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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (ESE)
(Interdisciplinary Minor)
Faculty Director Farr Professor of Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, William E. Conner
Director Center for Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship and Professor of Practice, Polly Black
Associate Director for Creativity and Entrepreneurship and Assoc. Teaching Professor, Lynn Book
Instructor, Jan Detter
Director of Interdisciplinary Programs and Professor of Practice, Ben King
Research Professor in Entrepreneurship, Elizabeth Gatewood
Core Faculty: Michele Gillespie (Professor of History), Linda Howe (Associate Professor of Romance Languages),
Dilip Kondepudi (Professor of Chemistry), Abdessadek Lachgar (Professor of Chemistry), Ananda Mitra (Professor
of Communication), Mary Martin Niepold (Associate Professor of Practice of English), Len Neighbors (Lecturer in
Communication), Paul Pauca (Associate Professor of Computer Science), David Phillips (Associate Professor of
Interdisciplinary Humanities), Robert Whaples (Professor of Economics), Ulrike Wiethaus (Professor of Religion
and American Ethnic Studies).
The Wake Forest Program in Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship offers an interdisciplinary
Minor in Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise. Through this minor, students are encouraged to take
advantage of their knowledge, creative skills, and resources to identify and pursue opportunities, initiate
change, and create sustainable value in their lives and the lives of others. A minor in Entrepreneurship
and Social Enterprise, coupled with any major within the College or the Schools of Business, is designed
to enable students to encourage entrepreneurial thinking in a student’s specific discipline or area of
interest.
A total of 18 hours is required for the minor. All non-business majors in the undergraduate college are
required to take 9 hours of entry-level courses (ESE 100, ESE 101 and ESE205) and 9 elective hours
selected from relevant courses across the curriculum listed as options for fulfilling the minor. Business
majors wishing to minor in entrepreneurship and social enterprise should take ESE100, BEM377 (or
ESE101 if taken as freshman or sophomore), and at least 3 hours of credit at the ESE300 level in place of
ESE 205. BEM 372 is strongly recommended as the Strategic Management requirement. All students
may fulfill six of their nine elective hours by taking the Summer Management Program (BUS295). No
more than six of the elective hours may be counted from a student’s major. No more than six hours can be
taken under the pass/fail option and used to meet the minor requirements. Course plans will be made in
consultation with the director of the minor. *CSC111D Intro. To Computer Science: Mobile Computing
and Entrepreneurship may be substituted for ESE100 and thus only count for an entry-level course.
REQUIRED COURSES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
For Non-business Majors:
ESE100. Creativity and Innovation. (3h) Interactive seminar introduces students to readings and processes
from various disciplines that elucidate the interdisciplinary nature of creativity and enable students to create
conditions that stimulate it. Projects and assignments are designed to encourage a “critical creativity” that
challenges participants through inquiry, multi-faceted exploration and strategic development. Topics examined
through writing and design assignments, group projects, and discussions include consciousness, receptivity, risk,
ethics, self agency, and social engagement with the express objective of fostering creative potential and its
application in all areas of entrepreneurial experience.
ESE101. Foundations of Entrepreneurship. (3h) Addresses the challenges of creating and sustaining
entrepreneurial organizations in today’s global environment. Provides an overview of the role and importance of
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entrepreneurship in the global economy and in society. Examines how individuals use entrepreneurial skills to
craft innovative responses to societal needs.
ESE205. Managing the Entrepreneurial Venture: Startups to Early Growth. (3h) Explores the process of
managing and growing the entrepreneurial venture. The course is designed to provide exposure to topics critical
to the success of the venture in startup and early growth: business planning; growth management and strategic
planning; marketing and financial strategies; exit strategies; and different modes of venturing such as
franchising, venture acquisition, and technology licensing. P – ESE101
For Business Majors:
ESE100. Creativity and Innovation (3h). (See description above.)
BEM377. Entrepreneurship (3h). Exposes students to multiple facets of entrepreneurship and teaches about
creating new ventures in a hands-on fashion. A broad range of ideas, readings, and cases enable students to
understand the ambiguous and highly-charged environment of entrepreneurship, the contribution of
entrepreneurial endeavors to business and society, and the characteristics of successful new venture startups.
