Bringing Entrepreneurship to life in
Cross-campus Programs
The Syracuse
Entrepreneurship Classroom v. 09 (SEC09) is an intensive,
one-of-a-kind program designed to provide non-business faculty who recently
started teaching entrepreneurship courses at a college or university setting an opportunity to learn from
experienced entrepreneurship educators. SEC09 provides an ideal
platform for educators from all disciplinary backgrounds to share trials and
tribulations, exchange ideas and acquire different perspectives on "how" to
fuse entrepreneurship and any other discipline.
The Focus
Over the course
of three days, SEC09 participants will be exposed to some of the most
innovative approaches to teaching entrepreneurship developed by accomplished
entrepreneurship faculty from across the U.S., including faculty from the
top-ranked Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises program at the
Whitman School of Management.
SEC09 will focus on the "how" of infusing
entrepreneurship into any discipline being taught.
Why E-ship? Why now?
Now, arguably more than at any other time in recent memory, entrepreneurship has become an imperative in higher-education. On college campuses nationwide, entrepreneurship has emerged as one of the fastest growing areas of new curricula and programs. More and more students are realizing that the ability to recognize the relationship between opportunity and risk, and to solve problems in an ‘entrepreneurial’ way represents a competitive advantage in life and work,
whether on their own or in their careers with others.
And while schools and colleges of business have traditionally claimed entrepreneurship as their domain,
the reality is entrepreneurship informs art and architecture, engineering and agriculture, and virtually every other discipline resident on a college campus.
What can I expect to learn?
At the
conclusion of the SEC training, participants should be able to:
1. Define for themselves and their students what entrepreneurship is,
and how it relates to:
- their chosen academic
discipline, and
- a competitive advantage in
life and work
2. Perform an objective review of
the critical steps necessary for developing a sustainable
business and/or organizations across different contexts
and disciplines.
3. Demonstrate integrated use of tools and approaches to effectively
teaching entrepreneurship.
4. Develop customized learning modules, using entrepreneurship
resources, tools, and pedagogy,
to reflect the needs of each participant's primary
constituency.
5. Identify opportunities for using entrepreneurship as a means to
connect your students to the
world outside the walls of the university.
Ultimately, the primary
purpose of the Syracuse Entrepreneurship Classroom
v.09 is to assist faculty without any formal entrepreneurship or business
school background in becoming familiar with fundamental principles,
practices and applications. Participants will gain insight into how to
leverage the power of entrepreneurship across disparate academic disciplines
by developing an understanding of entrepreneurship as a philosophy for life.
This approach reflects a focus on one’s ability to recognize opportunity, conceptualize innovative concepts, and champion ideas through implementation.
If you would like to receive
information about the SEC09 program, please e-mail
Lindsay Wickham in the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship.
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