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Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship (B.A.)

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Based on the highly supported Lean Start-Up Process, the Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship degree is a SACSCOC accredited Bachelor of the Arts program focused on facilitating the applied learning of entrepreneurship. To keep current in the field, all of our educational facilitators are involved in personal ventures, advisory boards, or research. This unique degree program gives you the opportunity to take courses and learn from a variety of classes (including Sciences, Arts, Digital Media, Hospitality & Management, and Health), while also providing you with the tools that you need to commercialize ideas in those fields. Download the Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Degree Flyer Here

Restricted Electives

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Restricted Electives Table
Reference	Title	Department
HFT 3806	Management Food & Beverage Operations	Resort & Hospitality Management
ENT 3422	New Venture Capital Management	Management
SYD 4602	Community Based Entrepreneurs	Social and Behavioral Sciences
CHM 3610	Inorganic Chemistry	Chemistry
ENV 3502C	Water Treatment Engineering	Environmental & Civil Engineer
ENT 2000	Honors: Intro to Entrepreneurship	Management
ENT 3004	Entrepreneurship & Creativity	Management
ISM 3053	Mobile App Development	Computer Information Systems
ART 3838	Professional Practices in Art	Art & Theater
HFT 3573	Resort & Hospitality Marketing	Resort & Hospitality Management
ENT 3114	New Venture Laboratory	Management
ENT 2000	Intro to Entrepreneurship	Management
EGN 3641C	Engineering Entrepreneurship	Environmental, Civil, Software Engineering, and Bioengineering
TSL 4340	Honors: Methods, Curriculum, & Instruction Effects	Teacher Education & Research
HFT 4457	Restaurant Cost Control	Resort & Hospitality Management
EDG 4936	Seminar: Child/Youth Studies	Teacher Education & Research
TSL 4340	Methods, Curriculum, and Instruction Effects	Teacher Education & Research
HFT 3670	Resort & Hospitality Law, Legal Issues & Risk Management	Resort & Hospitality Management
STA 4502	Nonparametric Inference	Mathematics
PLA 1003	Introduction to Law	Justice Studies
HFT 4295	Resort & Hospitality Strategic Management	Resort & Hospitality Management
BME 4800C	Bioengineering Product Design	Bioengineering-Software Engineering
ENT 3204	New Venture Growth	Management
ECO 1000	Survey of Economics	Economics and Finance
ENT 3273	Launching Your Business	Management
ENT 3618	Technology and Innovation	Management
ART 3614	Digital Media Design II	Art & Theater
EGN 3433C	Design for Manufacturing	Bioengineering-Software Engineering
ENT 2010	Principles of Entrepreneurship	Management
ENT 3503	Social Entrepreneurship	Management

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The skills you will learn

Learn how to recognize opportunities, create a business plan, manage financials, effectively communicate your vision, and understand customers.

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Classes you will take

The Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship degree requires 33 credit hours of 2000-3000 level courses geared towards entrepreneurship and venture development. There are 12 credit hours of 3000 and above restricted to the College of Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Education, and Health & Human Services.

Classes you can take

College is about learning, so you might as well learn what you want! Take up to 36 credit hours of elective courses in the subject of your choice. If you love photography and the digital arts, take classes geared towards those.

Minors

If you are really interested in a field, you should consider minoring in it. Use some of those 36 elective credit hours to acquire a minor in the field(s) of choice. Check with you advisor to make sure it is an applicable option.

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Electives

Minors

Entrepreneurship Scholarships

With the help of our amazing donors, we have been able to help our students succeed through scholarships

Ben Fleischer Awarding Fifty Thousand Dollars to FGCU Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Degree Majors

Pyure Brands became the most recent donor of entrepreneurial scholarship funding at FGCU. It is because of donors like these, students have the opportunity to focus on school instead of a part-time job in an unrelated field. If you would like to be a donor for the benefit of aspiring entrepreneurs, please visit FGCU Advancement.

Meet Our Current Scholarship Donors:

Pyure Brands Organic Stevia

Frank and Ellen Daveler

If you are a student enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship (B.A.) Degree, be sure to apply for a scholarship. These scholarships are not need based, and are only for students registered for the Entrepreneurship Major or Minor*.

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*Scholarships awarded by Pyure Brands Organic Stevia are exclusively for Entrepreneurship Majors.

With the help of the scholarships that I received, I was able to focus all my time on school and my music career. Thank you!”

Matt Walden

Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Major

Entrepreneurship Minor

The applied minor

For those that want to learn entrepreneurship, but have a deeper passion for something else. The Entrepreneurship Minor is a great option for adding the entrepreneurial basics to any degree. You will take experiential courses that frame the entrepreneurial mindset, and help lay the foundation for a potential entrepreneurial career. Employers love hiring entrepreneurial interns and graduates because they tend to think criticly, creatively, and outside the box.

Academic Advising

A unique advising experience

To learn more about the Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Major or Minor, please make an appointment with any one of our awesome academic advisors.

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