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Course Online Syllabus

Spring 2011

Department EDENCourse Number6350 Section Number23533
Name of Course Intro Eco Dev/Entrepreneurship
Name of Instructor Summers,David F

This information may not constitute all course policies; students are responsible for all course requirements established by their instructors during the semester and all institutional policies as established in the UHV student handbook.

The syllabus for this course has not been submitted.



Learning Objectives

As a result of this course, students will

  1. Research and develop a topic related to entrepreneurship, or economic development, or both.
  2. Describe the wealth creating process.
  3. Analyze the current practices of wealth creation.
  4. Critically examine the profession of economic development.

Major Assignments/Exams

Discussion Board 25
Exams 50
Research Paper 25

Required Reading

Richard Florida, Who's Your City,2008 ed., ISBN 9780465003525.

Friedman, Thomas L., The World Is Flat (Updated and Expanded): A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century,Exp&Updtd ed., ISBN 0374292795.

Joel Kotkin, The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050, ed., ISBN 9781594202445.


Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.


List of Discussion/Lecture Topics


Course topics have not been submitted.