Innovation & Entrepreneurship Minor

Kelly Delaney, Advisor
kellydel@andrew.cmu.edu
https://ideate.cmu.edu 

The minor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship is offered by the Tepper School of Business as part of the Integrative Design, Arts, and Technology network.

Curriculum

Innovation & Entrepreneurship MinorMinimum 54 units

Prerequisite Course

		Units
73-102	Principles of Microeconomics (prerequisite for 70-438 Commercialization and Innovation)	9
or 73-104	Principles of Microeconomics Accelerated

Innovation Entrepreneurial Mindset Course

		Units
70-246	Innovation & Entrepreneurial Mindset	6

One Portal Course

For students without prior design or product design experience:		Units
15-294	Rapid Prototyping Technologies	5
15-394	Intermediate Rapid Prototyping	5
51-236	Information Design	9
62-478	IDeATe: digiTOOL	9

For students without prior programming or computer science experience:		Units
15-104	Introduction to Computing for Creative Practice	10

One Entrepreneurship Course

		Units
70-415	Introduction to Entrepreneurship	9

One Venture Creation or Finance Course

		Units
70-395	Funding Entrepreneurial Ventures	9
70-416	New Venture Creation	9

One Innovation Process Course

		Units
70-438	Commercialization and Innovation (73-102 Principles of Microeconomics is a prereq)	9

One Product Development Course

		Units
49-300	Integrated Product Conceptualization	12

One Practice/Experience Component

• 70-416 New Venture Creation (if you did not take it as your Venture Creation option)
• The Swartz Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Innovation Scholars Program (for sophomores and highly selective)
• Swartz Center Customer Discovery Kickstart Program
• Students may also, with prior approval of Meredith Grelli, fulfill this requirement through an internship with a qualifying startup or product design firm (12 weeks, full-time). If interested in this option, students should email Meredith Grelli  during their own internship search to arrange a discussion on this option.

Double-Counting

No more than two minor courses may double-count toward a student's major core requirements or an additional minor's core requirements.