curriculum | entrepreneurial programs office
curriculum
The Entrepreneurial Programs Office (EPO) has developed undergraduate and graduate courses that align with the latest research on teaching technology entrepreneurship. There have been many and widely varying curricular innovations in entrepreneurship education over the past two decades. EPO students will benefit from these many efforts as research has begun to identify what works—and what does not work. In particular, courses offered by the EPO focus on developing the cognitive skills that expert entrepreneurs develop. By focusing on cognitive skill development, EPO students will be prepared to enter entrepreneurial ventures at different levels, and at different times in their careers.
Entrepreneurship Curricula
The EPO offers both undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship curricula. The undergraduate curriculum includes a basic course in engineering entrepreneurship that is offered each semester and taught by the EPO director. It also offers a five-course certificate in technology entrepreneurship that is open to any engineering student with junior standing.
Enterprise Innovation
The EPO has initiated a set of courses designed to assist large companies in their efforts to become more innovative. Enterprise innovation is defined as the ability to innovate throughout the enterprise, including processes, people, products, strategies and business models. In addition to course work in enterprise innovation, the EPO also participates in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering’s Enterprise Systems Innovation and Management (ESIM) master’s degree program.
