19 courses with the subject EP, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EP 110Introduction to Entrepreneurial Thinking for Creatives3
3 lecture hours This course introduces the principles of entrepreneurial thinking for the creative industries. Students will learn to think critically, identify opportunities, approach challenges creatively, and navigate uncertainty by exploring entrepreneurial thinking, mindsets, and strategies. Students develop the skills and attitudes to innovate, solve problems, and think strategically in the creative industries.
EP 300Fashion Design Concept Launchpad (Interdisciplinary)3
3 lecture hours This is an interdisciplinary course cross-listed with FD 300. In this dynamic forum, students identify new opportunities in the fashion market and create innovative product concepts and business plans through cross disciplinary collaborative partnerships. Focus is placed on apparel and fashion products. Students develop skills and resources as both designers and entrepreneurs, culminating in product design, technical specification, business strategy and pitch for a Launchpad into the marketplace. Prerequisite(s): EP 311.
3 lecture hours In this project-based course, students prepare and present a professional business plan, which then provides the foundation for their own business plans in semester 8. In this process, students acquire the knowledge, skills, and entrepreneurial mindset conducive to business success. Prerequisite(s): EP 311.
EP 350The Digital Product Passport: Applications and Product Transparency3
3 lecture hours Navigate the latest in product identities, technology, and business applications of the Digital Product Passport. Solve problems related to product authentication, sustainability, circularity, and consumer experiences as they relate to the products consumers purchase. Explore various use cases and applications of the Digital Product Passport and related emerging technologies. 340 Courses and Departments
3 lecture hours This course challenges students to create social value through entrepreneurship. Using the tools of entrepreneurs and innovators in the not-for-profit sector, social entrepreneurs apply the skills to develop a social enterprise for society’s most pressing social problems. Rather than leaving societal needs to existing government, not-for-profit or corporate solutions, social entrepreneurs find and demonstrate innovative ways to address these needs.
3 lecture hours Focuses on the human factors of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs need to understand more than just the data behind the business. This includes the personal and behavioral factors related to an entrepreneurial venture. Students learn the emotional intelligence required for highly successful entrepreneurs in the creative industries.
3 lecture hours This course is cross-listed with CM 363 and is for CFM and EP major students or Creative Entrepreneurship minor students with approval of the entrepreneurship minor coordinator.This course provides a dynamic forum for students to identify new opportunities in the fragrance, cosmetics, and toiletries industries to create innovative business ideas and product concepts. Students will develop the skills and the materials necessary to launch ideas in the Beauty Entrepreneurship space turning them into viable new business ventures.
EP 364Understanding, developing Web 3.0 business opportunities and NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens)3
Students will gain an understanding of Web 3.0, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and how to utilize them in creative businesses and entrepreneurship. The fundamentals of Web 3.0/NFTs will be learned, including how to create, mint, develop tokens, create authenticity, generate digital ownership, innovative opportunities, and ventures.
3 lecture hours Focusing on the needs of early career creative art professionals, this course examines art- making as a form of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship as a form of art-making. As agents of innovation and engines of creativity, artists and entrepreneurs can learn much from each other to become an artist as an entrepreneur.
3 lecture hours This course focuses on understanding Corporate Entrepreneurship and disruptive innovation; the practice of employing entrepreneurship skills and methodology within an organization. We will learn how companies develop new initiatives and projects. Students develop a new initial concept in an established company setting and work through the innovation process. 2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog 341
EP 380ASpecial Topics in EP: Taylor Swift and the Art of Modern Entrepreneurship3
3 lecture hours Taylor Swift is an entrepreneurial powerhouse. Explore strategies behind her success as a singer, songwriter, and performer. Analyze how Swift’s innovative business models have created the "Swift Economy," driving customer loyalty and impacting multiple industries. Learn her approach to merchandising and engagement. Swift’s influence extends beyond music, shaping a community.
3 lecture hours Students learn to source and develop new venture and growth strategies for future businesses. The course introduces value propositions, value supply chain structures, revenue models, and growth strategies. Students examine business model development with a major focus on converting an idea from innovation into value. Prerequisite(s): EP 311.
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This is the capstone course for the Entrepreneurship program. Using the tools of entrepreneurs and innovators, participants apply the skills developed throughout the program. They demonstrate their capacity to identify needs, analyze industry dynamics, target market opportunities, refine solutions, access channels, create business models, and pitch to industry professionals. Prerequisite(s): EP 311 and EP 441.
