Students who major in entrepreneurship will be
exposed to the new venture creation process through which they gain an
understanding of the skills, knowledge, and experience required to be a
successful entrepreneur. The curriculum is designed to give students an
opportunity to develop their own creative skills while applying principles of
management, marketing, and finance to the challenges of starting a new business,
growing a business, or managing a family business.
Learn how to...
develop the skills necessary to think and
act entrepreneurially within large, established organizations
identify new business opportunities
finance a new business
manage a family business
turn your ideas into marketable innovations
market your ideas
build and maintain a successful career
Selective Admission -- Courses to be completed
for certification of major in Entrepreneurship with overall 2.5 GPA
ENG 101 College
Writing
MAT 109 Algebra
for College Students
MAT 114 Finite
Mathematics
SPE 101
Principles of Speech Communications
ACC 200
Principles of Accounting I -- Financial
ACC 201
Principles of Accounting II -- Managerial
BUS 230 Legal
Environment
ECO 200
Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 201
Principles of Microeconomics
ENG 291 Advanced
Writing
MGT 205
Introduction to Business and Management
STA 212
Statistics for Business Applications I
STA 213
Statistics for Business Applications II
ENTP 300 - New Venture Creation - three credit hours:
This course presents an overview of entrepreneurship. During the semester we will examine entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial mindset; learn to recognize and create opportunity; develop and test the business concept; assess the industry and analyze risks associated with customers, markets, financial considerations and legal concerns. Students will come away with a clear understanding of what entrepreneurship is and how they can use the entrepreneurial mindset to succeed in their chosen career.
PREREQ: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
ENTP 333 - New Venture Management - three credit hours:
As an integrative course in management, this class emphasizes managing growing companies in an increasingly professional manner while maintaining a spirit of Entrepreneurship. Topics will include strategic and operational planning, financial planning and measuring and controlling performance; managing innovation, marketing the entrepreneurial organization, managing human resources in rapidly growing firms, and exit strategies.
PREREQ: ENTP 300 or by consent of instructor.
ENTP 497 - Senior Portfolio:
Writing the Business Plan - three credit hours: Students will study the basic components and varied audiences for the business plan. Each student will write a business plan and will be required to present the plan to a panel of business leaders.
PREREQ: ENTP 150, ENTP 300, ENTP 333 or by consent of instructor.
ENTP 375 - Marketing Strategies for Entrepreneurial Businesses - three credit hours:
A strategic marketing process approach will be illustrated emphasizing the design of entrepreneurial marketing plans; the innovation and new product or service process; implementation of product, price, place and promotion goals; and, methods of evaluation and control.
PREREQ: ENTP 300 or by consent of instructor.
ENTP 376 - New Venture Financing - three credit hours:
Many new ventures and innovation fail due to inadequate funding. Major sources of funding for new ventures are reviewed and evaluated in this course; including: venture capital, informal investors, banks, investment banks, suppliers, buyers and the government. Some of the topics for this course include valuation, "guerilla financing," joint ventures, strategic alliances, private placements, IPOs, ESOPs and management buyouts.
PREREQ: entp 150, ENTP 300 or by consent of instructor.
ENTP 377 - Family Business Management - three credit hours:
This course provides an overview of the importance of family firms and the unique problems and opportunities they face. Family businesses represent the interests of two distinct, yet overlapping institutions: the firm and the family. Actual family business case studies are used to examine these issues. Family business owners serve as invited speakers.
PREREQ: ENTP 300 or by consent of instructor.
ENTP 378 - Emerging Enterprise Law - three credit hours:
This course involves the study of legal issues surrounding emerging enterprises, including, new venture formation, choice of legal entity, financing, siting and leases, intellectual property, debtor-creditor relations, contracts and employment law.
PREREQ: ENTP 300 or by consent of instructor.
ENTP 405 - Corporate Entrepreneurship - three credit hours:
This course is designed to explore the concepts of change, innovation, and corporate venturing. Issues associated with entrepreneurial behavior and the development and implementation of programs to encourage Entrepreneurship (creating value through innovation) in midsize and large firms are explored.
PREREQ: ENTP 300 or by consent of instructor.
ENTP 496 Field Studies in Entrepreneurial Firms - three credit hours:
This course involves supervised study of an organization in one of two forms. Students may work in student groups to establish a relationship, identify a strategic problem or question, design and execute a study, and report implementable recommendations to a regional firm or work in a supervised internship in an entrepreneurial business.
