The U.S.-based Conference Board, a global research organization representing businesses worldwide, found that “U.S. Illinois.Īccording to The Wall Street Journal, “Entrepreneurship is also a hot topic in courses at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, while the certificate program in design entrepreneurship at Pratt Institute of New York has been in such high demand that the school is expanding the program to accommodate more students.”Įqually significant, in business and engineering schools alike, they are integrating arts and sciences to create a more well rounded curriculum but also, laying the foundation for the workforce most corporate executives say will be most in demand in the so-called new economy. And those skills are increasingly being woven into the fabric of the arts degree at the University of Texas in Austin, Columbia College in Chicago, The Meadows School of the Arts at SMU in Dallas, and Millikin University in Decatur.
The music entrepreneurship and business program is a professional bachelor of music degree with a specialization in entrepreneurship.Ī minor in art and entrepreneurship is offered in the Department of Art Education at Ohio State University. This week, San Diego State University is launching a music entrepreneurship and business degree program, which according to SDSU, is believed to be the first of its kind in the country.ĭeveloped as a partnership between SDSU’s College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts and the College of Business Administration, the program embeds 15 units of entrepreneurship classes ranging from the fundamentals of entrepreneurship to creativity and innovation, social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance, in addition to business course electives. Clearly something is happening in universities across the country.