Requirements | Entrepreneurship Minor

This 15-credit minor equips undergraduate students from any background or area of study with the necessary skills and experience to translate ideas into real impact in the arts, sciences, commercial, and social areas.

The Entrepreneurship Minor is open to all undergraduate students, no application is required. Students who wish to pursue the minor should schedule an advising appointment.

In order to declare a student must be:

• Sophomore standing and above
• In good academic standing
• Have a declared major

Entrepreneurial education is focused on equipping students to “Be The Difference.” It is therefore a truly multidisciplinary activity that includes teachings from a variety of disciplines and focuses at its core on an approach that values immersive experiences.

Interested students should email EntrepreneurshipMinor@umich.edu for more information.

Requirements of the Minor

15 credits are required to fulfill this minor. All minor coursework must be taken on a graded basis (unless the class is mandatory pass/fail or credit/no credit) and students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher within the minor coursework.

Core*

3 credits of fundamentals that establish a foundation in creativity, innovation, and business approaches:

ES 212/UC 214 (3 credits): Entrepreneurial Business Basics (for all non-BBA students)
ES 250 (only for BBA)

02-03

Ideation Course

One course (2-3 credits) of ideation coursework is required. This course will teach the processes and tools needed to support bi-directional analysis to address how to create a solution for a particular (market) need or to create a (market) need for a solution. This would include problem identification, empathy building, stakeholder identification and engagement, moonshot thinking, and ideation prototyping.

06-07

Electives

A minimum of 6-7 credits from an approved list of electives. This presents students with an opportunity to explore disciplinary areas in more academic depth related to their entrepreneurial interests.

Practicum

The final part of the requirement for the Entrepreneurship Minor is a minimum of 3 credits of an immersive, experiential learning opportunity. The key to this practical experience is a strong focus on 1) the identification and opportunity recognition and also 2) the implementation and execution of the idea for a relatively large external audience.

Students must have completed ES 212 or ES 250 (BBAs only), an ideation course, AND meet senior standing to take a practicum.

Learn more on the courses page

* BBA students only complete 3 credits of Core and do not take ES 212: Entrepreneurial Business Basics

For those that declared the minor prior to Fall 2025

For those that declared the minor prior to Fall 23, the requirements are a total of 15 credits, broken down as follows:

BBAs Declaring Prior to F23:

ALA 223/Psych 223
6 credits of elective
6 credits of practicum

BBAs Declaring After F23:

ES 250
ALA 223/Psych 223
3 credits of elective
3 credits of practicum

For non-BBA Declaring Prior to F23:

ES 212/UC 214
ALA/PSYCH 223
3 credits of elective
6 credits of practicum

For non-BBA Declaring After F23:

ES 212/UC 214
ALA/PSYCH 223
6 credits of elective
3 credits of practicum

Any student who declared the minor prior to Fall 2025 but did not take ALA/PSYCH 223 and instead registered for a practicum in F25 will require a manual degree audit adjustment. Please fill out the Google Form to request an exception.

Replacing PSYCH 223 Requirement

Beginning in Fall 2025, PSYCH 223 will no longer be offered. Please refer to the guidelines below for information on how to replace this credit:

For students who have declared the minor AND taken ALA/PSYCH 223: there are no changes.
For students who are declared but have not taken ALA/PSYCH 223: you will need to take an additional 3 credits of practicum in lieu of this course.
For students planning on declaring: you can do so and complete 6 credits of practicum from the approved list.

Petitions

Given the nature of entrepreneurship education and the interdisciplinary nature of the coursework, students are welcome to petition for a class they have already taken or are currently taking to meet a requirement.

Petition Process