Rice University

COURSES ON ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT

FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MAJORS


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     In today's business economy a significant number of technical students are pursuing careers in technology entrepreneurial firms. The Weiss School of Natural Science and the George R. Brown School of Engineering offer an extensive curriculum in engineering and science and students graduating from these programs are extremely well grounded in their technical field of specialization. Unfortunately, these students have no access to managerial concepts associated with new venture creation despite their strong interests in this area.

   To help prepare engineering and science students for careers in entrepreneurial organizations the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management in conjunction with the schools of Engineering and Science is pleased to offer the following entrepreneurial management curriculum focusing on providing an introduction to entrepreneurship for technical students at Rice University. The program consists of two courses held sequentially within an academic year. The courses are team taught in modular format by management faculty, entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial service providers.
 
     Examples of topics that will be covered include business practices, opportunity recognition, entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurial marketing and intellectual property. All the material covered will be in the context of new ventures. A key component of the program is a detailed examination of an actual technological innovation. This project provides the important link between the course materials and the practice of entrepreneurship.
 
 

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Courses previously offered

CHEM750/MSCI750/MGMT750 -Fall, 2000

CHEM750/MSCI751/MGMT751 - Spring, 2001

CHEM750/MSCI750/MGMT 750 - Fall, 2001

CHEM751/MSCI751/MGMT751 - Spring, 2002

CHEM750/MSCI750/MGMT 750 - Fall, 2002

CHEM750/MSCI750/MGMT 750 - Fall, 2003

CHEM751/MSCI751/MGMT751 - Spring, 2004

NSCI610/ENGI610 - FALL, 2006

NSCI610/ENGI610 - FALL, 2007

 

 
      The Board of Directors of the Coleman Foundation granted an Entrepreneurship Awareness and Education grant to be used for the development of this program. We wish to thank the Coleman Foundation for their generous support.
 
     The Board of Directors of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation have provided support for this program through the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences for 2001. We wish to thank the Dreyfus Foundation for their generous support.

Other Areas of Interest:

Jones Graduate School of Management

Department of Chemistry

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Coleman Foundation

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship

Barron Research Group