Entrepreneurial Studies Courses

ENTR 2P51
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs and the new venture creation process: attributes of entrepreneurs and the processes involved in successfully launching new enterprises.
Lectures, discussion, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SPMA majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must hold a minimum 3.0 overall credits. Not open to BBA and BAcc majors.
Note: students minoring in Business may register prior to date specified in Registration guide. Contact the Faculty of Business Academic Adviser.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ENTR 3P45.

ENTR 3P45
Entrepreneurial Management
Theories of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, entrepreneurial attributes, new venture creation processes, business plan preparation.
Lectures, discussion, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to BBA and BAcc majors. In Winter term open to BBA Co-op majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisites: FNCE 2P91, MKTG 2P91 and OBHR 2P91.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ENTR 2P51.

ENTR 3P52
Creativity and the Entrepreneur
Exploration of creative and personal entrepreneurial abilities. Topics include sources of ideas and their transformation into commercial opportunities, environmental scanning, trend identification and futurism.
Lectures, discussion, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ENTR 2P51 or 3P45.

ENTR 3P93
New Venture Management
Development of management concepts and techniques relevant to new and growing enterprises. Adaptations of management techniques due to limitations of management time and resources in early stage companies and changes to management approaches as companies grow.
Lectures, discussion, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ENTR 2P51 or 3P45.
Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.

ENTR 3P94
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Management of innovation and entrepreneurship in midsized and larger organizations. The role of leadership in developing and maintaining innovation and entrepreneurship and the mechanisms for stimulating organizational growth and entrepreneurial culture. How organizations respond to innovation.
Lectures, discussion, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ENTR 2P51 or 3P45.
Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.

ENTR 3P96
Venture Capital and the Entrepreneur
Financial challenges and strategies for new and growing ventures; evaluating and packaging new venture opportunities; importance of business angel and venture capital finance.
Lectures, discussion, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ENTR 3P45.

ENTR 3P98
Family Business
Theories, research and current practices relating to family business management. Topics include the importance of family businesses, the role of the founder and the entrepreneur, intergenerational succession, going outside the family, managing conflict, strategic management of the family business.
Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to BAcc and BBA majors with a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: OBHR 2P91.
Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in MGMT 4P98 and 4V98.

ENTR 3V90-3V99
Topics in Entrepreneurship I
Courses in specialized areas within the discipline.

ENTR 4F90
Research Topic
Directed intensive study and research under the supervision of a faculty member in an area in which the student has shown particular competence.
Restriction: open to BBA, BBE and combined Business majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits and permission of the Chair and supervising faculty member.
Note: to be chosen in consultation with the supervising faculty member.

ENTR 4P10
Planning New Venture Creation
Identification and assessment of appropriate forms for commercial development of new ventures. Strategic and operational planning relevant to the creation of an entrepreneurial firm. Preparation of a formal business plan.
Lectures, case discussion, presentations, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ENTR 2P51 or 3P45.
Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ENTR 3P91 and 3P92.

ENTR 4P91
Research Topic
Directed study or research under the supervision of a faculty member in an area in which the student has shown particular competence.
Restriction: open to BBA, BBE and combined Business majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits and permission of the Chair and supervising faculty member.
Note: to be chosen in consultation with the supervising faculty member.

ENTR 4P93
International Dimensions of Entrepreneurship
Strategies to recognize global opportunities and to use global networks for resources, design and distribution of goods and services for customers in other parts of the world.
Lectures, case discussion, presentations, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ENTR 2P51 or 3P45.
Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ENTR 4V93.

ENTR 4V90-4V99
Topics in Entrepreneurship II
Courses in specialized areas within the discipline.