2021-2022 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship
Requirements for the B.B.A.
Core Courses
All business core courses acquaint you with various fields in business and help you learn to communicate, to interact, and to assume responsible positions in your chosen field.
For the B.B.A., you must complete the following courses:
- ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- ACC 213 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- BOTH ECO 210 - Introductory Macroeconomics (3 credits) AND ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits)
OR ONLY ECO 200 - Business Economics (3 credits) - Upper-division economics course - not ECO 490 (3 credits)
- FIN 320 - Managerial Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 268 - Business Processes and Management Information Systems (3 credits)
- MGT 331 - Managing People and Organizations (3 credits)
- MGT 366 - Operations Management (3 credits)
- MGT 495 - Administrative Policy (3 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
Students are required to select one class from the following list. This course may count toward the major or minor if applicable.
- ACC 333 - Corporate Governance and Accounting Ethics (3 credits)
- ECO 440 - Public Economics and Ethics (3 credits)
- FIN 330 - Ethics in Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 340 - Ethics and Business, Social Justice and Sustainability (3 credits)
- MGT 438 - Business Ethics (3 credits)
- MKT 375 - Marketing Ethics (3 credits)
Required Business Electives
Three upper-division business courses are not applied to the major or minor (nine credits total). However, these courses can be applied toward a second business major if one is declared.
Elective Courses
Students may elect nonbusiness or business courses to fulfill their elective course requirements. Students may apply up to six hours of internship and independent research credit, in any combination, toward their degree requirements. Business majors may not take any of the major courses, except the internship and study abroad courses, on a credit/no-credit basis.
Requirements for a Major in Entrepreneurship
Students must take:
Quantitative group - choose one:
- MGT 361 - Management Science (3 credits)
- MTH 122 - College Algebra (3 credits)
- MTH 125 - Survey of Calculus (3 credits)
- MTH 201 - Calculus I (4 credits)
- PHI 103 - Logic (3 credits)
PLUS the following:
- one option from the creativity courses
- three core courses
- one option from the application or the practicum courses
- one option from the elective courses
- and a second business major (excluding general business and international business)
Creativity Course
Choose one:
- INT 310 - Creativity and Innovative Problem-Solving (3 credits)
- MKT 369 - Creativity in Marketing Innovation (3 credits)
Core Courses
Students must take all three:
- ENT 350 - Entrepreneurial Business Plan (3 credits)
- MGT 330 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (3 credits)
- MKT 370 - New Product Development (3 credits)
Application or Practicum Course
Choose one:
Electives Course
Choose one:
- ACC 321 - Cost Strategy and Decision Making (3 credits)
- ECO 300 - Data Analytics for Economics and Business (3 credits)
- MGT 345 - Team Building (3 credits)
- MGT 437 - Family Business (3 credits)
- MKT 352 - Marketing Research (3 credits)
- MKT 358 - Advertising and Marketing Communications (3 credits)