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Entrepreneurial Studies
This is an interdisciplinary major, which draws upon courses offered in the different departments of the College of Business. It is designed for students interested in majoring in Entrepreneurship.
The department identifies the following two items as the key learning objectives for this major are:
- Encourage entrepreneurial thinking among students, which entails the ability to recognize, evaluate and pursue new venture opportunities.
- To build professional skills relevant for starting and managing a new venture; these include opportunity evaluation, data-based research, business planning and understanding the functional aspects of small business management, including marketing, operational management, financial analysis, taxation, human-resource management and computer use.
- Click here to go to the Student Ventures Blog to read about students participating in the Rider Student Venture Experience program.
- Click here for the Small Business Institute program.
- Click here to go to the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.
- Join the Entrepreneurial Studies Club.
To find out more information, please contact:
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Dr. Ronald G. Cook Professor Office: Sweigart Hall 234 Phone: (609) 895-5522 Email: cookr@rider.edu |










