BBA-Entrepreneurship Concentration
Entrepreneurship is an exciting and rewarding path of study in which students learn about the necessary steps taken to start, build, and sustain a business. Students in the Entrepreneurship Concentration will learn about, building a business by building foundational business plans, developing their product or service, and marketing their ideas. Students will learn how to develop and lead teams using Human Resource Management skills. Students will have the opportunity to create their own business plans in a two part class by partnering with technically oriented students in Senior Design classes. Entrepreneurial students will learn how marketing can be enhanced using social media marketing and Mobile App techniques.
Skills acquired via the entrepreneurship concentration are in high demand by future employers even if a student chooses not to pursue their own business. By completing a business degree with a concentration in entrepreneurship, students set themselves apart to succeed with any business or employer they choose in the future. These skills will set students a part in learning to perform product and process development, marketing their ideas, and managing functions from the perspective of operating a business as if it was their own business. Students in entrepreneurship have the opportunity to learn valuable skills, and then they can return this value to any potential employer by using valuable leadership skills.
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Degree Requirements
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Code | Title | Hours |
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Major Requirements | ||
General Education Requirements | 42 | |
Business Administration Core Courses | ||
ACCT 430 | Business Ethics | 3 |
FIN 354 | Financial Management | 3 |
GBUS 310 | Business Communications | 3 |
GBUS 440 | International Business (EL) | 3 |
MGT 395 | Principles of Management | 3 |
MGT 439 | Business Strategy and Policy | 3 |
MGT 465 | Production and Operations Management | 3 |
MIS 360 | Essentials of Management Information Systems | 3 |
MKT 363 | Marketing | 3 |
MGT 324 | Business Data Analytics I | 3 |
or SCM 324 | Business Data Analytics I | |
Entrepreneurship Concentration | 18 | |
Entrepreneurship (EL) | ||
Organizational Behavior | ||
Human Resource Management | ||
Mobile Application Development | ||
Senior Design I | ||
Senior Design II | ||
Other Requirements-Business Introductory Courses | ||
ACCT 2301 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
ACCT 2302 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
BUSI 2301 | Business Law | 3 |
ECON 2301 | Principles of Macroeconomics 1 | 3 |
ECON 2302 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
MATH 1342 | Elementary Statistical Methods 1 | 3 |
BBA Secondary Core | ||
12sch Upper Division Business Electives | 12 | |
Minimum Hours for Degree | 120 |
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Satisfies Core Curriculum
Note: A minimum of 54 upper division hours (300 and 400 level courses) are required for this degree. Resident credit totaling 25% of the hours is required for the degree. A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required in three areas for graduation: Overall GPA, Institutional GPA, and Major GPA.
Upper Division Business Electives include 300 & 400 level courses from Accounting, General Business, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing & Supply Chain Management
First Year
Code | Title | Hours |
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Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
ENGL 1301 | Composition I requires minimum grade of 'C', Satisfies Core Curriculum | 3 |
HIST 1301 | United States History I Satisfies Core Curriculum | 3 |
MATH 1342 | Elementary Statistical Methods Satisfies Core Curriculum | 3 |
Creative Arts Core Curriculum Requirement | ||
ECON 2301 | Principles of Macroeconomics Satisfies Core Curriculum | 3 |
IS 1100 | University Foundations mandatory for FTIC students only | 1 |
Fall Total Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
Spring | Semester Credit Hours | |
ENGL 1302 | Composition II Satisfies Core Curriculum | 3 |
or ENGL 2311 | Technical Writing & Communication | |
HIST 1302 | United States History II Satisfies Core Curriculum | 3 |
Language, Philosophy and Culture Core Curriculum Requirement | 3 | |
SPCH 1315 | Public Speaking Satisfies Core Curriculum | 3 |
or COMM 1307 | Introduction to Mass Communication | |
or COMM 1311 | Introduction to Communication Studies | |
ECON 2302 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
Spring Total Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
Total First Year Semester Credit Hours | 31 |
Second Year
Code | Title | Hours |
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Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
Life and Physical Sciences Core Curriculum Requirement Satisfies Core Curriculum | 3-4 | |
PSCI 2305 | U.S. Government and Politics | 3 |
ACCT 2301 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
Component Area Option B of the Core Curriculum | 3 | |
Upper Division Business Elective (300-400 level from: ACCT, FIN, GBUS, MGT, MIS, MKT, SCM) | 3 | |
Fall Total Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
Spring | Semester Credit Hours | |
life and physical sciences core curriculum requirement/ | 3-4 | |
PSCI 2306 | State and Local Government | 3 |
ACCT 2302 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
BUSI 2301 | Business Law | 3 |
MGT 395 | Principles of Management | 3 |
Spring Total Semester Credit Hours | 15-16 | |
Total Second Year Semester Credit Hours | 30-32 | |
Third Year
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
MKT 363 | Marketing | 3 |
MIS 360 | Essentials of Management Information Systems | 3 |
MGT 324 | Business Data Analytics I | 3 |
or SCM 324 | Business Data Analytics I | |
MGT 446 | Entrepreneurship (EL) | 3 |
Upper Division Business Elective (300-400 level from: ACCT, FIN, GBUS, MGT, MIS, MKT, SCM) | 3 | |
Fall Total Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
Spring | Semester Credit Hours | |
ACCT 430 | Business Ethics | 3 |
FIN 354 | Financial Management | 3 |
MGT 321 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
GBUS 310 | Business Communications | 3 |
MGT 465 | Production and Operations Management | 3 |
Spring Total Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
Total Third Year Semester Credit Hours | 30 |
Fourth Year
Code | Title | Hours |
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Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
GBUS 440 | International Business (EL) | 3 |
Upper Division Business Elective (300-400 level from: ACCT, FIN, GBUS, MGT, MIS, MKT, SCM) | ||
MGT 490 | Senior Design I | 3 |
MIS 310 | Mobile Application Development | 3 |
Elective - Upper or Lower Division as needed to meet upper division and overall requirement | 3 | |
Fall Total Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
Spring | Semester Credit Hours | |
Upper Division Business Elective (300-400 level from: ACCT, FIN, GBUS, MGT, MIS, MKT, SCM) | ||
MGT 491 | Senior Design II | 3 |
MGT 495 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
MGT 439 | Business Strategy and Policy | 3 |
Elective - Upper or Lower Division as needed to meet upper division and overall requirement | 3 | |
Spring Total Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
Total Fourth Year Semester Credit Hours | 30 | |
Minimum Hours for Degree | 120 | |
Note: A minimum of 54 upper division hours (300 and 400 level courses) are required for this degree. Resident credit totaling 25% of the hours is required for the degree. A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required in three areas for graduation: Overall GPA, Institutional GPA, and Major GPA.