Entrepeneurial Studies

Overview

Professors Broden, Carsky (Chairperson), Fairfield-Sonn

Associate Professors Bergmann-Lichtenstein, Coleman, Morgan

Assistant Professor Generas

The majority of new job openings in the United States today are in small businesses, and most successful business leaders display a great deal of entrepreneurial behavior. Entrepreneurial Studies is an interdisciplinary major that focuses on the tools needed to start a new business, expand a family business, lead innovation efforts in a corporate environment, or become a top manager in a fast-growing enterprise.

As part of the business core, students take upper-division business requirements, including Introduction to Marketing, Managing Organizational Behavior, Business Finance, and Operations Management. The major program then begins with a Principles of Entrepreneurship seminar, and continues with upper-level courses in all of the business disciplines, including Marketing Communications, Small Business Finance, Accounting/Tax for Small Business, and Business Law. The capstone Seminar in Entrepreneurship pulls it all together, giving students an opportunity to complete a professional business plan that can be implemented to start a new venture of their own creation.

Requirements for the Entrepreneurial Studies Major -- Credits: 21
(To fulfill professional major requirements in the standard degree program for business administration)

Junior and Senior Years

  • MGT 314 Principles of Entrepreneurship [3]
  • MKT 325 Marketing Communication [3]
  • AC 410 Personal Financial and Tax Planning [3]
  • FIN 484 Small Business Finance [3]
  • MGT 414 Seminar in Entrepreneurship [3]
  • MGT 480 Internship in Management [3]
  • 1 additional approved elective course (3 credit hours) in the Entrepreneurial Studies curriculum

Requirements for the Entrepreneurial Studies Minor: Barney Students -- Credits: 12

  • MGT 314 Principles of Entrepreneurship [3]
  • 3 additional elective courses (9 credit hours) from the following:
    • MKT 325 Marketing Communication [3]
    • BL 330 Law of Business Organization [3]
    • FIN 484 Financing a Small Business [3]
    • MGT 414 Seminar in Entrepreneurship [3]

Requirements for the Entrepreneurial Studies Minor: Non-Barney Students -- Credits: 15

  • MGT 310 Managing Organizational Behavior [3]
  • MKT 310 Marketing Management [3]
  • MGT 314 Principles of Entrepreneurship [3]
  • Two approved business electives [6]