Entrepreneurship Program

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125-126

First Year - Credits: 32-33

• ACC 175 - Financial Accounting (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 110 - Business Computers I (Cr: 3)
  
  or elective

• BUS 120 - Business Fundamentals I (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 121 - Business Fundamentals II (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 122 - Business Problem Solving (Cr: 3)
  
  or Elective

• ECN 201 - Macroeconomics (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Global Issues General Education Requirement

• ECN 202 - Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement

• ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement

• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
  

• MTH 126 - Applied Statistics (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement

Sophomore - Credits: 32

• Aesthetic Awareness & Creative Expression General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)      
• Individual and Society General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• General Education Elective  (Cr: 3)

• ACC 185 - Managerial Accounting (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 200 - Marketing (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 210 - Finance (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 249 - Introduction to Business Analytics (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 270 - Communicating in Business (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 300 - Entrepreneurship (Cr: 3)
  

• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
  

Junior - Credits: 31

• Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr. 3-4)
• Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
• Entrepreneurship Electives  (Cr: 6)
• General Education Elective  (Cr: 3)

• BUS 320 - Organizational Behavior (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 335 - Managing Innovation (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 354 - Entrepreneurial Finance (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 370 - Business Analysis and Research (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement

• BUS 379 - Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
  

Senior - Credits: 30

• Entrepreneurship Elective  (Cr: 3)
• General Education Electives  (Cr: 6)

• BUS 415 - Business Negotiation (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
  

• BUS 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
  
  Or

• BUS 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
  

Entrepreneurship Electives

Choose four from the following:

• BUS 223 - Fashion and Retail Merchandising (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 224 - Principles of Buying (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 249 - Introduction to Business Analytics (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 302 - Legal Environment for Business Including the UCC (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 303 - International Business (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 311 - Corporate Finance (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 322 - Introduction to Healthcare Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 326 - Introduction to Real Estate (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 329 - Retail Product Development (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 338 - Management of Closely-Held and Family Businesses (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 365 - Business, the Environment, and Sustainability (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 380 - Small Business Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 381 - Nonprofit Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 425 - Business and Society (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 440 - Topics in Real Estate Seminar (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 442 - Contemporary Topics in Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 444 - Contemporary Topics in Marketing (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 446 - Contemporary Topics in Entrepreneurship (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 475 - Business Strategy and Policy (Cr: 3)
  

• CSC 160/160L - Introduction to Programming and Lab (Cr: 4)
  

• HTM 110 - Service Management (Cr: 3)
  

• HTM 140 - Culinary Arts Operations (Cr: 3)
  

• HTM 250 - Food and Beverage Management (Cr: 3)
  

• HTM 370 - Hospitality Entrepreneurship (Cr: 3)
  

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the entrepreneurship program, students will:

• Demonstrate the analytical and problem solving skills needed to solve complex challenges in entrepreneurial business.
• Calculate and interpret quantitative data.
• Evaluate evidence systematically in developing solutions to entrepreneurial business problems.
• Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within entrepreneurial business.
• Communicate effectively in oral and written form within the conventions of entrepreneurship.
• Apply a range of business 'best practices' in a professional entrepreneurial environment.

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