Entrepreneurship and Innovation Specialization

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Specialization

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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The entrepreneurship and innovation specialization prepares you to start and manage all types of ventures. As part of this specialization, you can partner with high-technology inventors to work on real-life products. Courses stress creativity, feasibility analysis, marketing, financing and intellectual property.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP SCHOLARSHIP

The Merrick School of Business at The University of Baltimore is excited to announce a new scholarship opportunity for MBA students specializing in entrepreneurship. Thanks to an anonymous grant, we are creating the Entrepreneurship Opportunity Scholars program. This program supports you with scholarship funding while you launch a new business venture. This is a competitive process with a maximum of five scholarships valued at $8,620 per year. The awardees will also receive a financial stipend of $1,000 per year. This is a great way to live out your entrepreneurial dreams and simultaneously earn your UBalt MBA.

Apply to the MBA program and fill out this separate scholarship application by June 23, 2024.

Check out more funds on the School's Scholarship page.

MBA Program Requirements and Specialization Courses

Foundation Courses (0-12 Credits)

Up to 12 Foundation Credits may be waived. Please speak with your adviser.
Course No.	Title	Credits
ACCT 505	Accounting Essentials Prerequisite: Graduate Standing	1.5
ECON 505	Micro Economics Prerequisite: Graduate Standing	1.5
ECON 506	Macro Economics Prerequisite: Graduate Standing	1.5
FIN 505	Essentials of Finance	1.5
MKTG 505	Marketing Essentials Prerequisite: Graduate Standing	1.5
OPM 505	Introduction to Operations Management Prerequisite: Graduate Standing	1.5
OPRE 505	Fundamentals of Statistics Prerequisite: Graduate Standing	1.5
OPRE 506	Managerial Statistics Prerequisite: OPRE 505	1.5

Required Core Courses (15 Credits)

All students in the MBA program take these Required Core Courses.
Course No.	Title	Credits
ACCT 605	Performance Management and Accounting Controls Prerequisites: ACCT 505 or equivalent.	3
ECON 605	Business and Public Policy in a Global Economy Prerequisites: ECON 505 and ECON 506.	1.5
ENTR 605	Creativity and the Entrepreneurial Mindset Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.	1.5
FIN 605	Financial Management Prerequisites: FIN 505 or with permission.	1.5
INSS 605	IT for Business Transformation Prerequisite: Graduate Standing	3
MGMT 605	Leading with Integrity Prerequisite: Graduate Standing	1.5
MKTG 605	Marketing Strategy Prerequisites: MKTG 504 or MKTG 505, or with permission.	1.5
OPRE 605	Business Analytics Prerequisites: OPRE 504 or OPRE 505 and OPRE 506, or with permission.	1.5

Flexible Core Courses (9 credits)

Are you more the **corporate type** or do you have an **entrepreneurial mindset**?
These Flexible Core Courses can be tailored to fit your career goals.
Course No.	Title	Credits
FIN 615	Entrepreneurial Finance Prerequisites: FIN 605 or with permission.	1.5
FIN 625	Corporate Finance Prerequisite: FIN 605	1.5
MGMT 615	Managing in a Dynamic Environment Prerequisites: MGMT 605 or MGMT 600	3
MGMT 625	Collaboration, Negotiation and Conflict Management Prerequisites: MGMT 605 or MGMT 600	3
MKTG 615	Entrepreneurial Marketing Prerequisite: MKTG 615	1.5
MKTG 625	Customers and Markets Prerequisite: MKTG 605	1.5
OPM 615	Innovation and Project Management Prerequisites: OPM 505 or MGMT 506	3
OPM 625	Operations and Supply Chain Management Prerequisites: OPM 505 or MGMT 506	3

Capstone Course (3 Credits)

You are close to graduating. It's time to step up your game with the experiential Capstone Course.
Course No.	Title	Credits
MGMT 790	Strategic Management Capstone Prerequisites: ACCT 605, ECON 605, ENTR 605, FIN 605, INSS 605, MGMT 605, MKTG 605, OPRE 605	3

Specialization Courses (9 Credits)

**Choose 9 credits from the following:**
Course No.	Title	Credits
ENTR 750	Leading and Managing Innovation Prerequisite: ENTR 605	3
ENTR 760	Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Prerequisite: FIN 505 or with permission of instructor	3
ENTR 771	The Design/Business Link Prerequisite: MKTG 505 or permission of instructor	3
ENTR 792	Special Topics in Entrepreneurship	1.5
ENTR 795	Entrepreneurship Practicum Prerequisite: ENTR 605	3
ENTR 797	Special Topics in Entrepreneurship	3
FIN 770	New Venture Financing Prerequisite: FIN 605 or FIN 640	3
LAW 761	Patents	3
MGMT 798	Global Field Study Prerequisite: ENTR 605; Departmental consent; may only be applied once.	3
MKTG 762	Market Opportunity Analysis Prerequisite: MKTG 605 or permission of instructor	3

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Specialization