EIU's Entrepreneurship minor provides students from across the university the perspectives and the critical tools for exploring the development of new and emerging ventures. Through the program, students learn to recognize new business opportunities, to apply creativity and innovation to develop those opportunities, to identify funding resources, and to develop skills to manage and sustain entrepreneurial ventures. Students learn the fundamental tools to identify and commercialize business opportunities in any type of organization.
Students in the minor complete a four-course core that culminates in the development of a venture plan in the capstone course plus two electives.
Core Requirements (12 semester hours)
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ENT 3300
Foundations of Entrepreneurship. (3 credits)
ENT 3500
Marketing and Innovation for Entrepreneurial Ventures. (3 credits)
ENT 3700
Financing for Entrepreneurial Ventures. (3 credits)
ENT 4500
Entrepreneurial Management and Venture Plan Development. (3 credits)
Additional 6 semester hours from the following courses to fulfill the Entrepreneurship Minor
XXX 4275 Internship - an internship completed through an appropriate university department (See footnote *)
ACC 3400
Introduction to Income Taxation. (3 credits)
BUS 3500
Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence for Business. (3 credits)
CMG 4243
Construction Project Management Capstone. (3 credits)
EGT 4843
Statistical Quality and Reliability. (3 credits)
EGT 4943
Manufacturing Management. (3 credits)
ENG 2760
Introduction to Professional Writing. (3 credits)
ENG 3005
Technical Communication. (3 credits)
FIN 3740
Real Estate Fundamentals. (3 credits)
FIN 3900
Risk and Insurance. (3 credits)
WLF 3220
French for Business. (3 credits)
WLF 3304
French Civilization. (3 credits)
WLG 3200
German Culture and Civilization. (3 credits)
WLG 3330
German for Business. (3 credits)
WLS 3201
Business Spanish. (3 credits)
WLS 4310
Civilization and Culture of Spain. (3 credits)
or WLS 4320
FMD 4926
Visual Merchandising. (3 credits)
HSL 4846
Aging and the Family. (3 credits)
HTM 3370
Ethical and Legal Environment of Hospitality and Tourism. (3 credits)
HTM 4320
Destination Management. (3 credits)
(See footnote **)
HTM 4340
Conventions and Trade Shows. (3 credits)
MAR 3780
Promotion Management. (3 credits)
MAR 3875
Retail Management. (3 credits)
MAR 4470
Professional Sales. (3 credits)
MGT 3450
Human Resource Management. (3 credits)
MGT 3830
Managerial Communications. (3 credits)
MGT 4800
Management of Innovation and Technology. (3 credits)
BAIS 3505
Advanced Microcomputer Applications and Development. (3 credits)
BAIS 3515
Information Presentation. (3 credits)
BAIS 3530
Business Web Site Design. (3 credits)
MUS 1070
Introduction to Music Technology. (2 credits)
MUS 2071
Audio and Recording Techniques I. (3 credits)
NTR 3756
Community Nutrition Interventions. (3 credits)
NTR 4940
Food Service Management. (6 credits)
ODL 3500
Consumers in the Marketplace. (3 credits)
ODL 4860
Facilitating Learning and Project Groups. (3 credits)
ODL 4870
Coaching and Mentoring for Critical Thinking in the Workplace. (3 credits)
ODL 4880
Productive Work Teams. (3 credits)
Footnotes:
*An internship used as an elective in the Entrepreneurship Minor must be approved in advance by the School of Business Chair upon recommendation of the Entrepreneurship Minor Committee.
**Course may be double counted as Entrepreneurship minor elective and Hospitality and Tourism elective.
Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
