Elective Requirements in Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Integrated Practice-Focused Team/Project Subjects
(including team coaching/mentoring from MIT Venture Mentoring Service and/or local MIT Sloan and other MIT alumni volunteers)
At the level of the Firm:
Minimum of one subject chosen from:
15.389 Global Entrepreneurship Lab: Emerging Markets (Fall, 12 units)
Student teams do January internship with companies located outside of the U.S., often in developing economies and emerging markets. Due to MIT Sloan scheduling, students will only be able to enroll in G-Lab during their second year.
15.399 Entrepreneurship Lab (Fall/Spring, 12 units)
Teams of MIT Sloan and Science/Engineering students undertake problem-solving projects with CEOs of young emerging technology companies.
At the level of the Product:
Minimum of one subject chosen from:
15.783 Product Design & Development (Spring, 12 units)
Covers modern tools and methods for product design and development. The cornerstone is a project in which teams of management, engineering, and industrial design students conceive, design, and prototype a physical product.
15.366 Energy Ventures (Fall, 12 units)
Project-based subject focusing on energy sector companies. Explores how innovation and entrepreneurial concepts apply (or do not apply) to the significant opportunities in this quarter. Working in teams, students create new ventures specifically for the energy sector. Lecturers guide teams through key elements of their projects. Concurrent enrollment in 15.933 recommended
15.376/MAS.664 Digital Innovations(Fall, 12 units)
Digital Innovations is a Spring seminar focused on social software applications based on smart phones. All students are expected to: (a) participate in the exploratory phase of one of the technology testbed projects, (b) form teams to design novel experimental tools/artifacts and/or applications, (c) run at least one rigorous experiment, and (d) write a summary project report. In the past these projects have been the basis for future research, publications, and spin-off ventures.
At the level of the Start-Up Enterprise:
All students must actively engage in at least one MIT $100K student team business plan competition during the two years of the E&I Track. Those students who plan to take G-Lab are strongly encouraged to engage in the $100K competition in their first year.
Additional Electives (to meet MIT Sloan MBA required totals):
To meet the 144 elective units degree requirement for the MBA program, E&I participants must complete additional elective courses and a required leadership course. They must also complete the requisite Sloan Innovation Period requirement. Some credits toward your MIT Sloan degree may be obtained by taking classes at other local universities. You must get advance permission from the E&I Track Chair to apply these to E& I requirements.
We also recommend that E&I students develop strong insights into at least one entrepreneurially-oriented target industry, for example the software and biomedical industries for which Entrepreneurship electives are listed above. Other industry-focused electives that E&I students should consider, some of which may have prerequisites, include:
