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ENT 215:
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
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syllabus
This course
is designed to provide students with an understanding of the
process for identifying and evaluating entrepreneurial
opportunities. Students will also learn how strategy,
marketing, financing, legal matters, and cash flow impact
opportunities in terms of execution and growth, and how to
position a new firm for success. Even those who do not feel
that they are entrepreneurs will benefit by discovering how
to function more effectively in entrepreneur-led
organizations. Students responsible for technical
innovation and business development within existing
organizations should find this course helpful.
ENT 312: Creating New Ventures
This course is designed to help
understand the economic, legal, and managerial factors that
influence the creation of new wealth. Students will also
learn how to develop venture ideas through the preparation
and presentation of a detailed business plan and the
evaluation of business plans prepared by classmates. In the
process, students will develop a personal appreciation for
the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship.
ENT 315:
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
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syllabus
This course
is designed to provide students with an understanding of the
process for identifying and evaluating entrepreneurial
opportunities. Students will also learn how strategy,
marketing, financing, legal matters, and cash flow impact
opportunities in terms of execution and growth, and how to
position a new firm for success. Even those who do not feel
that they are entrepreneurs will benefit by discovering how
to function more effectively in entrepreneur-led
organizations. Students responsible for technical
innovation and business development within existing
organizations should find this course helpful.
ENT 322:
Managing the Growing Business
This course
is designed to introduce students to the challenges of the
rapidly growing business. Students will learn about the new
skill sets that must be acquired and the information that
must be collected to support growth, as well as the external
support (e.g., bankers, attorneys, accountants, and
investors) that can help facilitate growth. In this
process, students will acquire an understanding of the ways
that entrepreneurs must change as their organizations
evolve.
ENT 341: Technology and New
Ventures
Students
will learn the skills needed to create successful,
high-value enterprises, with an emphasis on markets for
technology and venture capital. Case studies will emphasize
both information technologies and energy/environmental
technologies. Prerequisite: ENT 215 (can be taken
concurrently).
ENT 361: Product Innovation
Management
Students
will examine the product development process from idea
generation and evaluation; to design, development, and
testing; and through market launch. Additional topics
include technology forecasting and assessment, R&D
management, technical planning, and organizational models.
ENT 364: Small Business and
Entrepreneurship
This course explores the
operational, strategic, legal, financial, family, and
business issues found in family-owned and
managed companies, and in franchise businesses. The course
will provide students with the tools to be successful in
such enterprises.
ENT 412: Venture Capital
Finance and Investment
This course
provides students with an understanding of the venture
capital market. Students will learn how private equity
funds are raised and structured, and how the venture capital
market compares with other sources of capital. Students
will also learn how investments are selected, negotiated,
valued, and structured.
ENT 425: Corporate
Entrepreneurship
Students
receive an introduction to the field of corporate
entrepreneurship, including the effectiveness of different
models of corporate entrepreneurship. Specific topics
include the creation of an entrepreneurial culture within
the organization, the translation of opportunities into
attractive corporate investments, corporate venturing, and
the role of venture champions.
ENT 432: Entrepreneurial
Marketing
Students
will focus on the development of a marketing plan for a
business (as opposed to a new product), looking at issues
that are relevant for new ventures and also for small and
growing organizations. Topics include the design of products
and services, the evaluation of market potential, pricing,
the development of distribution relationships, and
communication.
ENT 446: Entrepreneurial
Selling and Sales Force Management
This
course assists students in developing a successful sales
plan for a new venture. The first half of the course deals
with sales techniques; the second half addresses important
sales force management topics such as recruitment, training,
deployment, motivation, compensation, and evaluation.
ENT 460:
Creating the Enterprise
Creating
the Enterprise
is an experiential, capstone course that is built around the
development and presentation of a business plan in a team
competition. The course requires students to integrate
their learning from accounting, finance, marketing, and
various other business disciplines.
ENT 491: Business Management Practicum
Advanced study and practice in actual case situations.
Students will work as teams in a number of business cases
requiring the identification of problems, the proposal of
solutions and the responsibility for implementing those
solutions where practicable in area business firms.
ENT 496: Internship: Entrepreneurship
An
opportunity for students to integrate their academic studies
via employment with a business/organization in the
community.
ENT 497: Speical Topics: Entrepreneurship
Study and research in areas of special interest under
individual faculty direction.
ENT 497F: Special Topics: Entrepreneurship
Study and research in areas of special interest under
individual faculty direction.
Undergraduate Courses
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School of Computing and Engineering
CE 111: Essential Engineering
CE 211: The Engineering Enterprise
CE 311: The Technical Entrepreneur
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ons. Experiential
learning programs take students beyond the planning stages
of business development to teach the knowledge and skills
needed to create and manage high-growth enterprises. 