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
Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance
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
Arts Admin and Entrepreneurship
Writing for Professionals and Entrepreneurs
Creative Space: The Meeting of Art and Entrepreneurship
Micro-Enterprise for Creatives
Advanced Studio Practicum: Art and Entrepreneurship
Arts and Entrepreneurship: Career Strategies for Artists
Entrprnrshp and Ind Press Publ
Design Thinking and/or Entrepreneurial Thinking
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Theatre Management and Entrepreneurship
Internship in Arts Administration and Entrepreneurship
Education
Contemporary Topics in Counseling
Transition Planning and School-Based Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Family Business
Service Management
Restaurant Entrepreneurship
Wine Appreciation for the Business Professional
Franchising
Global Franchising
Health Care
Contemporary Topics in Counseling
Global Health
Silver Industries
International
Entrepreneurship in a Sustainable Global Environment
International Entrepreneurship
Global Franchising
Social
Social Entrepreneurship
Experiences in Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship
Esports
Start Something Globally Sustainable!
Technology, Innovation and Sciences
Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector
Economics of Technology
Sustainable Urban Planning in an Entrepreneurial Environment
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
Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance
Creativity, Innovation, and Vision
Arts Admin and Entrepreneurship
Start Something Globally Sustainable!
Introduction to the Entrepreneurial Experience
Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship
Ethical Issues in Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Personal Branding
Creative Space: The Meeting of Art and Entrepreneurship
Global Health
Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector
Economics of Technology
Professional Selling *
Writing for Professionals and Entrepreneurs
Sales Leadership *
Entrepreneurial Finance
Family Business
Global Franchising
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Social Entrepreneurship
International Entrepreneurship
Restaurant Entrepreneurship
Advanced Studio Practicum: Art and Entrepreneurship
Micro-Enterprise for Creatives
Transition Planning and School-Based Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Entrepreneurial Marketing *
Sustainable Urban Planning in an Entrepreneurial Environment
Silver Industries
Personal Selling Internship *
Rsrch Opprtnts ENT/Eco Dvlpmnt *
Entrprnrshp and Ind Press Publ
Experiences in Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Directed Business Practice
Service Management
Arts and Entrepreneurship: Career Strategies for Artists
Theatre Management and Entrepreneurship
Honors Work in Entrepreneurship
Selected Topics in Entrepreneurship
Internship in Arts Administration and Entrepreneurship
Wine Appreciation for the Business Professional
Contemporary Topics in Counseling
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