Offered by:Kinesiology and Physical Ed
Degree:B SC (Kinesiology)
Program Requirement:
This Minor in Entrepreneurship is a collaboration of the Faculty of Education, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education and the Desautels Faculty of Management. The program focuses on an entrepreneurial mindset to see opportunity in the world and provide training in an entrepreneurial method to bring opportunities for change to life. This program takes a democratized approach to entrepreneurship, with exposure to the diverse manifestations of entrepreneurship in the world including but not limited to new ventures, social enterprise, tech start-ups, cooperatives, corporate venturing, side hustles, and passion projects.
Required Courses (9 credits)
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INTG 215
EntrpshpEssntlsforN-MgmtStudts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Integrated Management: Fundamental concepts, theories, and practices of entrepreneurship. Focus on identifying opportunities, developing business ideas, and understanding key
components of starting and managing a business.
Offered by: Management
- Restrictions: Open to U1, U2, U3 non-Management students. Not open to students in the Desautels Faculty of Management.
- Limited enrolment; priority registration for students in Minors in Entrepreneurship. Note: this course is not part of the Desautels Minor in Management for Non-Management students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Aviva Aronovitch
- Aviva Aronovitch
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MGPO 362
Fundls of Entrepreneurship
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Policy: Study of the key aspects involved in starting and managing a new venture: identifying opportunities and analyzing new venture ideas, identifying common causes of failure and strategies for success, understanding intellectual property systems, comparison of multiple modes of funding. Applies to for-profit and not-for-profit start-ups.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite(s): INTG 201 or INTG 202 or MGCR 211 or MGCR 352.
- Restriction(s): Only open to U2, U3 students.
- Limited enrolment; priority registration to Management students and non-Management students in Minors in Entrepreneurship.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Kwangjun An
- Aviva Aronovitch
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MGPO 364
Entrepreneurship in Practice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Policy: Provides hands-on experience with the development of an entrepreneurial venture or a contribution to an existing entrepreneurial venture. Involves the creation of a venture development or business plan. Applicable to many kinds of new ventures, both private companies and social enterprises.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: MGPO 362
- Restriction(s): Open to U2, U3 students only.
Complementary Courses (9 credits)
3 credits from the following:
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MGCR 211
Intro to Financial Accounting
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: The role of financial accounting in the reporting of the financial performance of a business. The principles, components and uses of financial accounting and reporting from a user's perspective, including the recording of accounting transactions and events, the examination of the elements of financial statements, the preparation of financial statements and the analysis of financial results.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jingjing Zhang, Dongyoung Lee
- Yongoh Roh
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MGCR 222
Intro to Org Behaviour
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: Individual motivation and communication style; group dynamics as related to problem solving and decision making, leadership style, work structuring and the larger environment. Interdependence of individual, group and organization task and structure.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Amandine Ody-Brasier, Sarah Gordon, Sylvia Miriyam Findlay
- Diana Dakhlallah, Roman Galperin, Jeraul Mackey
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MGCR 331
Information Technology Mgmt
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: Introduction to principles and concepts of information systems in organizations. Topics include information technology, transaction processing systems, decision support systems, database and systems development. Students are required to have background preparation on basic micro computer skills including spreadsheet and word-processing.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sol Tanguay, Matthew Goodman
- Sol Tanguay
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MGCR 341
Introduction to Finance
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: An introduction to the principles, issues, and institutions of Finance. Topics include valuation, risk, capital investment, financial structure, cost of capital, working capital management, financial markets, and securities.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 271 or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Vadim di Pietro
- Adolfo De Motta, Vadim di Pietro
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MGCR 352
Principles of Marketing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: Introduction to marketing principles, focusing on problem solving and decision making. Topics include: the marketing concept; marketing strategies; buyer behaviour; Canadian demographics; internal and external constraints; product; promotion; distribution; price. Lectures, text material and case studies.
Offered by: Management
- Restrictions: Open to U1, U2, U3 students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Hamid Etemad, Fabienne Cyrius, Aviva Aronovitch, Simon Blanchette
- Clarice Zhao, Bruce Doré
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MGCR 372
Operations Management
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: Design, planning, establishment, control, and improvement of the activities/processes that create a firm's final products and/or services. The interaction of operations with other business areas will also be discussed. Topics include forecasting, product and process design, waiting lines, capacity planning,
inventory management and total quality management.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: MGCR 271 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Open to U1, U2, U3 students. Not open to students who have taken MGCR 472.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yichuan Daniel Ding, Maxime Cohen
- Rim Hariss, Rob Glew, Bing Bai
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MGCR 382
International Business
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Donald Melville, Ghahhar Zavosh
- Donald Melville, Ghahhar Zavosh
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MGCR 423
Strategic Management
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: An integrative and interdisciplinary introduction to strategy formation and execution. Concepts, tools, and practical application to understand how firms leverage resources and capabilities to gain competitive advantage in dynamic, contemporary industries. Strategic positioning, organizational design, and managerial action for the long-term success of businesses and positive social and ecological outcomes.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- Instructors
- Liliya Lyubman, Ghahhar Zavosh, Mitali Banerjee
- Robert James David, Karl J Moore, Kwangjun An
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MGCR 460
Social Context of Business
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: Examination of how business interacts with the larger society. Exploration of the development of modern capitalist society, and the dilemmas that organizations face in acting in a socially responsible manner. Examination of these issues
with reference to sustainable development, business ethics, globalization and developing countries, and political activity.
Offered by: Management
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students. Not open to students who have taken MGCR 360.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Hervé Robert Horner, Gina G Page, Anicet A Fangwa Nantcho
- Lindsay Holmgren
6 credits from the following:
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BUSA 465
Technological Entrepreneurship
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Admin: Concentrating on entrepreneurship and enterprise development, particular attention is given to the start-up, purchasing and management of small to medium-sized industrial firms. The focal point is in understanding the dilemmas faced by entrepreneurs, resolving them, developing a business plan and the maximum utilization of the financial, marketing and human resources that make for a successful operation.
Offered by: Management
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EDKP 302
Kinesiol Clinic Internship 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Kinesiology&Physical Education: A skills-based practical experience in the on-campus Kinesiology Clinic.
Offered by: Kinesiology and Physical Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 438
Social Entrepreneur&Innovation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Policy: Explores key concepts associated with social entrepreneurship and social innovation – the application of principles of entrepreneurship and innovation to solve social problems through social ventures, enterprises and not-for-profit organizations. Focuses on the social economy, including how the market system can be leveraged to create social value.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Paola Perez-Aleman, Rohini Jalan
- Niels Billou
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MIMM 387
The Business of Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Microbiology and Immun (Sci): The ability to select and manipulate genetic material has led to unprecedented interest in the industrial applications of procaryotic and eucaryotic cells. Beginning in the 1970s the introduction of and subsequent refinements to recombinant DNA technology and hybridoma technology transformed the horizons of the biopharmaceutical world. This course will highlight the important events that link basic research to clinical/commercial application of new drugs and chemicals.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: At least one 200-level course in a biological or biomedical discipline or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
