2021-2022 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Minor


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Program Director:  Rita Chesterton, Assistant Professor
Entrepreneur in Residence: Heller-LaBelle
Professors:  Kushner, Niesenbaum
Associate Professor:  Silveyra

Innovation and entrepreneurial thinking are valuable across disciplines, whether the ultimate goal is a small business, a high-tech startup, a non-profit with a social mission, an art gallery, a performing organization, research lab, or a school.

A student completing a major in any discipline and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship minor will be able to:

1.  Exhibit practical knowledge, skills, and attitudes that support innovation and entrepreneurship;
2.  Identify and evaluate innovative or entrepreneurial developments within their areas of interest;
3.  Connect with mentors who can help them move toward their personal goals;
4.  Understand the entrepreneurial process of putting innovative ideas into effect.

Minor Requirements


The Innovation and Entrepreneurship minor consists of six courses:  three required and three electives.

Electives:


One (1) Business Skills Course:


One (1) INE Elective:


Any course offered with INE prefix (special topic or catalog course) or course offered by another department with a specific entrepreneurial focus. Examples include:

One (1) Interdisciplinary Elective:


Select from the following list, or propose another course with justification. Must be outside the students maor(s)/minor(s). In addition to this list, there may be other courses that Muhlenberg offers, including special topics courses, that can be considered for this requirement, given the permission of the INE program director.

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