The purpose of the minor in Entrepreneurship is to engage students in the process of identifying, evaluating, and implementing business opportunities that focus on value creation. This process includes the creation of new ventures, as well as adding value within existing companies through innovation applications. The Minor focuses on embedding students in the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Raleigh and beyond.
As a result, students who fulfill the requirements for the undergraduate minor in Entrepreneurship will develop an entrepreneurial mindset through experiential learning and through their embeddedness in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. The minor in Entrepreneurship requires 18 hours of coursework with a 2.0 GPA in minor coursework.