ENTR 2301 Introduction to the Disciplined Entrepreneurship Process: 3 semester hours.

This course It provides students with functional knowledge and skills in business that are required for a broad understanding of the field of entrepreneurship. Topics include identifying and managing critical resources, understanding financial and accounting issues, marketing and sales, and the legal environment of business.

ENTR 3301 Innovation Commercialization: 3 semester hours.

Innovation Commercialization integrates all stages of the Disciplined Entrepreneurship framework to prepare students for venture launch and investment readiness. Building on Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics and Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup, Innovation Commercialization applies entrepreneurial methods to test the commercial potential of selected research. The course culminates in a professional investor-style pitch demonstrating the scalability and societal impact of selected research innovations.
Prerequisites: ENTR 2301 or (MGMT 2301 or MGMT 2013).

ENTR 3302 Diversity Entrepreneurship: 3 semester hours.

This course provides students with an understanding of the historical and contemporary state of women, ethnic (Asian, Middle Eastern and other immigrant groups) and minority (e.g. Black, Hispanic and Native Americans) entrepreneurs. Emphasis is given to how these groups develop ventures and create wealth.
Prerequisites: MGMT 2301 or MGMT 2013.

ENTR 3303 Social Entrepreneurship: 3 semester hours.

Social Entrepreneurship, which refers to the use of business skills to develop innovative approaches to societal problems, will introduce the concept of social enterprises, the challenges unique to starting and growing them, the emerging capital markets for social ventures, the possible trade-offs in social and financial returns, and some unique expectations and challenging management decisions that are inherent in growing social enterprises.
Prerequisites: MGMT 1301 or MGMT 2013.

ENTR 3304 Funding Options & Exit Strategies: 3 semester hours.

Funding strategies for early-stage and growth ventures, from bootstrapping and angel funding to venture capital investment, crowdfunding, debt funding, and strategic partnerships are explored. Investor expectations, term sheets, valuation techniques, capitalization tables, and exit scenarios including acquisition, IPO, or founder buyouts are explored with emphasis placed on aligning funding choices with long-term business goals.
Prerequisites: ENTR 2301 and ENTR 3333.

ENTR 3309 Special Topics: 3 semester hours.

This course provides the flexibility of presenting a variety of contemporary topics of interest in entrepreneurship. The ever evolving business environment will present new entrepreneurial opportunities to serve customer needs, involving a variety of goods and services, such as oil and gas, telecommunications, medical services or real estate. Topics addressed in this course will vary depending upon student interest and the needs of the market.
Prerequisites: MGMT 1301 or MGMT 2013.

ENTR 3333 Commercializing Innovative Ideas: 3 semester hours.

This course provides students with an opportunity to apply business knowledge and skills through experiential learning with emphasis placed on starting, financing, operating, and growing a small business.
Prerequisites: ENTR 2301 or MGMT 2301 or MGMT 2013.

ENTR 4304 Entrepreneurial Finance & Performance Measurement: 3 semester hours.

Equips aspiring founders with the financial knowledge needed to drive growth and secure funding. You will master startup finance concepts like unit economics, break-even analysis, capitalization tables, and key performance indicators (KPIs). Learn how to apply financial modeling tools to assess risks, evaluate funding strategies, and understand opportunity costs.
Prerequisites: (MGMT 3333 or ENTR 3333) and (ENTR 2301 or MGMT 2301 or MGMT 2013).

ENTR 5336 Managing Innovation: 3 semester hours.

This course focuses on how technology and innovative processes used in managing and operating businesses impact organizational efficiency and effectiveness in meeting the demands of stakeholders. Working in teams, students will study how adopting new technology helps convert innovative ideas into profitable business opportunities in the assigned industries.

ENTR 5337 Leading Innovation: 3 semester hours.

Students will study leadership, entrepreneurship, and creativity as a component of change management. Examining theoretical and practical concepts of change management will develop our students to be organizational change agents.

ENTR 5338 Funding New Ideas: 3 semester hours.

This course will expose students to traditional and non-traditional options for finding capitol to fund projects. Students will explore funding strategies and identify techniques, which encourage commercialization of their ideas. Financing and developing strategies for capitalizing their final product or service.