Focuses on three areas that define successful entrepreneurial pursuit of new for-profit, nonprofit, and social
enterprise initiatives: recognizing opportunity, management, and assembling resources. The completion of a
team-based business plan for a new venture is usually required. Guest speakers present their views of
entrepreneurial organizations based on real-world experiences – startup, financing, legal, transition, failure, etc.
P—BEM 211, 221, and FIN 231 or POI.
And one ESE300-level course selected from the electives listed below.
ELECTIVES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Additional elective courses may have been approved since publication of the Bulletin. The program director
maintains a complete list of all approved elective courses.
ESE203. Writing for a Social Purpose (3h) Hands-on course to sharpen writing skills for a variety of purposes:
Internet content, business documents, public relations, advertising/marketing tools, etc. Students will produce a
fully operating model for business writing for a local organization. Local experts visit to address specific skills.
Also listed as JOU 283. P – JOU270 or POI.
ESE204. Arts and Activism. (3h) Study of artists who bridge the world of arts and social justice activism by
means of dance, music, film, visual arts, and theatre, as well as how they challenge the status quo. Our
perceptions, and societal values. No expertise in any of the arts is necessary. Also listed as MUS 233.
ESE250. Communication in Entrepreneurial Settings. (3hr) Using a fictitious start-up company, students will
discover and apply business communication strategies to build new businesses. Also listed as COM250.
ESE301 – 306 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship (1.5 – 3.0 hr) Seminar and/or lecture courses in select
topics related to entrepreneurship. May be repeated if course title differs.
ESE310. Arts Entrepreneurship. (3h) Introduces students to entrepreneurial processes and practices in the
visual arts, theater, dance, music, and creative writing. The seminar format includes encounters with arts
entrepreneurs, investigation of case studies, and research in new and evolving models for creative application of
entrepreneurial practices in the arts.
ESE 315. Nonprofit Arts and Education Entrepreneurship: Promotion of Latin American and Latino
Visual Cultures. (3h) Aims to explore entrepreneurship in promoting Latin American and US Latino cultures
through educational and artistic events and fundraisers on campuses and in the community. Students will gain
hands-on experience by assisting in the production of WFU exhibitions, events promoting Latin American and
US Latino heritage and culture, related community fundraisers, and non-profit organizations.
ESE320. Social Entrepreneurship. (3h) Interdisciplinary seminar that introduces students to concepts of
entrepreneurship with a focus on entrepreneurial activities that further the public good through the integration of
core concepts of social and cultural values and ecological sustainability.
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ESE321. Social Entrepreneurship and the Humanities: Innovation, Public Engagement, and Social
Change. (3h) Introduction to the role played by the humanities in social entrepreneurship, exploring the
premise that norms can be developed for the application of the humanities, and that the knowledge derived in
this process can empower and be a tool in community based engagement and social change. Course includes a
social entrepreneurial project in the local community. Also listed as HMN 295.
ESE322. Religion, Poverty and Social Entrepreneurship. (3h) Interdisciplinary study of major themes in
religion, poverty reduction, and social entrepreneurship. Focus and community emphasis may vary with
instructor. Also listed as REL245.
ESE323. Social Entrepreneurship Summer Program. (6h) This trans disciplinary, four-week program
explores the role of social entrepreneurship in society today and challenges students, through a rigorous and
integrated curriculum of interdisciplinary classroom learning and experiential projects in the field, to master the
entrepreneurial process involved in furthering the public good through community based engagement and social
change. The course includes a social entrepreneurship project in the local community. P-POI
ESE325. Free Trade, Fair Trade: Independent Entrepreneurs in the Global Market. (3h)
Field-based seminar compares the barriers to market participation experienced by independent entrepreneurs
cross-culturally. Free trade policies are contrasted with fair trade practices, to determine why so many
independent producers have trouble succeeding in a globalizing world. Also listed as ANT 301. (CD)
ESE330. Entrepreneurship for Scientists. (3h) Introduces the routes by which scientific discoveries and new
technologies find their way to the marketplace. Covers ideation, determining market potential, business planning,
intellectual property, entrepreneurship ethics, venture capital, and venture incubation.
ESE335. Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship: Science, Policy, and Economics. (4h) This team-taught
course provides overviews of the most important renewable energy sources. Explores the science, policy and
economic issues related to renewable energy and investigates the potential for new markets, new products, and
new entrepreneurial opportunities in the marketplace. P-Junior standing and Div V requirements, or POI.
