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.

For more information, please contact us at CBET@TAMUT.EDU.

Degree Requirements 

Students should refer to their DegreeWorks degree audit in their Web for Students account for more information regarding their degree requirements.

Major Requirements
General Education Requirements42
Business Administration Core Courses
ACCT 430Business Ethics3
FIN 354Financial Management3
GBUS 310Business Communications3
GBUS 440International Business (EL)3
MGT 395Principles of Management3
MGT 439Business Strategy and Policy3
MGT 465Production and Operations Management3
MIS 360Essentials of Management Information Systems3
MKT 363Marketing3
MGT 324Business Data Analytics I3
or SCM 324 Business Data Analytics I
Entrepreneurship Concentration18
Entrepreneurship (EL)
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
Mobile Application Development
Senior Design I
Senior Design II
Other Requirements-Business Introductory Courses
ACCT 2301Principles of Accounting I3
ACCT 2302Principles of Accounting II3
BUSI 2301Business Law3
ECON 2301Principles of Macroeconomics 13
ECON 2302Principles of Microeconomics3
MATH 1342Elementary Statistical Methods 13
BBA Secondary Core
12sch Upper Division Business Electives12
Minimum Hours for Degree120
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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

FallSemester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301Composition I requires minimum grade of 'C', Satisfies Core Curriculum3
HIST 1301United States History I Satisfies Core Curriculum3
MATH 1342Elementary Statistical Methods Satisfies Core Curriculum3
Creative Arts Core Curriculum Requirement
ECON 2301Principles of Macroeconomics Satisfies Core Curriculum3
IS 1100University Foundations mandatory for FTIC students only1
Fall Total Semester Credit Hours16
SpringSemester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302Composition II Satisfies Core Curriculum3
or ENGL 2311 Technical Writing & Communication
HIST 1302United States History II Satisfies Core Curriculum3
Language, Philosophy and Culture Core Curriculum Requirement3
SPCH 1315Public Speaking Satisfies Core Curriculum3
or COMM 1307 Introduction to Mass Communication
or COMM 1311 Introduction to Communication Studies
ECON 2302Principles of Microeconomics3
Spring Total Semester Credit Hours15
Total First Year Semester Credit Hours31

Second Year

FallSemester Credit Hours
Life and Physical Sciences Core Curriculum Requirement Satisfies Core Curriculum3-4
PSCI 2305U.S. Government and Politics3
ACCT 2301Principles of Accounting I3
Component Area Option B of the Core Curriculum3
Upper Division Business Elective (300-400 level from: ACCT, FIN, GBUS, MGT, MIS, MKT, SCM)3
Fall Total Semester Credit Hours15
SpringSemester Credit Hours
life and physical sciences core curriculum requirement/3-4
PSCI 2306State and Local Government3
ACCT 2302Principles of Accounting II3
BUSI 2301Business Law3
MGT 395Principles of Management3
Spring Total Semester Credit Hours15-16
Total Second Year Semester Credit Hours30-32

 Third Year

FallSemester Credit Hours
MKT 363Marketing3
MIS 360Essentials of Management Information Systems3
MGT 324Business Data Analytics I3
or SCM 324 Business Data Analytics I
MGT 446Entrepreneurship (EL)3
Upper Division Business Elective (300-400 level from: ACCT, FIN, GBUS, MGT, MIS, MKT, SCM)3
Fall Total Semester Credit Hours15
SpringSemester Credit Hours
ACCT 430Business Ethics3
FIN 354Financial Management3
MGT 321Organizational Behavior3
GBUS 310Business Communications3
MGT 465Production and Operations Management3
Spring Total Semester Credit Hours15
Total Third Year Semester Credit Hours30

Fourth Year

FallSemester Credit Hours
GBUS 440International Business (EL)3
Upper Division Business Elective (300-400 level from: ACCT, FIN, GBUS, MGT, MIS, MKT, SCM)
MGT 490Senior Design I3
MIS 310Mobile Application Development3
Elective - Upper or Lower Division as needed to meet upper division and overall requirement3
Fall Total Semester Credit Hours15
SpringSemester Credit Hours
Upper Division Business Elective (300-400 level from: ACCT, FIN, GBUS, MGT, MIS, MKT, SCM)
MGT 491Senior Design II3
MGT 495Human Resource Management3
MGT 439Business Strategy and Policy3
Elective - Upper or Lower Division as needed to meet upper division and overall requirement3
Spring Total Semester Credit Hours15
Total Fourth Year Semester Credit Hours30
Minimum Hours for Degree120

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.