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IGNITE YOUR INNOVATIVE POTENTIAL

Spark is for sophomores who want to gain—and sharpen—entrepreneurship skills in a project-based environment. 

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.

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Ignite a Culture of Innovation

Learn how to foster an entrepreneurial culture within your organization and drive growth and success.

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Expand Your Resources

Gain the tools, resources, and networks necessary to launch a business.

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Understand Career Prospects

Learn the variety of entrepreneurial careers available.

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Solve Real World Problems

Develop the skills and mindset needed to identify and tackle complex problems with creativity and critical thinking.

Undergraduate Eller BSBA 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 double 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.

Ready to build something real? NVD is McGuire’s flagship yearlong program where students work in teams, learn from mentors, and take an idea all the way to a tested, pitch-ready venture. 

This unique, 4-year degree program combines engineering and business studies with flexibility to specialize in Entrepreneurship and other areas. 

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.