ESE340. Communication Technology and Entrepreneurship. (3h) Explores how an e-commerce business
plan can be developed and the specific ways of marketing e-commerce ventures including the options provided
by new tools such as social networking applications. (May be cross-listed as COM370 if and when the topic is
the same.)
ESE350. Internships in Entrepreneurial Studies. (3h) Offers students the opportunity to apply knowledge in
an entrepreneurial for-profit or not-for-profit environment. Requirements will include a course journal and
comprehensive report that showcase the student’s specific achievements and analyze the quality of the
experience. P – POI
ESE351. Green Technologies: Science and Entrepreneurship. (2h) This course introduces students to the
science and entrepreneurship opportunities of selected green technologies. It consists of two parts that are
integrated: Science and Entrepreneurship. In the science part, the student will study and learn in depth the
fundamental science associated with energy use and renewable energy and selected green technologies. In the
entrepreneurship part, the participant will learn the basics of starting a new business and work in a group and
develop a business plan to bring a “green product” into the market.
P - PHY111, CHM111 and Math111 or POI.
ESE357. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics. (3h) Explores the ways in which biological mechanisms can inspire
new technologies, products, and businesses. The course combines basic biological and entrepreneurial principles.
P—BIO 114 or POI. Also listed as BIO357.
ESE371. Economics of Entrepreneurship. (3h) An examination of the economic constraints and opportunities
facing entrepreneurs and their impacts on the economy. The course will blend economic theories with an
empirical investigation of the lives and actions of entrepreneurs in the past and the present. Also listed as
ECN266.
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ESE380. America at Work. (3h) Examines the American entrepreneurial spirit within the broader context of
industrial, social, and economic change from the colonial period to the present and explores the social and
cultural meanings attached to work and workers, owners and innovators, businesses and technologies,
management and leadership. Also listed as HST 380.
ESE384. Design Thinking and High Performance Teams. (3h) In this experiential class, we study the
evolution of high performance teams in design thinking environments. At its core, design thinking is an
approach to innovative problem solving that balances art, science and business perspectives in realistic and
highly impactful ways. In this course we develop the ability to participate in and lead high performance teams
within a design thinking environment. The course involves an action learning project that applies the
perspectives of anthropology, history, political science, communication, and psychology among others in solving
a real-world problem. Also listed at BEM384.
ESE391. Independent Study in Entrepreneurship. (3h) An independent project involving entrepreneurship or
social enterprise carried out under the supervision of a faculty member. P – POI
ESE394 A/B Student Entrepreneurs in Action (1.5hr)
This course is built around the real-time challenges and learning that is occurring as the students in the class
launch, run, build and sell or transition their venture. The intent is to promote intense rigorous intellectual
exchange in a seminar setting, in which all will not only participate in critical thinking and analysis, but also in
problem solving and leadership. P-POI.
In addition to the ESE electives listed above, there are a number of electives available through other
departments. For the following course descriptions, see the relevant department’s listings in the Bulletin.
