Entrepreneurship and Innovation Major

Department Chair: Mark V. Cannice, Ph.D.

The San Francisco Bay Area is the global epicenter of new venture creation and technology innovation. The USF Entrepreneurship and Innovation Major is designed to prepare students to pursue an entrepreneurial career.  Students will learn the tools to design, launch, and grow new business ventures, either stand alone or within an existing corporation. Students will be able to tailor their Entrepreneurship and Innovation Major with course selections that include Entrepreneurial Management, Internet Business Applications, and Entrepreneurial Finance, among others.  Additionally, students will have the opportunity to pitch their new business venture before a professional panel of Silicon Valley executives and investors.

Curriculum

(Business Core plus 20 or more credits of E&I electives and "Entrepreneurial Management" Capstone BUS 406)

E&I Required Courses (16 credits) - complete the four classes listed below:

• BUS 377 - Nuts & Bolts of Entrepreneuring
• BUS 349 - Creativity, Innovation, and Product Development 
• BUS 370 - Internet Business Applications 
• BUS 432 - Entrepreneurial Finance

E&I Electives (4 credits)- select one or more classes from among the following:

• BUS 311 - Advanced Business Law
• BUS 345 - Introduction to Sustainable Business
• BUS 360 - Marketing Research
• BUS 361 -Advertising and Promotional Strategy
• BUS 401 - Strategic Management

• BUS 451 - Import/ Export Management
• BUS 460 - Sales Management

E&I Required Capstone (4 credits)- Complete the capstone course listed below:

• BUS 406 - Entrepreneurial Management