Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIENT) major is designed to help you develop problem solving and creative thinking skills, along with the ability to spot trends, recognize opportunities, and develop plans to capitalize on high-potential ideas. Emerging entrepreneurs and innovative managers of small to large businesses must be competent in various mediums of communication, have good negotiation skills, lead with ethics and integrity, and be grounded in business aspects of planning, capital investing, goal setting, and decision making.
Course Requirements
The courses listed below are accompanied by videos from both student and professor perspectives. Click on the course titles to watch the videos.
Core CIENT Courses
Students are required to take all of the following courses (9 credits):
| Course | Videos |
| MGMT 425 - New Venture Creation | Professor Video | Student Video |
| MGMT 453 - Creativity and Innovation | Professor Video | Student Video |
| MGMT 457W - Strategic Management of Innovation and Technologies |
CIENT Electives
Students are required to select three of the following courses (9 credits):
| Course | Videos |
| MGMT 365 - Social Entrepreneurship | Professor Video | Student Video |
| MGMT 420 - Negotiation and Conflict Management | Professor Video | Student Video |
| MGMT 427 - Managing an Entrepreneurial Start-Up Company | Professor Video | Student Video |
| MGMT 480 - Business Transformation Consulting | Professor Video | Student Video |
| MGMT 485 - Entrepreneurial Opportunity Creativity | Professor Video | Student Video |
| MGMT 486 - Entrepreneurial Investment and Resource Acquisition | Professor Video | Student Video |
Recommended Course Sequence
Visit the CIENT webpage to view the sequence.
Careers in CIENT
The CIENT major is designed for students interested in managing innovation, re-inventing current businesses, supporting a family business, or starting up new businesses with the intent of growing the economy, and providing jobs for a diverse workforce. By taking this major, students may prepare themselves to launch a new company or pursue professional employment in one of the following business domains:
| Corporate Innovation | Entrepreneurship |
| Consulting | Start a New Venture |
| Project Management | Work for a Small Business |
| Business Operations | Further a Family Business |
| Customer Development | Work for a Company Investing in Small Business |
| Innovation |
Full Time Employment
For the Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Major, students have been placed in the following industries after graduation: Tech/Science: 25%, Consulting Services: 25%, Financial Services: 17%, Sports/Leisure: 8%, Petroleum/Energy: 8%, Other: 17%.
Salary
After graduation, CIENT students obtain on average $69,750 with a Full-Time Salary. The average signing bonus CIENT students are receiving is $6,300 with about 56% of graduates receiving a bonus.
CIENT Highlights
Consider some of the other factors that help to enhance the environment for CIENT students in the Smeal College of Business. Click the images to learn more about each organization.
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Contacts
Department Chair
Dr. Stephen Humphrey
Professor of Management & Organization, Alvin H. Clemens Professor of Management
Email: seh25@psu.edu
CIENT Undergraduate Major Coordinator
Travis Lesser
Instructor of Entrepreneurship
Email: tal218@psu.edu