Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor

The Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor provides students with exposure to the broad range of skills required to succeed in a technologically-based entrepreneurial endeavor including introduction to engineering entrepreneurs for mentoring, analysis of technology trends, fundamentals of intellectual property protection, ethics in business, practice in key communications skills, understanding of the due diligence process, exposure to proposal writing and management skills and involvement in basic elements of starting a company. Sixteen hours of coursework are required as listed below.

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Courses

Sixteen hours of coursework are required for the minor as listed below.

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Required Courses

Course	Credit Hour(s)
EF 130 Survey of Engineering Entrepreneurship	1 hr
ENT 350 Introduction to Entrepreneurship	3 hr
IE 405 Engineering Economics	3 hr
IE 457 Engineering Entrepreneurship or ME 457 Engineering Entrepreneurship or NE 457 Engineering Entrepreneurship	3 hr

Electives (Choose two below)

Course	Credit Hour(s)
DSGN 430 Design Thinking and Innovation	3 hr
EF 437 Honors: Interdisciplinary Senior Design I	3 hr
EF 438 Honors: Interdisciplinary Senior Design II	3 hr
ENT 415 Start-Overs as Start-Ups	3 hr
ENT 425 Entrepreneurial Marketing	3 hr
ENT 460 Leading Innovation and Change	3 hr
ENT 462 Innovation & Creativity	3 hr
ENT 464 Corporate Entrepreneurship	3 hr
ENT 470 Managing an Entrepreneurial Start-up	3 hr
ENT 485 Funding Strategies for Entrepreneurs	3 hr
ENT 492 – Entrepreneurship Internship	3 hr
IE 452 Project Planning & Organizational Management	3 hr

Note: This course combination simultaneously satisfies the requirements for an Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor and the University Entrepreneurship Minor. Students may not minor in both Entrepreneurship and Engineering Entrepreneurship.