Pamplin School of Business: Entrepreneurship & Innovation Minor
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (EIM) minor is intended for students who wish to supplement the domain expertise of their major with an understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship fundamentals. Students completing the minor will gain marketable experience in ideation, opportunity assessment, and the commercialization and venture launch processes.
This minor is open to all students on campus except those with a major in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Students in the Entrepreneur Scholars program have a modified course of study as shown below.
Students must achieve a minimum average G.P.A. of 2.50 in their minor courses.
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Minor Requirements – 15 hours |
Non-Entrepreneurship Scholar Student Track: |
Hrs. | Course # | Course Title |
3 | BUS 364 | Innovation |
| 3 | BUS 385 | Opportunity Assessment1 |
| 3 | BUS 486 | Venture Launch |
| Choose two of the following electives |
3 | BUS 487 | Social Entrepreneurship |
3 | BUS 370 | Marketing Research2 |
3 | BUS 472 | Personal Selling2 |
3 | BUS 483 | New Venture Operations and Control |
3 | BUS 484 | New Venture Finance and Accounting |
3 | CST 333 | Applied Organizational Communication Skills |
3 | DRM 471 | Principles of Theatre Management |
4 | EGR 481/482 | Capstone Project3 |
| 3 | CE 482 | Senior Design Project3 |
| 3 | EE 481 | Senior Design Project3 |
| 3 | CS 481 | Senior Design Project3 |
| 4 | ME 481/482 | ME Project I/II3 |
3 | ENV 400 | Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies |
1 Requires BUS 200 Principles of Marketing as a prerequisite.
2 Students may take either BUS 370 or BUS 472
3 Students may take only one senior engineering capstone or senior design project |
Students in the Entrepreneur Scholars program who wish to combine their E-Scholar experience with the EIM minor must complete the following course of study:
Minor Requirements – 15 hours |
Entrepreneurship Scholar Student Track: |
Hrs. | Course # | Course Title |
3 | BUS 364 | Innovation |
| 3 | BUS 480 | Creating World Class Ventures |
| 3 | BUS 481 | Entrepreneurship Apprenticeship |
| 3 | BUS 482 | Global Entrepreneurship |
| Choose one of the following electives |
3 | BUS 487 | Social Entrepreneurship |
3 | BUS 483 | New Venture Operations and Control |
3 | BUS 484 | New Venture Finance and Accounting |
