Entrepreneurship Courses and Minors

Entrepreneurship Courses

• A university-wide minor in Entrepreneurship is available to all undergraduates at any college or School (except Dyson, see the Dyson School Concentration in Entrepreneurship). The minor requires 16.5 credits.
• The Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management Concentration in Entrepreneurship
• eLab ( NBA 6230 / NBA 6330 Actualizing Your Startup – Part I and Part II)  is Cornell’s competitive student business accelerator program open to students in any college/school

Sortable Course List

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Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Topic	School	Ugrad?	Offered 23/24	Credits
Fall	HADM 3610	Communication for Entrepreneurs	Fundamentals	Nolan	Yes	No	3
Fall	NBAY 6090, NBA 6090, AEM 4095	Digital Marketing	Fundamentals	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Fall	AEM 2220	Dilemmas in Entrepreneurship	Fundamentals	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	AEM 5110	Design and Innovation	Ideation	Dyson	No	Yes	3
Fall	ENGRG 4960	Entrepreneurial Practicum in Engineering	Fundamentals	Engineering	Yes	Yes	1 to 4
Fall	HADM 3135	Conversations with Entrepreneurs	Fundamentals	Nolan	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	HADM 6135	Conversations with Entrepreneurs	Fundamentals	Nolan	No	Yes	3
Fall	MAE 1270, MAE 2270, ENGRG 1270, ENGRG 2270	Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Engineers	Fundamentals	Engineering	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	NBA 5070	Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers	Fundamentals	Johnson	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	NBA 6395	Entrepreneurial Mindset	Fundamentals	Johnson	No	Yes	0.5
Fall	CHEME 5730, MAE 4351, MSE 5070	Interdisciplinary Design Concepts	Ideation	Engineering	Yes	Yes	4
Fall	DEA 1110, COGST 1111	Making a Difference by Design	Ideation	Human Ecology	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	NBA 5380	The Business Idea Factory	Ideation	Johnson	Yes	Yes	1.5
Fall	NBAY 5180	Design Thinking	Ideation	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Fall	TECHIE 5325	Research for Startup Nation: Innovation in Israel iTrek Trip	Ideation	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	0.5
Fall	NBAY 6085	Leadership Insights for Building Ventures	Teams	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Fall	ENMGT 6020	Managing a Culture of Innovation	Teams	Engineering	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	HADM 4130	Entrepreneurial Management	Teams	Nolan	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	HADM 6130	Entrepreneurial Management	Teams	Nolan	No	Yes	3
Fall	ILRHR 6611	Seminar in Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Organizations	Teams	ILR	Yes	No	4
Fall	NBA 5115	BR Tech Strategy	Strategy	Johnson	No	No	0.5
Fall	NBAY 6210	Technology Management	Strategy	Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Fall	LAW 6335, NBA 6960	Emerging Growth Companies and Venture Capital Financing	Venture Financing	Law	No	No	2
Fall	LAW 7166	Deals Seminar: Capital Markets Transactions	Venture Financing	Law	No	No	3
Fall	NBA 5075, LAW 6114	Big Red Ventures	Venture Financing	Johnson	No	Yes	3
Fall	NBAY 5300	Entrepreneurial Finance	Venture Financing	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Fall	NBAY 5301	Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance: Firm Valuation and Term Sheets	Venture Financing	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1
Fall	PAM 5843	Startup funding	Venture Financing	Human Ecology	No	No	1
Fall	NBA 3000, NBA 5640	The Business of Entrepreneurship	Business Plan	Johnson	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	AEM 3249	Entrepreneurial Marketing and Strategy	Business Plan	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	NBA 6230	Actualizing Your Startup - Part I	Business Plan	Johnson	No**	Yes	1.5
Fall	NBA 5100	Social Entrepreneurship	Social Entrepreneurship	Johnson	No	Yes	1.5
Fall	AEM 3385	Social Entrepreneurship Practicum: Anabel's Grocery	Social Entrepreneurship	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	HADM 4315	Nonprofit Social Enterprise and Food Justice	Social Entrepreneurship	Nolan	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	NBA 5820	Leaders in Family Enterprise in Practice and Theory	Industry-Specific	Johnson	Yes	No	1.5
Fall	PUBPOL5990	Challenges and Trends in the Health Services Industry	Industry-Specific	Human Ecology	No**	Yes	1
Fall	LAW 7845	Advanced Entrepreneurship Law Clinic	Legal	Law	No	Yes	1 to 6
Fall	NBA 6890	Startup Legal Issues - Early Stage Financing and VC Terms	Legal	Johnson	No*	Yes	1.5
Spring	AEM 2220	Foundational Perspectives and Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship	Fundamentals	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	ENGRG 4610, MAE 4610, ORIE 4152	Entrepreneurship for Engineers	Fundamentals	Engineering	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	MAE 4610	Entrepreneurship for Engineers	Fundamentals	Engineering	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	ORIE 4152	Entrepreneurship for Engineers	Fundamentals	Engineering	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	ENGRG 4960	Entrepreneurial Practicum in Engineering	Fundamentals	Engineering	Yes	Yes	1 to 4
Spring	ILRHR 4660	Entrepreneurship and Small Business	Fundamentals	ILR	Yes	No	4
Spring	NBA 5070	Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers	Fundamentals	Johnson	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	NBA 6860	Startup Learning Series	Fundamentals	Johnson	Yes	Yes	1
