IT Innovation,
Design, and Startups
Minor

Become an entrepreneur and turn your business idea into a reality.

If you’ve got a world-changing  business idea, it’s time to do something about it.  The iSchool’s minor in IT Innovation, Design, and Startups will guide you through turning your idea into a viable venture, and it’s available to all undergraduate students regardless of their primary college or major.

  • Study ideation, team-building, product development, and more.
  • Learn to launch, grow and sustain a successful startup enterprise.
  • Explore how to listen to the needs of your community and bring your ideas into the world.
  • Learn from professors who are successful entrepreneurs and experts in the field.
  • Enhance your current field of study with a deeper understanding of entrepreneurship.
Quick Info

6 Courses / 18 Total Credit Hours

Courses & Curriculum

The minor in IT Innovation, Design, and Startups is 18 credits and gives students the skills required to listen to the needs of their community, bring their ideas into the world, and grow and sustain a successful startup enterprise.

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Core Courses – 9 Credits

IDS 301 | 3 CREDITS
Transform innovative ideas into market-ready ventures in this hands-on course. Students emerge equipped with practical tools to navigate the journey from concept to launch for commercial and social ventures.

IDS 302 | 3 CREDITS
Students establish an actionable plan for the launch of their own business or social venture. Focus on establishing a well-conceived, achievable, and actionable path to market.

IST 659
Definition, development, and management of databases for information systems. Learn data analysis techniques, data modeling, data normalization query writing for information retrieval and query performance tuning using the SQL language.

PREREQ IDS 302

Electives – 9 credits

Students should select 9 credits of electives based on their venture. Students must consult with the program director and/or their faculty advisor to determine which undergraduate-level courses at Syracuse University best complement their entrepreneurial goals and help launch and accelerate their idea. Courses that are counted as electives cannot be used to satisfy another major or minor.