Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Minor

Program Requirements

  • Minimum of 15 credit hours
  • Minimum average GPA of 2.0 required in all courses used toward minor. 
  • B.A. in ECON majors and CARS majors, should follow the non-business track. Students in the B.S. in ECON majors should follow the Bryan School track.

Non-Business Majors Track 

The minor brings an entrepreneurial perspective to all major fields of study, either to start or grow a business or to be creative and innovative in any organization, profit or nonprofit. To earn an Entrepreneurship minor, a student must meet the following requirements in the order listed below.

Apply

Apply for the Entrepreneurship minor in the Bryan School Student Services Office (Bryan 137).

Required 9
ENT 200
Financial Accounting
Ideas to Sustainable Opportunities: Feasibility Analysis
Opportunities to Action: Business Plan

Advising

Consult with an advisor in the Bryan School Student Services Office (Bryan 137) or Dr. Dianne Welsh, Director (Bryan 328), to select one of the nine profiles offered: Creative Industries, Education, Family Business, Franchising, Health Care, International, Social, Esports, or Technology, Innovation, and Sciences.

Profile courses

Once admitted to the minor, students take at least 3 credits within their selected profile, found below.

Electives

Students must take at least 3 credits from the approved electives below to meet the minimum 15 required credits in the minor.

Bryan School Majors Track

The minor is intended to bring an entrepreneurial perspective to all majors in the Bryan School. To earn an Entrepreneurship minor, a student must meet the requirements listed below in the order listed.

Apply

Apply for the Entrepreneurship minor in the Bryan School Student Services Office (Bryan 137).

Required6
Ideas to Sustainable Opportunities: Feasibility Analysis *
Opportunities to Action: Business Plan *

Advising

Consult with an advisor in the Bryan School Student Services Office (Bryan 137) or Dr. Dianne Welsh, Director (Bryan 328) to select one of the 9 profiles offered:  Creative Industries, Education, Family Business, Franchising, Health Care, International, Social, Esports, or Technology, Innovation, and Sciences.

Profile courses

Once admitted to the minor, students take at least 3 credits within their selected profile, found below.

Electives

Students must take at least 6 credits from the approved electives below to meet the minimum 15 required credits in the minor.

Profile Courses

  • Minimum of 3 credits from the courses listed below.
Creative Industries
Creativity, Innovation, and Vision
ENT 202
ENT 327
ENT 276
ENT 376
ENT 394
ENT 455
ENT 435
ENT 321
ENT 402
ENT 486
ENT 498
Education
Contemporary Topics in Counseling
ENT 396
Family Business
Family Business
ENT 451
ENT 354
ENT 473
Franchising
Global Franchising
Health Care
Contemporary Topics in Counseling
ENT 307
Silver Industries
International
Entrepreneurship in a Sustainable Global Environment
International Entrepreneurship
Global Franchising
Social
Social Entrepreneurship
Experiences in Sustainable Entrepreneurship
ENT 250
Esports
Start Something Globally Sustainable!
Technology, Innovation and Sciences
ENT 309
ENT 312
ENT 410
Rsrch Opprtnts ENT/Eco Dvlpmnt *

Electives

  • Only one 200-level elective may count toward the minor. In rare cases an Independent Study focused on entrepreneurial research or a special project may qualify with faculty approval.
Entrepreneurship in a Sustainable Global Environment
ENT 200
Creativity, Innovation, and Vision
ENT 202
Start Something Globally Sustainable!
Introduction to the Entrepreneurial Experience
ENT 250
ENT 262
ENT 275
ENT 276
ENT 307
ENT 309
ENT 312
ENT 324
*
ENT 327
ENT 328
*
ENT 335
Family Business
Global Franchising
ENT 339
Social Entrepreneurship
International Entrepreneurship
ENT 354
ENT 394
ENT 376
ENT 396
ENT 402
ENT 403
*
ENT 410
Silver Industries
ENT 427
*
Rsrch Opprtnts ENT/Eco Dvlpmnt *
ENT 435
Experiences in Sustainable Entrepreneurship
ENT 450
ENT 451
ENT 455
ENT 486
Honors Work in Entrepreneurship
Selected Topics in Entrepreneurship
ENT 498
ENT 473
Contemporary Topics in Counseling
*
  • Marketing majors are permitted only 6 credits of duplicated credits. Only two of the following courses may count for both major/minor: MKT 328/ENT 328, MKT 403/ENT 403, MKT 427/ENT 427, ENT 430/MKT 430/LIS 430/GES 430, or MKT 324/ENT 324.
  • Business Administration majors with a concentration in Business Studies, only the ENT 300/BUS 300 and ENT 336/BUS 336 courses will count for both major and minor.