Thought And Behavior
HMN 290. Innovation and Inclusivity (3h)
PHI 161. Medical Ethics. (3h)
163. Environmental Ethics. (3h)
367. Philosophical Theories in Bioethics (3h)
368. Concepts of Health and Disease. (3h)
PSY 260. Social Psychology. (3h)
268. Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3h)
357. Cross-Cultural Psychology (3h)
374. Judgment and Decision Making (3h)
Leadership And Engaging The World
ANT 342. Development Wars: Applying Anthropology. (3h)
COM 315. Communication and Technology. (3h)
BEM 384. Design-Thinking and High-Performance Teams (3h)
CSC 111D. Introduction to Computer Science: Mobile Computing
361. Digital Media (3h)
ENV 201. Environmental Issues. (3h)
FRH 329. Introduction to Business French. (3h)
GER 330. Business German II. (3h)
HMN 282. Public Life and the Liberal Arts (3h)
295. Social Entrepreneurship and the Humanities: Innovation, Public Engagement, and Social
Change (3h)
HST 350. World Economic History: Globalization, Wealth and Poverty, 1500-Present. (3h)
380. America at Work. (3h)
INS 154. Global Service Engagement (3h)
260. Seminar in Global Trade and Commerce Studies. (3h)
MUS 233. Arts and Activism (3h)
POL 238. Comparative Economic Development and Political Change. (3h)
REL 245. Religion, Poverty and Social Entrepreneurship(3h)
332. Religion and Public Life. (3h)
SOC 362. Work, Conflict, and Change. (3h)
363. Global Capitalism. (3h)
365. Technology Culture and Change (3h)
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SPN 387. Introduction to Spanish for Business. (3h)
Entrepreneurial Process
ACC 111. Introductory Financial Accounting. (3h)
ANT 305. Museum Anthropology. (4h)
ART 215. Public Art (3h)
297. Management in the Visual Arts. (3h)
BEM 211. Individuals and Organizations. (1.5h)
221. Principles of Marketing. (3h)
261. Legal Environment of Business. (3h)
271. Strategic Management. (1.5)
311. Dynamics in Organizations (1.5h) (pending approval)
316. Leading in the Nonprofit Sector. (3h)
317. Change Management. (3h)
372. Strategy in Entrepreneurial Firms (1.5)
377. Entrepreneurship (3h)
382. Management in the Visual Arts. (3h)
383. Seminar in Negotiations (3h)
BIO 357. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics (3h)
BUS 295. Summer Management (8h)
COM 117. Writing for Public Relations and Advertising. (1.5h, 3h)
140. Information and Disinformation on the Internet. (1.5)
250. Communication in Entrepreneurial Settings (3h)
353. Persuasion. (3h)
CSC 385. Bioinformatics. (3h)
ECN 205. Intermediate Microeconomics I. (3h)
266. Economics of Entrepreneurship (3h)
JOU 283. Writing for a Social Purpose (3h)
286. Writing for Public Relations and Advertising. (1.5h, 3h)
LIB 235. Research Methods for Entrepreneurs. (1.5h)
POL 239. State, Economy, and International Competitiveness. (3h)
PHY 385. Bioinformatics. (3h)
THE 259. Theatre Management: Principles and Practices. (3h)
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During in this such a brief illustration in regard to entrepreneurship and social enterprise (ese).
7/28/2015
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (ESE)
(Interdisciplinary Minor)
Faculty Director Farr Professor of Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, William E. Conner
Director Center for Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship and Professor of Practice, Polly Black
Associate Director for Creativity and Entrepreneurship and Assoc. Teaching Professor, Lynn Book
Instructor, Jan Detter
Director of Interdisciplinary Programs and Professor of Practice, Ben King
Research Professor in Entrepreneurship, Elizabeth Gatewood
Core Faculty: Michele Gillespie (Professor of History), Linda Howe (Associate Professor of Romance Languages),
Dilip Kondepudi (Professor of Chemistry), Abdessadek Lachgar (Professor of Chemistry), Ananda Mitra (Professor
of Communication), Mary Martin Niepold (Associate Professor of Practice of English), Len Neighbors (Lecturer in
Communication), Paul Pauca (Associate Professor of Computer Science), David Phillips (Associate Professor of
Interdisciplinary Humanities), Robert Whaples (Professor of Economics), Ulrike Wiethaus (Professor of Religion
and American Ethnic Studies).
The Wake Forest Program in Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship offers an interdisciplinary
Minor in Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise. Through this minor, students are encouraged to take
advantage of their knowledge, creative skills, and resources to identify and pursue opportunities, initiate
change, and create sustainable value in their lives and the lives of others. A minor in Entrepreneurship
and Social Enterprise, coupled with any major within the College or the Schools of Business, is designed
to enable students to encourage entrepreneurial thinking in a student’s specific discipline or area of
interest.
A total of 18 hours is required for the minor. All non-business majors in the undergraduate college are
required to take 9 hours of entry-level courses (ESE 100, ESE 101 and ESE205) and 9 elective hours
selected from relevant courses across the curriculum listed as options for fulfilling the minor. Business
majors wishing to minor in entrepreneurship and social enterprise should take ESE100, BEM377 (or
ESE101 if taken as freshman or sophomore), and at least 3 hours of credit at the ESE300 level in place of
ESE 205. BEM 372 is strongly recommended as the Strategic Management requirement. All students
may fulfill six of their nine elective hours by taking the Summer Management Program (BUS295). No
more than six of the elective hours may be counted from a student’s major. No more than six hours can be
taken under the pass/fail option and used to meet the minor requirements. Course plans will be made in
consultation with the director of the minor. *CSC111D Intro. To Computer Science: Mobile Computing
and Entrepreneurship may be substituted for ESE100 and thus only count for an entry-level course.
