Minor in Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Minor student work will demonstrate:

• Disciplinary Knowledge and Skills • Proficiency in Industry-Standard Skills, Technologies, and Processes • Cross-Disciplinary Awareness and Practice
  Audience-Focused Research, Historical Context, and Field-Specific Discourse • Capacity to Identify and Solve Creative Problems
  Capacity to identify and solve problems, identify and understand target audiences, evaluate market competition, calculate expenses and profit / loss forecasts, and make sound business decisions that support creative and entrepreneurial practices.

Entrepreneurship Minor student work will demonstrate:

• Innovation • Experimentation and Play • Bravery in their Work and their Interactions with Others
  Developed entrepreneurial concepts, pursuits and exercises that shape the future creative economy and, where appropriate, challenge the status quo in ideation, leadership, methodology or specific business practices.

Entrepreneurship Minor student work will demonstrate:

• Self-Awareness • Capacity to Communicate (Orally, Written, and/or Visually) about their Practice • Capacity to Seek, Assemble, Evaluate, and Ethically Apply Information and Ideas from Diverse Sources
  Ability to clearly articulate one's entrepreneurial pursuits in ways that are compelling and convincing, supported by research and data.
• Analysis of Both Ethical and Aesthetic Impacts of Art and Design
  Demonstrate an awareness of the legal, social, ethical and environmental impacts of various art and design business models and practices.

Entrepreneurship Minor student work will demonstrate:

• Ability to Work Well, Collaborate, and Build Relationships across Differences in Identity, Perspective, Aesthetics and Disciplines
  Ability to leverage each collaborators' distinct strengths in support of shared vision and goals, and/or cross-promotion and support of each other's creative businesses.

• Awareness of Positionality – in the World, their Field, their Communities. • Integration of Skills and Concepts:
  Successful integration of skills, information and concepts between their majors and the Entrepreneurship minor, while understanding and articulating their position in their chosen fields.

Entrepreneurship Minor student work will demonstrate:

• Ability to define aspirations, future goals and their role within the creative economy.
  Defined aspirations, future goals and their role as a creative business person, whether in their own endeavors or in service of an employer.
• Awareness of audience and ability to cultivate relationships with others in their chosen fields. • Compelling presentation and exhibition skills, through Annual Exhibition, Capstone, and portfolios.
  Develop, pitch and launch a viable creative business that garners interest and support through cultivated relationships with potential collaborators, funders, clients, and customers.
• Proficiency in budgeting, time and project management. • Career readiness.
  Proficiencies in budgeting, time management, project ideation and management, constructive critique, personal initiative, leadership skills and an awareness of areas for growth.