a c a d e m i c     p r o g r a m s

College of Business Administration - Curriculum Guide

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

The concentration in entrepreneurship and small business management helps students develop the skills needed to work effectively within a small business or to start or acquire and manage their own.

Students learn to assess their personal aptitude and potential for small business; find and evaluate business opportunities; secure essential funding; and organize and manage such functional business areas as manufacturing, marketing, accounting, and finance. They will learn these important skills by taking courses in entrepreneurship, starting and managing new businesses, small business finance, and planning and growing new ventures.

This concentration also helps students prepare for careers in sales management, banking, public accounting, and other areas relevant to the small business environment.

During their senior year, students participate in the Small Business Institute Field Project. Offered in conjunction with the United States Small Business Administration, this unique course offers students the chance to work, under faculty guidance, as consultants to small business owners; students analyze company needs and help develop practical solutions to actual management problems. See course descriptions for more information.

Five-Year Bachelor of Science Curriculum

Quarters 1­3	See introduction.
Quarter 4	ACC 1111, Financial Accounting; MSC 1200, Business Statistics 1; MKT 1435, Introduction to Marketing; and one nonbusiness elective.
Quarter 5	ACC 1112, Managerial Accounting; MSC 1201, Business Statistics 2; and two nonbusiness electives.
Quarter 6	ENT 1330, Entrepreneurship; FIN 1438, Principles of Finance 1; MSC 1301, Management Information Systems; and one nonbusiness elective.
Quarter 7	FIN 1439, Principles of Finance 2; HRM 1433, Organizational Behavior and Design; and one open elective.
Quarter 8	ENT 1344, Starting and Managing a New Business; MSC 1441, Operations Management; ENG 1381, Writing for Professions; and one open elective.
Quarter 9	FIN 1770, Small Business Finance; MGT 1446, Managing Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues; and two open electives.
Quarter 10	MGT 1450, Business Policy; and three open electives.
Quarter 11	ENT 1358, Small Business Institute Field Project; ENT 1352, Planning and Growing New Ventures; and one open elective. .
Four-Year Bachelor of Science Curriculum
Quarters 1­5	See introduction.
Quarter 6	FIN 1438, Principles of Finance 1; MSC 1441, Operations Management; and HRM 1433, Organizational Behavior and Design.
Quarter 7	ENT 1330, Entrepreneurship; FIN 1439, Principles of Finance 2; ENT 1344, Starting and Managing a New Business; and two open electives.
Quarter 8	FIN 1770, Small Business Finance; MGT 1446, Managing Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues; and two open electives.
Quarter 9	MGT 1450, Business Policy; ENG 1381, Writing for Professions; and three open electives.
Quarter 10	ENT 1352, Planning and Growing New Ventures; ENT 1358, Small Business Institute Project; and one open elective.

Back to:
Curriculum Guide Index
College of Business Administration Intro