REQUIRED COURSES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
For Non-business Majors:
ESE100. Creativity and Innovation. (3h) Interactive seminar introduces students to readings and processes
from various disciplines that elucidate the interdisciplinary nature of creativity and enable students to create
conditions that stimulate it. Projects and assignments are designed to encourage a “critical creativity” that
challenges participants through inquiry, multi-faceted exploration and strategic development. Topics examined
through writing and design assignments, group projects, and discussions include consciousness, receptivity, risk,
ethics, self agency, and social engagement with the express objective of fostering creative potential and its
application in all areas of entrepreneurial experience.
ESE101. Foundations of Entrepreneurship. (3h) Addresses the challenges of creating and sustaining
entrepreneurial organizations in today’s global environment. Provides an overview of the role and importance of
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entrepreneurship in the global economy and in society. Examines how individuals use entrepreneurial skills to
craft innovative responses to societal needs.
ESE205. Managing the Entrepreneurial Venture: Startups to Early Growth. (3h) Explores the process of
managing and growing the entrepreneurial venture. The course is designed to provide exposure to topics critical
to the success of the venture in startup and early growth: business planning; growth management and strategic
planning; marketing and financial strategies; exit strategies; and different modes of venturing such as
franchising, venture acquisition, and technology licensing. P – ESE101
For Business Majors:
ESE100. Creativity and Innovation (3h). (See description above.)
BEM377. Entrepreneurship (3h). Exposes students to multiple facets of entrepreneurship and teaches about
creating new ventures in a hands-on fashion. A broad range of ideas, readings, and cases enable students to
understand the ambiguous and highly-charged environment of entrepreneurship, the contribution of
entrepreneurial endeavors to business and society, and the characteristics of successful new venture startups.
Focuses on three areas that define successful entrepreneurial pursuit of new for-profit, nonprofit, and social
enterprise initiatives: recognizing opportunity, management, and assembling resources. The completion of a
team-based business plan for a new venture is usually required. Guest speakers present their views of
entrepreneurial organizations based on real-world experiences – startup, financing, legal, transition, failure, etc.
P—BEM 211, 221, and FIN 231 or POI.
And one ESE300-level course selected from the electives listed below.
ELECTIVES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Additional elective courses may have been approved since publication of the Bulletin. The program director
maintains a complete list of all approved elective courses.
ESE203. Writing for a Social Purpose (3h) Hands-on course to sharpen writing skills for a variety of purposes:
Internet content, business documents, public relations, advertising/marketing tools, etc. Students will produce a
fully operating model for business writing for a local organization. Local experts visit to address specific skills.
Also listed as JOU 283. P – JOU270 or POI.
ESE204. Arts and Activism. (3h) Study of artists who bridge the world of arts and social justice activism by
means of dance, music, film, visual arts, and theatre, as well as how they challenge the status quo. Our
perceptions, and societal values. No expertise in any of the arts is necessary. Also listed as MUS 233.
ESE250. Communication in Entrepreneurial Settings. (3hr) Using a fictitious start-up company, students will
discover and apply business communication strategies to build new businesses. Also listed as COM250.
ESE301 – 306 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship (1.5 – 3.0 hr) Seminar and/or lecture courses in select
topics related to entrepreneurship. May be repeated if course title differs.
ESE310. Arts Entrepreneurship. (3h) Introduces students to entrepreneurial processes and practices in the
visual arts, theater, dance, music, and creative writing. The seminar format includes encounters with arts
entrepreneurs, investigation of case studies, and research in new and evolving models for creative application of
entrepreneurial practices in the arts.
ESE 315. Nonprofit Arts and Education Entrepreneurship: Promotion of Latin American and Latino
Visual Cultures. (3h) Aims to explore entrepreneurship in promoting Latin American and US Latino cultures
through educational and artistic events and fundraisers on campuses and in the community. Students will gain
hands-on experience by assisting in the production of WFU exhibitions, events promoting Latin American and
US Latino heritage and culture, related community fundraisers, and non-profit organizations.
