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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Leadership, Ethics & You (ENTREP 360) OR Entrepreneurship Demystified (ENTREP 361)
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Personal Branding (ENTREP 310) OR Storytelling for Business (ENTREP 311) OR Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing (ENTREP 331)
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Any Farley Center experiential course - includes NUvention courses, Engineering Entrepreneurship (ENTREP 325), Innovate for Impact (ENTREP 340), Consulting for Wearable Tech (ENTREP 425) and Product Management (ENTREP 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