Minority Entrepreneurship.

Catalog description

This course is designed to expose students to the opportunities and challenges of minority entrepreneurship in the United States. Students will: 1) learn about the history of minority entrepreneurship in the American social context with an emphasis on the impact of race and ethnicity on access to entrepreneurship-facilitating resources; 2) analyze the historical entrepreneurship rates of minorities from the early 20th century through the present; and 3) research historical and contemporary minority entrepreneurs who have overcome challenges to become successful. The experiences and contributions of immigrant entrepreneurs to the U.S. economy will also be addressed in this course. Students will be required to produce a short research project on a successful minority entrepreneur as the culminating project. Prerequisite (s): MGMT 444 .