About the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor (ENTI)

This interdisciplinary minor uses problem-based learning to prepare students in any major to create value (including new products) and be agents of positive change. The world needs new innovative products, services and solutions in all disciplines: arts, 业务, 工程, 科学, 农业, 医疗保健, 沟通, 教育.

The ENTI courses develop skills in problem solving, opportunity recognition, self-efficacy (your belief in your ability to succeed), 领导, 沟通s and learning from failure. Your major at Penn State ensures you have specific skills and knowledge. The ENTI Minor broadens your 教育 and Penn State experiences, so you see challenges as opportunities, and you can thrive in a job, class or activity that includes unknowns, deadlines and ambiguities.

Innovative and entrepreneurial people working in established organizations are called intrapreneurs and are valuable in every type of organization. Innovative and entrepreneurial people also freelance, assembling their careers around their unique skills. The ENTI Minor can prepare you to be an intrapreneur, free-lancer, or entrepreneur.

To meet students' wide range of entrepreneurship and innovation interests, the ENTI Minor is structured in two parts:

1. All students take the three core courses (9 credits) establish foundational knowledge:

2. The New Venture Cluster is offered at 宾州州立银行. Students may not use a required course from their major in the ENTI minor. 其他课程, such as technical electives, out-of-college electives, and general 教育 courses may be able to be used to meet requirements in major as well as the ENTI minor. Students may substitute up to 3 credits of research topics, internship or 独立的 studies courses focused on relevant entrepreneurship or innovation topics in consultation with an 顾问. The New Ventures Cluster offers the following courses:

  • BA 243 - Social, Legal, and Ethical Environment of Business
  • BA 250 - Small Business Management
  • 管理427 - Managing an Entrepreneurial Start-Up Company

 

New Venture Cluster Diagram

At least six credits of a minor must be unique from any other degree or minor earned by the student. A grade of C or better is required for all courses in a minor. Please talk to the program chair to map this minor in your academic plan.

To add the ENTI Minor, first login to LionPath and then, select “Degree Planning and Progress” from the right side of the webpage, next, click on “更新的学者” from the left side menu and then continue. In the 未成年人 section, switch No to Yes in the “添加小”字段. Select Minor by Plan (College): “Entrprnership & Innov (UMNR)- Intercollege.“请!”Confirm and Submit” your changes, and you will receive an email confirmation about this change.