McGuire Center Programs
Undergraduate Programs
Undergraduate Eller Students can engage in a challenging and exciting year-long academic program, learning the principles of entrepreneurship and taking on the process of bringing it to life from an early-stage idea to a launch-ready venture. By doing so, they can earn a major in entrepreneurship to enhance their first Eller major.
Open to qualifying University of Arizona undergraduates in any non-business major program, this minor equips students with the practical skills, innovative mindset and real-world experiences to compete more strongly wherever their career path takes them.
This capstone gives Eller seniors the chance to creatively and confidently tackle unstructured problems in entrepreneurial, corporate, government, and nonprofit environments.
B.A. in Applied Humanities with an Entrepreneurship Emphasis (launching August 2026)
Students can pursue a BA in Applied Humanities with an Entrepreneurship emphasis through the College of Humanities and McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship. The program combines transferable skills like creativity, critical thinking, and strategic storytelling with entrepreneurship training to create and scale human-centered organizations.
ENTR 296: Spark for Sophomores
IGNITE YOUR INNOVATIVE POTENTIAL
Spark is an intro course exclusively for Pre-Business sophomores interested in entrepreneurship to refine and articulate their innovative ideas, develop them professionally through hands-on learning experience, understand the wide variety of entrepreneurship career possibilities, and network with established innovators. Students in the program are empowered to move forward in founding a business, connect with the right people and resources, understand the variety of career possibilities and know the next steps they need to take on their road to entrepreneurial success.
Ignite a Culture of Innovation
Learn how to foster an entrepreneurial culture within your organization and drive growth and success.
Expand Your Resources
Gain the tools, resources, and networks necessary to launch a business.
Understand Career Prospects
Learn the variety of entrepreneurial careers available.
Solve Real World Problems
Develop the skills and mindset needed to identify and tackle complex problems with creativity and critical thinking.
The best thing the McGuire Center did was challenge me to think differently from day one. The summer assignments launched me right into the mindset of an entrepreneur. They are about seeing the world, observing challenges and finding solutions.
Yale Jesser '15 BSBA (Marketing and Entrepreneurship), Co-founder, CrateCrops