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Virginia Tech

MGT-2064: Foundations of Entrepreneurship

Description: Introduction to the study and practice of entrepreneurship in a human-centered context. Examination of the influence of different cultures, institutions, and global factors and the role of human values, beliefs and behaviors on modes of entrepreneurial action. Application of theories and methods of entrepreneurial opportunity identification within the contexts of human behavior, social institutions and/or patterns of culture to generate ideas for new ventures and application of design-thinking theories and concepts in a field-based, experiential learning project to design, iterate and validate a value proposition and business model for a new venture.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 6D Critique & Prac in Design, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 44

Average GPA: 3.55 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 60.08%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.18%

Howard K Haines202376.7%14.4%4.4%0.3%3.1%1.2%3.607
Chien Chi Tseng202484.9%9.8%2.8%0.4%1.3%0.7%3.778
Koehler Slagel202468.2%19.7%4.1%1.6%2.9%3.4%3.516
Robin J Reed202472.7%6.8%4.5%4.5%2.3%9.1%3.561
Ronnie A Poff202276.6%18.6%2.3%1.0%1.0%0.5%3.668
Christopher M Courtney202458.4%18.0%9.4%3.8%5.6%4.8%3.238
Mark B Mondry201984.4%14.1%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.8%3.791
Katrina Brownell202449.9%38.6%6.2%1.4%1.9%1.9%3.343
Brown Charmayne L Smalls202483.9%10.1%0.0%1.1%1.1%4.0%3.821
Judy M Rady202476.3%5.3%7.8%5.3%5.3%0.0%3.401

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Winter 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Winter 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Winter 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W