Dec 07, 2025  
Ohio University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Ohio University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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MGT 3735 - Entrepreneurship in Practice


This course awards academic credit for individual students who have already started a small business (for-profit or non-profit, incorporated or not) or students who are interested in starting a new venture which they can conceptualize and in which they can actively work. The student meets weekly one-on-one with the faculty member, whose role is coach/mentor. Meeting times are arranged. The student’s work in the semester (including deliverables and assessment) is tailored to each individual student’s needs.

Requisites: Permission required. Application must be submitted to the director of the Center for Entrepreneurship for consideration
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to critically evaluate opportunities, ideas, processes, experiences, and outcomes associated with new venture creation.
  • Students will be able to describe the complex challenges inherent in the venture creation process and with regard to their proposed new ventures.
  • Students will be able to apply high ethical standards and act socially responsible in the venture creation process.
  • Students will be able to employ research, analytical skills, and creativity in identifying plausible solutions to those challenges for their new ventures and those of other students.
  • Students will be able to recommend solutions for risk management, resource leveraging, and business planning for their proposed ventures.
  • Students will be able to assess their entrepreneurial competencies, reflect on learning related to those competencies, and develop strategies for growth.



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