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Major

The Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation major consists of 15 entrepreneurship-specific course hours focused on teaching you to:

  • Identify viable career options in entrepreneurship
  • Expand conceptual knowledge of the entrepreneurial process
  • Develop a repertoire of venture management tools and techniques

Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation Course Plan

Upon being accepted to the business school, you will meet with a business school advisor to construct your schedule and course sequence for your major.

To earn a major in Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation (ECI), students will complete 15 hours of Entrepreneurship (ENT) courses - 9 hours of which are required of every ECI major (ENT 3320 Entrepreneurship and New Ventures, ENT 4310 New Venture Finance: The Entrepreneur’s Perspective and ENT 4321 New Venture Development for Emerging and Existing Organizations).  Students will select either an emphasis in Entrepreneurship by completing ENT 4322 Entrepreneurship Capstone or an emphasis in Corporate Innovation by completing ENT 4330 Corporate Innovation Capstone.  Students will also select one elective from the remaining Entrepreneurship (ENT) course offerings. 

Required Courses for Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation Majors:

ENT 3320 - Entrepreneurship and New Ventures

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): Only open to BBA students; BBA students must be admitted to the Business School in order to take this course  

An introductory course in entrepreneurship designed to explore the development of innovative thinking and venture exploration which would ultimately lead to a new venture. Topics covered include: Developing an innovative perspective as well as identifying and testing venture concepts. Topics are introduced through the use of creative exercises, team projects, concept identification journals, discussion of entrepreneurship cases, and a business venture startup game.

 

ENT 4310 - New Venture Finance: The Entrepreneur's Perspective

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): ENT 3320 or consent of instructor; only open to BBA students  

Successful entrepreneurs must effectively manage scarce resources in an increasingly complex and global world. This course is designed to provide students with a wide range of financial skills to more effectively manage their resources. Specific issues critical to emerging businesses such as financial forecasting, effective financial management, sources of financing, bootstrapping, and exit planning will be examined.

 

ENT 4321 - New Venture Development for Emerging and Existing Organizations

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): ENT 3320 or consent of instructor; only open to BBA students  

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of developing new ventures as entrepreneurs (i.e., building new organizations) and intrapreneurs (i.e., acting entrepreneurial within existing organizations). As such, ENT 4321 bridges entrepreneurship and corporate innovation topics. Students will be exposed to the formal process of launching a new business, the principles of organization design, and how organizational design.

 

Choose Entrepreneurship or Corporate Innovation Emphasis

ENT 4322 - Entrepreneurship Capstone

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): ENT 4310 and ENT 4321 or consent of Instructor  

Entrepreneurship Capstone explores advanced topics focused on start-up and new venture growth activities. Students learn to utilize all functional areas of the new venture to optimize revenue, finance firm growth, and maximize value creation. The emphasis is on providing practical tools through experiential learning.

 

ENT 4330 - Corporate Innovation Capstone

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): ENT 4310 and ENT 4321 or consent of instructor  

Corporate Innovation Capstone explores advanced topics that focus on creating and implementing sustained, innovation-driven growth in corporate settings. A core aim is providing students with tools for recognizing breakthrough-level innovation opportunities and then practicing their use by inventing needed solutions. Additional modules focus on the use of these tools and processes in a larger organizational context where selecting and developing the best innovation target is critical.

 

Choose one of the following courses:

ENT 3325 - Skills and Behavior of the Entrepreneur

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): ENT 3320 or ENT 3315  

Focuses on the individual and the skills and behaviors necessary to be a successful entrepreneur. Students will develop creative thinking skills that will enable them to recognize business opportunities. Other skills include team building, goal setting, leadership, and negotiation. Significant portions of the course are conducted through experiential exercises and simulations.

 

ENT 3350 - International Entrepreneurship
(Cross-listed as INB 3350)
May substitute for ENT 4325, offered in study abroad only

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): Sophomore standing and consent of instructor  

Examines entrepreneurship in other countries by focusing on the unique opportunities and problems associated with the particular country being studied. Comparisons are made between the host country and the United States. General issues related to doing business across national boundaries are included. This course is taught only outside the United States.

