Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Major: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 181.0
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years); No Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.0701
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-1011; 11-1021; 11-9199
About the Program
The BA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation is designed to teach entrepreneurship as a habit of mind that applies to students in both life and career contexts. Entrepreneurship is about being proactive, enterprising, and innovative. Our holistic approach to teaching challenges students to think and act as an entrepreneur within established companies, in working for small and growing startups, in starting a new venture or self-employment, and in their overall approach to their personal and professional lives. We have developed a curriculum that teaches students entrepreneurial skills such as resilience, collaboration, opportunity recognition, self-efficacy, negotiation, and effective communication.
The program features interdisciplinary coursework in collaboration with other Drexel colleges and schools, providing entrepreneurship students with the opportunity to take classes with future engineers, scientists, artists, and business and community leaders.
Additional Information
For more information about the BA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, please contact Justin Fithian at jmf465@drexel.edu.
Degree Requirements
Required Courses:
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: This is a suite of courses that addresses individual entrepreneurial skills such as resiliency, initiative, innovative thinking, and communication. These courses develop personal and interpersonal skills needed to be a successful “entrepreneur” in several contexts.
- The Process of Entrepreneurship: This set of required courses covers a broad range of topics that immerse students in the practice of entrepreneurship.
- A choice of three concentration areas: Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and New Venture Creation.
- Electives: Constitutes a group of courses from the Close School and across the University that reflect the themes of innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Minors: All entrepreneurship majors are required to select an academic minor, which will provide domain expertise in their area of interest. Students may select from over 150 minors offered by the University.
| General Education Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COM 230 | Techniques of Speaking | 3.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
| 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 |
| Two Mathematics Courses (MATH) | 6.0-8.0 | |
| Two Science Courses | 6.0-8.0 | |
Choose from Bioscience and Biotechnology (BIO), Chemistry (CHEM), Food Science (FDSC), Geoscience (GEO), Physics (PHYS), Physics-Environmental Science (PHEV) | ||
| Social/Behavioral Science | 6.0 | |
Choose 2 courses from Anthropology (ANTH), Communications (COM), Economics (ECON), History (HIST), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSY), Sociology (SOC) | ||
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4.0 |
| Choose one of the following writing intensive courses: | 3.0 | |
| Business Communication | ||
| Technical Communication | ||
| Environmental Communication | ||
| Science Writing | ||
| Grant Writing | ||
| Economic Ideas | ||
| Abnormal Psychology | ||
| Sports Psychology | ||
| Industrial Psychology | ||
| Three Humanities/Fine Arts Courses | 9.0 | |
Choose from 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 | ||
| Two Technology Courses | 6.0 | |
Choose from Computer Science (CS), Information Science & Systems (INFO), Management Information Systems (MIS), Software Engineering (SE) | ||
| Two Ethics Courses | 6.0 | |
| Select two of the following: | ||
| Ethics | ||
| Business Ethics | ||
| Ethics and the Media | ||
| Ethics and Information Technology | ||
| Engineering Ethics | ||
| Biomedical Ethics | ||
| Organizational Ethics | ||
| Global Ethical Issues | ||
| Three Language Courses (Foreign Language or Computer Science) ** | 9.0-12.0 | |
Arabic (ARBC), Chinese (CHIN), French (FREN), German (GER), Japanese (JAPN), Korean (KOR), Spanish (SPAN) OR one of the following CS Language sequence: | ||
| Computer Science Principles | ||
| Computer Programming I | ||
| Computer Programming II | ||
| Entrepreneurship 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 205 | Ready, Set, Fail | 3.0 |
| ENTP 215 | Building Entrepreneurial Teams | 3.0 |
| ENTP 225 [WI] | Mindfulness & Wellbeing ([WI]) | 3.0 |
| ENTP 250 | Ideation | 3.0 |
| ENTP 410 [WI] | Thought Leadership | 3.0 |
| ENTP 440 | Launch It!: Early Stage | 3.0 |
| MKTG 201 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 4.0 |
| Concentration Requirements | 12.0 | |
| Select a concentration from the following options: | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
| Diversity Entrepreneurship | ||
| An Entrepreneur's Introduction to Land: Its Essence, Ethics, and Opportunity | ||
or ENTP 390 | Energy Entrepreneurship | |
| 3BL - Triple Bottom Line | ||
| Corporate Entrepreneurship | ||
| Organizational Development and Change for Corporate Entrepreneurs | ||
| Entrepreneurship & New Technologies | ||
or MKTG 347 | New Product Development | |
| Managing Entrepreneurial Growth | ||
| Innovation in Established Companies | ||
| New Venture Creation | ||
| Leading Start-Ups | ||
| Early Stage Venture Funding | ||
| Launch It! | ||
| Marketing for New Ventures | ||
| Entrepreneurship Electives *** | 15.0 | |
| Select five of the following: | ||
| Creativity in the Workplace | ||
| Retail Operations | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Life Strategies | ||
| Life Strategies II | ||
| Curiosity, Ecology, Empathy & Ethic | ||
| Dynamics of the Family Firm | ||
| Franchising | ||
| Global Entrepreneurship | ||
| GreenStart: Applying Entrepreneurship to Cultivate Sustainable Solutions | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Financial Literacy | ||
| Management Information Systems | ||
| Professional Personal Selling | ||
| History and Analysis of Product Design | ||
| Required Academic Minor † | 24.0 | |
| Free Electives | 23.0-24.0 | |
| Total Credits | 181.0-189.0 | |
- *
Students not participating in co-op will take one additional credit of Free Elective instead of COOP 101.
Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
- **
A computer science course cannot satisfy both a technology requirement and a computer language requirement.
- ***
BA students may also take any ENTP course not in their chosen concentration to meet the entrepreneurship elective requirement.
- †
BA students are required to complete an academic minor offered by any other Drexel College or School.
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
5-Year Coop Spring/Summer Cycle
| 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 111 | 3.0 | COOP 101 | 1.0 | ||
| ENTP 105 | 3.0 | ENTP 205 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| ENTP 250 | 3.0 | ENTP 215 | 3.0 | ENTP 225 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV C101 | 1.0 | Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | ||
| Mathematics Course | 3.0-4.0 | Mathematics Course | 3.0-4.0 | Social or Behavioral Science Course | 3.0 | ||
| 14-15 | 16-18 | 17-18 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ECON 201 | 4.0 | COM 230 | 3.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| ENTP 440 | 3.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 | ||||
| Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ||||
| Free Elective | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||||
| Science Course | 3.0-4.0 | Science course | 3.0-4.0 | ||||
| 16-18 | 15-16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| MKTG 201 | 4.0 | Concentration Course | 3.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| Concentration Course | 3.0 | Ethics Course | 3.0 | ||||
| Fine Arts/Humanities Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Social/Behavioral Science course | 3.0 | ||||
| Technology Course | 3.0 | Technology Course | 3.0 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BLAW 346 | 4.0 | Concentration Requirement | 3.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ||||
| Fine Arts/Humanities Course | 3.0 | Fine Arts/Humanities Course | 3.0 | ||||
| Non-major Writing Intensive Course (WI) | 3.0 | Free Elective Course | 3.0 | ||||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| ENTP 410 | 3.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ||
| Concentration Requirement | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Free Electives | 8.0 | ||
| Ethics Course | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||||||
| 12 | 15 | 14 | |||||
| Total Credits 181-188 | |||||||
4-Year Coop Spring/Summer Cycle
| 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 205 | 3.0 | ENTP 225 | 3.0 | ||
| ENTP 250 | 3.0 | ENTP 215 | 3.0 | Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | ||
| UNIV C101 | 1.0 | Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | Social or Behavioral Science Course | 3.0 | ||
| Mathematics Course | 3.0-4.0 | Mathematics Course | 3.0-4.0 | ||||
| 14-15 | 16-18 | 16-17 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ECON 201 | 4.0 | COM 230 | 3.0 | COOP 101 | 1.0 | Concentration Course | 3.0 |
| ENTP 440 | 3.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | Ethics Course | 3.0 |
| Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | Concentration course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | Required Minor course | 3.0 | Fine Arts/Humanities Course | 3.0 | Social/Behavioral Science Course | 3.0 |
| Science Course | 3.0-4.0 | Science course | 3.0-4.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Technology Course | 3.0 |
| Technology Course | 3.0 | ||||||
| 16-18 | 15-16 | 17 | 15 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BLAW 346 | 4.0 | Concentration Requirement | 3.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ||||
| Fine Arts/Humanities Course | 3.0 | Fine Arts/Humanities Course | 3.0 | ||||
| Non-major Writing-Intenstive Course (WI) | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| ENTP 410 | 3.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ENTP Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Concentration Requirement | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Free Electives | 8.0 | ||
| Ethics Course | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||||||
| 12 | 15 | 14 | |||||
| Total Credits 181-188 | |||||||
4-Year No Coop 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 | VACATION | |
| ENTP 100 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| ENTP 105 | 3.0 | ENTP 205 | 3.0 | ENTP 225 | 3.0 | ||
| ENTP 250 | 3.0 | ENTP 215 | 3.0 | Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | ||
| UNIV C101 | 1.0 | Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | Social or Behavioral Science Course | 3.0 | ||
| Mathematics Course | 3.0-4.0 | Mathematics Course | 3.0-4.0 | ||||
| 14-15 | 16-18 | 16-17 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ECON 201 | 4.0 | COM 230 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| ENTP 440 | 3.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 | Concentration Course | 3.0 | ||
| Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | Fine Arts/Humanities Course | 3.0 | ||
| Free Elective | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
| Science Course | 3.0-4.0 | Science Course | 3.0-4.0 | Technology Course | 3.0 | ||
| 16-18 | 15-16 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| Concentration Course | 3.0 | BLAW 346 | 4.0 | Concentration Requirement | 3.0 | VACATION | |
| Ethics Course | 3.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ||
| Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Fine Arts/Humanities Course | 3.0 | Fine Arts/Humanities Course | 3.0 | ||
| Social/Behavioral Science Course | 3.0 | Non-Major Writing-Intensive Course (WI) | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Technology Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
| 15 | 16 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| ENTP 410 | 3.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ENTP Elective Course | 3.0 | ||
| Concentration Requirement | 3.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | ||
| Ethics Course | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
| Required Minor course | 3.0 | ||||||
| 12 | 15 | 15 | |||||
| Total Credits 181-188 | |||||||
