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Entrepreneurship

Minor

About this program

The Minor in Entrepreneurship helps you turn your ideas into a business. You’ll learn how to test products, understand customer needs, and pitch your ideas. This program supports students from any major who want to start a business or launch a project in their field. You’ll gain practical tools to plan, build, and grow a small business or startup alongside your main course of study.

Program Curriculum and Requirements

Minor

What you can do

Employment Opportunities

A Minor in Entrepreneurship prepares you for careers such as: Accountants and Auditors, Advertising, Promotions and Marketing Manager, Economists, Financial Managers, Human Resources Managers, Human Resources Specialists, Insurance Sales Agents, Loan Officers, Market Research Analysts, Purchasing Managers, Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents, Sales Engineers, Sales Manager, Securities/ Commodities and Financial Service Sales Agents, Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate a familiarity with the entrepreneurial paths and experiences of organizations and individuals from various industries and backgrounds.
  2. Apply business frameworks to identify and argue for, and justify the customer need for a service or product concept of their choosing.
  3. Devise and apply consumer testing methodology to access the viability of a service or product of their choosing.
  4. Utilize fundamental business principles to forecast the financial feasibility of a service or product concept of their choosing.
  5. Prepare, explain, and defend a business pitch deck.

 

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