Specialization in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Through Academic Year 2020-2021

A management specialization in Entrepreneurship & Innovation provides a diverse set of options for students to hone their entrepreneurial skills.

4.0 credit units are required for the Entrepreneurship & Innovation specialization.

1 credit unit of the foundation courses in Entrepreneurship & Innovation:
MGMT 230  – Entrepreneurship (0.5 cu) and either MGMT 212  (Social Entrepreneurship – 0.5 cu) or MGMT 267 (Entrepreneurship & Technology Innovation – 0.5 cu).

Note: M&T students, and only M&T students, may use MGMT 237 (1.0 cu) to fulfill this requirement in place of MGMT 230 (0.5 cu) + MGMT 267 (0.5 cu).

3 credit units of:

• MGMT 117x  – Global Growth of Emerging Firms
• MGMT 212   – Social Entrepreneurship
• MGMT 213   – Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
• MGMT 214   – Technology & Innovation Strategy
• MGMT 229  – Intellectual Property Strategy
• MGMT 231  – Venture Implementation
• MGMT 233  – Strategies & Practices of Family-Controlled Companies
• MGMT 237  – Management of Technology (M & T students only)
• MGMT 249  – Mergers and Acquisitions
• MGMT 251  – Consulting to Growth Companies
• MGMT 264  – Venture Capital & Entrepreneurial Management
• MGMT 265  – Culture of Technology
• MGMT 267  – Entrepreneurship & Technology Innovation
• MGMT 291  – Negotiations
• FNCE 250   –  Venture Capital & the Finance of Innovation
• FNCE 251   –  Finance of Buyouts & Acquisitions
• HCMG 391  – Health Care Entrepreneurship
• LGST 213    –  Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship
• MKTG 221  – New Product Management*
• MKTG 227  – Marketing & Electronic Commerce
• MKTG 234  – Creativity
• MKTG 241   – Entrepreneurial Marketing
• MKTG 262  – New Product Development*
• OIDD 236   – Scaling Operations in Tech Ventures
• OIDD 314    – Enabling Technologies
• OIDD 415    – Product Design
• REAL 396   – Real Estate Entrepreneurship

Note:
*Either MKTG 221 – New Product Management or MKTG 262 – New Product Development may count towards the specialization but not both.

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Students may petition to substitute other courses toward the requirements of the specialization. Such requests will be expected to demonstrate that the student is pursuing a coherent plan of entrepreneurship and innovation studies at Wharton. Petitions should be sent in writing to Allison Elias – 2013 SH-DH (215-898-1149).

For course days/times, see the course timetable on the Penn Registrar’s website

For additional information on resources available to undergraduates interested in entrepreneurship see the Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship website.