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 (One Course – 3 Credits)
Build your entrepreneurial foundation by choosing one of the following courses. Because these courses share core learning outcomes and objectives, we recommend taking only one. You may take additional foundation courses for general credit, but they will not count toward the Entrepreneurship Minor’s elective requirement.
Core Courses (Choose Two – 6-7 Additional Credits)
Choose two courses from the following list to build expertise in key business functions. We strongly recommend choosing courses from two of these three areas: Finance and Operations, Leadership, and Marketing & Sales. Any additional courses from this list may count toward the Minor’s elective requirement.
Finance and Operations
Leadership
Marketing and Sales
Elective Courses
Complete your 15 credits and explore your interests through courses in areas of concentration, including all ENT, EM and TML Courses as well as additional courses from other departments.
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