Spring 2025
Students must see the Office of Student Services for registration services.
Professor(s):
Saleha Khumawala (UH FACULTY)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Non-Law Courses
Business and Commercial Law
Time: ARRANGED Location:
Course Outline: The course number is: GENB 7334.
This is a UH Bauer College of Business course.
The chief objective of this course is to make sure each student gains a theoretical, practical and experiential education in social innovation and entrepreneurship as well as starting and consulting on small businesses.
The goal is to produce socially engaged advocates who can manage competing client needs and guide entrepreneurs through the myriad legal, social and personal challenges faced by ambitious start-up companies. Step into the role of a consultant in the University of Houston’s award-winning SURESM Program — a course where education meets experience. Under the guidance of a senior consultant, you will learn and apply key business frameworks to real-world work with entrepreneurs from under-resourced communities in Houston.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: Your grade is determined by your weekly hands-on service to the entrepreneurs. The student is responsible for supervising the entrepreneurs in writing their business plans, and connecting each entrepreneur with any resources or information needed to finish their business plan in preparation for pitching for funding.
There are no exams or textbooks, and every assignment in every class allows you to make a tangible difference while building an impressive portfolio for your future.
For registration please contact Mr. Shah Daram at 713-743-8093 or by email: sdaram@cougarnet.uh.edu.
Prerequisites: Yes The prerequisite for this course is graduate standing.
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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Instructor Preference)
