In addition to meeting with your advisor throughout your time at Tippie, you'll also use the course planning worksheet—it will help you know what courses you need to take for your major, as well as help you plan when you'll take them. Plan your course schedule with the worksheet and read about the courses you'll be taking below.

See entrepreneurship curriculum 

Required core courses

  • Professional Preparation
  • Entrepreneurial Strategy
  • Emerging Technology Driving Business Innovation
  • Advanced Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Leading Innovation
  • Professional Selling

Areas of emphasis

Technology Entrepreneurship
Develop the knowledge and skills to bring innovative ideas and technologies to market.

  • Commercializing New Technology I
  • Commercializing New Technology II

Entrepreneurial Finance
Explore the financial side of entrepreneurship through venture finance and applied experiences.

  • Applied Venture Finance
  • Business Consulting, Academic Internship, or Insurtech Innovation

Entrepreneurial Leadership
Develop the leadership skills needed to build, grow, and lead entrepreneurial organizations.

  • Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy I
  • Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy II

General Entrepreneurship
Build a broad entrepreneurial foundation through courses focused on business growth, innovation, and opportunity recognition. Students complete:

  • Managing the Growth in Business

Plus choose one additional entrepreneurship elective. Examples include:

  • Social Entpreneurship
  • International Entrepreneurship, Culture, and Social Impact
  • Launching an Entrepreneurial Venture
  • Business Consulting
  • Academic Internship

Applied Entrepreneurship
This emphasis gives students the opportunity to apply entrepreneurial thinking, problem-solving, and consulting skills to real-world business challenges. Students complete ENTR:4200 Business Consulting along with an approved applied capstone experience in their area of study. Students select:

  • ENTR:4200 Business Consulting, and
  • One of the following:
    • BAIS Capstone - available to Business Analytics and Information Systems (BAIS) majors
    • Marketing Capstone - available to Marketing majors