VCU/VBDC program to teach business entrepreneurship
The Virginia Biosciences Development Center has teamed with
Virginia Commonwealth
University to develop a curriculum to teach business entrepreneurship
skills to professional life scientists, with the goal of spurring
formation of biosciences companies in greater Richmond and
Central Virginia.
Students in class at the Medical Sciences Building on
VCU’s MCV Campus.
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The
post-baccalaureate certificate program in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship
represents an innovative intersection of life sciences academic
instruction with practical entrepreneurial experiences.
The program will combine academic study, on-the-job training
and professional mentoring. Participants with life sciences
backgrounds will begin with a primer in the core disciplines
of business; those with an undergraduate degree in business
will start by enrolling in Life Sciences 501, an overview
of the life sciences taught by VCU.
A pilot program will be offered in January 2004, in evening
courses to be offered at VCU and at the Virginia BioTechnology
Research Park. Students will be required to complete four
courses (12 credit hours) and will be awarded a continuing
education certificate upon completion.
The curriculum development is funded by a grant from the
Ewing Marion
Kauffman Foundation. The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership was established in 1992 by Ewing Marion Kauffman,
who built a small pharmaceutical firm, Marion Laboratories,
into a major health care company, later merging with Merrell
Dow.
Contact George M. Kasper,
Ph.D., at the VCU School
of Business at (804) 827-0819, to learn how you can become
a part of the certificate program in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship.
For more information, see www.vcu.edu/lifesci/entrepreneurship.
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