Minor in Entrepreneurship
Students wishing to explore a start-up, small-business venture, or entrepreneurial venture based on their primary area of study; and who are in need of the business knowledge, tools, skills and experience to pursue such a career path, are encouraged to apply for the minor.
The minor in entrepreneurship is designed as a practical, business-building scaffold to a student’s primary area of study, with the goal of enabling and accelerating the student’s ability to create a small business or startup.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a familiarity with the entrepreneurial paths and experiences of organizations and individuals from various industries and backgrounds.
- Apply business frameworks to identify and argue for, and justify the customer need for a service or product concept of their choosing.
- Devise and apply consumer testing methodology to access the viability of a service or product of their choosing.
- Utilize fundamental business principles to forecast the financial feasibility of a service or product concept of their choosing.
- Prepare, explain, and defend a business pitch deck.
Entrepreneurship, Minor - 18 units
- Only one course may be taken credit/no credit (CR/NC).
- Students must maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average in the Entrepreneurship Minor core coursework.
- A minimum of 6 upper-division units are required to complete the minor.
- All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
Core (9 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| BUS 354 | Starting a Small Business | 3 |
| BUS 433 | Building the Entrepreneurial Venture: Growth Strategies for Established Small Businesses | 3 |
| BUS 436 | Managing Entrepreneurial Organizations | 3 |
Electives (9 units)
Select Three:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| BECA 427 | Media Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| BUS 430 | Social Entrepreneurship: Mission-Driven Ventures | 3 |
| BUS 699 | Independent Study | 1-3 |
| DES 405 | How to Develop, Patent, and Market an Idea | 3 |
| FIN 370 | Fundamentals of Real Estate | 3 |
| FIN 420 | Introduction to FinTech | 3 |
| FIN 470 | Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Finance | 3 |
| MKTG 688 | New Product Management Seminar | 3 |
| MKTG 689 | New Product Marketing and Launch | 3 |