The Department of Managerial Sciences at Georgia State University offers both graduate and undergraduate students a field study course in which they work with Atlanta entrepreneurs who are starting, expanding, changing or turning round their business. Students might help founders turn their ideas into a viable business, determine the feasibility of offering a new product or service in an existing firm, plan a new marketing effort or many other things. Students will also have a chance to observe owners, founders, and entrepreneurial managers at close range and to see for themselves what makes an entrepreneur successful or unsuccessful. Students who make a grade of B or better in the course will be granted a $1000 scholarship. Between 20 to 25 students are accepted in each class and the course will be offered in the fall and spring semesters. 

The class will meet for about two weeks at the beginning of the semester and, thereafter, students will work with an entrepreneur at least 8 hours per week, and 10 hours would be better. Students who work and go to school may need to make special arrangements with their employers. Students will be responsible for developing with the entrepreneur a plan for the field study and will communicate regularly with the course instructor. Near the end of the semester, students will report on their experiences. Students' contributions to the business and what they have learned will be evaluated by both the instructor and the entrepreneur. 

The undergraduate course is  MGS. 4590: Entrepreneurship Field Study.  The graduate version is MGS. 8590: Field Study in Entrepreneurship . Registration for and admission to either course requires the permission of the instructor. Click on the links above to view the syllabus for both the courses and please see the deadline below. 

If You Are A Company that wants to provide an opportunity for a student, click  Company Form here and fill in the requested information. You"ll have a choice about which students you want to work with, and students will have a choice about which companies they want to work with. Students will work 8 hours or more per week for a semester. 

There is a $1000 fee for companies once they are matched with a student. That money goes primarily to pay the scholarships the students receive. We expect that students will have frequent access to founding entrepreneurs or top managers of the companies. The students are expected to be working on something that adds value to the company. The companies define what those activities will be, and a wide variety of things are possible. 

If You Are A Student and would like to apply to be admitted, please click on and complete the  Student Form , and submit it. In addition, please fax or, preferably, attach your résumé to an e-mail to Dr. Greg Henley (ghenley@gsu.edu) You will have a choice about which companies you want to work with, and companies will indicate which students they want to work with. The deadline for application for Spring 2008 Field Study is November 16, 2007 @ 5:00PM.

The  Company Profile provides information about companies that have participated in the program. Just click on the company name. 

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City and The Coleman Foundation of Chicago have provided much of the funding that supported the initiation of Entrepreneurship Field Study. Learn more about these fine organizations by clicking below. 

Kauffman Foundation

The Coleman Foundation, Inc.

Dr. Greg Henley, Director
H.J. Russell Sr. International Center for Entrepreneurship                                       
Telephone: 404-413-7542 
Fax : 404-413-7571 
E-mail: ghenley@gsu.edu