ESE320. Social Entrepreneurship. (3h) Interdisciplinary seminar that introduces students to concepts of
entrepreneurship with a focus on entrepreneurial activities that further the public good through the integration of
core concepts of social and cultural values and ecological sustainability.
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ESE321. Social Entrepreneurship and the Humanities: Innovation, Public Engagement, and Social
Change. (3h) Introduction to the role played by the humanities in social entrepreneurship, exploring the
premise that norms can be developed for the application of the humanities, and that the knowledge derived in
this process can empower and be a tool in community based engagement and social change. Course includes a
social entrepreneurial project in the local community. Also listed as HMN 295.
ESE322. Religion, Poverty and Social Entrepreneurship. (3h) Interdisciplinary study of major themes in
religion, poverty reduction, and social entrepreneurship. Focus and community emphasis may vary with
instructor. Also listed as REL245.
ESE323. Social Entrepreneurship Summer Program. (6h) This trans disciplinary, four-week program
explores the role of social entrepreneurship in society today and challenges students, through a rigorous and
integrated curriculum of interdisciplinary classroom learning and experiential projects in the field, to master the
entrepreneurial process involved in furthering the public good through community based engagement and social
change. The course includes a social entrepreneurship project in the local community. P-POI
ESE325. Free Trade, Fair Trade: Independent Entrepreneurs in the Global Market. (3h)
Field-based seminar compares the barriers to market participation experienced by independent entrepreneurs
cross-culturally. Free trade policies are contrasted with fair trade practices, to determine why so many
independent producers have trouble succeeding in a globalizing world. Also listed as ANT 301. (CD)
ESE330. Entrepreneurship for Scientists. (3h) Introduces the routes by which scientific discoveries and new
technologies find their way to the marketplace. Covers ideation, determining market potential, business planning,
intellectual property, entrepreneurship ethics, venture capital, and venture incubation.
ESE335. Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship: Science, Policy, and Economics. (4h) This team-taught
course provides overviews of the most important renewable energy sources. Explores the science, policy and
economic issues related to renewable energy and investigates the potential for new markets, new products, and
new entrepreneurial opportunities in the marketplace. P-Junior standing and Div V requirements, or POI.
ESE340. Communication Technology and Entrepreneurship. (3h) Explores how an e-commerce business
plan can be developed and the specific ways of marketing e-commerce ventures including the options provided
by new tools such as social networking applications. (May be cross-listed as COM370 if and when the topic is
the same.)
ESE350. Internships in Entrepreneurial Studies. (3h) Offers students the opportunity to apply knowledge in
an entrepreneurial for-profit or not-for-profit environment. Requirements will include a course journal and
comprehensive report that showcase the student’s specific achievements and analyze the quality of the
experience. P – POI
ESE351. Green Technologies: Science and Entrepreneurship. (2h) This course introduces students to the
science and entrepreneurship opportunities of selected green technologies. It consists of two parts that are
integrated: Science and Entrepreneurship. In the science part, the student will study and learn in depth the
fundamental science associated with energy use and renewable energy and selected green technologies. In the
entrepreneurship part, the participant will learn the basics of starting a new business and work in a group and
develop a business plan to bring a “green product” into the market.
P - PHY111, CHM111 and Math111 or POI.
ESE357. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics. (3h) Explores the ways in which biological mechanisms can inspire
new technologies, products, and businesses. The course combines basic biological and entrepreneurial principles.
P—BIO 114 or POI. Also listed as BIO357.
ESE371. Economics of Entrepreneurship. (3h) An examination of the economic constraints and opportunities
facing entrepreneurs and their impacts on the economy. The course will blend economic theories with an
empirical investigation of the lives and actions of entrepreneurs in the past and the present. Also listed as
ECN266.
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ESE380. America at Work. (3h) Examines the American entrepreneurial spirit within the broader context of
industrial, social, and economic change from the colonial period to the present and explores the social and
cultural meanings attached to work and workers, owners and innovators, businesses and technologies,
management and leadership. Also listed as HST 380.
