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Entrepreneurship

Program Overview
Courses

You’ve got the ideas and vision, but you need the tactical principles to make them come alive. Let us guide you in the design, plan, launch and execution of your entrepreneurial endeavors. Our well-versed faculty understand what it takes to succeed in the industry, so they’ve established comprehensive curriculum that will set you on the right path. You will learn how to develop professional relationships, plan for the financial success of your business and market at the right time and to the right people. Your ideas are innovative and valuable, and we’ll work alongside you to develop them into their full potential, so that you can be an established expert in the field, too.

Courses

Students can select classes to meet their interest in for-profit, social or missional entrepreneurship.

Specific courses required:

ENT 2503 - An Introduction to Business
ENT 3543 - Entrepreneur Marketing
ENT 4403 - Entrepreneur Finance

Choose two of the following eight courses:

BA 3303 - Principles of Business as Mission
ENT 3453 - Principles of Social Entrepreneurship
ENT 390V - Entrepreneur Internship
ENT 4Xn3 - Special Topics in [Insert Area]
MK 3403 - Strategic Internet Marketing
MK 3453 - Social Media Marketing
MK 3543 - Professional Relationships Marketing OR LUEG 3xn3 - Engagements: (selected topic)

Contact Information

Internship

Become more competitive in the job market with an internship related to your interests. You’ll gain experience and boost your exposure. An internship will also help you learn whether you’ve chosen a career you’ll enjoy.

Job placement

With a top-tier university education on your resume, you’ll be in high demand, whether you choose to launch your career or begin graduate school. Most of our programs have a placement rate of at least 90 percent within six months of graduation.

Expert faculty, small class sizes

Learn from award-winning, experienced faculty who actually care about you. Our small class sizes allow us to get to know you personally. We lead an approachable community within our respective programs. Our faculty connections are the experts on their subject matter, too.

Service learning

We provide you the opportunity to enhance your academic understanding by applying what you’ve learned in class to service projects that benefit our community. Before graduation, you’ll participate in at least two SALT (Serving and Learning Together) projects.

Our Faculty

Joe Ivey

Clinical Professor

Joe Ivey serves as an associate professor of management and as executive director of the Lipscomb Center for Entrepreneurship. Prior to becoming a member of the full-time faculty, he served...
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Career Paths

Advertising, Promotions, and Marketing Managers

Advertising, promotions, and marketing managers plan programs to generate interest in products or services. They work with art directors, sales agents, and financial staff members.

Budget Analysts

Budget analysts help public and private institutions organize their finances. They prepare budget reports and monitor institutional spending.

Cost Estimators

Cost estimators collect and analyze data in order to estimate the time, money, materials, and labor required to manufacture a product, construct a building, or provide a service. They generally specialize in a particular product or industry.