Entrepreneurship Minor

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The purpose of the Entrepreneurship Minor is to prepare students to play crucial roles in the new venture community (as founders, investors, policy makers, technologists, executives, etc.), thereby impacting positively the world in which we live and creating value of all kinds. The new venture community is defined broadly, including not only startup companies, but also new ventures operating within or launched by established firms. The program provides an education in and experience with the tools, techniques, and transformations involved in new venture development, (e.g., ideation and innovation, team building, product-market fit, financial and social return, and legal dynamics). While administratively hosted within the McIntire School of Commerce, the Entrepreneurship Minor connects entrepreneurship efforts among multiple schools at the University of Virginia through a coordinated and collective curriculum. Within the minor, students select one of three concentrations: Technology Entrepreneurship, supported by the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Social Entrepreneurship, supported by the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, or Innovation in Business, supported by coursework at the McIntire School of Commerce. Additional courses are offered by the School of Architecture, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the Curry School of Education, among others.

Academic Requirements

The completion of either the Leadership or Entrepreneurship Minor requires a minimum of 15 credits unique to that minor, i.e., not “double counted” for another major or minor in any school or any prerequisites for those degrees.

Required Courses

ENTP 1010 - Startup: An Introduction to Entrepreneurship Credits: 3

Required Core Courses and Capstone Course

Students must take one core course, plus one capstone course from within one of the following concentration options.

Innovation in Business Concentration:
One of the following core courses:
COMM 3230 - Managing Innovation Credits: 3
OR
COMM 4680 - Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
AND the following capstone course:
COMM 4681 - Entrepreneurship Track Capstone Credits: 3
Social Entrepreneurship Concentration:
Core Course:
LPPS 3050 - Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
AND Capstone:
LPPS 4735 - Experiential Social Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
Technology Entrepreneurship Concentration:
One of the following core courses:
STS 2810 - Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
OR
STS 2830 - Innovation and New Ventures Credits: 3
AND one of the following capstone courses:
STS 4810 - New Product Development Credits: 3
OR
BME 3030 - Design and Innovation in Medicine Credits: 3

Electives

Complete two courses from the following list:

ARAD 3100 - Principles and Practices of Arts Administration Credits: 3
ARCH 2070 - Design & Thinking Credits: 3
ARCH 3070 - Foundations in Design Practices Credits: 4
BME 3030 - Design and Innovation in Medicine Credits: 3 (If not used as concentration capstone)
CHEM 2350 - The Chemical Century Credits: 3
COMM 1100 - Understanding the World of Business Credits: 3
COMM 1800 - Foundations of Commerce Credits: 3 (If not a Commerce Major)
COMM 2020 - Introduction to Management Accounting Credits: 3 (If not a Commerce Major)
COMM 3230 - Managing Innovation Credits: 3 (If not used as the concentration core course)
COMM 3420 - Commercial Law II Credits: 3
COMM 3790 - Venture Capital & Emerging Firms Credits: 3
COMM 4381 - Developing and Managing Innovative New Products Credits: 3
COMM 4559 - New Course in Commerce Credits: 1 to 4
Approved Topic: Open Source Innovation for Global Challenges
COMM 4589 - Global Commerce Immersion: General Topics Credits: 3
Approved Topic: GCI: Social ENTP in Small Island Developing States
COMM 4620 - Strategic Leadership Credits: 3
COMM 4644 - Persuasion & Influence Credits: 3
COMM 4680 - Entrepreneurship Credits: 3 (If not used as the concentration core course)
ECON 3010 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credits: 4
EDLF 2050 - What the Innovators Do: Strategies to Transform the Lives of Youth Credits: 3
GSVS 2150 - Global Sustainability Credits: 3
GSVS 3559 - New Course in Global Environments and Sustainability Credits: 1 to 6
Approved Topic: Multidisciplinary Design
ENGR 4010 - Multidisciplinary Design and Development I Credits: 1 to 3
HIUS 3162 - Digitizing America Credits: 3
MDST 3405 - Media Policy and Law Credits: 3
LPPL 2600 - Foundations of Behavioral Science Credits: 3
LPPP 3500 - Special Topics in Social Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
LPPS 3290 - Social Innovation in Emerging Markets: India and South East Asia Credits: 3
LPPS 3295 - Global Humanitarian Crises Response Credits: 3
LPPS 3410 - Innovation and Social Impact Credits: 3
LPPS 4720 - Open Source for the Common Good Credits: 3
LPPS 4730 - Impact Investing Credits: 3
LPPS 5225 - uAcademy for Conscious Change Credits: 3
NUIP 4559 - New Course: NUIP Credits: 1 to 3
Approved Topic: Sustainability in Nicaragua
PHS 3825 - Global Public Health: Challenges and Innovations Credits: 3
PSYC 2600 - Introduction to Social Psychology Credits: 3
SOC 3710 - Organizations Credits: 3
SOC 3730 - Creativity and Innovation: A Sociological Approach Credits: 3
SOC 3820 - Social Movements Credits: 3
STS 1800 - Business Fundamentals Credits: 3
STS 2730 - Engineers & the Art of the Deal Credits: 3
STS 2830 - Innovation and New Ventures Credits: 3 (If not used as the concentration core course)
STS 2840 - Entrepreneurial Finance Credits: 3
STS 2850 - Government and Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
STS 3580 - Special Topics for Engineering Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
SYS 3501 - Special Topics in Systems and Information Engineering Credits: 1 to 4
Other elective courses by approval of the Faculty Director