These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.
Summary of Requirements
University RequirementsÂ
All new students are required to complete the university's General Education (GenEd) curriculum.
Note that students not continuously enrolled who have not been approved for a Leave of Absence or study elsewhere must follow University requirements current at the time of re-enrollment.
College Requirements
Students must meet College Graduation Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration, including the requirements of the major listed below. Students must attain an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher in the major and must maintain a 2.0 GPA overall in order to graduate as an entrepreneurship major. Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management students are expected to participate in the Entrepreneurial Student Association.
Major Requirements
Students must follow the Major Requirements and College Requirements current at the time of declaration. Students not continuously enrolled who have not been approved for a Leave of Absence or study elsewhere must follow University, College, and Major requirements current at the time of re-enrollment.
Requirements of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management Major
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ³§³Ò²ÑÌý3501 | Entrepreneurial and Innovative Thinking | 3 |
| ³§³Ò²ÑÌý3503 | Lean Startup: Fast and Inexpensive Ways to Test and Launch Your Ideas | 3 |
| ³§³Ò²ÑÌý4596 | Strategic Business Planning: Feasibility Assessment / Business Planning for Entrepreneurial Ventures 1 | 3 |
| Select one Entrepreneurial Internship elective: 2 | 3 | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3585 | Social Impact Internship - Work with Benefit/B-corps, Non-profits, or Multi-bottom-line Ventures | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3685 | New Venture Internship: Learning to be a High-Value Employee, Manager, or Founder | |
| Select one Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing elective: | 3 | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3504 | Launch a New Venture in 100 Days | |
²Ñ°°Õ³ÒÌý3511 | Marketing Research | |
| Select one Entrepreneurial Breadth-Depth elective: | 3 | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3511 | Doing Well by Doing Good: Where Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet Social Impact | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3521 | Pitching and Funding Entrepreneurial Ventures | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3504 | Launch a New Venture in 100 Days 3 | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3585 | Social Impact Internship - Work with Benefit/B-corps, Non-profits, or Multi-bottom-line Ventures 3 | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý2527 | Digital Disruption in Financial Services | |
±á¸é²ÑÌý3501 | Power, Influence and Negotiation | |
±á¸é²ÑÌý3507 | Intrapreneurship in the 21st Century | |
±õµþÌý2509 | Short Study Trip Abroad: Doing Business in a Foreign Country 4 | |
±õµþÌý3596 | Global Entrepreneurship | |
²Ñ±õ³§Ìý3536 | Information Systems Innovation with AI | |
²Ñ±õ³§Ìý3538 | Social Media Innovation | |
³§°Õ±á²ÑÌý3426 | Entrepreneurship in Sport, Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3580 | Special Topics - Strategic Management 5 | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3682 | Independent Study 6 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
- 1
This is the major capstone and all prerequisites must be met.
- 2
Although internships are not a prerequisite for ³§³Ò²ÑÌý4596, students are strongly encouraged to take ³§³Ò²ÑÌý3585/³§³Ò²ÑÌý3685 prior to their final semester at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø to optimize options at graduation and balance workload.
- 3
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3504Ìý´Ç°ù ³§³Ò²ÑÌý3585 can only be taken to satisfy Entrepreneurial Breadth-Depth Elective if not already completed to satisfy other major course requirements.
- 4
Students interested in enrolling in ±õµþÌý2509 should be aware that it is a competitive program and, if accepted, their project should be Entrepreneurship related. Please contact: study.abroad@temple.edu
- 5
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3580 course topics vary by semester. Approval of the academic director, chair, or approved department personnel is required. Not all ³§³Ò²ÑÌý3580 course topics are appropriate for EIM students.
- 6
³§³Ò²ÑÌý3682 Independent Study projects will be identified or created by the department or may be proposed by faculty/students collaborating where coursework does not match student's goals or needs and faculty are available to oversee a project. Approval of the academic director, chair, or approved department personnel is required.
Notes
Students pursuing a double major in business can double-count a maximum of one course toward both majors.
Students pursuing a minor may not double count courses for the major and minor.