The domains represented in the elective areas below, Business, Marketing and Sports, Creative Design and the Arts, Policy and Justice, Science and Technology, and Sustainability and the Environment, draw innovators and benefit from those individuals who can make the most of new opportunities, learn from setbacks, readjust and solve problems with divergent thinking. This major will also appeal to students who have ideas for businesses and startups but need the subject expertise and mentoring to make them a reality.
When a student declares this major they will declare their concentration area at the same time.
Departments/Programs
| Core Requirements | 16-17 hours |
|---|---|
| BUSAD 4700 Entrepreneurship or INNOV 4010 Accelerator | 3-4 hours |
| CMPSC 2200 Python Programming I or DATA 1200 Excel and SQL Programming | 4 hours |
| INNOV 1000 Ideas To Innovation | 3 hours |
| INNOV 2000 Problem Solving | 3 hours |
| INNOV 4970 Internship | 3 Hours |
| Foundation Electives | 2-4 hours |
|---|---|
| ART 1200 Introduction to Digital Media | 4 hours |
| BUSAD 2300 Business Communication | 3 hours |
| COMM 1510 Intercultural Communication | 4 hours |
| COMM 2400 Communication and Leadership | 4 hours |
| PHIL 2020 Ethics | 4 hours |
| SOC 3290 Grant Writing and Evaluation | 3 hours |
| Capstone Courses | 4 hours |
|---|---|
| INNOV 4980 Final Project | 3 hours |
| INNOV 4990 Capstone | 1 hours |
*An Innovation and Entrepreneurship major customarily earns a B.S. degree. However, if a student has a first major that is associated with a different baccalaureate degree, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship major may serve as a second major for the degree associated with the first major (B.A., B.FA., B.M., B.S.N).