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Entrepreneurship
The Entrepreneurship concentration 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.
Downloadable PDF of Curriculum
Students must complete the School of Business 27-credit Common Business Core plus the following 30 credits:
Entrepreneurship
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Credits
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| 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 |
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9 |
| Business Electives |
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9 |
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Total 30
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Directed Business Electives
The Entrepreneurship program requires completion of 9 credits selected from the following list of courses:
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Credits
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| 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 |
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Total 9
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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 advisor.
Business Electives total
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9
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CCSU Elevator Pitch Contest, Spring 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Robert C. Vance Academic Center Room 105
$500 in Prizes - Open to all CCSU Students
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| The elevator pitch: A monologue that invites a dialogue - a possibility and opportunity such that an investor sees an exciting future in which they want to participate…in 60 seconds or less |
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Pre-Register by contacting:
Dr. Drew Harris
Dr. Greg Berry
sponsored by:
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The contest format is simple: You get 60 seconds to make your pitch for a product or venture to a panel of judges. At the end they decide the winners – those that best meet the criteria:
- Clarity and enthusiasm in presentation of idea
- Competitive strength of concept
- Viability (likelihood of success)
Two categories of winners: Best Scalable Venture and Personal/Life-Style Businesses
[View Flyer]
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Interested in Entrepreneurship
Contact: Department Chairperson
Dr. Lee Lee
Office VAC 427020
leel@ccsu.edu
(860) 832-3282
