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Course Online Syllabus

Spring 2011

Department EDENCourse Number6351 Section Number23534
Name of Course Fndmntls Entreprnrshp/Innovatn
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. Evaluate a business idea.
  2. Distinguish the differences between ideas and business ideas.
  3. Differentiate among the different types of entrepreneurial activity.
  4. Explain the entrepreneurial process
  5. Appraise the impact of entrepreneurship on the economy.

Major Assignments/Exams

Discussion Board 25
Article Critique and Analysis 10
Exams 30
Business idea creation and assessment project 35

Required Reading

William Bygrave and Andrew Zacharakis, The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship,4th ed., ISBN 9780470481318.

Scott Shane, The Illusions of Entrepreneurship,1st ed., ISBN 9780300113310.

Doug Hall, Jump Start Your Business Brain,1st ed., ISBN 1578601797.

Thomas K. McKnight, Will it Fly?,1st ed., ISBN 0130462217.

Osterwalder and Pigneur, Business Model Generation,1 st (2010) ed., ISBN 9780470876411.


Recommended Reading

Roger von Oeck, A Wack on the Side of the Head,3rd ed.


List of Discussion/Lecture Topics


Course topics have not been submitted.