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Innovation & Entrepreneurship
With the skills and knowledge that Clarkson provides, you can transform new or existing start-ups into success. The skills learned here are sought both in industry and education, allowing you limitless opportunities to stretch your skills.
Innovation and entrepreneurship at Clarkson leverages your strengths by offering a cross-disciplinary, flexible program providing the knowledge and skills to develop and manage innovation opportunities and processes. Our curriculum involves planning and commercializing innovations and helps you to expand your personal goals. You participate in and manage the product development process, understand the legal and policy issues associated with new ventures and stimulate/manage the creation of new business enterprises within an existing corporate structure and as a start-up enterprise.
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Admission requirements
Undergraduate Admissions Requirements
- Common application (apply.commonapp.org)
- Official secondary school transcript, marks sheets, and national exam scores (if applicable)
- Two letters of recommendation
- Copy of your current passport
- SAT or ACT score reports
- Official TOEFL or IELTS score reports
- Duolingo English Test score 115
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The Innovation and Entrepreneurship program consists of 42 credit hours in foundation coursework in business and 30 credits of specialized courses. Fifteen credit hours of electives are also required for completion of the degree, and since 50 percent of the coursework must be taken outside the School of Business, most electives will be non-business courses taken in other disciplines, such as engineering or science. Take courses such as :
- Marketing Research
- Creativity, Innovation and New Product Development
- Lean Six Sigma for Healthcare
- Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation I & II
- Introduction to Customer-Focused Design
- Designing and Leading Innovative Ventures
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Continuing studies
Upon graduation, you will have the skills, tools and knowledge to pursue multiple career interests. Some of those careers are listed below:
- Brand manager
- Consultant
- Recruiting coordinator
- Product design specialist
- Marketing analyst
- GBS consultant
- New business processor
- Director of internet marketing
- Entrepreneur
- Innovation strategist
- Project director
- Legal and compliance assistant
- Inside sales executive
- Marketing director
- Advertising sales
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Why study at Clarkson University
- Top 10 in the nation for universities that increase salaries the most.
- A Clarkson degree will increase your earnings by 42% on average (Brookings Institute).
- The newly renovated Cheel Campus Center and Arena offers state-of-the-art features, including fitness and gym space, and ice hockey facilities.
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