Eco-Entrepreneurship Certificate

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Certificate Requirements

The certificate is open to ALL undergraduate students.

Basics of entrepreneurship:

Three credits from the following:

ENTR 156 - From Ideas to Action Credit(s): 1
ENTR 157 - Venturing for Good Credit(s): 1
ENTR 158 - Inventions, Innovations & New Technologies Credit(s): 1
ENTR 350 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship Credit(s): 3
ENTR 420 - Social Entrepreneurship Credit(s): 3

Environmental Problems and Challenges

One of the following:

ENSC 300 - Earth Systems: Science and Policy Credit(s): 3
ENWC 201 - Wildlife Conservation and Ecology Credit(s): 3
GEOG 235 - Conservation of Natural Resources Credit(s): 3
GEOG 311 - Economic Geography & Uneven Development Credit(s): 3
GEOL 105 - Geological Hazards and Their Human Impact Credit(s): 3
MAST 200 - The Oceans Credit(s): 3
SOCI 325 - Disasters and Society Credit(s): 3

Eco-Entrepreneurship Practicum:

One of the following:

ENTR 455 - Startup Experience I Credit(s): 3
ENTR 489 - Eco-Entrepreneurship Practicum Credit(s): 3

Note:

Substitutes for the “Eco-entrepreneurship practicum” will be allowable if and only if the substitute provides a meaningful opportunity for students to gain first-hand experience in pursuing the development of a novel solution to an environmental or ecological problem (ENTR 364 ).

Students seeking approval for a course substitute will be required to submit a request in writing to the certificate’s faculty director. The request should indicate the course being proposed as a substitute and address how the course activities/project(s) can be expected to satisfy the criterion noted above.