Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship

• The Entrepreneurial Economy
  
  This course is designed to enable students to recognize the unique opportunities and challenges faced by entrepreneurs in today’s dynamic business environment and combine essential business and interpersonal skills for a successful career as an entrepreneur.
  
  
• Public Relations and Networking Skills
  
  This course is designed to build effective communication and networking skills so that students can leverage contacts and relationships to create business opportunities. The importance of building a professional and trustworthy business reputation is also addressed.
  
  
• Sales and Negotiation Skills
  
  This course builds the skills and techniques required for successful negotiations with suppliers, buyers, contractors, employees, financial institutions, etc. The strategies and tactics required to negotiate win-win agreements even from a position of lesser power are covered. A negotiations simulation will provide an experiential learning opportunity for students.
  
  
• Legal Aspects for Entrepreneurs
  
  This course is designed to prepare students be aware of and comply with government policies, laws and regulations that impact small business operations.
  
  
• Entrepreneurship Experience I
  
  Decision-making skills and the ability to operate under conditions of uncertainty will be honed. Students will analyze and interpret dynamic economic, financial, and market factors in order to make sound business decisions using a technology-based business simulation exercise.
  
  
• Venture Capital
  
  This course examines the growth of the venture capital market and provides students with an understanding of the advantages and risks associated with venture capital financing.
  
  
• Social Entrepreneurship
  
  This course is examines the importance of societal wealth ventures, social responsibility, community outreach, and giving back to the community in order to ensure balance between private and societal interests.
  
  
• Special Market Sectors
  
  This course is examines the unique opportunities and challenges inherent in a number of special small business market sectors such as family-owned, professional, franchises, services, and import/exporting.
  
  
• Entrepreneurship Experience II
  
  This course is the capstone applications class where student teams will compete in a simulation exercise that exposes them to the day-to day challenges owners/managers face in a start-up environment.
  
  
• Intrapreneurship and Innovation
  
  This course examines the importance of creating innovative work environments in small, medium, and large-scale organizations in order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of the firm. Innovation is explored from the perspectives of product development, internal process improvements, and strategic shifts. Students will have the opportunity to participate in an experiential innovation project.
  
  

• Macroeconomics Principles
  
  The course includes an overview of the American economy, national production, employment and income. Also included is a study of the monetary and fiscal policy in the United States, the public sector and economic growth.
  
  
• Principles of Management
  
  Focuses on real-world management situations concerned with planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, the work of the organization.
  
  
• Business Communication
  
  This course provides practice in writing effective business letters and memos, and reports.
  
  
• Principles of Marketing
  
  This course surveys the marketing mix and marketing concept; markets and buyer behavior; product, service and relationship marketing for global competition; creating and keeping customers in an e-commerce world; branding and positioning; distribution strategies, integrated marketing communications, and pricing strategies.
  
  
• Fundamentals of Business Finance
  
  A study of the finance function within the modern corporation. Topics covered include financial analysis and planning, the valuation of financial assets, capital budgeting, capital structure, and working capital management.
  
  
• Ethical Issues in Business and Society
  
  The course encompasses the political, social, economic, legal, ethical, and other environments of business.
  
  
• Business Statistics
  
  An introduction to the practical application of descriptive and inferential statistics in business.
  
  
• Microeconomic Principles
  
  A microeconomics introduction covering prices and competition, non-price competition, income distribution, current domestic problems, international trade, and comparative systems.
  
  
• Business Law
  
  A study of our business legal system and the nature and sources of law, including the laws of torts, crimes, strict liability, intellectual property, contracts, secured transactions, real property, and bankruptcy.
  
  
• Organizational Behavior
  
  A study of individual and group behavior in organizations, including detailed coverage of individual differences/diversity, leadership and motivation, decision making, organizational design, and organizational change/development.
  
  
• Financial Accounting
  
  An introduction to the fundamental principles and practices of financial accounting and the construction of financial statements.
  
  
• Managerial Accounting
  
  An introduction to the use of managerial accounting data in the decision-making process.
  
  
• Principles of Information Systems
  
  This introductory course covers the fundamental principles of information systems, integrates topics of management, organization, information, technology and the systems approach and emphasizes the planning, design and implementation of information systems to aid decision-making.
  
  
• Production/ Operations Mgmt
  
  An introduction to designing, planning, operating and controlling production systems. Emphasis is on managerial concepts and strategies relating to the management of operations in both manufacturing and service environments.
  
  
• International Business
  
  A course in the concepts and practices of business in a multinational context. The course covers objectives, strategies, policies, and organizational structures for operating in various international environments.
  
  
• Human Resources
  
  A study of the human resource management function in organizations, including detailed coverage of staffing, organizational development, compensation and benefits administration, and employee relations.
  
  
• Entrepreneurship
  
  Development of business plans, preparation of financial packages, and evaluation of opportunities, risks, and problems associated with business development.
  
  
• Strategic Management
  
  Capstone case course in business. Focuses on identification and analysis of general management problems in order to formulate policy recommendations to meet the needs of a general manager.