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2019-2020 Archived Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Archived Catalog

ENTR-120 Entrepreneurial Mindset

Credits 3 / 3 Contact Hours
Maximum Credits 3

Pre-requisite: Placement into ENGL-100 (ACSR-100), completion of ELAP-120 with a 2.0, or completion of RDNG-030, ACLT-075 or ACLT-076.
In this course the student will be introduced to the entrepreneurial mindset in its true economic and social context by studying the unlimited opportunities that an entrepreneurial mindset can provide. The student will study the skills attitudes and behaviors that successful entrepreneurs have historically possessed as well as the issues circumstances obstacles that shaped their time. Additionally the student will analyze modern-day successful entrepreneurs who faced hardship and adversity by embracing an entrepreneurial mindset. The characteristics of the entrepreneurial mindset will be dissected and applied to the students own mindset and entrepreneurial potential.

Course Outcomes
1.  Ascertain the economic, political, social and technological climate that supports and hinders the spirit of entrepreneurship 2. Trace the origins of entrepreneurial ideas focusing on the economic, political, social and technological conditions of the time 3. Evaluate the impact and benefits of applying the lessons learned in dissecting the entrepreneurial mindset to current applications 4. Translate the historical applications of implementing the characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset to current applications 5. Consider the potential for current implementation of the characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset considering modern day issues, opportunities and obstacles 6. Apply the entrepreneurial mindset to problem solving 7. Affirm the value of the entrepreneurial mindset and its applications on the future of our society 8. Utilize the student’s personal perspective, history, experience and viewpoint to identify similarities and differences to the characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset 9. Compare and contrast the entrepreneurial mindset tools utilized historically and in modern times; identify similarities and differences.