Curriculum
Topics covered in the curriculum include the entrepreneurial mind, opportunity identification and verification, financing, venture planning, managing family and closely held enterprises, venture capital, startup challenges, legal issues facing entrepreneurs, creating an entrepreneurial culture and building highly proficient entrepreneurial teams. Students frequently benefit from the expertise of local and national leaders in the field. Students have the opportunity to join the Barbara Glazer Weinstein & Jerome S. Glazer Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Living Learning Community.
- Major electives (12)
- Business elective (3)
- EEE 375 - Entrepreneurial Family Business Management
- EEE 378 - Imagination, Entrepreneurship and Creative Problem Solving
- EEE 482 - Entrepreneurial Marketing
- EEE 400 - Selected Topics
- EEE 420 - Corporate Entrepreneurship
- EEE 424 - Entrepreneurial Deal Making
- EEE 422 - Entrepreneurial Turnarounds
- EEE 440 - Social Entrepreneurship in Action
- EEE 442 - Emerging Enterprise Law
- EEE 443 - Emerging Enterprise Consulting
- EEE 444 - Dilemmas and Debates in Entrepreneurship
- EEE 446 - Diversity and Entrepreneurial Opportunity
- EEE 450 - Sustainable Enterprise
- EEE 451 - Finance for Emerging Enterprises
- EEE 453 - LaunchPad
- EEE 476 - Advanced Topics in Family Business Management
- MAR 444 - New Product Management
Extracurricular Opportunities
The Couri Hatchery
The Couri Hatchery is a dynamic and student-centered coworking space and mentorship program that supports student ventures at every stage—from idea conception to startup, development and growth. The Hatchery provides funding and legal support, hosts business competitions, and sponsors programs and events to support student entrepreneurs.
The Entrepreneurship Club
The Entrepreneurship Club (eClub) is a dynamic and passionate group that brings students, faculty and local businesses together to spread entrepreneurship around the University campus and throughout the Syracuse community. The eClub is dedicated to encouraging the spirit of entrepreneurship among Syracuse students and to supporting the needs of students interested in entrepreneurship. Members team up with local entrepreneurs and businesses for entrepreneurship projects, to host guest speakers throughout the semester and to engage in various activities and conferences around the country—learning from those who have been there, done that.
The Goodman IMPRESS program
The Goodman IMPRESS Program is designed to provide all Whitman undergraduates with the skills and experiences employers seek, including leadership, communications, certifications, global context and industry exploration. All incoming students are placed in one of four “houses.” Within these houses, they experience healthy competition as they develop their extracurricular skills under the direction of four committed and excellent house masters who teach the introductory business course and serve as their first faculty mentor, along with outstanding sophomore and junior peer facilitators.
Learn more about this program