The minor in entrepreneurship provides students who may be interested in either developing a business or working in a startup with the chance to explore entrepreneurship as a career option and acquire the skills that can help them be successful. Students completing the minor will develop an understanding of the venture creation process including how to generate and develop a new business concept, apply quantitative and qualitative methods and analytical tools to identify and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities, use data and analysis to create and evaluate a business plan, and evaluate different funding sources for a new venture. A critical element of the program is an internship working with an emerging for-profit startup or socially-beneficial organization to develop a formal business plan or growth plan.
The entrepreneurship minor is open to all students via an application process through the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Accepted business school students can begin the minor after they have earned 60 units. For students outside the business school, prerequisites for the core courses should be completed in the sophomore year.
Requirements for the Minor
- MGMT 164: Introduction to Entrepreneurship (Prerequisites: ACTG 11, MKTG 181. Note: ACTG 11 currently has a prerequisite of BUSN 70 or BUSN 170)
- MGMT 165: Building a New Business (Prerequisite: MGMT 164 or BUSN 144)
- MGMT 198E: Internship in Entrepreneurship (Prerequisite: MGMT 164, may be taken concurrently with MGMT 165)
Plus two courses from the following list:
- BUSN 197: Business/Engineering Practicum (teamed with Engineering students as part of the KEEN initiative, available to Leavey School of Business students only)
- ECON 129: Economic Development (Prerequisites: ECON 1, 2, 3)
- ENGR 177: Cultures of Innovation
- ENVS 145: Environmental Technology
- ENVS 148: Solar Revolution
- FNCE 141: New Venture Finance (Prerequisites: OMIS 40, ACTG 11, ACTG 12, FNCE 121, FNCE 124)
- FNCE 143: Entrepreneurial Finance (Prerequisites: FNCE 121 and FNCE 124)
- FNCE 170: Business Valuation (Prerequisites: OMIS 40, ACTG 11, ACTG 12, FNCE 121, and FNCE 124)
- MECH 144: Smart Product Design (Co-Requisite lab MECH 144L)
- MGMT 175: Managing a Family Business (Prerequisite: MGMT 160 or similar by permission)
- MGMT 177: Managing with the Internet (Prerequisites: Any one of MGMT 160, PSYC 157, SOCI 149, SOCI 163, SOCI 172)
- MGMT 197 Technology Entrepreneurship (Prerequisites: MGMT 160 or 160S and 88 units)
- MKTG 175: Internet Marketing (Prerequisite: MKTG 181)
- MKTG 182: Market Analysis (Prerequisites: OMIS 40, OMIS 41, or other equivalent statistics classes by permission, MKTG 181)
- MKTG 187: Innovation and New Product Marketing (Prerequisite: MKTG 181)
- SOCI 150: Ethnic Enterprises
- SOCI 172: Management of Healthcare Organizations
Courses in bold are business core requirements. Always consult the course catalog for the latest information on all prerequisites.
List updated 3/12/2013.
Faculty members who would like a course reviewed for consideration as an additional elective to the above list may do so by submitting the
Minor in Entrepreneurship Elective Proposal Form. Completed forms should be submitted to Linda Jenkins, ljenkins@scu.edu, Lucas Hall Suite 109. This information will be reviewed and presented for evaluation by the Entrepreneurship Leadership Team at the next monthly meeting.
