Entrepreneurship education can greatly benefit STEM students. STEM education is changing to realize these benefits. Through surveying students and interviewing faculty and alumni at WPI, we investigate if education properly equips STEM students with the necessary financial knowledge and skills needed in the business world. Findings show that although corporate finance is important, STEM students are generally not exposed to and lack financial knowledge. Exposure to corporate financial education through multidisciplinary projects and courses would be beneficial for STEM students.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Stilwell, Thomas
• Bender, Kristen Marie
• He, Harrison Y.
• Tomellini, Joseph John
• Elsayed, Karim Ashraf

Subject

• Industry
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121516-170855

Keyword

• Entrepreneurship
• Science--Study and teaching

Advisor

• Schaufeld, Jerome
• Miller, Fabienne

Year

• 2016

Date created

• 2016-12-15

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright