Open to Business and Non-Business Students
The entrepreneurship minor provides students from all academic disciplines with entrepreneurial mindsets and skillsets needed to improve career readiness and resilience. Those interested in working for established organizations will benefit by learning modern skills employers seek to promote innovation and sustain success. Those interested in self-employment will benefit by learning how to pursue startup ventures, freelancing, contracting, “side hustles”, and other career options. Coursework emphasizes experiential learning that develops personal initiative, empathy, creativity, critical thinking, communication, leadership, teamwork, resourcefulness, and business acumen. The curriculum seeks to capitalize on students’ disciplinary expertise, and many students will be able to apply up to 6 credits of design, innovation, or entrepreneurship courses required by their major toward this minor. Combining broad entrepreneurial thinking skills with deep discipline-based expertise will empower participants to achieve success in a wide range of career challenges and opportunities.
Minor Admission Requirements
Minor Requirements
Prerequisite Courses
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
12 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- ENT3613 - Creativity and Entrepreneurship (3)
- ENT4013 - New Venture Design (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- ENT4183 - Technological Entrepreneurship (3)
- ENT4503 - Social Entrepreneurship (3)
- ENT4412 - Managing Small Business Finances (3)
- MAN4441 - Conflict Resolution and Negotiation (3)
- MAN4046 - Teamwork, Collaboration, and Group Dynamics (3)
- MAN4143 - Leadership Development (3)
- MAR3765 - Entrepreneurial Marketing (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- ENT4014 - New Venture Implementation (3)
- ENT4942 - Entrepreneurial Internship (3)
Restricted Electives
6 Total Credits
- Earn at least 6 credits from the following types of courses: • COURSES OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS WHO DECLARE ENTREPRENEURSHIP MINOR: ENT 4183 - Technological Entrepreneurship (3) ENT 4503 - Social Entrepreneurship (3) MAN 4441 - Conflict Resolution and Negotiation MAN 4046 - Teamwork, Collaboration, and Group Dynamics (3) MAN 4143 - Leadership Development (3) MAR 3765 - Entrepreneurial Marketing (3) • BUSINESS COURSES: ENT 4412 - Managing Small Business Finances (3) GEB 4101 - Small Business Development (3) MAR 3407 - Integrated Marketing and Sales (3) SPB 3823 - The Role of Entrepreneurship in Sports/Entertainment (3) SPB 4932 - The Business of Hip-Hop Innovation and Entrepreneurship (3) • ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES: EGS 4624 Engineering Innovation and Leadership (3) EGS 4633 Engineering Consumer Products (3) ENG 4641 Engineering Entrepreneurship (3) Senior Design I (3) Senior Design II (3) • ARTS & HUMANITIES COURSES: ART 4945 Advanced Design Lab (3) ENC 3351 Writing for Publication (3) ENG 3833 Marketing Your Writing (3) MUS 3051 Music Entrepreneurship (3) WST 3371 Women and Leadership (3) • COMMUNITY INNOVATION & EDUCATION COURSES: BTE 4410 Course Construction in Business Education (3) PAD 4153 Planning and Improvement for Public Organizations (3) PAD 4144 Nonprofit Organizations (3) PAD 4147 Resource Development in the Nonprofit Sector (3) PLA 4410 Intellectual Property Law and Practice (3) HAS 4180 Organization & Management for Health Agencies I (3) • HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT COURSES: HFT 4268 Restaurant Entrepreneurship (3) HFT 4398 Entertainment Entrepreneurship (3) HFT 4292 Hospitality Innovation & Entrepreneurship (3) HFT 3654 Hospitality Franchising (3) • PHOTONICS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING COURSES: OSE 4951 Senior Design I (3) OSE 4952 Senior Design II (3) • SCIENCES COURSES: BSC 4927 Scientific and Public Engagement for Biology Majors (3) DIG 4630 Creative Industries (3) DIG 3811 User-Centered Design (3) FIL 4602 Film Business (3) FIL 4647 Film Production Management (3) PUR 4000 Public Relations (3) VIC 4312 Power Branding (3)
Grand Total Credits: 18
Foreign Language Requirements
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 18
Other Requirements
- A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required in all courses used to satisfy the minor.
- Grades below "C" (2.0) or "S" grades from other institutions are not accepted.
- Courses taken at Florida College System institutions do not substitute for upper division courses.
- Courses transferred must be formally evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide a course syllabus and any other supporting information with his/her petition for this evaluation.
- At least 12 hours used in the minor must be earned at UCF.
- No credit by exam (TSD, Military credit) may be used.
- A maximum of 6 hours of the above listed required or elective courses can count toward another major or minor degree program.
- The College of Business does not permit any course used towards the minor or those used to meet admission requirements for the minor to be taken on an elective S/U grading basis.
