University of Portland Bulletin 2013-2014

Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Minor Requirements

This program provides students with an understanding of the entrepreneurial process and the tools necessary to develop and present a plan for a new business. The minor in entrepreneurship and innovation management is open to all students on campus except those with a major in entrepreneurship and innovation management. Those students in the Entrepreneur Scholars program have a modified course of study as shown below.

Degree Requirements

Non-Entrepreneur Scholar Minor Required Courses

Prerequisite — 3 hours

BUS 200Principles of Marketing

3

Required Courses — 15 hours

 

BUS 364Innovation

3

BUS 385Opportunity Assessment

3

BUS 486Venture Launch

3

To stay on track for the Entrepreneurship minor, students must take BUS 364 in the fall semester of their junior year.  BUS 385 must be taken in the spring semester of the junior year and BUS 486 must be taken in the spring semester of the senior year. 

Choose two elective courses from the following:

BUS 370Marketing Research

3

Or

BUS 472Personal Selling

3

BUS 452Project Management

3

BUS 483Strategic Controls for New Venture Operations

3

BUS 484New Venture Finance and Accounting

3

BUS 487Social Entrepreneurship

3

CST 333Applied Organizational Communication Skills

3

DRM 471Principles of Theatre Management

3

ENV 400Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies

3

CS 481Senior Design Project

3

Or

CE 482Civil Engineering Senior Design Project II

3

Or

EE 481Senior Design Project

3

Or

with

Or

ME 481Mechanical Engineerng Project I

2

with

ME 482Mechanical Engineerng Project II

2

Entrepreneur Scholar Minor Required Courses — 15 hours

BUS 364Innovation

3

BUS 480Creating a World-Class Venture

3

BUS 481Entrepreneur Apprenticeship

3

BUS 482Global Entrepreneurship

3

Choose one elective course from the following:

BUS 483Strategic Controls for New Venture Operations

3

BUS 484New Venture Finance and Accounting

3

BUS 487Social Entrepreneurship

3