Baylor ENT: Entrepreneurship
ENT 3315: Starting & Managing a Business
3 credit hours · 5 sections · 100 open seats · Sohvi Heaton, Stephen Zhang
Prerequisite(s): A minimum GPA of 2.75; not open to BBA students. An introductory course for students other than entrepreneurship majors. The course, which is designed around the business plan, examines how to formulate business ideas, select a location, selec…
ENT 3320: Intro to Entrepreneurship
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 60 open seats · Lee Grumbles, Elisha Joyce
Prerequisite(s): Only open to BBA students. An introductory course in entrepreneurship designed to explore the development of innovative thinking and venture exploration which would ultimately lead to a new venture. Topics covered include: Developing an innova…
ENT 3325: Skills & Behavior of Ent
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Lesley Reed
Prerequisite(s): ENT 3320 or ENT 3315. Focuses on the individual and the skills and behaviors necessary to be a successful entrepreneur. Students will develop creative thinking skills that will enable them to recognize business opportunities. Other skills incl…
ENT 3380: Global Perspectives in ENT
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Leslie Palich
Prerequisite(s): Either ENT 3315 or 3320. Entrepreneurship is increasingly global in nature, continuously creating new opportunities and competitors. Global Perspectives on New Ventures provides a deep understanding of these dynamics and helps students develo…
ENT 4310: New Venture Finance
3 credit hours · 4 sections · 80 open seats · Justin Yan, Lee Grumbles
Prerequisite(s): ENT 3320 or consent of instructor; only open to BBA students. Successful entrepreneurs must effectively manage scarce resources in an increasingly complex and global world. This course is designed to provide students with a wide range of fina…
ENT 4320: Managing the Family Business
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 40 open seats · Shaun Limbers
Prerequisite(s): Only open to BBA students; Entrepreneurship minors may request a prerequisite override to register for this course. Explores the unique personal and interpersonal issues, as well as the business issues, associated with the family-owned and man…
ENT 4321: New Venture Development
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 60 open seats · David Scheaf, Robert Morgan
Prerequisite(s): ENT 3320 or consent of instructor; only open to BBA students. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of developing new ventures as entrepreneurs (i.e., building new organizations) and intrapreneurs (i.e., acting entrepreneurial w…
ENT 4322: Entrepreneurship Capstone
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 60 open seats · James Kee, John Chen
Prerequisite(s): ENT 4310 and ENT 4321 or consent of Instructor. Entrepreneurship Capstone explores advanced topics focused on start-up and new venture growth activities. Students learn to utilize all functional areas of the new venture to optimize revenue, fi…
ENT 4325: Entrepreneurial Leadership
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Shaun Limbers
Prerequisite(s): ENT 3315; Upper-level standing; a minimum GPA of 2.75; not open to BBA students. This class is a practicum in which the student will prepare a written business plan for an actual venture, business or nonprofit, which he/she plans to implement …
ENT 4330: Corporate Innovation Capstone
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Bradley Norris
Prerequisite(s): ENT 4310 and ENT 4321 or consent of instructor. Corporate Innovation Capstone explores advanced topics that focus on creating and implementing sustained, innovation-driven growth in corporate settings. A core aim is providing students with t…
ENT 4340: Technology Entrepreneurship
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Bradley Norris
Prerequisite(s): Upper-level standing. Business based on patentable technologies display different business models and characteristics from those of non-technical, mainstream businesses. Understanding these distinctions is critical to technology commercializat…
ENT 4353: Social Ent & Eco Development
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Steve Bradley
Prerequisite(s): ENT 3315 or 3320. Is capitalism good for the poor? This course examines the morality of capitalism, the role of institutions in perpetuating or eliminating absolute poverty, and the contextual challenges of entrepreneurship. Recognizing the so…
ENT 4377: God and Money
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Tyler Self
Prerequisite(s): Upper-level standing; Only open to BBA students; Entrepreneurship minors may request a prerequisite override to register for this course. This course is an accelerated reading practicum course for entrepreneurs and other leaders who intend to …
ENT 4395: Entrepreneurship Internship
3 credit hours · 1 section · 7 open seats · Lee Grumbles
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department. Supervised work by a manager in a firm involved in entrepreneurship. Application and requirements for the entrepreneurship internship are available from the chair of the management and entrepreneurship department. BBA st…
ENT 5322: Entrepreneurship Capstone
3 credit hours · 1 section · 2 open seats · James Kee
Entrepreneurship Capstone explores advanced topics focused on start-up and new venture growth activities. Students learn to utilize all functional areas of the new venture to optimize revenue, finance firm growth, and maximize value creation. The emphasis is o…
ENT 5329: Entrepreneurial Finance
3 credit hours · 1 section · 3 open seats · Lee Grumbles
Successful entrepreneurs must effectively manage scarce resources in an increasingly complex and global world. This course provides students with a wide range of financial skills to manage their resources effectively. Specific issues critical to emerging bus…
ENT 5341: Technology Entrepreneurship
3 credit hours · 1 section · 4 open seats · Bradley Norris
Technology Entrepreneurship examines the entire technology commercialization process, from concept to market. It is intended to prepare students in business, engineering, and the sciences to understand and participate effectively in the processes required for …
ENT 5342: Initiating Sustaining Innovatn
3 credit hours · 1 section · 4 open seats · Bradley Norris
Prerequisite(s): This course is open to all Juniors/Seniors/Grads, all majors Exploration of the nature of innovation -- its drivers, patterns, and impacts on society and organizations of all sizes and missions. Use of tools and processes in a larger organizat…
ENT 5V98: Entrepreneurshp Spec Studies
1 credit hours · 1 section · 0 open seats · Tyler Self
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Student may register for a maximum credit of six semester hours.
ENT 6330: Strategy and ENT Theory
3 credit hours · 1 section · 0 open seats · Peter Klein
This course exposes doctoral candidates to advanced theoretical perspectives, models, approaches, and critiques in the fields of business strategy and entrepreneurship. The course takes an interdisciplinary perspective, building on core insights from economics…
ENT 6350: Seminar in Organization Theory
3 credit hours · 1 section · 5 open seats · Steve Bradley
This interdisciplinary seminar introduces the major theoretical approaches and debates in organizational theory, drawing primarily on sociology and secondarily on economics and psychology, to explain how organizations form, survive and grow, interact, manage r…
ENT 6V98: ENT Research Practicum
1 credit hours · 1 section · 2 open seats · David Scheaf
Prerequisite(s): Entrepreneurship PhD students only. Research course for PhD students in Entrepreneurship.This course is only for doctoral students who have not yet been admitted to candidacy. Students are required to coordinate with their PhD advisors and pa…
ENT 6V99: Dissertation
1 credit hours · 1 section · 3 open seats · David Scheaf
Prerequisite(s): Departmental Approval required. Supervised research for the doctoral dissertation. A total of at least nine semester hours is required for the completion of the dissertation. Students register for dissertation hours during dissertation researc…