Entrepreneurship Minor

The entrepreneurship minor will teach you to think like a startup founder and creative innovator. You don’t need to have an idea for a startup already.

Format
In person
Location
Ithaca, NY
Degree Awarded
Minor

Overview

The purpose of the minor is to equip you with entrepreneurial knowledge, tools, and frameworks you can deploy at any point in your career—whether you start a company, join a startup, invest in new ventures, or strive to enact social change. You will gain hands-on experience in elaborating an entrepreneurial idea. The minor is also useful for those looking to apply an entrepreneurial approach to drive innovation in a corporate setting.

With this minor, you’ll prepare for careers that include:

  • Capitalizing on opportunities through the creation of new businesses.
  • Working within startups or large innovative firms.
  • Participating in initiatives to address social and environmental issues.
  • Contributing to entrepreneurial ecosystems through consulting, finance, accounting, law, and policy.

Who is eligible?

All Cornell undergraduates except students enrolled in the Dyson School, and any major that includes overlap of two or more core courses.

How many credits are required?

16.5 core credits across areas such as accounting, ideation, entrepreneurial strategy, industries & topics and practical experience. Visit the Cornell University Registrar for full course information.

Core requirements

This minor requires coursework in six areas: 1) overview, 2) accounting, 3) ideation, 4) entrepreneurial strategy, 5) industries and topics and 6) practical experience. Please note that 7.5 credits must be SC Johnson College of Business courses, which include any course code of AEM, HADM, NBA or NCC. A letter grade of a C or better is required. Courses may not be double counted across categories. Effective Spring 2023 — NBA 3000 and AEM 3249 are considered forbidden overlaps (course catalogue update in progress). Students may not take both courses. Effective Fall 2023 — If you have already taken AEM 4200: Dilemmas in Founding New Ventures, you should not enroll in the revised and newly named AEM 2220: Dilemmas in Entrepreneurship (previously “Foundational Perspectives & Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship”) as they are now considered forbidden overlaps. Nolan School students, your one allowed overlap is HADM 1210. You have an additional requirement to take six credits outside of the school. ORIE students, your one allowed overlap is ORIE 3150.

Academic policies

A minimum of 12 unique credits (outside of major’s core discipline) must be taken to complete any/all minors. Some majors may be required to take an additional course to satisfy this requirement. All courses must be taken in person (unless through Cornell’s SCE), and for a letter grade (grade of C or better is required).

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Policies and FAQs

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Resources for minors

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Current business minor students

You can manage your minor and track your progress using the Business Minors Dashboard.

I’m interested. What’s next?

After reviewing the requirements above and our Policies and FAQs page, you can begin the process using the Business Minors Dashboard.