About the Program
The Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation is designed to provide students with the mindset and skills that will enable them to passionately pursue and engage in opportunities without regard to currently controlled resources.
The minor demonstrates entrepreneurship as an activity that involves the discovery, evaluation, and engagement of opportunities to either solve a problem, or bring about desired change. At its core, the minor prepares students to become change agents. It focuses on two aspects of the entrepreneurial experience: the entrepreneurial mindset and the venture creation process, as well as placing great emphasis on experiential learning. Students completing the minor will have an appreciation of innovation in all aspects of society and an awareness of entrepreneurship as a viable career option. Students will become capable of being effective innovators and change agents in an organization and will develop the execution capability to launch a venture of their own.
Coursework
To complete the program, I have to take a total of 18 credits, which consists of three core courses totaling nine credits and nine additional credits of my choosing to make up the “Middle Nines.” Take a look at the courses I took below.
Core Courses:
- CAS 114: Creativity and Innovative
- ESHP 190: Pathways in Integrated Learning
Elective Courses:
- CAS 214: Social Media and the Start-Up
- MI 301: Bringing Media to Market
- MI 450: Creating Human-Centered Technology
- MI 462: Social Media and Social Computing
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Experiences:
- Personal Brand Development
- Collegiate Level Pitch Competition
