Bachelor of Commerce Honours (Co-operative Education Option) - Entrepreneurship/Small Business

Entrepreneurship is about creating value through identifying opportunities and subsequently gathering and managing resources to exploit these opportunities. Students in the Entrepreneurship major are exposed to this process in contexts such as new venture startup, social initiatives, small business management and family business. Students will encounter questions including: What is creativity and how does it relate to entrepreneurship? What is opportunity and how do businesses start in response to perceived opportunities? How does family involvement impact the business and family?

What is unique about this program at the U of M?
The Entrepreneurship major has many unique aspects. For example, we offer a diverse range of entrepreneurship-related electives including a course on Entrepreneurial Leadership as exemplified by recipients of the University of Manitoba’s International Distinguished Entrepreneur Award.
The award has been given to leading entrepreneurs, such as Richard Branson, Anita Roddick and Howard Schultz. In addition, we periodically offer specialized courses on topics such as Creativity, Social Entrepreneurship and Indigenous Entrepreneurship. Students are also offered direct hands-on learning experiences and exercises – that are unique to the UofM. These exercises include developing business plans for purchasing existing businesses, launching new ventures based on cutting edge technologies, proposing a new App for the Iphone, and prototyping, pitching, and then validating a new design for a paper aircraft (‘Kitty Hawk in the Classroom’). Students from our program also hold the distinction of winning more competitive business plan competitions than any other school Worldwide.

The Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship (SCCE) supports entrepreneurial activities across the entire University of Manitoba campus. The Centre aims to support students and spark the entrepreneurial spirit for students who want to explore entrepreneurship as a viable career - regardless of their field of study. Students can participate in competitions and receive support for their entrepreneurial ventures.