Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Minor
Non-Business Majors
To graduate with an entrepreneurship minor (non-business major) you must complete 18 credit hours.
This minor is designed to be completed on a two year plan beginning your junior year (schedule below).
YEAR ONE FALL SEMESTER
Course #
Course Title
YEAR ONE SPRING SEMESTER
Hrs
Course #
Course Title
Hrs
MGT 241
The Entrepreneurial Experience
3
ACC 200
Accounting for New Ventures
3
ECON 116 or
ECON 201
Survey of Economic Ideas
Elementary Microeconomics
3
FIN 243
Finance for New Ventures
3
YEAR TWO FALL SEMESTER
Course #
MGT 342
Course Title
Marketing of New Ventures
YEAR TWO SPRING SEMESTER
Hrs
3
Course #
MGT 345
Course Title
Managing New Ventures
Hrs
3
MGT 241 The Entrepreneurial Experience (3 credits) – MGT 241 is an introductory course focusing on the individual
entrepreneur, the generation of innovative business ideas, the creation of business ventures, and the role of entrepreneurship
within society. Students will experience entrepreneurship first-hand through an immersion experience, and will acquire the
skills and process knowledge needed to create their own innovative for-profit solution to a real-world market opportunity.
ECON 116 Survey of Economic Ideas (3 credits) – The important conclusions of economics are surveyed and applied to
topics chosen by the instructor. Especially valuable to students with no high school background in economics.
or (not open to students who have credit in ECON 201 or 202)
ECON 201 Elementary Microeconomics (3 credits) – A study of why people specialize as producers and exchange what
they produce with others. Includes analysis of how market structure affects prices. Discusses the issue of whether selfinterested economic behavior promotes or hinders society.
ACC 200 Accounting for New Ventures (3 credits) - ACC 200 is a survey course focusing on financial projections and basic
accounting for non-accountants. Students will learn how to build financial models for a new venture, and understand financial
statements. Emphasis will be placed on the creation of financial projections for the purpose of launching new ventures.
(Prerequisite: ECON 116 or ECON 201; MGT 241)
FIN 243 Finance for New Ventures (3 credits) – FIN 243 is a survey course examining the financing options available for
launching and financial principles for managing new ventures. Students will learn how to approach various funding sources,
manage the financial condition of a new venture, and eventually exit the business. (Prerequisite: ECON 116 or ECON 201;
MGT 241)
MGT 342 Marketing for New Ventures (3 credits) – MGT 342 is a survey course covering the principles of market research
and marketing. Students will learn how to perform market research and test the demand for a product/service, determining its
market feasibility. In addition, they will learn how to create a marketing plan that includes their decisions regarding product,
promotion, price and distribution. (Prerequisite ECON 116 or ECON 201; MGT 241)
MGT 345 Managing New Ventures (3 credits) – MGT 345 is a survey course highlighting the foundational principles and
best practices for managing the start-up process, and the human resources involved in new venture creation. Students will
learn how to plan the business launch and operations, as well as how to select, train, compensate, and promote employees.
(Prerequisite: ACC 200; FIN 243; and MGT 342)