America excels at entrepreneurship and USF in particular has a top
entrepreneurial business school. Entrepreneur Magazine ranked the USF
Entrepreneurship MBA Program among the TOP TIER University
Entrepreneurship Programs in 2004. According to Forbes & Princeton
Review 2004, USF is ranked among the Top 25 of "America's Most
Entrepreneurial Campuses". In partnership with the Entrepreneurship MBA
program, the Computer Science department offers an emphasis in
entrepreneurship for the MS Computer Science and MS Internet
Engineering degrees. Students enrolled in the entrepreneurship
emphasis take a standard MSCS or MSIE degree, but take their electives in the
top tier Entrepreneurship Program from the business school alongside
MBA students:
MBA664 Creativity and Innovation (1st Spring semester)
MBA662 Global Product Development (2nd Fall semester)
MBA661 Entrepreneurial Management (2nd Spring semester)
Students take 7 (4 unit) computer science courses and 3 (3 unit) MBA
courses for a total of 28+9=37 units versus the 9 course (36 unit)
pure MS computer science.
In addition, students are required to prepare a business plan
and prototype during the masters project course and enter
the USF International
Business Plan Competition, one of the world's premier competitions.
The entrepreneurship emphasis goes beyond a traditional graduate technology degree to teach students what to build not just how and, further, teaches students how to form a company around their ideas. Students network with business students, venture capitalists, and other entrepreneurs from the nearby Silicon Valley during their education, thus, connecting with current and future leaders.
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Endorsements
"I wish there had been an entrepreneurship emphasis like USF's when I
was in computer science graduate school; my career has been a
combination of just that: technology and management. I hope USF's MS
students, particularly those taking the emphasis in entrepreneurship,
will consider Adobe upon graduation."
Dr. Charles M. Geschke
co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Adobe Systems
"Today's business world demands both deep technical skills
and expansive business acumen. Excellent USF CS graduates
demonstrate both these traits and BEA looks forward to hiring
more outstanding talent."
Alfred S. Chuang
Chairman, co-founder, CEO
BEA Systems
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