 

ENT 3380 - Global Perspectives on New Ventures

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): Either ENT 3315 or 3320  

Entrepreneurship is increasingly global in nature, continuously creating new opportunities and competitors. Global Perspectives on New Ventures provides a deep understanding of these dynamics and helps students develop startup concepts that are more likely to succeed in the country-business context in which they may one day launch new international ventures.

 

ENT 4320 - Managing the Family Business

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): Only open to BBA students; BBA students must be admitted to the Business School in order to take this course  

Explores the unique personal and interpersonal issues, as well as the business issues, associated with the family-owned and managed firm. Topics evaluated in the course include the competitive strengths and weaknesses of a family firm; the dynamics of family interactions and the family business culture; conflict resolutions; estate planning; and planning for succession.

 

ENT 4340 - Technology Entrepreneurship
(Cross-listed as MGT 4340.)

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): Upper-level standing; BBA students must be admitted to the Business School in order to take this course  

Business based on patentable technologies display different business models and characteristics from those of non-technical, mainstream businesses. Understanding these distinctions is critical to technology commercialization. Technology Entrepreneurship examines the entire technology commercialization process, from concept to market. It is intended to provide students in business, engineering, and the sciences with the knowledge needed to participate effectively in the processes required for the successful introduction of new technology products in the marketplace.

 

ENT 4351 - Entrepreneurship in the European Union

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): Consent of instructor  

A summer study abroad program that covers a broad range of topics that critically affect startup concerns of businesses in the European Union. Primary emphasis is placed on marketing concerns, economic analysis, and business plan preparation for business. Other issues to be investigated include identifying venture opportunities, concept development, market analysis, pricing, budgeting, legal forms of organization, management of the team, and business valuation and dilution. The students will apply this knowledge by preparing a business plan for a business venture -- based on a well-defined concept of the product or service that could develop within their discipline -- and by presenting their final plans to a panel of private equity holders, venture capitalist, bankers, and other entrepreneurship experts. The course is only offered as part of a Baylor study abroad program.

 

ENT 4353 - Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): ENT 3315 or 3320  

Is capitalism good for the poor? This course examines the morality of capitalism, the role of institutions in perpetuating or eliminating absolute poverty, and the contextual challenges of entrepreneurship. Recognizing the socio-cultural, political, economic, and technological challenges of doing business in the third world, we use organizational theory to design for-profit ventures that use appropriate technologies to create sustainable solutions to social problems. Course projects are intended to produce organizations that will be partially owned and operated by the members of the communities that benefit from their goods and services.

 

ENT 4354 - Entrepreneurship in Latin America

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): Consent of the instructor  

A study abroad course that helps students understand business in Latin America through first-hand experience. Students will study the social, cultural, historical, economic, and political issues that impact entrepreneurship and small businesses in the Latin American country visited and gain insights into the general environment in which they operate. They will learn from visits to a variety of business enterprises, cultural sites, and educational institutions, in addition to exploring geographic places of interest. Insights gained will allow enrolled students to grasp the dynamics of participation in the local economy and society of the specific country visited.

 

ENT 4360 - Franchising: Franchisee and Franchisor Perspectives

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): Upper-level standing; only open to BBA students; BBA students must be admitted to the Business School in order to take this course  

This course is designed to introduce the student to the business concept of franchising from the perspectives of both the franchisee and the franchisor. The student will learn to evaluate a franchising opportunity from the point of view of the franchisee by completing a feasibility study of a currently available franchise and the potential for franchising a business idea by completing a business plan. Managing the franchise will be covered as well.

 

ENT 4395 - Entrepreneurship Internship

Course Description

Pre-requisite(s): Consent of instructor; not open to pre-business students  

Supervised work by a manager in a firm involved in entrepreneurship. Application and requirements for the entrepreneurship internship are available from the chair of the management and entrepreneurship department.

 

ENT 4398 - Special Studies in Entrepreneurship

Course Description

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor; not open to pre-business students.
None

 

For further information, please contact the Undergraduate Advising Office.

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