IT Innovation,
Design, and Startups
Minor

Become an entrepreneur and turn your business idea into a reality.

If you’ve got a world-changing  business idea, it’s time to do something about it.  The iSchool’s minor in IT Innovation, Design, and Startups will guide you through turning your idea into a viable venture, and it’s available to all undergraduate students regardless of their primary college or major.

  • Study ideation, team-building, product development, and more.
  • Learn to launch, grow and sustain a successful startup enterprise.
  • Explore how to listen to the needs of your community and bring your ideas into the world.
  • Learn from professors who are successful entrepreneurs and experts in the field.
  • Enhance your current field of study with a deeper understanding of entrepreneurship.
Quick Info

6 Courses / 18 Total Credit Hours

Courses & Curriculum

The minor in IT Innovation, Design, and Startups is 18 credits and gives students the skills required to listen to the needs of their community, bring their ideas into the world, and grow and sustain a successful startup enterprise.

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Core Courses – 9 Credits

IDS 301 | 3 CREDITS
Innovation in information and emerging technologies. Learn how to develop, grow and vet ideas and build teams ready to create a product, service or business. Additional work for graduate students.

IDS 302 | 3 CREDITS
Students establish an actionable plan for the launch of their own business. Focus on establishing a well conceived, achievable and actionable path to market. Permission of instructor. Additional work for graduate students.

IST 659
Business incubation. Students work with mentors and coaches to develop and deploy a for-profit or nonprofit venture. Permission of instructor.

PREREQ IDS 302

Electives – 9 credits

Students should select 9 credits of electives based on their venture. Students must consult with the program director and/or their faculty advisor to determine which undergraduate-level courses at Syracuse University best complement their entrepreneurial goals and help launch and accelerate their idea. Courses that are counted as electives cannot be used to satisfy another major or minor.