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EEE 5503 Designing, Prototyping, and Testing Creative Products Description: This course provides students’ a hands-on experience in making things. Students conceptualize, design, prototype, manufacture and sell a new product. The class exposes students to using 3D printers along with other makerspace tools. May not be used for degree credit with EEE 4503 or EEE 5503. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Entrepreneurship EEE 5513 Growing Small and Family Ventures Prerequisites: EEE 3023 or instructor permission. Description: Exploration of unique challenges involved when growing small and family-owned ventures. The life stages of emerging enterprises are examined. Issues addressed include resource needs, skill requirements, functional area development, and work-life balance. May not be used for degree credit with EEE 4533. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Entrepreneurship EEE 5603 Entrepreneurship Empowerment in South Africa Prerequisites: Instructor permission required. Description: Introduction to the supporting emerging enterprises assessment model. Includes focused attention on consulting within all the functional areas of an emerging enterprise operating under conditions of adversity. Periodic guest lectures by subject matter experts. Exposure to the local customs, business environment, and culture of entrepreneurs in a South African context. No credit for students with credit in EEE 4603. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Entrepreneurship EEE 5610 Advanced Entrepreneurship Practicum Prerequisites: EEE 5113. Description: Transfer of knowledge from entrepreneurship course work into practice through hands-on experiences, such as business development consulting projects, management of a venture capital fund, and creation of student-owned business. Course previously offered as MGMT 5610. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Entrepreneurship

EEE 5653 Venture Capital Prerequisites: EEE 5113, admission to MBA program or instructor permission. Description: Venture capital investing and the business development process. Exploration of how startups and early stage firms determine money needs, obtain financing and structure deals. No credit for students with credit in EEE 4653. Course previously offered as MGMT 5653. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Entrepreneurship EEE 5663 Imagination in Entrepreneurship Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Description: Exploration of creativity and ideation as they relate to the entrepreneurial process. Perspectives on opportunity discovery and assessment are examined. Theoretical and conceptual foundations for the application of creativity to business problem solving are investigated. May not be used for degree credit with EEE 4663. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Entrepreneurship EEE 5703 Project Management for Entrepreneurship Description: Understanding invaluable basic project management skills for startup entrepreneurs and innovators within existing organizations (intrapreneurs) and to successfully manage projects in general. No credit for students with credit in EEE 4703. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Entrepreneurship EEE 5713 Native American Entrepreneurship Description: Understanding the impact entrepreneurship thinking and behavior can have for Native Americans. Strategies and tactics to increase the number of new business ventures launched by Native Americans. No credit for students with degree credit in EEE 3713. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Entrepreneurship EEE 5803 Operating an Entrepreneurial Firm Description: Addresses how to develop and manage operations of an entrepreneurial firm in terms of inventory, manufacturing, building infrastructure, developing systems, etc. The objective is to familiarize students with unique issues facing the operations of a new business. No credit for students with credit in EEE 4803. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Entrepreneurship