Walton College Launches Master of Science in Product Innovation
The new graduate program, which promotes product innovation and management, launched its inaugural class on August 17.
September 25, 2023 | By Lori McLemore
Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Innovation
The Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Venture Innovation offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs for students who want to be tomorrow’s business, community, and academic innovators. Faculty in the program discover and disseminate knowledge through their research, supporting Arkansas, economic development and the academic community.
Academic Programs
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Major
Bachelor’s Degree
Start your own for-profit or non-profit venture. Manage and grow small businesses, or enter the workforce with an entrepreneurial mindset and skills in innovation and technology commercialization.
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Minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Minor Program
A minor for Walton College students desiring more knowledge of innovation and entrepreneurship to assist them in their business careers.
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Master of Science in Product Innovation
Master's Degree
Gain the skills and experiences to turn great ideas into great products. The part-time Master of Science in Product Innovation advances your professional skills through coursework and the hands-on practicum experience – without stepping out of the workforce to advance your education.
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Entrepreneurship Certificate
Micro-Certificate
The Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Microcertificate will teach students the core tools necessary to start a new business venture, allowing them to learn the process by the practical building of their own new venture.
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Organizational Innovation Certificate
Micro-Certificate
The Organizational Innovation Undergraduate MicroCertificate is designed to help further develop organizational innovation leaders through an undergraduate practicum-based program in organization innovation.
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Outdoor Products and Services Certificate
Micro-Certificate
Love biking, fishing, climbing, camping or hiking? Earn an Outdoor Products and Services Micro-Certificate to gain an understanding of the business side of outdoor recreation. This micro-certificate consists of nine credit hours, is open to students from all disciplines and no prerequisites are required.
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Social Innovation Certificate
Micro-Certificate
Interested in creating a sustainable business, financially viable and with a net positive impact on society and the environment? Come join us and earn a Social Innovation Micro-Certificate to gain an understanding of the business side of social change.
This micro-certificate consists of 9 credit hours, is open to students from all disciplines and no prerequisites are required.
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Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship
Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship provides a fast-paced, experiential environment to develop your skills as a founder alongside intensive mentoring and soft skills development.
Designed to pair graduate students from business and non-business disciplines together, the program provides a business incubation-like setting for exploring business ideas and connecting new technologies to market opportunities.
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PhD Program: Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Doctoral Degree
The department offers a PhD program in Business Administration that prepares students for careers as scholars focused on problems facing businesses. The program offers areas of emphasis in Entrepreneurship, Nonmarket Strategy, and Corporate Social Responsibility, and Micro foundations of Strategy and Entrepreneurship.
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Department News
Ice Cream, Activism and Business Revenue
SEVI's Jake Grandy and his co-researcher Shon Hiatt look at activism and how it effects government regulators and industry.
July 5, 2023 | By Lori McLemore
The Business of Outdoor Recreation: Earn a Micro-Certificate
Love biking, camping, fishing or hiking? Earn an Outdoor Products and Services Micro-Certificate to learn the business side of outdoor recreation.
March 22, 2023 | By Lori McLemore
Student-Run Business Spotlight: Nicholas Prentiss
"Venture creation and entrepreneurship has been a burning desire in me since I was a kid."
January 24, 2023 | By Grant Schol
Study: Stock Purchases by Senators Generate Abnormal Returns for Firms
Researchers based study on public perception of politicians as unethical, having privileged information.
October 20, 2022
Walton College Launches Master of Science in Product Innovation Program
The degree targets recent graduates and mid-career professionals who want to develop skills to launch products in a startup or innovative environment.
September 29, 2022 | By Lori McLemore
Callander and Cummings Recognized with Schulze Publication Award
The authors explore how to bridge the gap between art and business.
July 8, 2022
Using Diversity to Improve Educational Experiences at the U of A
This session with Rogelio Garcia Contreras and Jackie Wiersma-Mosley will highlight inclusive teaching practices that support all U of A students. Join the talk from 1:30-2:30 p.m. today via Zoom.
March 30, 2022
Student Startup Teams to Compete for $110,000 Cash Prize Pool in U of A's Heartland Challenge
Twelve graduate startup teams across North America will compete this spring in the third annual Heartland Challenge, a competition designed to simulate the process of raising venture capital for a high-growth enterprise.
March 28, 2022
Garcia Contreras Recipient of Outstanding Contribution to Service Learning Teaching Award
Rogelio Garcia Contreras, teaching assistant professor and director of social innovation in Walton College, received the 2021-22 Outstanding Contribution to Service Learning Teaching Award.
March 17, 2022
Rogelio Garcia Contreras Named 2020-21 Service Learning Committee Member of the Year
Rogelio Garcia Contreras, a teaching assistant professor who has taught two service learning classes in Walton College, directed multiple service-learning-based honors theses.
September 8, 2021
New Program at U of A to Support Outdoor Recreation Entrepreneurs
A new program is being developed at the U of A that will train and support regional entrepreneurs focused on outdoor recreation-oriented hospitality, service and experience businesses, as well as outdoor industry product design and development start-ups.
September 8, 2021
Goforth Joins NWA Council Executive Committee
Sarah Goforth, executive director of the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, will join the NWA Council Executive Committee.
July 16, 2021
Local Startup Lapovations Awarded $100,000 Small Business Award
The grant builds on a similar $1 million Small Business Innovation and Research award Lapovations received from the National Science Foundation in 2020.
June 15, 2021
Epic Spotlight: Farid Noori
November 17, 2020
New Course and Collaboration to Focus on Problems Caused by Pandemic
Faculty and students will collaborate with a university in India to develop innovations for medical devices and protective equipment.
July 14, 2020
Blending Art and Entrepreneurship
Though Adrienne Callander is an assistant professor of art and entrepreneurship, her research centers on challenging the separation of these two processes.
April 16, 2020
EPIC Spotlight: Chris Houser
December 3, 2019
Startup Chosen for $225,000 NSF Grant
February 27, 2019
