Programs
Many graduate programs offer entrepreneurship concentrations and tracks. No matter your discipline, entrepreneurship is a viable career path! Check out the list of graduate programs below to see what fits your needs.
Your learning experience will be rooted in the foundational management principles necessary to lead with confidence, paired with customization in your areas of interest to establish you as a distinctive, confident candidate for job placement upon graduation.
Master of Science in Biology, Physics, or Chemistry
STEP offers a true blend of disciplines in a one-year Master of Science program. The entrepreneurial biotechnology, physics entrepreneurship and chemistry entrepreneurship options in STEP include courses on finance, intellectual property commercialization and technology innovation.
A collaboration between the Case School of Engineering and Weatherhead School of Management offers a one-year, 14-course program for a Master of Engineering and Management that gives students significant interaction with industry partners.
Designed to prepare students to be patent agents, this program is one of only a few in the United States and is an alternative to the three-year juris doctor degree. Because students who sit for the patent bar exam must have a degree in engineering, computer science or a physical or biological degree, this program is geared toward innovators who want to help others.
The mission of the law school’s Fusion program is to provide law, MBA, engineering, and Ph.D. (science) students with the skills necessary for assessing, cultivating, and monetizing the opportunities underlying promising new ventures. The ten-year track record of Fusion has demonstrated the power of immersing students in the challenging field of technology commercialization by weaving together the disciplines of law, management, engineering, and science.
The RGME is the first two-year master's level program in Ohio focused on Regenerative Medicine and Entrepreneurship. Students enrolled in the RGME program will have access to cutting-edge clinical and research facilities along with small biotechnology companies within the network of the National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM).
Learn more about the Master of Science in Regenerative Medicine & Entrepreneurship (RGME).
The Physics Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) is a 4-semester master's level program that includes experiential learning. For one-third of the program, you are expected to work as a paid intern or employee in an existing company or as an entrepreneur with your own venture. This experience will serve as the basis for your master’s thesis.
Entrepreneurship Courses
Below is a list of graduate courses at CWRU that are affiliated with innovation and entrepreneurship. To search for a course and read its description, click here. Know of another course to add to this list? Send us an email.
College of Arts and Sciences
BIOS 447 | Regulatory Affairs for the Biosciences |
PHYS 491 | Modern Physics for Innovation I |
PHYS 492 | Modern Physics for Innovation II |
Case School of Engineering
EBME 440 | Translational Research for BME |
EBME 450 | Biomedical Engineering Entrepreneurship |
EBME 467 | Commercialization & IP Management |
ECSE 467 | Commercialization & IP Management |
IIME 447 | Regulatory Affairs for the Biosciences |
IIME 450 | Engineering Entrepreneurship |
IIME 470 | Independent Projects |
School of Law
LAWS 5341 | Commercialization & IP Management |
LAWS 5366 | Venture Finance & Transactions |
School of Medicine
CRSP 503 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
CRSP 529 | FDA Regulation in Entrepreneurship and Clinical Research |
NTRN 530 | Public Health Nutrition |
PHRM 529 | FDA Regulation in Entrepreneurship and Clinical Research |
RGME 467 | Commercialization and Intellectual Property Management |
RGME 525 | Current Topics in Regenerative Medicine |
RGME 529 | FDA Regulation in Entrepreneurship and Clinical Research |
Weatherhead School of Management
BAFI 444 | Entrepreneurial Finance |
DBAP 672 | Flourishing Enterprise: Creating Sustainable Value for Business and World Benefit |
DESN 419 | Entrepreneurship and The Good Life |
EDMP 672 | Flourishing Enterprise: Creating Sustainable Value for Business and World Benefit |
HSMC 447 | Regulatory Affairs for the Biosciences |
MBAP 409 | Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship |
MGMT 458 | International Institute |
MGMT 467 | Commercialization & IP Management |
MGMT 495 | AMES Business Models |