These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.
Summary of Requirements
University Requirements
All new students are required to complete the university's General Education (GenEd) curriculum.
Note that students not continuously enrolled who have not been approved for a Leave of Absence or study elsewhere must follow University requirements current at the time of re-enrollment.
College Requirements
Students must meet College Graduation Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration, including the requirements of the major listed below. Students must attain an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher in the major and must maintain a 2.0 GPA overall in order to graduate as an entrepreneurship major. Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management students are expected to participate in the Entrepreneurial Student Association.
Major Requirements
Students must follow the Major Requirements and College Requirements current at the time of declaration. Students not continuously enrolled who have not been approved for a Leave of Absence or study elsewhere must follow University, College, and Major requirements current at the time of re-enrollment.
Requirements of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management Major
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SGM 3501 | Entrepreneurial and Innovative Thinking | 3 |
| SGM 3503 | Lean Startup: Fast and Inexpensive Ways to Test and Launch Your Ideas | 3 |
| SGM 4596 | Strategic Business Planning: Feasibility Assessment / Business Planning for Entrepreneurial Ventures 1 | 3 |
| Select one Entrepreneurial Internship elective: 2 | 3 | |
SGM 3585 | Social Impact Internship - Work with Benefit/B-corps, Non-profits, or Multi-bottom-line Ventures | |
SGM 3685 | New Venture Internship: Learning to be a High-Value Employee, Manager, or Founder | |
| Select one Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing elective: | 3 | |
SGM 3504 | Launch a New Venture in 100 Days | |
MKTG 3511 | Marketing Research | |
| Select one Entrepreneurial Breadth-Depth elective: | 3 | |
SGM 3511 | Doing Well by Doing Good: Where Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet Social Impact | |
SGM 3521 | Pitching and Funding Entrepreneurial Ventures | |
SGM 3504 | Launch a New Venture in 100 Days 3 | |
SGM 3585 | Social Impact Internship - Work with Benefit/B-corps, Non-profits, or Multi-bottom-line Ventures 3 | |
FIN 2527 | Digital Disruption in Financial Services | |
HRM 3501 | Power, Influence and Negotiation | |
HRM 3507 | Intrapreneurship in the 21st Century | |
IB 2509 | Short Study Trip Abroad: Doing Business in a Foreign Country 4 | |
IB 3596 | Global Entrepreneurship | |
MIS 3536 | Information Systems Innovation with AI | |
MIS 3538 | Social Media Innovation | |
STHM 3426 | Entrepreneurship in Sport, Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality | |
SGM 3580 | Special Topics - Strategic Management 5 | |
SGM 3682 | Independent Study 6 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
- 1
This is the major capstone and all prerequisites must be met.
- 2
Although internships are not a prerequisite for SGM 4596, students are strongly encouraged to take SGM 3585/SGM 3685 prior to their final semester at Temple to optimize options at graduation and balance workload.
- 3
SGM 3504 or SGM 3585 can only be taken to satisfy Entrepreneurial Breadth-Depth Elective if not already completed to satisfy other major course requirements.
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Students interested in enrolling in IB 2509 should be aware that it is a competitive program and, if accepted, their project should be Entrepreneurship related. Please contact: study.abroad@temple.edu
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SGM 3580 course topics vary by semester. Approval of the academic director, chair, or approved department personnel is required. Not all SGM 3580 course topics are appropriate for EIM students.
- 6
SGM 3682 Independent Study projects will be identified or created by the department or may be proposed by faculty/students collaborating where coursework does not match student's goals or needs and faculty are available to oversee a project. Approval of the academic director, chair, or approved department personnel is required.
Notes
Students pursuing a double major in business can double-count a maximum of one course toward both majors.
Students pursuing a minor may not double count courses for the major and minor.