ESE384. Design Thinking and High Performance Teams. (3h) In this experiential class, we study the
evolution of high performance teams in design thinking environments. At its core, design thinking is an
approach to innovative problem solving that balances art, science and business perspectives in realistic and
highly impactful ways. In this course we develop the ability to participate in and lead high performance teams
within a design thinking environment. The course involves an action learning project that applies the
perspectives of anthropology, history, political science, communication, and psychology among others in solving
a real-world problem. Also listed at BEM384.
ESE391. Independent Study in Entrepreneurship. (3h) An independent project involving entrepreneurship or
social enterprise carried out under the supervision of a faculty member. P – POI
ESE394 A/B Student Entrepreneurs in Action (1.5hr)
This course is built around the real-time challenges and learning that is occurring as the students in the class
launch, run, build and sell or transition their venture. The intent is to promote intense rigorous intellectual
exchange in a seminar setting, in which all will not only participate in critical thinking and analysis, but also in
problem solving and leadership. P-POI.
In addition to the ESE electives listed above, there are a number of electives available through other
departments. For the following course descriptions, see the relevant department’s listings in the Bulletin.
Thought And Behavior
HMN 290. Innovation and Inclusivity (3h)
PHI 161. Medical Ethics. (3h)
163. Environmental Ethics. (3h)
367. Philosophical Theories in Bioethics (3h)
368. Concepts of Health and Disease. (3h)
PSY 260. Social Psychology. (3h)
268. Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3h)
357. Cross-Cultural Psychology (3h)
374. Judgment and Decision Making (3h)
Leadership And Engaging The World
ANT 342. Development Wars: Applying Anthropology. (3h)
COM 315. Communication and Technology. (3h)
BEM 384. Design-Thinking and High-Performance Teams (3h)
CSC 111D. Introduction to Computer Science: Mobile Computing
361. Digital Media (3h)
ENV 201. Environmental Issues. (3h)
FRH 329. Introduction to Business French. (3h)
GER 330. Business German II. (3h)
HMN 282. Public Life and the Liberal Arts (3h)
295. Social Entrepreneurship and the Humanities: Innovation, Public Engagement, and Social
Change (3h)
HST 350. World Economic History: Globalization, Wealth and Poverty, 1500-Present. (3h)
380. America at Work. (3h)
INS 154. Global Service Engagement (3h)
260. Seminar in Global Trade and Commerce Studies. (3h)
MUS 233. Arts and Activism (3h)
POL 238. Comparative Economic Development and Political Change. (3h)
REL 245. Religion, Poverty and Social Entrepreneurship(3h)
332. Religion and Public Life. (3h)
SOC 362. Work, Conflict, and Change. (3h)
363. Global Capitalism. (3h)
365. Technology Culture and Change (3h)
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SPN 387. Introduction to Spanish for Business. (3h)
Entrepreneurial Process
ACC 111. Introductory Financial Accounting. (3h)
ANT 305. Museum Anthropology. (4h)
ART 215. Public Art (3h)
297. Management in the Visual Arts. (3h)
BEM 211. Individuals and Organizations. (1.5h)
221. Principles of Marketing. (3h)
261. Legal Environment of Business. (3h)
271. Strategic Management. (1.5)
311. Dynamics in Organizations (1.5h) (pending approval)
316. Leading in the Nonprofit Sector. (3h)
317. Change Management. (3h)
372. Strategy in Entrepreneurial Firms (1.5)
377. Entrepreneurship (3h)
382. Management in the Visual Arts. (3h)
383. Seminar in Negotiations (3h)
BIO 357. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics (3h)
BUS 295. Summer Management (8h)
COM 117. Writing for Public Relations and Advertising. (1.5h, 3h)
140. Information and Disinformation on the Internet. (1.5)
250. Communication in Entrepreneurial Settings (3h)
353. Persuasion. (3h)
CSC 385. Bioinformatics. (3h)
ECN 205. Intermediate Microeconomics I. (3h)
266. Economics of Entrepreneurship (3h)
JOU 283. Writing for a Social Purpose (3h)
286. Writing for Public Relations and Advertising. (1.5h, 3h)
LIB 235. Research Methods for Entrepreneurs. (1.5h)
POL 239. State, Economy, and International Competitiveness. (3h)
PHY 385. Bioinformatics. (3h)
THE 259. Theatre Management: Principles and Practices. (3h)
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