Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute

Courses

Whether you’re in middle school, high school, an undergraduate, a graduate student, or a corporate executive, Mtech offers a broad array of entrepreneurship and innovation courses tailored for you.

PRE-COLLEGE COURSES

• Entrepreneurship 101: Summer course for 8th grade students.

• ENES 140, Discovering New Ventures - Foundations in Entrepreneurship: Summer high school course for rising juniors and seniors interested in how to design and launch a new company.

• ENES 141, Introduction to High-Tech Product Development and Marketing: Summer high school course for rising juniors and seniors interested in the design, development, and marketing of new high-tech products.

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

• ENES 210, Entrepreneurial Opportunity Analysis and Decision-Making in 21st Century Technology Ventures: Undergraduate course helps students learn the principles of entrepreneurial opportunity analysis and decision-making in an increasingly technically-inclined society.

• ENES 460, Fundamentals of Technology Start-Up Ventures: Undergraduate course offered online and on-campus helps students learn the processes and skills needed to launch and manage new technology ventures, with a focus on business plan development.

• ENES 498, Special Topics in Entrepreneurship: Undergraduate course is a seminar and case study-based course that explores technology entrepreneurship with a focus on leadership and strategies to launch and manage technology ventures.

• ENES 498A, Special Topics in Entrepreneurship / Introduction to Innovative Thinking: Undergraduate course helps students learn methods for improving the flexibility and originality of their thinking and explore multiple approaches to create and sustain high levels of innovation. Topics include personal thinking preferences, everyday creativity and eliminating mental blocks, creative thinking techniques, idea selection approaches, teaming techniques for creativity, design for interaction, and intellectual property.

• ENES 498E, Special Topics in Entrepreneurship / Entrepreneurship in Chemical and Life Sciences: Undergraduate course is a seminar and case study-based course that explores technology entrepreneurship with a focus on leadership and strategies to launch and manage technology venture, with special attention to chemical and life sciences ventures.

GRADUATE COURSES

• BIOE 645, Advanced Engineering Startup Ventures: Graduate course covers principles and practices important to engineering startup ventures, especially those involving bioengineering and medical device enterprises, and includes the preparation of business plans and tools used to obtain funding.

• Graduate Certificate in Engineering - Technology Ventures and Innovation: 12-credit graduate certificate program in entrepreneurial practices for technology ventures.

  • ENPM 690: Fundamentals of Technology Startup Ventures

  • ENPM 691: Strategies for Managing Innovation

  • ENPM 692: Innovative Thinking

  • ENPM 808N: Corporate Technology Venturing

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION COURSES

• Certificate in Innovation Management Program: The University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering and Robert H. Smith School of Business have partnered to deliver a groundbreaking executive education series that leverages the unique capabilities of these two world-class institutions. This jointly offered Innovation Management Program is designed to provide the tools and frameworks needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive landscape through a series of non-credit, accelerated courses.
  

  • Strategies for Managing Innovation

  • Marketing in Technology-Driven Industries

  • Innovative Product Design & Development

  • Effective Negotiation Skills

  • Essentials of Financial Analysis