Undergraduate Minors
- Accounting
- Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Marketing
- Technology, Innovation and Supply Chain
The Rady School of Management’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Minor is designed to provide students with a strong understanding of business and entrepreneurship theory, practices, and applications. The E&I Minor will appeal to creative and ambitious undergraduate students who envision launching and managing their own business or entering careers in innovation-driven fields. In this program, students will:
The curriculum includes a two-course practicum requirement, Innovation to Market (MGT 121A and 121B), that will give students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of entrepreneurial theories and innovative thinking strategies in a classroom setting.
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor cannot be declared with the Business Minor due to curricular overlap.
You may declare a minor through Tritonlink by using the Major/ Minor Tool. For more information on how to declare, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.
The Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor consists of seven courses (28 units). Students will be required to complete two practicum courses (8 units), three core courses (12 units), and 8 units of elective courses. In order to complete the E&I Minor, students must comply to the following:
Find the list of tentative Rady classes for the academic year on the undergraduate webpage.
To plan your Entrepreneurship & Innovation Minor courses, please visit our Resources page to access the Rady Program Requirements Sheet.
Core Requirements (12 units)
Practicum Requirement (8 units)
Elective Courses (8 units)
Select from the following courses:
*Please contact Rady Advising to have this course added to your degree audit
The Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Rady School of Management was founded to support and catalyze the University of California’s innovation leadership and entrepreneurship initiatives.
Under the direction of Tim Schwartz, the CIID program has grown to include the StartR accelerator programs, Triton Innovation Challenge, and Rady Venture Fund. All of these programs, combined with the many other unique learning opportunities of the Rady School, provide students with the opportunity to explore the many sides of innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Triton Innovation Challenge is a business competition focused on fostering creativity and bringing to the spotlight commercially promising, environmentally focused technologies generated by the finest minds at UC San Diego. Supported through the generosity of The William and Kathryn Scripps Family Foundation Inc., the program is presented through a partnership of the Rady School of Management, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Jacobs School of Engineering. The competition awards cash prizes totaling $20,000 to support new and innovative ideas that relate to the environment (comes from, inspired by, or directly impacts nature.)
The Basement’s student-centric mission is to stimulate, encourage and serve the entrepreneurial spirit of UC San Diego students by providing a co-work and incubation space. As a shared campus-wide enterprise managed by Alumni and Community Engagement, The Basement is part of a collective comprised of campus partners, alumni leaders, Alumni and Community Engagement and Career and Professional Development staff.
Learn more about The Basement Incubator Program at ucsdbasement.com or contact: thebasement@ucsd.edu.