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Entrepreneurship is a major aspect of our economy that offers many employment opportunities as well as income and wealth accumulation for diverse groups within our population. The Master of Science in Entrepreneurship is designed to meet the needs of students who have varied or limited backgrounds in entrepreneurial ventures, are part of family businesses, or are interested in starting or growing their own businesses when they graduate. Students in the program are required to take a minimum of 31.5 credits. In contrast, the MBA in entrepreneurship requires a broader spectrum of business courses. All MS students take the five required courses, as well as choose five electives in the finance, information systems, law, management, human resources management, marketing, public affairs, and real estate areas.
MS in Entrepreneurship Program Learning Goals
Strategy Skills | Students will be able to respond to venture start-up and growth strategy issues. |
Operational Skills | Students will be able to effectively use available mapping and other relevant tools in operating entrepreneurial ventures. |
Business Opportunity Recognition Skills | Students will be able to analyze various business opportunities by applying systematic theoretical frameworks. |
Business Modeling and Planning Skills | Students will be able to develop a value proposition for a new or existing venture and embed it in a sustainable business model and plan. |
MS in Entrepreneurship Curriculum
English Language Proficiency:* |
Students who completed their undergraduate education in a non-English speaking country will be required to take non-credit bearing modules in Grammar Troubleshooting and American English Pronunciation offered by the Division of Continuing and Professional Studies. These modules may be waived based on a waiver exam. The modules are not required for students who completed a four-year degree in an English-speaking country. |
Preliminary courses (6 credits) Students with appropriate academic background will be able to reduce the number of required credits in preliminary courses. |
| Financial Reporting | 3 credits |
| Marketing Management | 3 credits |
Courses in Specialization (31.5 credits) |
Required (4.5 credits) |
| Business Communication I
| 1.5 credits |
| Entrepreneurial Strategy and Cases (formerly ) | 3 credits |
Choose four courses from: (12 credits)
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| Analysis of Entrepreneurial Experiences (formerly ) | 3 credits |
| Managing the Family Business (formerly ) | 3 credits |
| Researching and Developing Entrepreneurial Ventures (formerly ) | 3 credits |
| Boards, Governance, and Leadership Within Entrepreneurial and Family Firms | 3 credits |
| Entrepreneurship and Community Development | 3 credits |
| Gender Differences Among Entrepreneurial Leaders | 3 credits |
Choose five courses from (15 credits):
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| Globalization and Technology | 3 credits |
| E-Business Principles and Technologies | 3 credits |
| Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance | 3 credits |
| Intermediate Corporate Finance | 3 credits |
| Investment Analysis | 3 credits |
| Law and E-Business | 3 credits |
| Human Resource Management | 3 credits |
| International Human Resource Management | 3 credits |
| Analysis of Entrepreneurial Experiences (formerly ) | 3 credits |
| Managing the Family Business (formerly ) | 3 credits |
| Researching and Developing Entrepreneurial Ventures (formerly ) | 3 credits |
| Managing the Entrepreneurial Enterprise (formerly ) | 3 credits |
| Boards, Governance, and Leadership Within Entrepreneurial and Family Firms | 3 credits |
| Entrepreneurship and Social Business: From Strategy Development to Implementation (formerly Showcourse v |
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CourseNumber | 9866 |
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Discipline | MGT |
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| ) | 3 credits |
| Technology, Innovation and Design in High-Growth Ventures | 3 credits |
| Entrepreneurial Communications: Selling and Negotiating (formerly ) | 3 credits |
| Social Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases | 3 credits |
| Entrepreneurship and Community Development | 3 credits |
| Gender Differences Among Entrepreneurial Leaders | 3 credits |
() | Real Estate Entrepreneurship (formerly ) | 3 credits |
| Seminar in Entrepreneurship (formerly ) | 3 credits |
| Advertising and Marketing Communications | 3 credits |
| Marketing Strategy | 3 credits |
| Internet Marketing and Global Business | 3 credits |
| Community Development: History, Present, and Future | 3 credits |
| "Greening" and Growing Cities: Sustainability and Public Policy Options | 3 credits |
| Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector | 3 credits |
| The Administration of Not-for-Profit and Voluntary Organizations | 3 credits |
() | Real Estate Finance | 3 credits |
| Real Estate Valuation and Market Analysis | 3 credits |
| Real Estate Capital Markets | 3 credits |
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