College Degree Programs
The mission of Southeast Missouri State University's entrepreneurship education program is to foster the entrepreneurial spirit by providing experiences that inspire and encourage students, regardless of their career aspirations or what they go on to do in life, to embrace creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. Fundamental to this mission is our belief that new venture creation is a process that can be taught, but entrepreneurship is a mindset...a way of life.
Management-Entrepreneurship Major
The entrepreneurship option of Southeast Missouri State University’s management program offers a unique learning experience to students who aspire to build, promote and manage their own businesses. They also learn how to apply their creativity and energy to make existing businesses more productive. For more information about declaring Management-Entrepreneurship as your major, please see your faculty or college advisor.
MBA with an Entrepreneurship Option
The AACSB Accredited Harrison College of Business is highly committed to being an educational institution of excellence in the field of business administration and welcomes highly qualified students who have demonstrated academic success. We desire to broaden our students academic and personal credentials. For more information about the Masters of Business Adminstration degree program, please email mba@semo.edu or call (573) 651-5116.
Entrepreneurship Minors
Recognizing that students in any discipline may benefit from knowledge of entrepreneurial processes, seven new entrepreneurship minors are now available through collaborations between colleges on the Southeast campus. These are 15 or 18-hour interdisciplinary minors which combine coursework in entrepreneurial methods with coursework in the following disciplines:
Entrepreneurship
A 15-hour program to help students in any discipline recognize and make the most of opportunities that help fuel their careers. Ask your advisor for more information on this exciting new minor and begin forgin your new path today!
Fine Arts Entrepreneurship
A 15-hour program to help students interested in the visual and performing arts explore the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and apply the entrepreneurial process, leading to career expansion. Ask your advisor for more information on this exciting new minor and begin forgin your new path today!
Agriculture/Horticulture Entrepreneurship
A 15-hour program that allows students to explore the myriad of business and career possibilities that exist, both within and outside traditional venues of agriculture and horticulture, and receive instruction on reinventing current business models through innovative processes and the incorporation of agricultural technology. Ask your advisor for more information on this exciting new minor and begin forgin your new path today!
Industrial Engineering Technology Entrepreneurship
A 18-hour program that allows industrial engineering students to develop an understanding of the process nature of entrepreneurship and new venture creation and development. For more information about declaring this minor see your faculty or college advisor.
Biological & Medical Sciences Entrepreneurship
A 18-hour program that allows biological and medical science students to develop an understanding of the process nature of entrepreneurship and new venture creation and development. For more information about declaring this minor see your faculty or college advisor.
Fashion Entrepreneurship
A 15-hour program that allows students interested in fashion to learn to reseach the market, generate a business plan, locate funding for projects and turn their vision into reality. Ask your advisor for more information on this exciting new minor and begin forgin your new path today!
Health Management Entrepreneurship
A 15-hour program that makes it easier for students interested in health management industry to recognize and make the most of opportunities that help fuel their careers. Ask your advisor for more information on this exciting new minor and begin forgin your new path today!
College Real World Experiences
A number of co-curricular programs also provide Southeast students hands-on experiences that connect conceptual learning with practical applications. The co-curricular track provides students studying entrepreneurship the opportunity to take action and move their ideas to realities.
Student Competitions and Activities
The Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship provides a variety of opportunities for students to participate in competitions, network with successful entrepreneurs, develop new ventures and link concepts with experience.
The Start-Up Studio
The Start-Up Studio is a business incubator for student enterprises and provides students a creative space to develop start-up ideas and collaborate.
Redhawks Collegiate Entrepreneurs Student Organization
This organization will inspire and encourage students to think and act in innovative and enterprising ways: to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset, to think big, and to unleash their ideas.