Entrepreneurship Minor

Turn your ideas into real opportunities.

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About the Program

Ready to launch your big idea? Pair your major with UMass Boston’s Entrepreneurship Minor and learn how to turn your vision into something real.

This minor gives you the creative, strategic, and leadership skills that employers notice, and that successful founders and innovators use every day. You’ll learn how to spot opportunities, build and test ideas, lead teams, and make things happen. Whether you want to launch your own startup, drive innovation inside a company, or bring fresh thinking to any career, this minor hands you the playbook.

No matter what you’re studying, the Entrepreneurship Minor makes your degree way more powerful. It pushes you to think bigger, solve problems creatively, and build the confidence to take risks and lead. Stop just learning about the world. Start learning how to change it.

Expand Your Studies

Current Undergraduate Students

The following criteria must be met to be accepted:

Complete MATH 134: Managerial Calculus
Complete one course in statistics (e.g., MATH 125, ECON 205, PSYCH 370, or SOCIOL 350)
Complete at least 12 credits at UMass Boston
Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 with no incomplete grades

Students will not be accepted into the minor if all requirements are not met.

Declare or Change Your Minor Information

Prospective Undergraduate Students

Apply for admission to UMass Boston by completing an application. Start by reviewing the first-year and transfer application pages for important information about requirements, deadlines, and application status checks.

Apply as a First-Year Student

Apply as a Transfer Student

Program Details

Curriculum

Students must complete seven courses (21 credits) to earn the Entrepreneurship Minor. Courses cannot be taken on a pass/fail basis.

Current College of Management student? You may have already completed some of the required courses as part of your degree, which can count toward the minor.

Four Required Courses (12 credits)

BC 290 Professional Written Communication & Critical Analysis 3 credit(s)
MGT 303 Managing Organizations 3 credit(s)
MGT 331 Business Ethics 3 credit(s)
MGT 470 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Organizations 3 credit(s)

Three Electives (9 credits)

BC 295 Communication, Negotiation, & Conflict Interactions 3 credit(s)
BC 298 Presentation Skills for Business 3 credit(s)
MGT 330 Business Environments and Public Policy 3 credit(s)
MGT 350 Organizational Events Management 3 credit(s)
MGT 401 Introduction to Human Resource Management 3 credit(s)
MGT 415 Sport Entrepreneurship 3 credit(s)
MGT 434 Managing Global Environments 3 credit(s)
MGT 474 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Organizations 3 credit(s)
MGT 481L Introduction to Environmental Management & Clean Energy 3 credit(s)
MKT 301 Principles of Marketing 3 credit(s)
MKT 465 Entrepreneurship Sales & Marketing 3 credit(s)

It is highly recommended that any student considering or enrolled in the Entrepreneurship Minor seek regular advising in the Academic and Career Engagement and Success Center or from an advisor in their college.

For more information on curriculum, including course descriptions and degree requirements, visit the Academic Catalog.

Completion Requirements

Good Standing in the Minor: To have the minor listed on the official transcript, students must maintain a 2.0 average in the minor and receive no more than one D in the minor. The minor must be completed in the College of Management. A maximum of six transfer credits (2 courses) may be applied toward completion. Students dismissed from the minor for academic reasons may not appeal the decision or be readmitted to the minor.