MBA Major in Entrepreneurial Studies

Develop the entrepreneurial mindset, influence, skills and understanding you need to bring new ideas to the marketplace. Through hands-on experience, you’ll be ready to launch a startup, innovate for an established company, or develop sustainable solutions to important social problems.
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Recognize opportunity, generate ideas, foster innovation for an established company, validate innovative business models, gain buy-in from others, bring new technologies to market and launch new ventures.
Program Highlights
Gateway Location
Take advantage of career opportunities in the strategic Delaware location — within a few hours of Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, the growing tech scene of Wilmington, Delaware and New York City. Learn from accomplished faculty, as well as your classmates’ own professional experiences in a diverse set of business fields.
Unique Entrepreneurship Opportunities
Entrepreneurial studies majors are encouraged to participate in the many co-curricular and networking opportunities offered by Horn Entrepreneurship, such as the Hen Hatch startup funding competition, Free Lunch Friday sessions with expert entrepreneurs and the state-of-the-art Venture Development Center.
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Program Requirements
MBA majors require 5 courses in a particular field. All courses are worth 3 credits unless otherwise stated.
ENTR 654 – Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Choose 1 course from (creativity requirement):
ENTR 616 – Applied Creativity
ENTR 617 – Design Thinking and Innovation
BUAD 671 – Managing for Creativity and Innovation
Choose 1 course from (experiential requirement):
ENTR 655 – Startup Experience I
ENTR 658 – Developing New Technology-Based Products
Choose 2 courses from the list below or any other 600-level ENTR-designated courses:
ENTR 601 – Modeling, Prototyping & Testing
ENTR 602 – Industrial Design
ENTR 620 – Social Entrepreneurship
ENTR 650 – Business Accelerator for ENTR Ventures
ENTR 651 – Special Topics in Entrepreneurship
ENTR 660 – High Technology Entrepreneurship
ENTR 657 – Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs
ENTR 665 – User-Centered Research Methods for Entrepreneurship
ENTR 659 – Startup Finance & Raising Capital for Entrepreneurs
Career Opportunities
The creative nature of an entrepreneurial mindset inevitably means there are no limits to where you may take your career. Graduates with the MBA major in entrepreneurial studies at Lerner may pursue a career as an:
- Innovator and value creator (research & development)
- Team builder/leader/connector
- Business developer
- Social entrepreneur
News
- Join Us For Virtual MBA Drop-In Sessions (12/15/2020)
- Lerner Remote Resources (12/15/2020)
- Will You Be Our Business Partner? (4/27/2020)
- Lerner Graduate Student Stories: Larynette Ndah (4/15/2020)
Admissions Information
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