Entrepreneurship and Innovation Three-Year Option BA
Major: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 181.0
Co-op Options: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.0701
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-1011
About the Program
The three-year BA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation program is a unique, accelerated plan of study that teaches entrepreneurship as a habit-of-mind that applies to both the student's career and life. Entrepreneurship is about being proactive, enterprising, and innovative. The three-year degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation offered by the Close School is rigorous and sustains all the standards of our four- or five-year degree programs. It is a degree that is particularly appealing to the student who is determined, disciplined, and goal-oriented—as we find that many entrepreneurship students are.
Our comprehensive approach to teaching challenges students to think and act as an entrepreneur within companies, startups, or self-employment. We have developed a curriculum that teaches resilience, collaboration, negotiation, and communication. Students will learn how to manage growth, secure funding, or manage a family firm. We stress interdisciplinary work and flexibility with all Drexel schools through the required academic minor and offer three-year students advanced experiential learning in our exclusive Entrepreneurship Practicum. Students will also have access to the Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship.
This is a rigorous program designed for the highly ambitious student ready to enter the workforce early, planning to launch a new venture upon graduation, or lead innovation in an established company. Ideal students are high achievers or self-starters.
Benefits of the Three-Year Degree
One of the main benefits of this program is that students receive the same education and experience from a typical four- or five-year degree program but in just three years. This results in:
- Decreased living expenses for 1-2 years
- Better utilization of school time and opportunities
- Expedited path to graduation and career advancement
- A unique, custom-designed practicum
The three-year degree not only takes a shorter time to achieve, but also offers students opportunities for funding, mentoring, and incubator space while giving them real-world experience and the ability to work alongside some of Philadelphia’s most driven and creative young entrepreneurs.
The three-year degree program offers practical experience and business education from highly regarded entrepreneurs who have been involved in many successful startups and ventures of their own. Our professors and mentors are TEDx speakers, experienced business executives, and serial entrepreneurs ready to help you learn and build your entrepreneurial mindset.
Questions about this program?
If you have any questions or would like to speak with an advisor, please contact:
Justin Fithian
Assistant Director of Academic Advising and Student Success
Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship
3230 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: jmf465@drexel.edu
Degree Requirements
| General Education Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COM 181 | Public Relations Principles and Theory | 3.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| FIN 150 | Financial Literacy | 4.0 |
| MATH 100 | Fundamentals of Mathematics | 3.0 |
| PHIL 105 | Critical Reasoning | 3.0 |
| PHIL 301 | Business Ethics | 3.0 |
| UNIV C101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| Humanities, Social Science, Communication, Fine Arts (15-17 credits) * | 15.0-17.0 | |
| Language Requirements (3 courses) ** | 9.0-12.0 | |
| Two Science or Technology Courses *** | 6.0-8.0 | |
| Culture, Diversity, Global Perspectives (2 courses) † | 6.0 | |
| Writing-Intensive (non-major) (1 course) | 3.0 | |
| ENTP Core Requirements | ||
| ACCT 120 | Accounting Essentials for New Ventures | 4.0 |
| BLAW 346 | Entrepreneurial Law | 4.0 |
| ENTP 100 | Innovation Ecosystem | 1.0 |
| ENTP 105 | Entrepreneurial Thinking | 3.0 |
| ENTP 201 | The Starter's Toolkit | 3.0 |
| ENTP 205 | Ready, Set, Fail | 3.0 |
| ENTP 209 | Build, Measure, Learn | 3.0 |
| ENTP 215 | Building Entrepreneurial Teams | 3.0 |
| ENTP 225 [WI] | Mindfulness & Wellbeing | 3.0 |
| ENTP 250 | Ideation | 3.0 |
| ENTP 395 | Entrepreneurship Practicum | 12.0 |
| ENTP 410 [WI] | Thought Leadership | 3.0 |
| ENTP 440 | Launch It!: Early Stage | 3.0 |
| MKTG 201 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 4.0 |
| ENTP Electives - Select 7 of the following: | 21.0 | |
| Public Relations Strategies and Tactics | ||
| Foundations in Creativity | ||
| Tools and Techniques in Creativity | ||
| Creativity in the Workplace | ||
| Retail Operations | ||
| Immersive Media and Merchandising | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Idea Accelerator I | ||
