Wharton eClub

Academic Curriculum

Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program
Administered by the Wharton Management Department 2009-2010

The major consists of a total of five credit units, one of which is comprised of the first-year Management Core:

a) One credit unit (1 cu) of the Management Core (any combination of MGMT 621, MGMT 652, MGMT 654, MGMT 655 up to a maximum of 1.0 cu)

b) MGMT 801: Entrepreneurship (0.5 cu) is required for the major.  Students are strongly encouraged to take this course before the entrepreneurial courses listed in section ‘c’ below.

c) Three and a half credit units (3.5 cu) of the following:

 FNCE 750  Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation
 HCMG 866
 eHealth: Business Models and Impact
 HCMG 867
 Health Care Entrepreneurship (0.5 cu)
 LGST 813
 Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship
 MGMT 731
 Technology Strategy (0.5 cu)
 MGMT 802
 Change, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (0.5 cu)
 MGMT 804
 Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Management (0.5 cu)
 MGMT 806*
 Formation and Implementation of Entrepreneurial Ventures
 MGMT 809
 Private Equity in Emerging Markets (0.5cu)
 MGMT 810*
 Societal Wealth Venturing
 MGMT 811
 Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (0.5 cu)
 MGMT 816
 Building Human Assets in Entrepreneurial Ventures (0.5 cu)
 MGMT 833
 Strategies and Practices of Family-Controlled Companies
 MGMT 893
 Advanced Study Project in Entrepreneurial Management (0.5 cu or 1 cu)
 MGMT 899
 Independent Study in Entrepreneurial Management (0.5 cu or 1 cu)
 MKTG 768
 Special Topics: Monetizing Emerging Interactive Media
 MKTG 781
 Entrepreneurial Marketing (0.5 cu)
 MKTG 890
 Global Consulting Practicum (1.0 cu can count toward the major)
 OPIM 651
 Innovation, Problem Solving, and Design (0.5 cu)
 OPIM 654
 Product Design and Development
 OPIM 662
 Enabling Technologies (0.5 cu)
 REAL 891
 Real Estate Entrepreneurship (0.5 cu)
 
*MGMT806 and MGMT810 apply a common theoretical framework to businesses with differing value propositions; therefore, students should not plan their course of study to include both of these courses.

d) One credit unit (1 cu) of the following may be substituted to meet the requirements under (c) above:

 FNCE 751
 Finance of Buyouts and Acquisitions
 MGMT 691/
 OPIM 691/
 LGST 806 
 Negotiations
 MGMT 721
 Corporate Development: Mergers & Acquisitions
 MGMT 773
 Managing Organizational Change
 MGMT 890
 Advanced Study Project in Management
 MGMT 891
 Advanced Study Project in Strategic Management
 MGMT 892
 Advanced Study Project in Human Resource and Organizational Management
 MGMT 894
 Advanced Study Project in Multinational Management
 MKTG 753
 New Product Management (0.5 cu)
 MKTG 755
 Advertising Management (0.5 cu)
 MKTG 756
 Marketing Research
 MKTG 777
 Marketing Strategy