Courses

Engineering Entrepreneurship Badge

Following courses are required for the HFEEP students to complete the program and obtain an Engineering Entrepreneurship Badge:

New Venture Planning (ENTRP 485) – Offered in Fall

This course is offered for students with junior standing. It aims to equip the students with skills, behaviors, and knowledge necessary for creating and growing new ventures; evaluating opportunities, developing growth strategies, obtaining venture financing, intellectual property, and building a management team.

Launching New Ventures (ENTRP 486) – Offered in Spring

Prerequisite: ENTRP 485

This course focuses on turning an idea into a serious business venture. Students will research new business opportunities and become skilled in developing business tools and processes to carry out venture-launch strategies and compete in the WSU Business Plan Competition.

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I (ENGR 420) – Offered in Fall

Prerequisite: ENTRP 485 or concurrent enrollment, HFEEP director approval

Replaces: ME 415, MSE 425, Civil Engineering Technical Elective, CPT_S 421, EE 415

Part 1 of a yearlong multidisciplinary, team-based senior design project experience for senior students interested in an entrepreneurial focus for developing engineered solutions of value for customers. Students will follow agile project management techniques to devise a detailed business plan, perform in-depth customer discovery and generate alpha prototypes for their engineering product and service idea. Student teams will work closely with a diverse group of mentors who are established entrepreneurs and engineering experts.

Engineering Senior Design II (ENGR 421) – Offered in Spring

Prerequisite: ENTRP 486 or concurrent enrollment, HFEEP director approval

Replaces: ME 416, CE 465, CPT_S 423, EE 416

Part 2 of a yearlong multidisciplinary, team-based senior design project experience. Students will follow agile project management techniques to refine their business plan, expand customer discovery and explore financing options for their business, while moving their engineering product to beta and minimum viable product (MVP) stages. Course topics, learnings, and generated materials may be applicable for the launching of a startup, if desired, by the student team.

Suggested Course Plans

Juniors (4 semesters to graduate):

	Fall Semester	Spring Semester
First Year	ENTRP 485	ENTRP 486
Second Year	ENGR 420*	ENGR 421**

Seniors (2 semesters to graduate)

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
ENTRP 485, ENGR 420*	ENTRP 486, ENGR 421*

Engineering Entrepreneurship Certificate

One of the following courses from the Engineering and Technology Management Program is required in addition to the above courses for students to obtain an Engineering Entrepreneurship Certificate:

Project Management Foundations (EM 464) – Undergraduates only, Offered in Fall and Spring

By taking this course, you will learn how to apply the best practices and standards of project management to deliver high-quality results that meet the expectations of your stakeholders. You will also gain a competitive edge in the job market and begin your path to perhaps obtaining one of the many certifications offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI), which is recognized globally as a mark of excellence in project management.

Leading People and Organizations (EM 522) – Offered in Fall

This course is a study of the roles of leader and supervisor and the dimensions of effective supervision in business and technical environments. Human relations, leadership, counseling, motivation, communication skills, problem solving, and decision making are covered. The primary goal is to introduce the fundamentals of supervisory management and provide practical advice on how to handle real-life, on-the-job situations.

Project Management (EM 564) -Offered in Spring

The objective of the course is to help students understand the strengths and pitfalls of project management. The ultimate goal is to improve the effectiveness of the students at all levels of project management: from project selection and chartering at the highest managerial levels, to day-to-day skills for the project manager, and meaningful contribution and participation for project team members.

Graduate students who take ENGR 420, ENGR 421, EM 522 and EM 564 can also earn a Project Management Certificate from Engineering and Technology Management Program.