Fisher College of Business

Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Minor

Academics

Prerequisites

Prerequisites vary by courses, and are included in the course information below. Students intending on the Entrepreneurship Minor should review these prerequisites carefully and plan to take them early in their academic programs. In some cases, prerequisites may overlap with GEC requirements.

Required Courses

BUS-MHR 290 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Modern Business
*Approved for GEC Credit (Social Sciences)
(Credits: 5, Prereq: none)

Examines the theoretical foundations of innovation and entrepreneurship, including their influence on industry and market evolution.

BUS-MHR 490 - New Venture Creation
(Credits: 5, Prereq: BUS-MHR 290)

Explores the process for creating new ventures, including ideation, evaluation of business opportunities, business planning, and assembling business resources.

Elective Courses

The minor requires students to successfully complete at least three elective courses. It is recommended that students complete one elective from each of three content areas listed below. Regardless, students will not be permitted to count more than two courses from any one content area for credit toward their minor. In addition, students are encouraged to take at least two electives outside their major areas of study.

Creativity, Innovation, and Idea Generation
BUS-M&L 490 - Entrepreneurial Marketing
(Credits: 4, Prereq: Econ and Math)

Focuses on marketing concepts and methods of entrepreneurs leading growth-oriented companies.

BUS-MHR 390 - Personal Creativity and Innovation
(Credits: 4, Prereq: None)

Explores how people, places, and practices foster personal creativity. Develops student's ability to create innovative concepts for new products and services.

DESIGN 797 - Interdepartmental Seminar: Brand Design
(Credits: 3, Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 20 cr hrs.)

Interdisciplinary knowledge and problems examined and discussed in the context of shared concerns.

ISE ME 682 - Fundamentals of Product Design
(Credits: 4, Prereq: ISE 523, 561 or grad)

Takes students through the product design process, from listening to the voice of the customer to idea generation and evaluation, system level design and system architecture, design for assembly and manufacturing, and lean manufacturing.

PSYCH 662 - The Psychology of Creativity
(Credits: 3, Prereq: Psych 100 and an additional 10 cr hrs in psych)

Examines the theories, definitions, processes and measurement of personal creativity.

Opportunity Evaluation and Venture Planning
AEDE 402 - Principles of Agribusiness Marketing
(Credits: 4, Prereq: 200, H200, Econ 200, or H200)

Focuses on in-depth assessment of the marketing environment in specific food and natural resource industries and what it takes to successfully lead an entrepreneurial enterprise in these industries.

BUS-FIN 590 - Entrepreneurial Finance
(Credits: 4, Prereq: Econ and Math)

Presents a dynamic two part process in which companies invest in both real and human capital assets and then find the financial capital necessary to pay for those investments.

BUS-MHR 694.52 - Entrepreneurship: Social Enterprise
(Credits: 4, Honors course)

Progressive social organizations are seeking to be more entrepreneurial in the manner in which they run their nonprofit businesses. This course is offered to honors students throughout the university. Content will include a group assignment where students will focus on completing a social enterprise project for a non-profit organization in Central Ohio. (This course counts toward the Minor in Entrepreneurship.)

BUS-M&L 694 - New Product Design and Development
(Credits: 3)

Leading High-Performance Ventures
AEDE 460 - Human Resource Management in Small Businesses
(Credits: 3, Prereq: 401 or Bus-MHR 400)

Study of characteristics of small businesses that make many of their human resource management problems unique, such as recruiting only in local labor markets in relative geographic isolation, limited alternatives for organizational structure, and irregular coverage of labor laws.

BUS-MGT 494 - Foundations of Operations for Entrepreneurs
(Credits: 4)

BUS-MHR 590 - Leading High-Performance Ventures
(Credits: 4, Prereq: AED ECON 200 or ECON 200)

Explores the key managerial practices and skills necessary to lead a successful growing business.

CS FMRSM 567 - Families in Business
(Credits: 3, Prereq: none)

Offers students the opportunity to explore family business topics, such as family dynamics, conflicts, and relationships relative to the business, formation and growth, strategic management, professionalization, and succession planning.

Sociol 464 - Work, Employment, and Society
(Credits: 5, Prereq: 5 cr hrs in sociol)

Provides an overview of social science knowledge about organizational functioning, labor force composition, and human relations issues.

Additional Requirements

  1. No grade below a C- will be permitted in courses comprising the minor; the minimum overall CPHR of the minor shall be 2.00.
  2. If elective credits total 10 or fewer, students must take an additional class to meet the 20 credit requirement.
  3. Courses completed for the minor may not count toward a particular major. Please see your advisor for specific implications.
  4. No more than 10 hours of transfer credit may be applied to the minor.
  5. Variations in the program are generally not permitted; any variation must be approved by the academic director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Fisher College of Business.
  6. A student who completes the minor following the above guidelines need only their college's Minor Program Form with their college office. No approval from the Fisher College of Business is required.
 
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