Entrepreneurship Management
The Entrepreneurship Management Concentration curriculum is designed to prepare business students in the basic core values and skills necessary to compete effectively as business owners in today’s economic environment and to facilitate the development of a wealth creating community.
This concentration focuses on all aspects of the creation and launching of a new enterprise and the process of opening and operating a new-business, including idea development, opportunity identification, market feasibility and financial challenges for new ventures, the use of low-cost and no-cost strategies and tactics. The courses also include case studies of diverse entrepreneurs, innovation, and enterprise and emphasize on emerging financing techniques, legal issues related to entrepreneurs, the integration of technology and social media, and a practicum to gain real life entrepreneurial experiences.
Department reserves the right to not offer this concentration.
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Business Administration with Entrepreneurship Management Concentration will be able to:
- Analyze the necessary information content and use data which will assist in obtaining skills necessary to start or purchase a business enterprise.
- Identify and appropriately respond to ethical, legal and strategic concerns relating to entrepreneurship.
Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| CBUS 380 | Entrepreneurial Thinking | 3 |
| CBUS 381 | Financing Entrepreneurial Vent | 3 |
| CBUS 382 | Marketing Entrpreneurial Ventu | 3 |
| CBUS 481 | Entrepreneurial Practicum | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| CBUS 482 | 3 | |
| CBUS 484 | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
Business Administration, B.A., All Concentrations
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| CENG 105 | College Composition I (Area D1) | 3 |
| CGED 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| CMAT 109 | College Algebra for Bus & Econ (Area C1) | 3 |
| CBIO 101 | Biological Science (or other course - Area C3) | 3 |
| CFLS 201 or CSTA 101 |
Intermediate Spanish (Area D3) or Fundamentals of Speech |
3 |
| Any Social Science course in Area B | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CENG 106 | College Composition II (Area D2) | 3 |
| CGED 101 | 1st-Year Seminar | 1 |
| CMAT 110 | Calculus for Bus & Econ (Area C2) | 3 |
| CBUS 250 | Personal Finance (Area E1) | 3 |
| CPSY 211 | General Psychology (or other course - Area B1) | 3 |
| CBUS 120 | Intro to Business Administrati | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CPHI 105 | Critical Thinking (Area A3) | 3 |
| CECO 251 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| CHIS 201 | United States,Africa & World (Area A2) | 3 |
| CBUS 207 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| CHUM 228 | or other course - Area A1 | 3 |
| CBUS 295 | Leadership & Prof Dev I | 1 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CBUS 335 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| CECO 252 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| CBUS 206 | Management Info Systems | 3 |
| CBUS 208 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| CBUS 340 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CBUS XXX | Business Elective | 3 |
| CBUS 313 | Statistics I | 3 |
| CBUS 325 | Business Communication | 3 |
| CBUS 341 | Business Finance | 3 |
| CBUS 330 | Legal,Social,Ethical Aspect I | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| CBUS XXX | Concentration Elective (See list of concentration elective courses) | 3 |
| CBUS 395 | Leadership & Prof Dev II | 1 |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| CBUS 460 | Production/Operations Mgmt | 3 |
| CBUS 495 | Leadership & Prof Dev III | 1 |
| CBUS XXX | Concentration Elective (See list of concentration elective courses) | 3 |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CBUS 485 | Business Policy | 3 |
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 122 | |
Note: A minimum grade of “C” is required in all Business Core Courses, courses taken in the Concentration, CMAT 109 College Algebra for Bus & Econ, CMAT 110 Calculus for Bus & Econ, CENG 105 College Composition I, and CENG 106 College Composition II.