Entrepreneurship - Minor
The entrepreneurship minor fosters development of a creative, visionary mindset and spirit and prepares students to be opportunity seekers and creators that identify, evaluate, and implement innovative, value-added solutions. The entrepreneurship minor requires a total of 15 credit hours to consist of 6 hours of foundational courses that are common across all clusters plus 6 hours of discipline-specific courses and a 3-hour capstone experience. The minor includes discipline-specific course clusters intended to aid students’ course selection. Course clusters are not restrictive. Students may select courses within a single cluster or across multiple clusters to best meet their interests and professional goals.
| Code | Title | Semester Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| Select 6 hours from the following: 1 | 6 | |
| Introduction to Agricultural Economics | ||
| Establishing Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Networks I | ||
| Directed Studies 2, 3 | ||
| Food and Agricultural Sales 2 | ||
| Special Topics in... (Faulkner Entrepreneurship Lecture Series) | ||
| Special Topics in... (Faulkner Entrepreneurship Lecture Series) | ||
| Entrepreneurial Small Business 2 | ||
| Consumer Behavior 2 | ||
| Professional Selling 2 | ||
| Innovation and Product Management 2 | ||
| Entrepreneurial Perspectives | ||
| Entrepreneurship Practice | ||
| Discipline-specific Courses | ||
| Select 6 hours from the following: 4 | 6 | |
Agriculture and Life Science Cluster | ||
| Agribusiness Entrepreneurship – Budgeting 2 | ||
| Agribusiness Entrepreneurship – Economic Analysis 2 | ||
| Agribusiness Entrepreneurship – Financial Analysis 2 | ||
| Management of Agricultural Systems I 2 | ||
| Biological and Agricultural Engineering Design I 2 | ||
Business Cluster | ||
| Survey of Managerial and Cost Accounting Principles | ||
| Organizational Design, Change and Development 2 | ||
| Creativity and Innovation in Business 2 | ||
| Managing Projects 2 | ||
| Marketing Research 2 | ||
Liberal Arts Cluster | ||
| Organizational Communication 2 | ||
| Communication Leadership and Conflict Management 2 | ||
| Special Topics in... (Humanities and Social Science Innovation) | ||
| The Organization of Industry 2 | ||
| Energy Markets and Policy 2 | ||
| Economics of Decision-Making Strategy 2 | ||
| Design Process | ||
| Technical and Business Writing | ||
| Topics in Digital Research 2 | ||
| Technical and Professional Editing 2 | ||
| Technology and Engineering in Western Civilization, 1400-Present | ||
| History of Technology and Engineering in America, 1607-Present | ||
| American Business History | ||
| Introduction to Comparative Politics | ||
| Game Theoretic Methods in Political Science 2 | ||
| Organizational Psychology 2 | ||
| Conflict and Negotiation 2 | ||
| Sociology of Organizations | ||
| Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar | ||
| Sociology of Law | ||
| Capstone Courses | ||
| Select 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
Agriculture and Life Sciences Cluster | ||
| Agribusiness Entrepreneurship – Financial Analysis 2 | ||
| Management of Agricultural Systems II 2 | ||
| Biological and Agricultural Engineering Design II 2 | ||
| Entrepreneurship: The Lean Startup Approach 2 | ||
Internship 2, 3, 5 | ||
Research 2, 3, 5 | ||
Business Cluster 6 | ||
| Managing the Nonprofit Organization 2 | ||
| Entrepreneurship: The Lean Startup Approach 2 | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
Liberal Arts Cluster 7 | ||
| Special Topics in... (Narrative and Digital Technology) | ||
| Managing the Nonprofit Organization 2 | ||
| Entrepreneurship: The Lean Startup Approach 2 | ||
| Sociology of the Community 2 | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| 1 | Choose 2 three-hour courses or 1 three-hour course plus 3 one-hour courses. |
| 2 | Course has prerequisites; student should consult with academic advisor or instructor before enrolling. |
| 3 | Approval required. |
| 4 | Choose at least three hours at 300- to 400-level. |
| 5 | Department code appropriate to research or internship focus; departmental approval required. |
| 6 | Qualifying undergraduates may complete MGMT 632 Technology Commercialization to meet this requirement; approval required. |
| 7 | Qualifying undergraduates may complete MGMT 632 Technology Commercialization or SOCI 689 Social Entrepreneurship to meet this requirement; approval required. |