The Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation is designed to provide students with the mindset and skills that will enable them to passionately pursue and engage in opportunities without regard to currently controlled resources.
The minor demonstrates entrepreneurship as an activity that involves the discovery, evaluation, and engagement of opportunities to either solve a problem, or bring about desired change. At its core, the minor prepares students to become change agents. It focuses on two aspects of the entrepreneurial experience: the entrepreneurial mindset and the venture creation process, as well as placing great emphasis on experiential learning. Students completing the minor will have an appreciation of innovation in all aspects of society and an awareness of entrepreneurship as a viable career option. Students will become capable of being effective innovators and change agents in an organization and will develop the execution capability to launch a venture of their own.
The Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation is administered by the Department of Management and is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs at Michigan State University. Students who are interested in the minor must contact the MSU Director of Undergraduate Entrepreneurship in The Eli Broad College of Business or visit
https://entrepreneurship.msu.edu.
At least 6 credits counted towards the requirements for this minor must be unique. Unique credits must not be used to fulfill another university, college, or major requirement in the student’s program.
Requirements for the Minor in Entrepreneurship and InnovationStudents must complete 15 credits in courses from the following list. A 2.0 grade-point average must be maintained in courses completed for the minor. Students must also complete two Entrepreneurship and Innovation Experiences Options (E&I Experiences Options). At least one of the E&I Experiences Options must be completed in a course that is not being counted toward the 15 credits required for the minor.
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Complete both of the following courses (6 credits): |
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CAS |
114 |
Creativity and Innovative Entrepreneurship |
3 |
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ESHP |
190 |
The Art of Starting |
3 |
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Complete 9 credits from the following courses (9 credits): |
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ACC |
230 |
Survey of Accounting Concepts |
3 |
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ACM |
271 |
Introduction to Arts and Cultural Management |
3 |
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ACM |
465 |
Leadership and Innovation for Arts and Cultural Management |
3 |
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AL |
300 |
Starting Your Business in the Creative, Visual, and Theatre Arts |
2 |
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CAS |
214 |
Social Media and the Start-Up |
3 |
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CSUS |
200 |
Introduction to Sustainability |
3 |
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CSUS |
473 |
Social Entrepreneurship and Community Sustainability |
3 |
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EAD |
361 |
Educational Reform and Policy Analysis |
3 |
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EGR |
100 |
Introduction to Engineering Design |
2 |
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EGR |
440 |
Engineering Entrepreneurship |
3 |
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ESHP |
170 |
Business Model Development |
3 |
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ESHP |
230 |
The Entrepreneurial Mindset |
3 |
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ESHP |
231 |
Venture Launch |
3 |
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ESHP |
380 |
Entrepreneurship: Planning, Modeling and Adaptive Execution |
3 |
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ESHP |
480 |
Entrepreneurship Capstone Experience |
3 |
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FI |
444 |
Entrepreneurial Finance |
3 |
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GBL |
467 |
Emerging Enterprise Law |
3 |
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HB |
358 |
Hospitality Business Ownership |
3 |
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HRT |
404 |
Horticulture Management (W) |
3 |
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HRT |
407 |
Horticulture Marketing |
3 |
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LB |
268 |
The Business of Medicine |
3 |
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MGT |
325 |
Management Skills and Processes |
3 |
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MGT |
352 |
Entrepreneurship: New Venture Process |
3 |
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MI |
301 |
Bringing Media to Market |
3 |
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MI |
450 |
Creating Human-Centered Technology (W) |
3 |
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MI |
452 |
Media Entrepreneurship and Business Strategies |
3 |
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MI |
462 |
Social Media and Social Computing |
3 |
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MI |
472 |
Digital Business and Commerce |
3 |
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MI |
480 |
Information and Communication Technologies and Development |
3 |
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MI |
488 |
Information and Communication Technology Development Project (W) |
3 |
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MKT |
355 |
Entrepreneurship: Strategic Marketing Planning and Launch |
3 |
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MKT |
410 |
Product Innovation and Management |
3 |
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MKT |
420 |
New Product Design and Development |
3 |
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MUS |
101 |
Freshman Seminar: Practical Foundations for Success in Music |
1 |
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MUS |
496 |
Your Music Business |
1 or 2 |
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PKG |
485 |
Packaging Development |
3 |
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PLS |
302 |
Urban Politics |
3 |
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REL |
185 |
Introduction to Religion and Nonprofits |
3 |
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REL |
285 |
Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship and Religion |
3 |
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TE |
201 |
Current Issues in Education |
3 |
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THR |
208 |
Innovation through Improvisation |
2 |
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UP |
201 |
Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning |
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Students who are interested in packaging their elective courses in a focus area may consult the Director of Undergraduate Entrepreneurship for a list of courses that are approved. See https://entrepreneurship.msu.edu/academics/courses. Several tracks are available. See https://entrepreneurship.msu.edu/academics. |
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Completion of two Entrepreneurship and Innovation Experiences Options |
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Students may complete this requirement by choosing from the following options: 1) Participation in Startup Weekend; 2) Participation in the Burgess New Venture Challenge; 3) Start a Venture (Company/Organization); or 4) Participate in a highly experiential course. |
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