Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Minor
This minor is jointly offered by the School of Business and the College of Engineering to expose students to the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and technology innovation, with a focus on the product design process, business principals required for viable startups, and physical prototyping.
Requirements
To receive a minor in Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation, a student must complete four 3000/4000 level course including the required courses. Engineering students who elect to use their first semester of senior design to satisfy these requirements will only be required to complete 11 total credits if that course is a two-credit course. All other students would take 4 three-credit courses.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Group 1: Required Courses | ||
| ENGR/MENT 3500 | Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| ENGR/MENT 3501 | Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship II | 3 |
| Group 2: Elective Courses | ||
| Select five-six credits from the following: | 5-6 | |
| Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation | ||
ACCT 4261 | ||
BADM/BLAW 3678 | ||
BADM/BLAW 3681 | ||
| Opportunity Generation, Assessment, and Promotion | ||
| Venture Planning, Management, and Growth | ||
| Integrated Marketing Communications in the Digital Age | ||
BADM/MKTG 3753 | ||
| Biomedical Engineering Design I | ||
| Special Topics In Biomedical Engineering | ||
| Civil Engineering Projects I | ||
CE 4910W | ||
| Chemical Engineering Capstone Design I | ||
| Computer Science and Engineering Design Project I | ||
| Electrical and Computer Engineering Design I | ||
| Electrical and Computer Engineering Design I | ||
| Special Topics in Engineering (when offered as “Innovation Zone Projects”) | ||
| Environmental Engineering Design I | ||
| Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
| Mergers and Acquisitions | ||
| Senior Design Project I | ||
| Advanced Products and Processes | ||
| Senior Design Project I | ||
| Managerial Negotiations | ||
| Professional Practice in Entrepreneurial Business Development | ||
| Venture Consulting | ||
| Special Topics (when offered as “Managing Creativity and Innovation”) | ||
| Marketing Planning and Strategy | ||
| Capstone Design Project I | ||
| Business Software Development | ||
| Total Credits | 11-12 | |
Engineering students may use the first semester of the senior design course as approved on their major plan of study, and may only do so with a project approved by the director of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Minor or the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education.
Group 1 and 2 classes may not be simultaneously used towards another minor, and only one class used to satisfy this minor may be simultaneously used towards the student’s major requirements. Credits from internships cannot be used to satisfy requirements for the minor. Substitutions of Engineering classes are allowed but must be approved by the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education. Substitutions of Business classes are allowed but must be approved by the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs.
Refer to the School of Business section of this catalog for restrictions on Business minors and limits on the number of Business courses available to non-Business students. Access to courses for this minor is on a space-available basis, and the School of Business and the College of Engineering cannot guarantee completion of this minor.
For more information, contact the Peter J. Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation by phone at 860-486-4299 or by email at kathy.rocha@uconn.edu.