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Launch Your Future with the Entrepreneurship & Family Business Minor
Turn ideas into action with Auburn’s 15-hour Entrepreneurship & Family Business minor. Perfect for aspiring founders, innovators, and next-gen leaders—open to all majors and packed with hands-on, startup-ready courses.
The Entrepreneurship and Family Business Minor is a 15 hour program designed around the creation and management of an individual's own business as well as the fostering of an entrepreneurial mindset within a larger organization. It is perfect for students that plan to start their own business or work for a start-up, a franchise, or are interested in the purchase of an existing business. It can also be highly valuable for students that are interested in working for large, highly-innovative companies where an entrepreneurial attitude is expected and valued.
This minor is available to business and non-business majors. All students, business and non-business, are required to meet all prerequisites. Pre-requisites will not be waived. Please visit the AU Bulletin's Academic Programs and Curricula for Minor program policies, including which courses a student may take toward a minor. Courses taken to fulfill a University core curriculum requirement or a major requirement may not also be counted toward the minor. Students in the Auburn University Honors College may contract for honors credit in the minor courses.
Requirements
Required Courses (6 hours):
Approved Elective Courses (minimum 9 hours*):
- ENFB 4170: Managing Entrepreneurial Start-Ups
- ENFB 4180: Growth Strategies for Emerging Companies
- ENFB 4190: New Venture Creation
- ENFB 4920: Internship in Entrepreneurship
- ENFB 4210: Corporate venturing
- ENFB 4220: Digital Entrepreneurship
- FINC 3620: Small Business Finance
- ENFB 4950: Seminar in Entrepreneurship and Family Business
- CADS 3300: Innovation in Retail and Consumer Experiences for Apparel
- CADS 3810: Social Media Management for Apparel
- CADS 5510: Digital Retailing for Apparel
- CADS 5700: Entrepreneurship in Apparel and Interiors
- *MATH 3100 and higher (See MATH courses)
- *BIOL 3000 and higher (See BIOL courses)
- *GEOG 3000 and higher (See GEOG courses)
*MATH and BIOL courses must be at least 3 hrs each. Partial credit cannot be split between major and minor courses.
Entrepreneurship Electives by Career Interests
| Career Interest | Suggested Electives | Other Possible Electives |
| Managing a Small Family Business | ENFB 4170: Managing Entrepreneurial Startups | ENFB 4160: Family Business Management |
| ENFB 4180: Growth Strategies for Emerging Companies | ENFB 4220: Digital Entrepreneurship | |
| ENFB 4190: New Venture Creation | FINC 3620: Small Business Finance* | |
| Launching a Startup | ENFB 4170: Managing Entrepreneurial Startups | ENFB 4180: Growth Strategies for Emerging Companies |
| ENFB 4190: New Venture Creation | ENFB 4220: Digital Entrepreneurship | |
| ENFB 4920: Internship | FINC 3620: Small Business Finance* | |
| Leading Innovation in Large Companies (Corporate Entrepreneurship) |
ENFB 4170: Managing Entrepreneurial Startups | ENFB 4180: Growth Strategies for Emerging Companies |
| ENFB 4190: New Venture Creation | ENFB 4220: Digital Entrepreneurship | |
| ENFB 4210: Corporate Venturing | ENFB 4920: Internship |