Entrepreneurship
The program cultivates comprehensive knowledge of entrepreneurship theories and practices. Students learn how to launch, manage, and harvest a business. Students graduate with a strong understanding of various types of entrepreneurship: new venture creation entrepreneurship, small business entrepreneurship/management, and corporate entrepreneurship. This approach provides students a well-rounded perspective of entrepreneurship so they can pursue starting their own business (for profit, nonprofit, or social), manage an existing small business with entrepreneurial insights or lead entrepreneurial endeavors such as new product launches. Students will study creativity and how to manage innovations within the public and private sectors. Students will apply skills of opportunity recognition, resource leveraging, bootstrapping, and risk mitigation, through simulations, case studies, and real-world experiences. Students leave the program with a nurtured entrepreneurial mindset and the knowledge, skills, and abilities to engage in entrepreneurial endeavors in various settings.
Bachelor of Science with a Major in Entrepreneurship
| General Education | ||
| General Education Requirements Required | 38 | |
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Elementary Statistics | ||
or PSY 241 | Introduction to Statistics | |
or DATA 211 | Applied Statistics and Data Visualization | |
| Business Core Requirements | ||
| ACCT 200 | Elements of Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 201 | Elements of Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 315 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUS 269 | Professional Ethics | 3 |
| MGMT 301 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 |
| MRKT 321 | Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 305 | Business Communication | 3 |
| CIS 220 | Managing Computer Information Systems | 3 |
| BOTE 247 | Spreadsheet Applications | 3 |
| FIN 353 | Principles of Financial Management | 3 |
| Courses Required for Entrepreneurship Major | ||
| ACCT 321 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ENTR 302 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| INTB 307 | International Business | 3 |
| MRKT 430 | Professional Sales and Relationship Management | 3 |
| ENTR 304 | Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management | 3 |
| ENTR 470 | Projects in Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| ENTR 489 | Entrepreneurship and New Venture | 3 |
| FIN 360 | Entrepreneurial Finance | 3 |
| Electives: Select any combination of 4 courses (12 SH) from 300-400 BADM/BUS/ENTR/INTB/MGMT/MRKT courses | 12 | |
| Other Electives | 16 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Required: Entrepreneurship Portfolio
This program provides students with a robust set of entrepreneurship courses and experiential learning activities. The design provides exposure to entrepreneurship and develops an understanding of entrepreneurial concepts to various majors. Students learn how to finance, start, manage, grow, and harvest a successful business. The courses also demonstrate how to manage an existing business and how to work in a corporation that supports intrapreneurship. Students will learn that developing an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset is beneficial beyond starting or owning a business. Students completing the program develop insights on skills of opportunity recognition, innovation management, resourcefulness, and the use of creativity to gain and sustain competitive advantage.
Entrepreneurship Minor
| MGMT 301 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 |
| ENTR 302 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| INTB 307 | International Business | 3 |
| MRKT 321 | Marketing | 3 |
| ENTR 304 | Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management | 3 |
| ENTR 470 | Projects in Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Total Hours | 18 | |