ENTREP 395: Entrepreneurship in Synthetic Biology
Quarter Offered
None
Prerequisites
None.
Description
Founding and growing a successful company requires building an ecosystem in which such an organism can thrive, meeting changing needs as it transits stages of development. This course targets graduate students in business, science, and engineering with interest in entrepreneurship and commercial innovation in the synthetic biology industry. Weekly seminars from external experts will introduce general principles and illustrative lessons for early-stage businesses, driven by case-study-based examinations. The course will culminate in collaborative development of business plans and models geared towards nucleating new ventures.
Faculty
Course Details
Requirements that this course satisfies: Serves as the experiential requirement for the Farley undergraduate minor and fulfills the experiential requirement for the Farley graduate minor in entrepreneurship.
Duration: 3-hour course sessions, once per week (3-hour courses include regular breaks and are broken into lecture, discussion, and groupwork portions); 1 quarter
Class size: 30 students
Course numbers: ENTREP 395/495
Who Should Enroll: Graduate students and advanced undergraduates interested in expanding their knowledge of the intersection of synthetic biology and entrepreneurship. Students in business, science, and engineering are encouraged to enroll.
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