Entrepreneurship Minor

The Farley Center's undergraduate minor in entrepreneurship is open to students from all undergraduate schools at Northwestern. It is designed for students who are interested in pursuing a practical education in how to start a business or how to make innovation a cornerstone of their career paths. 

The minor requires 8 courses, including 5 core courses and 3 electives. At least 4 units of coursework must be unique to this minor program. These units cannot be applied to any other minor or certificate program, or the major requirements of any degree program. Such coursework may fulfill McCormick Social Sciences/Humanities (Theme), WCAS distribution requirements, or other unrestricted electives. Courses with a grade lower than “C-” (C minus) cannot be applied to the minor. 

To declare the Entrepreneurship minor, students should submit the minor declaration form in MAS (McCormick Advising System) at least one year prior to their expected graduation date.

Please also note that many of our graduate level courses are open to undergraduate students. Refer to the Farley Center website for a complete listing of all courses and the most up-to-date information on the minor program. 

Core courses:

  • ENTREP 225-0 Principles of Entrepreneurship 
  • ENTREP 331-0 Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing and select Special Topics courses
  • ENTREP 330-1 Startup Accounting and Finance and select Special Topics courses
  • ENTREP 360-0 Leadership, Ethics, and You,ENTREP 365-0 Tech Ethics and Business Integrity (open to students admitted to the Farley Bay Area Quarter only), and select Special Topics courses
  • Any Farley Center experiential course: includes all NUvention courses, ENTREP 325-0 Engineering Entrepreneurship, ENTREP 340-0 Innovation for Impact, ENTREP 425-0 Consulting for Wearable Technology, ENTREP 490-0 Product Management, and select Special Topics courses

Electives:

  • Any Farley Center course
  • The following pre-approved coursework from other schools and programs on campus. Any outside coursework to be applied to the minor must be approved by the Farley Center in advance and must be in compliance with double-counting rules. Students may petition courses not on this list in MAS. Please write to farley@northwestern.edu with questions.
    • BUS_INST 301 Accounting
    • BUS_INST 302 Marketing Management
    • BUS_INST 303 Leadership In Organizations
    • BUS_INST 321 Business and Economic Institutions in Historical Perspective
    • COMM_ST 302 Law of The Creative Process
    • COMM_ST 363 Bargaining and Negotiation
    • DSGN 305 Human-Centered Service Design
    • DSGN 308 Human-Centered Product Design
    • DSGN 350 Intellectual Property and Innovation
    • DSGN 382 Service Design Studio I & II
    • DSGN 384 Interdisciplinary Product Design Projects I & II
    • JOUR 319 Entrepreneurial Approaches to Media Innovation
    • LDRSHP 304 Leading from Design
    • LOC 312 Modern Organization and Innovations
    • DSGN 430 Product Management