Spring	NBAY 5640	Sales and Business Development	Fundamentals	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1
Spring	HADM 4144	Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset	Ideation	Nolan	Yes	Yes	1.5
Spring	HADM 6144	Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset	Ideation	Nolan	No	Yes	1.5
Spring	MSE 4070	Materials Design Concepts II	Ideation	Engineering	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	NBA 5380	The Business Idea Factory	Ideation	Johnson	Yes	Yes	1.5
Spring	NBA 6029	Leading Agile Innovation	Ideation	Johnson	No*	Yes	1.5
Spring	NBAY 5180	Design Thinking	Ideation	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Spring	AEM 4200	Dilemmas in Founding New Ventures	Teams	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	HADM 4130	Entrepreneurial Management	Teams	Nolan	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	HADM 6130	Entrepreneurial Management	Teams	Nolan	No	Yes	3
Spring	NBA 5645	Dilemmas in Founding New Ventures	Teams	Johnson	No	Yes	1.5
Spring	TECH 5120	Building and Leading New Venture Teams	Teams	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1
Spring	AEM 4650, NBA 6650, AEM 5650	Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation	Strategy	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	MGMT 5640	Entrepreneurship Sandbox	Strategy	Dyson	No	Yes	1.5
Spring	NBAY 6570	Business Models	Strategy	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Spring	NBA 5075, LAW 6114	Big Red Ventures	Venture Financing	Johnson	No	Yes	3
Spring	NBA 5305	Entrepreneurial Finance: Valuation and Term Sheet Design	Venture Financing	Johnson	No**	Yes	1.5
Spring	NBA 5590	The Venture Capital Industry and Private Equity Markets	Venture Financing	Johnson	Yes	Yes	0.5
Spring	NBAY 5550	Entrepreneurship and Alternative Finance in Emerging Economies	Venture Financing	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Spring	NBA 3000, NBA 5640	The Business of Entrepreneurship	Business Plan	Johnson	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	NBA 6330	Actualizing Your Startup - Part II	Business Plan	Johnson	No**	Yes	3
Spring	TECH 5110	Early Adopters	Business Plan	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1
Spring	AEM 3385	Social Entrepreneurship Practicum: Anabel's Grocery	Social Entrepreneurship	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	CHEM 4040	Entrepreneurship in Chemical Enterprise	Industry-Specific	Engineering	Yes	Yes	1
Spring	NBA 4720	Managing Family and Privately Held Firms	Industry-Specific	Johnson	Yes	Yes	1.5
Spring	NBA 6720	Managing Family and Privately Held Firms	Industry-Specific	Johnson	No	Yes	1.5
Spring	FSAD 4444	Fiber Science & Apparel Design Futures	Industry-Specific	Human Ecology	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	NBA 6910	Physical Product Entrepreneurship	Industry-Specific	Johnson	Yes	Yes	1.5
Spring	AEM 4355	Healthcare Entrepreneurship: Perspectives and Controversies	Industry-Specific	Dyson	Yes	Yes	1.5
Spring	PAM 5813	Disruptive Innovation in Health Care I	Industry-Specific	Human Ecology	No	Yes	1.5
Spring	PUBPOL5990	Challenges and Trends in the Health Services Industry	Industry-Specific	Human Ecology	No**	Yes	1
Spring	VTMED 6749	Agile Innovation in Animal Health-Hackathon	Industry-Specific	Veterinary	No	Yes	1
Spring	GDEV 4050	Invention and Technology Commercialization: IP Mgmt for Scientists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs	Legal	Engineering	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	HADM 4800, HADM 6800	Law for Entrepreneurs	Legal	Nolan	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	LAW 7839	Entrepreneurship Clinic	Legal	Law	No	Yes	4
Spring	LAW 7845	Advanced Entrepreneurship Law Clinic	Legal	Law	No	Yes	1 to 6
Summer	PADM 5434	Fundraising	Venture Financing	Brooks	No	Yes	1
Summer	AEM 3380	Social Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Problem Solvers	Social Entrepreneurship	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Summer	HADM 1102	Entrepreneurship and Concept Development in the Food and Beverage Industry	Industry-Specific	Nolan	Yes	Yes	3
Spring	AEM 3110	Design and Innovation	Ideation	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	AEM 3110	Design and Innovation	Ideation	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	AEM 4940 – LEC 007	Creativity Sprint: an Entrepreneurship Hackathon	Ideation	Dyson	Yes	Yes	1.5
Fall	LAW 6470	High Growth Corporate Transactions	Venture Financing	Law	No	Yes	2
Fall	NBAY 6080	Building Entrepreneurial Ventures	Business Plan	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Fall	NBAY 6560	Valuations	Venture Financing	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Fall	NBA 5175	Life Science Entrepreneurship in Practice	Industry-Specific	Johnson	No	Yes	3 to 6
Fall	NBAY 6085	Leadership Insights for Building Ventures	Teams	Cornell Tech	No	Yes	1.5
Fall	AEM 1600	The Business of Modern Medicine	Industry-Specific	Dyson	No	Yes	1
Fall	AEM 5110	Design and Innovation	Ideation	Dyson	No	Yes	3
Fall	AEM 4415	Pre-Engagement with Social Enterprises in Emerging Markets	Social Entrepreneurship	Dyson	Yes	Yes	1.5
Fall	AEM 4420	Emerging Markets	Social Entrepreneurship	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	AEM 4421	Research in Emerging Markets	Social Entrepreneurship	Dyson	Yes	Yes	3
Fall	FSAD 4660	Textiles, Apparel and Innovation	Industry-Specific	Human Ecology	Yes	Yes	3

* May be possible for undergrads to be admitted off waitlist
** Undergrads require instructor permission