The innovation and entrepreneurship specialization combines academic and experiential learning components to provide an entrepreneurial skill set to deploy immediately upon graduation.
Whether your interest resides in founding an enterprise, working in an entrepreneurial culture, or joining a more established organization to focus on innovation, our program will prepare you to immediately contribute and lead.
Specialization Requirements
To have the innovation and entrepreneurship specialization notated on their transcripts, students must take the following courses:
MBA students only: The required Oregon MBA core courses of the Oregon MBA:
- 15 required core courses for full-time MBA students
- 7 required core courses for accelerated MBA students
- The specific courses required for the specialization (13 credits total)
- Electives of their own choosing from a wide range available in the Lundquist College of Business, as well as from other colleges and departments across the University of Oregon (3 credits minimum)
Specialization Courses
Required Courses
To earn the innovation and entrepreneurship specialization on their transcripts, students must take the required specialization core courses in the following order (starting in winter term):
- MGMT 635: Opportunity Recognition OR BIOE 610: Technology Entrepreneurship/Tech Ventures (3 credits, take in first winter term)
- MGMT 625: New Venture Planning (3 credits, take in first spring term)
- MGMT 645: New Venture Scaling (3 credits, take in second fall term)
- MGMT 655: New Venture Execution (4 credits, take in second winter term)*
*MGMT 655 can be taken a second time in spring and would count as a general elective toward the MBA degree (but would not count as a specialization elective).
Specialization Electives
Students must take a minimum of 3 credits worth of specialization electives:
- BIOE 610: Technology Entrepreneurship/Tech Ventures (3 credits)
- FIN 671: Corporate Finance and Valuation (3 credits)‡
- FIN 685: Alternative Investments (3 credits)
- J 548: Advertising Campaigns (4 credits)
- J 624: Strategic Communication (2 credits, Portland campus)
- LAW 610: Social Entrepreneurship (3 credits)*
- LAW 610: Startup Business (3 credits)*
- LAW 633: Business Planning (3 credits)*
- LAW 673: Patent Law and Policy (3 credits)*
- MGMT 510 Tech and Innovation (4 credits)
- MGMT 620: Global Business (3 credits)
- MGMT 635: Opportunity Recognition
- MKTG 660: Marketing Research (3 credits)
- OBA 510: Python Data Analytics (4 credits)
- OBA 544: Business Database Management Systems (4 credits)
- OBA 555: Data Driven Predictive Modeling (4 credits)
- PPPM 581: Fundraising for Nonprofits (4 credits)
- PPPM 685: Social Enterprise (4 credits)
- SBUS 645: Sports Products (3 credits)
- SPD 650: Sports Product Materials and Manufacturing (4 credits, Portland campus)
*These courses, taken through the law school, are on a three-semester schedule.
‡ This course is part of the required core curriculum of the MBA program. We strive to accommodate all students, but please note that MBA students are given priority in enrolling in these courses. Please reach out to the Lundquist College graduate advising and student experience team at lcbgradadvising@uoregon.edu with any questions.
Potential Electives for Non-MBA students‡
- BA 661: Advanced Strategy and Leadership (3 credits)
- BE 625: Business Law and Ethics (3 credits)
- MGMT 612: Managing Individuals and Organizations (3 credits)
- MGMT 614: Strategic Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 615: Leadership (3 credits)
- MGMT 623: Negotiation (3 credits)
- MGMT 640: Sustainable Business Development (3 credits)
- MKTG 612: Marketing Management (3 credits)
‡ These courses are part of the required core curriculum of the MBA program. We strive to accommodate all students, but please note that MBA students are given priority in enrolling in this course. Please reach out to the Lundquist College graduate advising and student experience team at lcbgradadvising@uoregon.edu with any questions.