Entrepreneurship
W. E. Tracey, Jr., Chair, Management Dept. (Phone 832-3275)
The Entrepreneurship program prepares students for entrepreneurial careers in a
new venture creation or managing family-owned or other small business
enterprises. The program provides a basic foundation in the knowledge necessary
to search for and evaluate new venture opportunities, and to finance, operate
and manage new or growing businesses. Students are required to complete a field
study experience.
Students must complete the School of Business 27-credit Common Business Core
(see column 1 on this page) plus the following 30 credits.
| Entrepreneurship | Credits | |
| ENT 301 | Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation |
3 |
| ENT 305 | Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures |
3 |
| ENT 320 | Managing a Growing Business |
3 |
| ENT 499 | Field Studies in Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Directed Electives | 9 | |
| Business Electives | 9 | |
| Total 30 | ||
Directed Business Electives
The Entrepreneurship program requires completion of 9 credits selected from the
following list of courses:
| Credits | ||||
| AC 301 | Cost Accounting I | 3 | ||
| AC 420 | Managerial Analysis and Cost Control |
3 | ||
| FIN 301 | Intermediate Managerial Finance | 3 | ||
| FIN 310 | Principles of Investments | 3 | ||
| MGT 305 | Human Resource Management | 3 | ||
| MGT 426 | Business Organizational Behavior | 3 | ||
| MKT 305 | Consumer Behavior | 3 | ||
| MKT 340 | Product Development/ Management |
3 | ||
| MKT 423 | Marketing Research | 3 | ||
| MKT 430 | Sales Technique and Training |
3 | ||
| Total 9 |
Business Electives
Students must complete 9 credits of 300- or 400-level courses offered by the
School of Business (if prerequisite(s) are met) — only to be determined in consultation with
adviser.
| Business Electives total | 9 |