Undergraduate Minor for Business and Non-Business Majors

A student seeking a minor in entrepreneurial studies must successfully complete a minimum of 15 credits in courses approved for use in the entrepreneurial studies program. Up to six of the 15 credits required for the minor may also be used in the student’s required program of study. Students should follow the curriculum requirements based on the catalog under which they will be graduating: 2005-2007 or 2007-2009.

2007-2009 Catalog:

Required courses (6 cr):

Electives (6 cr):

Electives from an approved list of entrepreneurship-related courses. Students are encouraged to take electives within their major colleges. (see list of approved courses)

Experiential learning (3 cr):

Students will engage in the process(es) of entrepreneurship to earn experiential learning credits. Entrepreneurial processes include activities related to 1) opportunity recognition; 2) opportunity evaluation; 3) innovation; 4) creative problem-solving; 5) mitigating risk; 6) thinking and acting as a guerilla; 7) resource leveraging; 8) managing ambiguity and uncertainty; 9) building a plan for an innovative concept; 10) implementation of change; and 11) the entrepreneurial process.

The required 3 credits of experiential learning can be earned by either taking a course that has been designated as an experiential learning course or using some other experiential learning activity as the basis to receive credits through a graded independent study. Three options are explained in more detail below.

1. Option 1: Courses that are pre-approved to meet the experiential learning requirement are indicated on the 2007-2009 Elective List. For these courses, the column labeled "Designated for Experiential Credits," will say "YES" and the column labeled "Experiential Content Requires Approval" will say "NO." If you select one of these courses, simply include it on your "request for minor" form and indicate that it meets the experiential learning requirement with an (E) behind the course number on the form.
   
   
2. Option 2: Some project courses have been designated on the 2007-2009 Elective List as appropriate for experiential learning credits if prior approval has been obtained from the Entrepreneurship Supervisory Committee (both the "Designated for Experiential Credits" and the "Experiential Content Requires Approval columns say "YES"). Approval must be obtained before registering for the designated course and will be based on the extent to which the nature and scope of the course content specifically relate to entrepreneurial processes. To seek approval, students complete the Experiential Study Agreement form (see link below) and obtain the signature of the course instructor to verify the course content. Follow the directions on the form for obtaining approval. Students who follow this option would list the appropriate college course number on the "request for minor" form indicating that it meets the experiential learning requirement.
   
   Experiential Study Agreement form
   
   
3. Option 3: Students may earn 3 credits of experiential learning through an independent study. The independent study may be based on an internship, co-op, starting a business, running a business, writing a business plan, etc. Note that some courses are listed on the 2007-2009 Elective List that may count toward experiential learning credits but must be approved by the Entrepreneurship Supervisory Committee (both the "Designated for Experiential Credits" and the "Experiential Content Requires Approval columns say "YES"). Approval must be obtained before registering for the independent study and will be based on the extent to which the nature and scope of the independent study specifically relate to entrepreneurial processes. To seek approval, students must identify a faculty member willing to supervise the study and complete the entrepreneurship independent study form (choose link below for home college). Follow the directions on the form for obtaining approval and registering for independent study credits. Students who follow this option would list the appropriate college course number for their independent study on the "request for minor" form.
   
   

Links for each college's 490E independent study form:

• Agriculture & Life Sciences:
• Business: BusAd 490E - Independent Study Form
• Design:
• Engineering: ENGR 490E - Independent Study Form
• Human Sciences:
• LAS:
• Vet Med:

2005-2007 Catalog:

Required Courses (6 cr):

Electives (9 cr):

Electives from an approved list of entrepreneurship-related courses. Students are encouraged to take electives within their major colleges. Click here for the 2005-2007 Elective List.

Students desiring to take courses other than those approved must seek approval from the Entrepreneurship Supervisory Committee. Similarly, transfer students who desire to transfer in entrepreneurship courses and have them count toward completion of the minor have to follow the routine process of verifying course transfer into the University.