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Sample Syllabi

First-Year Seminars

Women Entrepreneurs in Literature and Life
Professor Anne Boyle, WGS, Fall 2004 FYS

Biological Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Professor Bill Conner, Biology, Spring 2005 FYS

Understanding Entrepreneurship: A Sociological Perspective
Professor Ian Taplin, Sociology, Spring 2005 FYS

Entrepreneurship in Commerce, Philanthropy, and Politics
Professor Dan Hammond, Economics, Spring 2005 FYS

Professional Baseball: The Globalization of a National Pasttime
Professor Hank Kennedy, Political Science, Fall 2005 FYS

Border Crossings: Creativity in the mix and the margins
Professor Lynn Book, Theatre, Fall 2005 FYS

Games and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture
Professor Yue-Ling Wong, Computer Science, Fall 2005 FYS

Social Entrepreneurship: Doing Good While Doing Well
Professor Cynthia Skaar, Calloway School of Business, Spring 2006 FYS

American Indian Communities in Urban America: Toward Cultural and Economic Well Being
Professor Ulrike Wiethaus, Humanities, Spring 2006 FYS

Biomimetics: Nature's Way
Professor Bill Conner, Biology, Fall 2006 FYS

Harnessing Life's Molecular Machines: From Aids tests to Hydrogen Cars
Professor Jed Macosko, Physics, Spring 2007 FYS

Artists Inventing Markets
Professor Bernadine Barnes, Art, Spring 2008 FYS

Entrepreneurs In American History
Professor Robert Whaples, Economics, Fall 2008 FYS

The Dirt on Development
Professor Emily Wakild, History, Fall 2008 FYS

Upper-Level Seminars

The Business of Biotechnology
Professor Ray Kuhn, Biology, 2004/05

Free Trade, Fair Trade: Independent Entrepreneurs in the Global Market Professor
Jeanne Simonelli, Anthropology, Fall 2007 (ESE201/ANT301)

Accounting and Financial Management for Entrepreneurs
Professor Terry Baker, Accounting, Spring 2006

Writing For A Purpose
Mary Martin Niepold, English/Journalism, Spring 2008 (ESE203/JOU283)

Building a Better Biology Textbook: The Accessible Textbook Project
Professor Dan Johnson, Biology, Spring 2007 (ESE202)

Religious Intolerance in the United States
Professor Lynn Neal, Religion, Spring 2008 (ESE306)

ESE Courses

Arts Entrepreneurship
Professor Lynn Book, Faculty Fellow in Creativity, Spring 2008, (ESE210)

Creativity and Innovation
Professor Jan Detter, Spring 2008, (ESE100)

Entrepreneurship in Art Education and Educational Outreach: Cuban Artists' Books and Prints Exhibition: 1985-2008
Professor Linda Howe, Romance Languages, Fall 2008

Foundations of Entrepreneurship
Bren Varner, Entrepreneurship, Spring 2008 (ESE101)

Foundations of Entrepreneurship
Ben King, Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, Spring 2008 (ESE101)

Marketing for Entrepreneurs
Bob Fly, Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, Spring 2009 (ESE111)

Venture Capital: From an Entrepreneurs Perspective
Bren Varner and John Abraham, Spring 2008 (ESE302)

New Venture Planning
Ben King, Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, Fall 2007 (ESE301)

New Venture Planning
Bren Varner and Ben King, Spring 2007 (ESE301)

Financial Knowledge for Entrepreneurs
Bren Varner, Fall 2007 (ESE303)

Entrepreneurship
Professor Elizabeth Gatewood, Entrepreneurship, Spring 2006 (BUS213)

Entrepreneurship
Professor Page West, Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, Fall 2007 (BUS213)

Values, Entrepreneurship and Environmental Sustainability
Professor Dilip Kondepudi, Chemistry; Professor Herman Rapaport, English, Spring 2008 (ESE 305)