom (aka Classroom Operations Officers, or COO)
ENT198 Entrepreneurial Internship
ENT199 Entrepreneurial Field Study
ENT280/NUTR280J Nutrition and Entrepreneurship (Boston Campus)
ENT/EM/TML330 Transfer Credit
EC 03 – Financial Accounting
EC 50 – Introduction to Finance
EM 153 Management of Innovation
EM 51 Engineering Management
EM 52 Technical and Managerial Communications
EM 54 Engineering Leadership
TPS 58 – Public Speaking
UEP130/CVS183 Negotiation, Mediation, & Conflict Resolution
Where Entrepreneurial Leaders Make A Difference
ENT alumni create impact through new venture creation and/or applying their entrepreneurial mindset and skillset within an existing organization:
- User Experience and Product Designers
- Product Managers
- Marketers and Sales Leaders
- Financial Services Professionals
- Management Consultants