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The Minor in Entrepreneurship is a signature program of the Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative that teaches students in the College of Arts and Sciences the necessary skills to be an entrepreneur.  The program consists of four classes and an internship.  Successful entrepreneurs serve as professors, directors, advisors, or guest speakers, lending their real-world expertise (Faculty and Staff).  The minor is currently offered in four tracks: commercial, social, scientific and artistic.

The Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative is a university-wide program that helps UNC students, faculty and staff learn to transform their ideas into new ventures of all kinds. The $11-million program is funded in part by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, managed by the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and led by faculty and staff across the university from an array of disciplines.

 

This minor is designed for students wishing to remain in another discipline but having an interest in the process of entrepreneurship. There are two tracks in the minor. One track is for students who have an interest in business entrepreneurship, and the other is for students with an interest in social entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is the mechanism by which new products, services, and organizational processes are identified, refined, and ultimately realized as a sustainable part of the society. There is a common process for the realization of both new commercial and social ventures. The minor will provide the student with the background to undertake entrepreneurial activity in either the business or social realm. An internship opportunity is a key component of the minor.

The minor is not open to undergraduate business majors. ECON 325, 327, and 328 cannot be counted toward an economics major.