Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor
An Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor equips engineers with a balanced skill set that bridges foundational principles of engineering with business insight—perfect for those who want to create innovative solutions, lead teams, and potentially launch successful ventures of their own.
Program Overview
The Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor at UT 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.
Why Get a Minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship?
This minor is a valuable addition for engineering students, offering unique skills through the development of business acumen, enhancing leadership and problem-solving skills, improving job market competitiveness, and creating a more robust academic experience that goes beyond traditional engineering principles.
Featured Courses
Below are some of the courses that students in our program can choose to take. For a list of all courses, visit the undergraduate catalog.
IES 130 Survey of Engineering Entrepreneurship
Examination of entrepreneurship from an applied context as presented by successful regional engineering entrepreneurs. Living case studies are presented by engineers of all disciplines that have established viable organizations that serve marketplace needs.
IE 405 Engineering Economic Analysis
Role of engineering economy in engineering practice; principles of economic equivalence; time value of money and discounted cash-flow techniques; analysis of single and multiple investments; comparison of alternatives; capital recovery and tax implications; inflation; public sector analysis; cost estimation; depreciation schedules; break-even point concepts; decision making under uncertainty; risk analysis; introduction to investing in the financial market; basic accounting principles and financial statements including balance sheets, income statements, cost of goods sold statements, and business ratios.
ME 457 Engineering Entrepreneurship
Technology and innovation, technology transfer, and patent protection. Legal formation and intellectual property, knowledge management, generation, and transmission. Creating a business plan and a marketing plan, launching a technology- based business. Sources of capital, small business growth and operation.
ENT460 Leading Innovation and Change
How managers identify and nurture new business opportunities while maintaining competitive advantage. Topics include examination of change models, the role of middle managers in large organizations, and ways to address resistance to change.
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