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IT Concentration: Entrepreneurship

For those entering the program Fall 2006 semester & beyond

Contacts: Frank Wright/Philip Phan

Description:
In combination with the Information Technology core, the Entrepreneurship concentration leads to a multidisciplinary degree with a special emphasis on technological entrepreneurship in the information technology field.

This concentration focuses on the process of discovering, creating and turning information technology-based opportunities into new products in existing organizations and new ventures.

The Entrepreneurship concentration curriculum is designed to provide a solid foundation of skills, knowledge and practical field experience at the intersection of information technology and entrepreneurship. It emphasizes recognizing new product and/or new venture opportunities; creating business plans to bring them into existence, and managing the launch, growth and harvest of information technology-based opportunities.

Students interested in the following career possibilities should pursue an Entrepreneurship concentration: new product development and/or corporate venturing in larger, entrepreneurial businesses; multidisciplinary opportunities in newer, high potential ventures; and direct participation in the creation of a new, information technology-based venture.

Semester I Semester II

ITEC-1210 Information in History & Society

CSCI-1100 Computer Science I

MATH-1010 Calculus I

MGMT-1100 Introduction to Management

ITEC-1220 Politics & Economics of IT

CSCI-1200 Computer Science II

Math Elective*

MGMT-2300 Fundamentals of Accounting for Marketing

Semester III Semester IV
One of:*
- ECSE-2610 Computer Components & Operations and ENGR-2350 Embedded Control
- CSCI-2500 Computer Organization

ITEC-2960 Creativity and IT

ITEC-2110 Web Systems Development

H&SS Elective**

One of:*
- ECSE-2660 Computer Arch, Networking & OS
- CSCI-2300 Data Structures & Algorithms

ITEC-2210 Intro to Human Computer Interaction

MGMT-2320 Managerial Finance

Free Elective

Semester V Semester VI
IT Elective (one of):
- CSCI-4380 Database Systems
- MGMT-496X Data Resource Management

ITEC-4310 Managing IT Resources

MGMT-4510 Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Life Science Elective (BIOL-XXXX)

One of:
- MGMT-4850 Organizational Behavior in High Performance Organizations
- MGMT-4860 Human Resources in High Performance Organizations

ITEC-4960 Creative Design in IT

Probability and Statistics Elective (one of):
- ENGR-2600 Modeling / Analysis of Uncertainty
- PSYC-2310 Experimental Methods & Statistics

H&SS Elective**

Free Elective

Semester VII Semester VIII

ITEC-4100 IT Capstone Experience

MGMT-4520 Intro Technological Entrepreneurship

MGMT-4430 Marketing Principles

H&SS Elective**

MGMT-4530 Starting Up a New Venture

Physical Science Elective (PHYS-XXXX)

H&SS Elective**

Free Elective

*Select either the three-course ECSE sequence or the two-course CSCI sequence. If the ECSE sequence is chosen, ENGR-2350 will replace one fee elective slot. Move the H&SS Elective to a semester with a free elective. If the CSCI Sequence is chosen, your math elective in Semester II must be MATH-2800 Introduction to Discrete Structures.

**See H&SS requirements

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