Entrepreneurship (Minor)
This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2025-Spring 2026 catalog year. For more information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.
Minor in Entrepreneurship
Unit: College of Business (BU)
Academic Plan Code(s): ENTRMINOR
The College of Business offers a minor in Entrepreneurship that is available to students from any academic unit. The Entrepreneurship minor is designed to complement other majors, helping you to build a business in the fields or majors in which you are developing expertise. It will prepare you to launch your own business by teaching you to identify and validate opportunities, build a business, fund that business, get practical experience, and other relevant skills.
To be admitted to the minor, a student must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.80.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurship Core | ||
| ENTR 350 | Entrepreneurial Opportunities | 3 |
| ENTR 370 | The Entrepreneurial Process | 3 |
| ENTR 402 | Venture Finance 1 | 3 |
| ENTR 403 | Venture Planning and Management 1 | 3 |
| Select two electives from the following: | 6 | |
BUS 390 | Business Communication Special Topics | |
BUS 401 | Executive Communication | |
CIS 305 | Data Analysis for Decision-Making | |
ENTR 404 | Social Entrepreneurship | |
MGMT 305 | Human Resource Management | |
MGMT 315 | Collaboration and Negotiation-SB - SB | |
MGMT 459 | Data Visualization and Analytics for People Management | |
MGMT 410 | Franchising Fundamentals and Legal Issues | |
MGMT 440 | Small Business Counseling | |
MGMT 441 | Business and Corporate Level Strategy - CUE | |
MKT 201 | Multiculturalism in the Marketplace - D1, SB | |
MKT 202 | Design Thinking for Creative Problem Solving - SB | |
MKT 203 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Marketplace | |
MKT 360 | Professional Relationship Selling | |
MKT 410 | Design Thinking in Marketing | |
MKT 441 | Market Intelligence and Customer Insights | |
MKT 490 | Special Topics in Marketing | |
COMM 346 | Strategic Media Management | |
COMM 445 | Strategic Communication Campaigns - CUE | |
COMM 510 | Special Topics in Communication Studies (COMM 510 as approved by Management and Entrepreneurship Department Chair, depending on topic) | |
| Minimum Total Hours | 18 | |
At least three (3) semester hours of the requirements for a minor must be successfully completed while enrolled in the University of Louisville.
For graduation with the minor, all required courses must be completed with a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the minor.
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Admission to the Entrepreneurship minor is a requirement for this course.