Credit Usage

Find out how you can use E-Ship Minor or ELDM credits toward your degree requirements.

"I am only beginning to understand the enormous amount of effort that is required to engineer and design the complex systems that make up the commercial aircraft that we fly."

Bradford Ryll
Aerospace Engineering Major
Boeing, Everett, WA.

Engineering Minors

Engineering Entrepreneurship (E-ship) Minor

The E-ship minor at Penn State is supported by a grant from the GE Learning Excellence Fund and the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education. The program is innovative and unique:

Business and engineering undergraduate students are recruited into the courses, with teams composed of students with diverse backgrounds and problem-solving approaches.
The courses are structured to be problem-based learning experiences—pure lecture time is kept to a minimum and team-based projects are core elements of each class.
The E-ship Business Basics course (ENGR497G) is a "trilogy" class, covering three topics most engineers and tech-focused majors do not see in college: finance, intellectual property, and marketing. These topics include fundamental skills needed for entrepreneurial (or intrapreneurial) engineering.
Technology entrepreneurs co-teach many of the core classes. Having industry professionals in the classroom changes the chemistry of class discussions, projects, and student insights in powerful ways.

Learn More About the Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor

Engineering Leadership Development Minor (ELDM)

The ELDM was designed to enhance students' technical education by supplementing it with the non-technical skills that will give students the edge to succeed in today's fast-paced global environment.

The program, which is open to all Penn State students, includes many subjects not usually found in undergraduate curricula, including entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, and leadership styles and development. Classes also explore public policy, ethics, and a host of business issues in the finance, marketing, and investment areas.

The ELDM encourages students to distinguish themselves from the competition and gives them the tools with which to do so. This minor is more than just a set of required courses and an extra line on a diploma—it provides students with the unique advantage of directing their leadership development along a personal path, with individual goals and skills preparation. Not only do students participate in the required courses, they are integral to the minor itself, deciding the courses of action that will dictate the evolution of the program.

Learn more about the Engineering Leadership Development Minor