Entrepreneurship Minor

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The minor in entrepreneurship is available to students in all schools and departments except business majors. It provides an understanding of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial mindset. To enroll in this minor, students must have completed a minimum of 32 units of college-level course work and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.75.

The minor requires a minimum of 17 units to complete.

Core Requirements

BAEP 423 Management of Small Businesses Units: 4
or
BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Units: 4
or
BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises Units: 4
or
BUAD 301 Technology Entrepreneurship Units: 3
BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis Units: 4
BAEP 453 Venture Management Units: 4
or
BAEP 454 Venture Initiation: Launching and Scaling Your Startup Units: 4

Electives

Choose from the following to achieve a total of at least 17 units for the minor:

BAEP 455 Founder’s Dilemmas Units: 4
BAEP 460 Seminar in Entrepreneurship Units: 2
BAEP 465 Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a Tech Startup Units: 2
BAEP 469 Growth Hacking: Scaling Startups Units: 2
BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial Mindset — Taking the Leap Units: 2
BAEP 474 The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property Units: 2
BAEP 475 Entertainment Entrepreneurship Units: 2
BAEP 491 Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Units: 4
BAEP 495 Practicum in Business Issues (Internship) Units: 1
BAEP 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business Units: 4
BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Units: 4
BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals Units: 4 or
MKT 385x Marketing of Creative Disruption and Innovation Units: 4
BUAD 315x Basics of Project and Operations Management for Non-Majors Units: 2
FBE 400x Introduction to Real Estate Finance and Development Units: 4
FBE 403 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business Units: 4
FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for Developing Firms Units: 4
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