| Leading Start-Ups | ||
| Curiosity, Ecology, Empathy & Ethic | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
| Organizational Development and Change for Corporate Entrepreneurs | ||
| An Entrepreneur's Introduction to Land: Its Essence, Ethics, and Opportunity | ||
| Idea Accelerator II | ||
| Early Stage Venture Funding | ||
| Entrepreneurship & New Technologies | ||
| Managing Entrepreneurial Growth | ||
| Global Entrepreneurship | ||
| 3BL - Triple Bottom Line | ||
| Innovation in Established Companies | ||
| Energy Entrepreneurship | ||
| GreenStart: Applying Entrepreneurship to Cultivate Sustainable Solutions | ||
| Launch It! | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Competing in Technology Industries | ||
| Management Information Systems | ||
| New Product Development | ||
| Marketing for New Ventures | ||
| History and Analysis of Product Design | ||
| Required Specialization Minor | 24.0 | |
| Free electives | 17.0-20.0 | |
| Total Credits | 180.0-190.0 | |
- *
Choose from Communications (COM), Economics (ECON), English (ENGL), History (HIST), Humanities-General (HUM), Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSY), Sociology (SOC) or any course from the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- **
Arabic (ARBC), Chinese (CHIN), French (FREN), German (GER), Italian (ITAL), Japanese (JAPN), Korean (KOR), Spanish (SPAN) OR the following CS Language sequence:
CS 150 Computer Science Principles
CS 171 Computer Programming I
CS 172 Computer Programming IIA computer science course cannot satisfy both a science and technology requirement and a computer language requirement.
- ***
Choose from Bioscience and Biotechnology (BIO), Chemistry (CHEM), Environmental Studies & Sustainability (ENSS), Environmental Science (ENVS), Food Science (FDSC), Geoscience (GEO), Physics (PHYS), Physics-Environmental Science (PHEV) OR
Choose from Computer Science (CS), Information Science & Systems (INFO), Management Information Systems (MIS), Software Engineering (SE)- †
Choose from Choose from Africana Studies (AFAS), Anthropology (ANTH), Criminal Justice (CJS), Global Studies (GST), Jewish Studies (JWST), Women's & Gender Studies (WGST)
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | ACCT 120 | 4.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 |
| ENTP 100 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 |
| ENTP 105 | 3.0 | ENTP 205 | 3.0 | ENTP 201 | 3.0 | Science or Technology Course | 3.0-4.0 |
| ENTP 250 | 3.0 | ENTP 215 | 3.0 | ENTP 225 | 3.0 | Culture, Diversity, Global Perspectives Course | 3.0 |
| PHIL 105 | 3.0 | FIN 150 | 4.0 | Culture, Diversity, Global Perspectives Course | 3.0 | Humanities, Social Science, Communication, Fine Arts Course | 3.0-4.0 |
| MATH 100 | 3.0 | Science or Technology Course | 3.0-4.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV C101 | 1.0 | ||||||
| 17 | 17-18 | 19 | 16-18 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COM 181 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | ENTP 395 | 12.0 |
| ENTP 209 | 3.0 | Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Humanities, Social Science, Communication, Fine Arts Course | 3.0-4.0 | ||
| ENTP 440 | 3.0 | Humanities, Social Science, Communication, Fine Arts Course | 3.0-4.0 | Non-Major Writing-Intensive (WI) Course | 3.0 | ||
| Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Required Language Course | 3.0-4.0 | Required Language Course | 3.0-4.0 | ||
| Required Language Course | 3.0-4.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||||||
| 18-19 | 16-18 | 15-17 | 12 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| BLAW 346 | 4.0 | PHIL 301 | 3.0 | Entrepreneurship Electives | 6.0 | ||
| ENTP 410 | 3.0 | Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 | ||
| Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Humanities, Social Science, Communication, Fine Arts Course | 3.0-4.0 | Humanities, Social Science, Communication, Fine Arts Course | 3.0-4.0 | ||
| Free Elective | 3.0 | Free Electives | 6.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||||
| 16 | 18-19 | 16-17 | |||||
| Total Credits 180-190 | |||||||
Program Level Outcomes
- Appreciate and understand audience, purpose, and context to be able to communicate effectively and dynamically in a range of situations directly associated with the process of entrepreneurship (effective communication).
- Understand the creative process of ideation and apply different methodologies to identifying a viable idea in a new or existing market (opportunity recognition).
- Understand their personal strengths and challenges that equate with responding to failure inherent to the process of entrepreneurship (resilience).
- Understand the importance of self-directed actions and behaviors that enable financial, operational, and managerial independence in a new or existing market (self-sufficiency).