Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation
Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation (ECI) majors generally follow one of three career paths:
- Corporate innovation path (CI): Help launch new products, secure venture capital, market existing services to new industries, or bring other innovative ideas to companies.
- Venture capital path (VC): Help start, grow, or mature small companies.
- Independent venture creation path (IVC): Start your own business
Some ECI majors follow traditional corporate career paths, serving as innovators within the corporate environment.
Academy to consider: Entrepreneurial Innovation Academy
- Major requirements: Select 15 credit hours total including your “outside” courses.
- Minor requirements: A total of at least 4.5 credit hours are required.
- Major electives: Select at least three elective courses.
- Minor electives: Select at least three elective courses.
- Outside courses: You must have three 1.5 credit hour courses outside the Department of Management & Entrepreneurship (not J or W prefixes).
Certain electives and outside courses are more recommended for the different ECI career paths—work with your advisor to chart the best curriculum for your interests.
| Courses | Major CI Path | Major VC Path | Major IVC Path | Minor | Electives | Outside Courses |
| BUS-J 522 Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation |  | | | |||
| BUS-W 504 New Venture Business Planning | | | | | ||
| BUS-W 506 Entrepreneurship: Leadership & Practice | | | | | ||
| BUS-W 508 Social Entrepreneurship & Economic Development | | | | |||
| BUS-W 510 Sustainability Experimental Course | | | | |||
| BUS-W 511 Venture Strategy | | | | | ||
| BUS-W 574 Corporate Entrepreneurship & Innovation (W506 prerequisite) | | | ||||
| BUS-D 595 International Management | | |||||
| BUS-J 501 Developing Strategic Capabilities | | |||||
| BUS-W 503 Creativity and Innovation: Generating New Venture Ideas | | |||||
| BUS-W 505 Power, Persuasion, Influence and Negotiation | | |||||
| BUS-W 516 Organizational Development and Change: The Change Agent | | |||||
| BUS-W 520 Turnaround Management | | |||||
| BUS-W 532 Organization Design Alternatives | | |||||
| BUS-W 578 Managing the Merger and Acquisition Process | | |||||
| BUS-Z 525 Organizational Behavior & Leadership | | |||||
| BUS-A 545 Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis & Valuation | | |||||
| BUS-F 509 Financial Analysis for Corporate Decisions | | |||||
| BUS-F 517 Venture Capital & Entrepreneurial Finance | | |||||
| BUS-M 503 Applied Marketing Research | | |||||
| BUS-M 512 Marketing Strategy | | |||||
| BUS-M 513 Marketing Strategy Simulation | | |||||
| BUS-M 522 New Products Management | |
