Undergraduate Minor
Interested in pursuing our Undergraduate Minor in Entrepreneurship?
Email us at farley@northwestern.edu to start the process.
The Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s Undergraduate Minor in Entrepreneurship is designed for students who are interested in pursuing a practical education in how to start a business or how to make innovation a cornerstone of their career paths. The minor is open to all undergraduate students at the university.
The Undergraduate Minor requires 8 courses, which includes 5 core courses and 3 electives. No more than 3 courses may be double counted toward a student’s major program. Courses with a grade lower than “C-” (C minus) cannot be applied to the minor.
Students must declare the minor at least one year prior to their expected graduation date.
Core Courses
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Principles of Entrepreneurship (ENTREP 225) OR Engineering Entrepreneurship (ENTREP/IEMS 325)
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Leadership, Ethics & You (ENTREP 360) OR Entrepreneurship Demystified (ENTREP 361)
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Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing (ENTREP 331) OR Storytelling for Business (ENTREP 311)
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Any Farley Center experiential course - includes NUvention courses, Innovate for Impact (ENTREP 340), Product Management (ENTREP 495), and Consulting for Wearable Tech (ENTREP 395/495)
Electives
Electives can be any combination of the following options:
- Any Farley Center course
- Independent Study (ENTREP 399/499) with Farley Center faculty member - Max. one unit
- Coursework related to entrepreneurship from other programs on campus, including BUS_INST, DSGN, and IMC; outside coursework requires prior approval from the Farley Center and must be at the 300-level; please also note that any application of outside coursework to the minor must be in compliance with double-counting rules