Selected Entrepreneurship Courses: Spring 2009
ENTR 409: Internet Entrepreneurship
ENTR 420: Seminar in Mentoring
ENTR 409: Internet Entrepreneurship (Return to Top)
Have you wanted to start your own Internet business, use the Internet to support your business, or understand how businesses use the Internet to conduct business? This course explores principles and essential components for launching a successful entrepreneurial endeavor on the Internet. The course will cover important topics related to Internet Entrepreneurship, including key entrepreneurial models, business concept development, opportunity analysis, advanced search marketing techniques, understanding user behavior, and creating a viable Internet model for Digital Entrepreneurial endeavors.
3-credit, ENTR, Spring 2009, M 6:30 – 9:00
Limited to 30, open to all majors, juniors and seniors. Pre-requisite – ENTR 309 E-Commerce
Students will:
1. Identify and understand the essential components of a viable entrepreneurial endeavor on the Internet through class lectures and discussion, reading assignments, case studies and practical business analysis
2. Investigate and analyze the journeys of Internet Entrepreneurs and replicable principles of Internet Entrepreneurship in a variety of business settings
3. Gain applicable skills related to the development of a viable Internet Business Model
Case studies and actual business scenarios will be examined in detail. Students will have the opportunity to study the journeys of successful Internet Entrepreneurs, to hear from experts in the field, and to create an original Internet Business Plan in a team with other students.
ENTR 420: Seminar in Mentoring (Return to Top)
This highly interactive seminar provides students with successful entrepreneurial role models in their chosen field. Tailored to each student, hence the small seminar size, students will develop a special one-to-one supportive relationship with an entrepreneur/practitioner in their discipline. The seminar provides a context for students to discuss and see the real-world application of concepts taught in the classroom. The class meets once a week for six weeks then students meet with their mentor for the remaining time. This is an incredible opportunity to begin developing your own network and professional social capital, one normally limited to individuals in mid-career.
1-credit, ENTR, fall and spring semester 2008-9, TH 10:05 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Limited to 15, junior, senior status required, all majors welcomed, especially professional and pre-professional majors. Students will be asked to complete a personal profile in May prior to leaving for the summer to facilitate the matching process in the fall. Spring course students will complete the profile in September.
Upon successful completion of this course students will:
1. Explore the place of faith in their professional life and learn how to be true to their own values while successfully pursuing the career of their choice.
2. Gain personal insight into their career opportunities, how to build social capital, develop a professional network, and work with a mentor or professional coach.
3. Experience a professional mentoring relationship with a successful practitioner in their own chosen field.
4. Begin developing their professional network to assist in the job search and career development.
5. Better understand the issues facing the new professional in seeking jobs, developing their careers, and making choices leading to a balanced life.
Students meet weekly in an interactive seminar format for approximately six weeks. Discussions will be built around articles and readings related to mentoring and their particular field of endeavor. Students will be matched during this time with a practitioner and will begin meeting periodically with that person. Meetings will be face to face and virtual. They will work through a structured process with their mentor. Students may continue their mentoring relationship after the semester or end the relationship at that time.
updated: 03/26/08