Entrepreneurship

Entreneurship is not just about start-ups. It is a problem-solving frame of mind that requires technical expertise, a business sense, an ability to anticipate the future, and an appreciation of social context. For additional perspectives, you may wish to check out the Director's View and the Harvard Business School view.

The Ithaca campus offers many opportunities to learn about entrepreneurship and to establish contacts:

Hang out, go to talks, and make contacts by (tactfully) bragging about your CS talents!

The CS M.Eng is flexible enough for you to take one or two courses in subjects that support the entrepreneurial mindset, e.g.,

  • INFO 5150           Culture, Law, and Politics of the Internet
  • NCC 5500            Financial Accounting 
  • NCC 5530            Marketing Management 
  • NCC 5560            Managerial Finance
  • NBA 5070            Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers
  • NBA 5640            Entrepreneurship and Business Ownership
  • NBA 6010            Electronic Commerce
  • STS 4071             Law, Science, and Public Values
  • STS 6241             Science, Technology, and International Security
  • STS 6261             Seminar in the History of Technology
  • STS 6321             Inside Technology
  • STS 6661             Public Engagement in Science


Check out Courses of Study for other possibilities and the Course and Time Roster for what is offered during the upcoming  semester.