Entrepreneurship Program

This program has been designed for engineering students who plan to pursue a career combining technical and business skills. This could include a business startup or working for an entrepreneur in the early years of the business. The certificate/endorsement also enhances the engineering program for students interested in corporate management.

The Entrepreneurship Certificate/Endorsement Program is comprised of three major parts:

• Coursework
• The Seminar Series
• The "company" or project experience

The coursework can be accomplished with a maximum, in most engineering disciplines, of six hours or less of additional coursework over the degree program by utilizing electives. Also, much of the coursework will apply toward the prerequisites for an MBA degree at a later time should the student decide to pursue that path. A GPA of 2.25 on all coursework and no grade less than a "C" can be applied toward the certificate. At most two courses can be online courses.

The completion of 15 hours of coursework from the following business and engineering classes is also required.

• ACC 1203 Basic Industrial Accounting or ACC 2013 Principles of Financial Accounting
• EC 2123 Microeconomics
• IE 3913 Engineering Economy
• MKT 3013 Principles of Marketing
• MGT 3323 Entrepreneurship

In addition, 3 semesters of GE 3011-Engineering Entrepreneurship Seminar must be completed with a grade of  "C" or higher.