The minor in entrepreneurship is designed to help students who have an idea, a product, an innovation, unique expertise, or a solution to a real world problem that they want to develop into a new business. Students learn about the core challenges facing entrepreneurs and the ways that entrepreneurs think about and approach these challenges. Courses develop competencies such as how to discover and evaluate new business opportunities, how to pitch and build support for your new business, how to finance the new venture, how to develop a strong business model, and how to craft a powerful business plan.

Minor Requirements 

• This minor is intended for non-BSB in Entrepreneurship students.
• A maximum of 8 credits can be counted towards both this minor and a School of Business program (double-counting policy).
• A minimum of 12 credits of this minor must be taken at EWU.

Grade Requirement: must achieve a minimum grade ≥C in each course that fulfills a requirement for the minor.

Required Courses
ENTP 311	ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR AND THINKING	4
ENTP 387	BUSINESS STARTUP RESEARCH	4
ENTP 388	THE ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE	4
Electives–choose two courses with the assistance of the faculty advisor		8-10
Total Credits		20-22

Students who earn an Entrepreneurship Minor from EWU should be able to:

• learn to recognize and assess opportunities;
• learn how to create value from their ideas;
• learn how to evaluate their self-efficacy as it relates to an entrepreneurial  business;
• learn how to build and use networks to develop and grow their business.