Open to Business and Non-Business Students
The Technological Entrepreneurship Minor offers students an opportunity to learn how to develop and commercialize innovations. The courses describe several commercialization pathways including corporate ventures and licensing, but will emphasize the development of startup business ventures. Students will learn how to create economic and social value and incorporate business considerations into their problem solving and design efforts. Participants will also learn contemporary approaches to designing and implementing technology startup business models capable of taking an innovation to market
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)
- ENT4014 - New Venture Implementation (3)
- * Students may substitute ENT 5016 New Venture Design for ENT 4013 - New Venture Design, and/or ENT 5206 New Venture Implementation for ENT 4014 - New Venture Implementation with the consent of the graduate course instructor contact the program for more information. : ENT 4014
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- DIG3563 - Information Management and Entrepreneurship (3)
- EGN4641C - Engineering Entrepreneurship (3)
- ENT4183 - Technological Entrepreneurship (3)
Restricted Electives
6 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Students must select six credits from the courses listed below. Alternatively, this requirement can be fulfilled by design or innovation courses approved by the program coordinator in consultation with faculty offering the courses (e.g., senior design sequences, etc. See illustrative examples of approved course sequences below).
- Complete at least 2 of the following:
- DIG3563 - Information Management and Entrepreneurship (3)
- EGN4641C - Engineering Entrepreneurship (3)
- ENT4183 - Technological Entrepreneurship (3)
- ENT4503 - Social Entrepreneurship (3)
- ENT4942 - Entrepreneurial Internship (3)
- MAN4046 - Teamwork, Collaboration, and Group Dynamics (3)
- MAN4143 - Leadership Development (3)
- MAR3765 - Entrepreneurial Marketing (3)
- ENT 4906 - Directed Independent Study Credit Hours: 1
- Independent study requires students to develop a portfolio of new venture deliverables that demonstrate specific entrepreneurship competencies. Competencies addressed, milestones completed, and deliverables required will be determined in consultation with supervising faculty. Details regarding independent study opportunities are available at www.cel.ucf.edu. : ENT 4906
- Internships must be in collaboration with a local startup, small business, or entrepreneurship support organization. Internship packets are available in the Management Department (BA1-309). : ENT 4942
Grand Total Credits: 18
Design or innovation course sequence examples
- EEL 4914 - Senior Design I Credit Hours: 3
- and
- EEL 4915L - Senior Design II Credit Hours: 3
- EML 4501C - Engineering Design I Credit Hours: 3
- and
- EML 4502C - Engineering Design II Credit Hours: 3
- DIG 4713 - Game Design Credit Hours: 3
- and
- DIG 4715C - Game Production Credit Hours: 3
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.
