Entrepreneurship and Innovation Three-Year Option
Major: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Total Credit Hours: 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, optimistic, 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 holistic 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.
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.
Degree Requirements
| General Education Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COM 230 | Techniques of Speaking | 3.0 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4.0 |
| 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 | |
| PHIL 105 | Critical Reasoning | 3.0 |
| UNIV C101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| Ethics Requirements - Select two of the following: | 6.0 | |
| Ethics | ||
| Business Ethics | ||
| Ethics and the Media | ||
| Ethics and Information Technology | ||
| Engineering Ethics | ||
| Biomedical Ethics | ||
| Organizational Ethics | ||
| Global Ethical Issues | ||
| Humanities/Fine Arts Requirements (2 courses) * | 6.0 | |
| Language Requirements (3 courses) ** | 9.0-12.0 | |
| Math (MATH) Requirements (2 courses) | 6.0-8.0 | |
| Science Requirements (2 courses) *** | 6.0-8.0 | |
| Social/Behavioral Science Requirements (2 courses) † | 6.0 | |
| Technology Requirement (1 course) †† | 3.0 | |
| 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 101 | Life Strategies | 3.0 |
| ENTP 105 | Entrepreneurial Thinking | 3.0 |
| ENTP 205 | Ready, Set, Fail | 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 |
| MKTG 201 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 4.0 |
| ENTP Electives - Select 7 of the following: | 21.0 | |
| Retail Operations | ||
| Life Strategies II | ||
| Leading Start-Ups | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
| Diversity Entrepreneurship | ||
| Organizational Development and Change for Corporate Entrepreneurs | ||
| Early Stage Venture Funding | ||
| Entrepreneurship & New Technologies | ||
| Managing Entrepreneurial Growth | ||
| Dynamics of the Family Firm | ||
| Franchising | ||
| Global Entrepreneurship | ||
| 3BL - Triple Bottom Line | ||
| Innovation in Established Companies | ||
| Energy Entrepreneurship | ||
| Launch It! | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Financial Literacy | ||
| Professional Personal Selling | ||
| New Product Development | ||
| History and Analysis of Product Design | ||
| Introduction to Product Design | ||
| Required Specialization Minor | 24.0 | |
| Free electives | 24.0 | |
| Total Credits | 181.0-188.0 | |
| * | Humanities/Fine Arts options: Undergraduate courses (100-499) in Africana Studies (AFAS), English (ENGL), Humanities, General (HUM), Global Studies (GST), Jewish Studies (JWST), Philosophy (PHIL), Women's & Gender Studies (WGST); Any course from the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design |
| ** | Language options: Undergraduate courses (100-499) in Arabic (ARBC), Chinese (CHIN), French (FREN), German (GER), Hebrew (HBRW), Italian (ITAL), Japanese (JAPN), Korean (KOR), Spanish (SPAN) OR the following CS Language sequence: CS 150, CS 171, A computer science course cannot satisfy both a technology requirement and a computer language requirement. |
| *** | Science options: Undergraduate courses (100-499) in Bioscience and Biotechnology (BIO), Chemistry (CHEM), Food Science (FDSC), Geoscience (GEO), Physics (PHYS), Physics-Environmental Science (PHEV) |
| † | Social/Behavioral Science options: Undergraduate courses (100-499) in Anthropology (ANTH), Communications (COM), Economics (ECON), History (HIST), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSY), Sociology (SOC) |
| †† | Technology options: Undergraduate courses (100-499) in Computer Science (CS), Information Science & Systems (INFO), Management Information Systems (MIS), Software Engineering (SE) |
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
Option 1: Summer Classes First Year
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | ACCT 120 | 4.0 | ECON 201 | 4.0 |
| ENTP 100 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 |
| ENTP 105 | 3.0 | ENTP 205 | 3.0 | ENTP 101 | 3.0 | Language Course | 4.0 |
| ENTP 250 | 3.0 | ENTP 215 | 3.0 | Language Course | 4.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 |
| UNIV C101 | 1.0 | Language Course | 4.0 | Social/Behavioral Science Course | 3.0 | Science Course | 3.0 |
| Mathematics | 3.0 | Mathematics Course | 3.0 | ||||
| 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COM 230 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | ENTP 395 | 12.0 |
| ENTP 225 | 3.0 | Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Ethics Course | 3.0 | ||
| PHIL 105 | 3.0 | Fine Arts/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | Non-Major Writing-Intensive (WI) Course | 3.0 | ||
| Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Free Electives | 6.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Social/Behavioral Science Course | 3.0 | ||
| Science Course | 3.0 | Technology Course | 3.0 | ||||
| 18 | 19 | 18 | 12 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| BLAW 346 | 4.0 | Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Entrepreneurship Electives | 6.0 | ||
| ENTP 410 | 3.0 | Ethics Course | 3.0 | Free Electives | 3.0 | ||
| Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Fine Arts/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | Required Minor Courses | 6.0 | ||
| Free Elective | 3.0 | Free Electives | 6.0 | ||||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||||
| 16 | 18 | 15 | |||||
| Total Credits 181 | |||||||
Option 2: Summer Vacation First Year
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | ACCT 120 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| ENTP 100 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| ENTP 105 | 3.0 | ENTP 101 | 3.0 | ENTP 215 | 3.0 | ||
| ENTP 250 | 3.0 | ENTP 205 | 3.0 | Language Course | 4.0 | ||
| UNIV C101 | 1.0 | Language Course | 4.0 | Social/Behavioral Science Course | 3.0 | ||
| Mathematics Course | 3.0 | Mathematics Course | 3.0 | ||||
| 14 | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ECON 201 | 4.0 | COM 230 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | ENTP 395 | 12.0 |
| ENTP 225 | 3.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 | Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Language Course | 4.0 | Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Fine Arts/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Required Minor course | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | Free Elective(s) | 3.0-6.0 | ||
| Science Course | 3.0 | Required Minor course | 3.0 | Required Minor Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Science Course | 3.0 | ||||||
| 17 | 18 | 16-19 | 12 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENTP 410 | 3.0 | BLAW 346 | 4.0 | Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 |
| Entrepreneurship Elective | 3.0 | Entrepreneurship Electives | 6.0 | Ethics Course | 3.0 | Free Electives | 6.0 |
| Ethics Course | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | Fine Arts /Humanities | 3.0 | Required Minor Courses | 6.0 |
| Non-Major Writing-Intensive Course (WI) | 3.0 | Social/Behavioral Science Course | 3.0 | Free Electives | 6.0 | ||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
| Technology Course | 3.0 | ||||||
| 18 | 19 | 18 | 15 | ||||
| Total Credits 181-184 | |||||||
