About the ENTI Minor
This interdisciplinary minor uses problem-based learning to prepare students in any major to create value (including new products) and be agents of positive change. The world needs new innovative products, services and solutions in all disciplines: arts, business, engineering, science, agriculture, healthcare, communication, education.
The ENTI courses develop skills in problem solving, opportunity recognition, self-efficacy (your belief in your ability to succeed), leadership, communications and learning from failure. Your major at Penn State ensures you have specific skills and knowledge. The ENTI Minor broadens your education and Penn State experiences, so you see challenges as opportunities, and you can thrive in a job, class or activity that includes unknowns, deadlines and ambiguities.
Innovative and entrepreneurial people working in established organizations are called intrapreneurs, and are valuable in every type of organization. Innovative and entrepreneurial people also free lance, assembling their career around their unique skills. The ENTI Minor can prepare you to be an intrapreneur, free-lancer or an entrepreneur.
To meet students' wide range of entrepreneurship and innovation interests, the ENTI Minor is structured in two parts:
- All students take the three core courses (9 credits) establish foundational knowledge:
MGMT 215 - Entrepreneurial Mindset (Sem: 1-5)
ENGR 310 - Entrepreneurial Leadership (Sem: 2-6)
MGMT/ENGR/IST 425 - New Venture Creation (Sem: 4-8)
- Students select a concentration area (called a cluster) that is aligned to specific interests and contexts. The five clusters available are Food and Bio-innovation, New Media, New Ventures, Social Entrepreneurship, and Technology Based Entrepreneurship.
Want more information? We want to hear from you!
Liz Kisenwether, Director, ENTI Minor
exk13@psu.edu
814-863-1531
101 IST-East Building or 213 Hammond Building
Brad Leve, Assistant Director, ENTI Minor
jbl15@psu.edu
814-865-1789
451B Business Building
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