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Entrepreneurship (Minor)

Type: Minor
Format: In-Person
Credit Hours: 18

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

Entrepreneurship Core
ENTR 350Entrepreneurial Opportunities3
ENTR 370The Entrepreneurial Process3
ENTR 402Venture Finance 13
ENTR 403Venture Planning and Management 13
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 Hours18

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.