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ENTREP 340: Innovation for Climate: Entrepreneurial Solutions for Environmental Challenges

Quarter Offered

Spring: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 – 10:50 p.m. CT; Evanston

Prerequisites

None, but prior entrepreneurship coursework is highly recommended.

Description

This dynamic, experiential course empowers students to develop entrepreneurial solutions to address some of today's most urgent climate and environmental challenges. Working in interdisciplinary teams, students will tackle pressing issues such as water security, renewable energy, sustainable transportation, urban resilience, ecosystem preservation, and clean technology innovation. The course offers the flexibility to address both regional challenges – including opportunities within the Great Lakes ecosystem – and global environmental problems that require innovative thinking.

Through close collaboration with external partners and guidance from experts in entrepreneurship, science, technology, and engineering, students will apply lean startup principles to create impactful products, services, or technologies. Teams will select (or identify) problems they're passionate about solving, conduct interviews with stakeholders and experts, and develop solutions with the potential for meaningful environmental and social impact.

This application-based class is open to both undergraduate and graduate students who want to combine entrepreneurial skills with environmental action to create lasting change.

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Applications for the Spring 2025 section of ENTREP 340: Innovation for Climate are now open. The deadline to apply for this class is February 16th, 2025, any applications recieved after this point will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Questions can be directed to farley@northwestern.edu.

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Course Details

Requirements that this course satisfies: Serves as the experiential requirement for the Farley undergraduate minor and fulfills an experiential requirement for the Farley graduate minor in entrepreneurship. 

Duration: 2 hour 50 minute sessions, once per week; 1 quarter

Class size: 30 students 

Course number: ENTREP 340 

Who Should Enroll: Any undergraduate or graduate student interested in expanding their knowledge of entrepreneurship and innovation, specifically in the areas of climate and sustainability.

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