This course introduces and explores the mind-set and process of entrepreneurism in: (1) social entrepreneurism (solving social issues); (2) business entrepreneurship (starting an innovative enterprise); (3) employee entrepreneurism (as a worker in an existing business) and (4) academic entrepreneurism (the pursuit of a valuable and productive education). Emphasis will be on identifying opportunities and value, developing the art of creative problem solving and effectively expressing those solutions. Prereq: none.

Co-Op Ed Experience in Entrepreneurship

Serves as training for entrepreneurial leadership and emphasizes experiential learning in the practice and the development of skills that are needed by entrepreneurs, including effective leadership, collaboration, planning, and communication.

The course focuses on the major steps needed to create a for-profit or nonprofit communication-based enterprise. Emphasis on media writers creating an entrepreneurial endeavor to serve as a model for further development or continued operation.

Co-Op Ed Experience in Entrepreneurship

Experimental Course in Entrepreneurship

This course serves as a capstone for the Entrepreneurship Minor and provides students with the opportunity to work on either a simulated or real startup company, as well as examining case studies from leading entrepreneurs. Multidisciplinary teams of students work on mentor-defined or mentor-approved projects, from product or process conception towards commercialization. The course is intended to show what it takes to assemble teams with core competencies in different areas into a successfully functioning business organization. Teams work on a variety of issues including intellectual property, marketing, definition of a product requirements document, human factors, safety and environmental concerns, and legal matters.

Honors Course

Co-Op Ed Experience in Entrepreneurship