ENTR 4332 – Venture Launch (3 credits) 3 hours lecture In this course, students will be immersed in the issues encountered by entrepreneurs while starting a new venture. They will be challenged to evaluate and build upon the opportunities they developed in ENTR 3302 and consider industry, market and product research through the lens of the start-up phase of the venture life cycle. Contingency strategies will be developed as necessary after students receive feedback on progress and viability. Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship 2301 and 3302.
ENTR 4343 – Growing the Enterprise (3 credits) 3 hours lecture Our environment requires dynamic leaders who can contribute to and champion growth of both enterprises and changemaking organizations. In this experiential course, the focus will be on topics such as marketing, sales, financials, business modeling, opportunity valuation, next levels of fundraising, management team and founder as leader, and other topics related to growing enterprises. In addition, the reasons enterprises typically fail will be analyzed. Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship 2301 and 3302.
ENTR 4344 – Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship (3 credits) 3 hours lecture This course is designed to develop an understanding of the scope and complexity of the issues related to fostering and developing innovation and entrepreneurial endeavors within established enterprises, including the corporation. Topics to be examined include the challenges and opportunities for both employees and senior leaders in creating and maintaining a culture that fosters both intrapreneurial endeavors and corporate entrepreneurship. Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship 2301 or Entrepreneurship 3302
ENTR 4433 – Business Plan Development (3 credits) 3 hours lecture Students will be able to prepare and present a solid business plan for a new or existing enterprise. Areas covered will include identifying and assessing opportunities, developing a winning strategy, identifying resource requirements and selling the plan to financing sources. Prerequisites: Marketing 2150, Accounting 3224 and one of Management 2130, Entrepreneurship 2301, Social Innovation 2201.
Note: Only one of Entrepreneurship 3333 or 4433 can be used to satisfy program requirements.
ENTR 4434 – Small Business Practicum (3 credits – TG) 2 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial This course is designed to help students acquire the ability to rationally analyze the real life issues and problems of a currently operating small business. Teams of two students will work as consultants to an existing small business. This course provides the opportunity to integrate problems and apply knowledge by identifying, examining, and creating a recommended solution within a holistic framework. Prerequisites: Entrepreneurship 2010, Finance 4427 and Management 4431.
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ENTR 4435 – Small Business Strategy (3 credits – TG) 3 hours lecture Students will develop a comprehensive framework for the strategic management processes used in small business. Integrated cases will incorporate and expand upon concepts and analytical techniques introduced in previous courses. Strategic concepts will be applied through a term-long business decisions laboratory using an interactive medium. Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship 2010.
ENTR 4461 – The Entrepreneurial Manager (3 credits) 3 hours lecture This course contains experiential learning aspects and it addresses the issues addressed by owners/managers who attempt to create viable organizations out of identified opportunities in order to create value. It will empower students to develop their own unique approaches, systems, skills and methodologies to deal with unstructured situations in preparation to become entrepreneurial managers.
ENTR 2299, 3399 – Directed Readings
See Directed Readings which are listed alphabetically in this section of the calendar.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (ENVS) ENVS 1105 – Data Processing and Statistics (formerly ENVS 2205) (3 credits – TG) 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab The organization, processing, and presentation of quantitative data. Fundamental statistical ideas, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics (including Analysis of Variance, regression and correlation), statistical quality control and timeseries analysis will be covered. Laboratories will include the analysis of data using statistical software packages. Prerequisite: Mathematics 30-1.
ENVS 1111 – Professional Development, Health and Safety (formerly ENVS 2211) (3 credit) 3 hours lecture This course will prepare students for work experience through Professional Development activities. Recent developments, trends and opportunities in the environmental industry and the field of Industrial Ecology will be covered by representatives from industry and government. The Professional Development component will prepare students to search for work experience opportunities in the environmental field. As the labour market increasingly expects that employees practice due diligence in their adherence to mandated occupational health & safety legislation and regulations, students will be introduced to the general workplace health, safety and career development issues as they relate to the Canadian environmental industry. Within this context, students must demonstrate certifiable proficiencies in H2SAlive, First Aid with CPR, Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG), Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) and other strategies as required by industry.
ENVS 2010 – Directed Field Studies I (15 credits) Students will be assisted in finding a work-term placement. This normally will be in a business, industry or a research laboratory that deals with environmentally related problems. Completion of non-credit safety courses prior to the work placement will be required. Students will be mentored by a faulty member during the work-term. An oral and a written report, completed by the student, in addition to an evaluation carried out by the employer will be required following the work-term. Prerequisites: Successful completion of Semesters 1 to 4 of the Biogeochemical Process stream or the Physical Process stream courses or equivalents or consent of the department.
ENVS 2020 – Work Experience I (0 credits) 450 hours (minimum) Students will be assisted in finding a work-term placement. This normally will be in a business, industry or a research laboratory that deals with environmentally related problems. Completion of non-credit safety courses prior to the work placement will be required. Students will be mentored by a faculty member during the work term. An oral and a written report, completed by the student, in addition to an evaluation carried out by the employer will be required following the work-term. Prerequisite: Consent of the department.
ENVS 2100 – Introduction to Environmental Science (3 credits) 3 hours lecture The course will introduce students to the integrated systems that make up the environment and examines the physical, chemical, biological and human interactions that determine the past, current and future states of the environment. Environmental science explores the relationships between the environment and anthropogenic activities. Understanding these relationships is considered vital to all future environmental decision making. This course will consider a full spectrum of views and information to provide a solid base of understanding and a sustainable direction for the future. Prerequisite: One of General Education 1101, 1102, or 1103.
Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship 2201 or 2301 or Management 2130.
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