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Creating a Masters Program in Entrepreneurship 2007 NCEC Conference Entrepreneurship Centers as Agents of Change: Campus, Community, Nation and World - October 6, 2007- MSE Launch Drivers Market Need Revenue Generation Page 2


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“Creating a Masters Program in Entrepreneurship”

2007 NCEC Conference Entrepreneurship Centers as Agents of Change: Campus, Community, Nation and World

  • October 6, 2007-
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MSE Launch Drivers

  • Market Need
  • Revenue Generation

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MSE Development Timeline

  • Deans establish partnership
  • Seed grant from Continuing Education
  • Curriculum outlined
  • Approvals obtained
  • Master of Science with a Major in

Business Administration and a Concentration in Entrepreneurship

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MSE Program Structure

  • Weekend Professional MSE
  • On-Campus Traditional MSE
  • Internet MSE

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MSE Program Funding

  • Seed Funding
  • Weekend Professional
  • State/College
  • Endowment

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MSE Program Goals

  • Foster innovation and increase the

success rate of ventures

  • Link students, entrepreneurs, service

providers and investors statewide across industries

  • Support the UF Center for

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in its academic mission

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MSE Program Learning Objectives

  • General Learning Objectives
  • Discipline-Specific Learning Objectives

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MSE Curriculum

  • Core Business Courses
  • Core Entrepreneurship Courses
  • Experiential Learning Activities

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MSE Faculty Sourcing

  • Warrington College of Business

Administration Faculty

  • Center for Entrepreneurship and

Innovation Clinical Faculty

  • Campus Adjunct Faculty
  • External Adjunct Faculty

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MSE Target Audience

  • Small and family business owners
  • Inventors/scientists and product

development specialists

  • Professional practitioners (lawyers,

physicians, veterinarians)

  • Investors and service providers
  • Current and prospective entrepreneurs

and intrapreneurs

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MSE Program Graduates

  • Currently 114 graduates (statewide and
  • verseas including Peru, China, India,

Columbia, Spain and Thailand)

  • Educators and professional practitioners

(doctors, lawyers and a veterinarian)

  • Small and family business owners
  • “Corporate Venturers” within Lockheed,

Universal Studios, Shell Oil, Nationwide, FedEx, Darden and DHL Express

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MSE Program Assessment

  • Course-specific learning objectives
  • Program-specific learning objectives
  • Program data collection

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MSE Measures of Success

  • Alumni success (longitudinal)
  • National recognition
  • Faculty evaluations
  • Student feedback
  • Staff satisfaction
  • Funding success
  • Program growth (quality and quantity)
  • Student growth and diversity

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Conclusions

  • Currently offer Master of Science in

Entrepreneurship (MSE) in 2 formats

  • To-date…114 program graduates
  • Established a $4 million endowment for

MSE Program in 2007

  • Internet MSE track set for 2008 launch
  • Global Entrepreneurship Study Tour set

for launch in 2008 (Dublin)

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