Master of Science in Entrepreneurial Leadership

The MS in Entrepreneurial Leadership curriculum is currently available to students in the Professional Program in Accounting (PPA) in Mays Business School, or as a standalone Master’s degree offered through the Management Department. The program is designed to develop the competencies needed to successfully create and manage new ventures or to be a driver of innovation within existing enterprises. Emphasis is placed on leadership in three areas: conceiving, exploiting, and managing opportunities. Graduates of this program are provided with the tools to plan for new business start-ups, become leaders in high growth firms, or to become corporate intrapreneurs capable of improving an organization’s ability to innovate.

Students will complete required courses in areas of Negotiations in Competitive Environments and Leadership Development. Courses topics include Strategic Human Resource Management, Organizational Change and Development, Managing projects, Technology Commercialization, Foundations of Entrepreneurship, Strategic Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation, and Funding New Ventures,

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