Business Management Entrepreneurship Option

Entrepreneurship OptionStarting a new small business? Whether students complete the entire program requirement leading to degree status or simply take selected courses to satisfy an immediate need, the program gives students an awareness of the unique demands placed upon today's small businesses and their owners.

Note: Some of the core  (semester 1 and 2) courses in this option differ from those of the other majors within the Business Administration  department.  Entrepreneurship courses are only offered once a year in the semester indicated (semesters 1 & 3 are fall, 2 & 4 are spring). Many courses have prerequisites that students should take into consideration when they plan course scedules.

Entrepreneurship Program Goals

  1. Have the skills needed to develop ideas and make decisions based on proper research, analysis, and critical thinking.
  2. Understand the environment in which businesses operate including the major economic factors, legal requirements, ethical, and social forces.
  3. Understand the key actions taken to effectively and efficiently utilize company resources to achieve goals.
  4. Understand the actions taken to acquire and retain customers; produce goods and services; and measure/track financial performance.
  5. Understand the entrepreneurial process from idea generation to the development of a business plan through to the launch of a new business venture and are knowledgeable of the risks inherent in and the discipline required to consider entrepreneurship as a viable career option.
  6. Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
  7. Conduct research from a variety of sources.
  8. Demonstrate computer literacy.
(ENTM.AS) Curriculum
Semester 1
No. Course Title Credits
ENGL-100 ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1 3
CMPA-160 COMPUTER BASICS: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS 3
MANG-110 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3
SMBE-125 INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP 3
ELMAT GENERAL MATH ELECTIVE 3
Total: 15
Semester 2
No. Course Title Credits
ACCT-110 ACCOUNTING 1 4
MRKT-110 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING 3
ENGL-201 BUSINESS ENGLISH 3
SOCL-100 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (or) 3
PSYC-100 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 3
ELHUM GENERAL HUMANITIES ELECTIVE (or) 3
ELSOC GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE (or) 3
ELMAT GENERAL MATH ELECTIVE Note 1 3
Total: 16
Semester 3
No. Course Title Credits
ACCT-316 COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING 3
FINC-110 INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE 3
BLAW-312 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS 3
MANG-335 LEADERSHIP 3
ECON-100 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS 1 3
Total: 15
Semester 4
No. Course Title Credits
SMBE-440 ENTREPRENEURIAL FIELD STUDIES 3
SMBE-343 SMALL BUSINESS SEMINAR 3
ECON-200 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS 2 3
ELBUS GENERAL BUSINESS ELECTIVE Note 2 3
ELGEN GENERAL ELECTIVE 3
Total: 15

Notes

  1. Transfer students are advised to take MATH-122 Applied Math 1 or MATH-157 Calculus for Business, Life, and Social Sciences 1 in Semester 1 and MATH-222 Applied Math 2, MATH-257 Calculus for Business, Life, and Social Sciences 2, or STAT-142 Statistics in Semester 2. Career students should take BSTS-143 Business Statistics 1 in Semester 1, a second math or a humanities or social science elective in Semester 2.
  2. Humanities electives include art, college theater, foreign languages, music, speech, philosophy, and literature. Social science electives include history, political science, sociology, psychology, and economics.
Department Personnel
Name Title Office Ext Email
Rhoda Belemjian Assistant Professor 02/233 5706 rbelemjian
Ann Gervais Assistant Professor 02/220 5705 apgervais
Patricia McClure Professor 02/233 4111 pmcclure
Gail Olmsted Associate Professor 02/236 5751 golmsted
Robert Rodgers Professor / Co-Chair 02/230 4130 brodgers
Michael Tenerowicz Professor 02/234 4328 tenerowicz
Paul Thornton Professor / Co-Chair 02/213A 5223 pthornton