The minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation provides interdisciplinary preparation in opportunity recognition, venture development, persuasive communication, and applied problemsolving. Drawing upon courses across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences, the minor equips students to translate ideas into externally-validated value across business, nonprofit, civic, and creative contexts.
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor consists of at least nineteen hours of coursework. The minor is interdisciplinary; it is required that students take courses across multiple departments.
Coursework includes a common “core” of 10 credit hours; 6 credit hours of electives that focus on the theory of enterprise; and 3 elective credit hours from courses that explore the practice of innovation. Electives must come from at least two different departments.
The requirements of the minor are at least 19 hours including
- INDS 109 (Making Prototypes); INDS 215 (Entrepreneurial and Business Pitches); INDS 219 (Entrepreneurial Diplomacy); INDS 409 (Design Thinking: Theory, Methods, and Practice Capstone),
- Two courses from the Theory of Enterprise list: ECOB 202 (Health Economics and Policy); ECOB 222 (Business Foundations); ECOB 251 (Organizational Behavior and Management); CHEM 130 (Introduction to the Chemistry of Food); COMS 161 (Introduction to Computing); POLI 231 (Public Policy); HIST 250 (Introduction to Public History); INDS 101 (Introduction to Leadership); MUSI 391 (Music as Social Behavior); PHIL 101 (Critical Thinking); PHYS 106 (Electronics I); PHYS 135 (The Physics of Sound); PSYC 318 (Negotiations); RHET 202 (Style and Editing); SPAN 313 (Spanish for Business); THEA 401 (Theater Design and Technology).
- One of the following from the Practice of Innovation list: BIOL 317 (Biostatistics); BIOL 333 (Neurobiology); BIOL 336 (Tissue Engineering); ECOB 223 (Entrepreneurial Thinking); CHEM 331 (Chemical and Biochemical Toxicology); CHEM 332 (Medicinal Chemistry); CHEM 335 (Biochemistry); COMS 261 (Computer Science I); ENGL 250 (Poetry Writing: Form and Function); ENGL 252 (Fiction Writing: Narrative and Craft); ENGL 350 (Poetry Writing: Voice and Practice); ENGL 352 (Fiction Writing: Voice and Practice); MUSIC 341 (Songwriting); MUSIC 342 (Electronic Music); RHET 302 (Creative Nonfiction); RHET 350 (Digital Media and Rhetoric); three 1-credit courses from THEA 250, 251, 252, 253, 350, 351, 352, and 353 (Theatre Production); THEA 321 (Directing); VISU 170 (Painting I); and VISU 140 (Photography I).
Students interested in the minor should consult with the Director of the Flemming Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
updated 6/30/2026