How We Teach
Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship™
The Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship™ (BMoE), developed by UC Berkeley's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET), is an award-winning approach to entrepreneurship education that pairs a curriculum built on mindsets, networks, and frameworks with inductive, journey-based, and collaborative teaching.
What Students Learn
Today's world is characterized by rapidly evolving technologies, globalization, widening inequality, and strains on global ecosystems. Creating ventures that address such complex challenges and positively impact the world requires more than engineering and technical know-how. It also requires the persistence to lead, the ability to communicate with stakeholders, and the capacity to find problems and collaborate with the teams that can solve them. The Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship™ curriculum broadens the scope of traditional entrepreneurship courses by developing three components:
Mindsets (Beliefs & Behaviors)
The mental models and habits that allow students to think and act like entrepreneurs: resilient, creative, and willing to take risks.
Networks (Relationships & Community)
The peers, mentors, practitioners, and global ecosystems students connect with during their courses and carry forward, which make entrepreneurial work possible.
Frameworks (Tools & Strategies)
Adaptable methods for innovation and venture creation. Students compare multiple frameworks and learn to build their own.
Grounded in the belief that innovation happens when diverse perspectives collide, the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship™ creates an inclusive educational environment open to students across all majors and backgrounds. Replacing traditional textbooks with an inductive approach, instructors engage students in learning by doing, through games and team-based challenges, and in reflecting on what they discover. The approach is also journey-based, moving students through a scaffolded progression toward a consequential capstone, and collaborative, with learning happening through interdisciplinary teams, peer discovery, and industry mentorship. The instructional approaches in the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship™ bridge student ingenuity and real-world challenges, preparing students for careers as innovators, founders, and industry leaders.
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