University Catalog 2024-2025

Business Entrepreneurship (Minor)

The purpose of the minor in Entrepreneurship is to engage students in the process of identifying, evaluating, and implementing business opportunities that focus on value creation. This process includes the creation of new ventures, as well as adding value within existing companies through innovation applications. The Minor focuses on embedding students in the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Raleigh and beyond.

As a result, students who fulfill the requirements for the undergraduate minor in Entrepreneurship will develop an entrepreneurial mindset through experiential learning and through their embeddedness in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. The minor in Entrepreneurship requires 18 hours of coursework with a 2.0 GPA in minor coursework.

Contact

Jeff Pollack
Director of Undergraduate Programs
Department of Management Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Nelson Hall 1314
jmpolla3@ncsu.edu

Plan Requirements

Course Requirements
Required courses (6 credit hours) 16
Survey of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Skills for Non-Majors
Select one approved elective (3 credit hours) 13
Exploring Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Thinking
Foundations in Arts Entrepreneurship
Finance and Accounting for Entrepreneurs
New Venture Planning
The Legal Dynamics of Entrepreneurship
Select an approved practicum sequence (6 credit hours) 16
Option 1: MIE 410 and MIE 418 or MIE 419
MIE 410Business Opportunity Analysis 23
MIE 418Social Entrepreneurship Practicum3
or MIE 419 Entrepreneurship Practicum
Option 2: ECE 482 and ECE 483 (MAE 482 and MAE 483 for Mech. Engr. students)
ECE 482Engineering Entrepreneurship and New Product Development I3
ECE 483Engineering Entrepreneurship and New Product Development II3
Option 3: MAE 482 and MAE 483 (only available for Mech. Engr. students)
MAE 482Engineering Entrepreneurship and New Product Development I3
MAE 483Engineering Entrepreneurship and New Product Development II3
1

C- or better

2

MIE 410 may be taken as an elective course if it is not taken as part of a practicum sequence