CURRICULUM FOR ONLINE POST BACCALAUREATE CERTIFICATE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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ONLINE MINOR IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
August - October
ENTP 150 - Overview of Accounting - three credit hours:
Introduction to financial information generated by typical business organizations, with special emphasis on the use and interpretation of this information in managerial and financial decision-making processes by entrepreneurs.
Enrollment priority given to ENTP minors. May not be substituted for ACC 200.
ENTP 150 will be waived for students who have credit for ACC 200 and ACC 201. Same as ACC 150.
January - March
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.
March - May
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.
October - December
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.
August -October
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.
Summer
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.
