Requirements

ScienceWorks: Entrepreneurial Studies in the Natural Sciences is a unique offering at Carthage. Students can combine their studies at Carthage with career and business preparation that will enhance their post-graduate success, including job performance, graduate school training, or developing and operating a business.

The ScienceWorks program includes a one-year course sequence, normally completed during a student's junior year, that covers all aspects of business and careers. During their senior year, students will study and develop full-scale business plans in partnership with a technology business company or organization.

This mixture of courses, hands-on experience, and advanced project work gives the best training before beginning a career or graduate training.

The program is offered as a minor, complementing majors across the Carthage curriculum.

The ESNS Minor

The minor in Entrepreneurial Studies in the Natural Sciences requires 20 credits of work.

Required courses:

ESNS 310 Elements of Technology-Based Business Careers
ESNS 320 Development and Operation of Technology-Based Business
ESNS 410 Technology Based Business Project Development
ESNS 430 Business Plan Development and Presentations

Choose one:

ESNS 325 Commercial Technologies in Business
ACCT 200 Survey of Accounting
MGMT 312 Organizational Management
MGMT 360 Legal Environment of Business
MRKT 313 Marketing Principles
ISYS 345 Information Systems Theory and Practice
GEOS 239 Mapping Your World: Introduction to Geographic Information Science

ESNS 310 is generally offered as a Carthage Symposium, and ESNS 320 is a Writing Intensive Course, providing students with opportunities to meet those graduation requirements through participation in the program.

Please note: Current students should work with their advisors and the department chair to ensure all requirements are met.

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