At Notre Dame of Maryland University, the Entrepreneurship minor provides the basic tools to recognize and take advantage of business opportunities. The Entrepreneurship Minor covers:
- Phases of entrepreneurship, from developing opportunities to starting, growing and renewing businesses
- Functions core to entrepreneurship such as financing a venture or idea generation
- Particular contexts for entrepreneurship, such as family enterprise, global environments, or specific industries (e.g. fashion, food)
The Entrepreneurship Minor provides students with an opportunity to develop a business plan for either a social or for-profit entrepreneurial organization that is appropriate for pursuing investors or grants. The Entrepreneurship Minor provides all students whose professional plans would benefit from entrepreneurial perspectives and skills a chance to develop their problem-solving, negotiation, organizing, ambiguity and risk tolerance skills.
The Minor requires the completion of 7 courses (21 credits): BUS-202 Principles of Management, BUS-2303 Principles of Marketing, BUS-416 Managing Financial Resources, BUS-401 Entrepreneurship I, BUS-402 Entrepreneurship II, plus two elective courses offered by several departments on campus and chosen and approved in consultation with the Chair of the Business and Economics Department. Business majors do not take BUS-416. No more than three courses from the student's Major may be applied to the completion of the Entrepreneurship Minor.
Required Courses
Elective Courses
Choose two approved elective courses offered by several departments on campus in consultation with the Chair of the Business and Economics Department.
Note: Business Majors can not take BUS-416. No more than three courses from the student's Major may be applied to the completion of the Entrepreneurship Minor and only after consultation with the department chair.