Basic Core and Elective Courses for the Entrepreneurship Program
The Entrepreneurship Option has been developed for those students who are interested in innovation management, new venture start-ups, small business, and the management of family firms. The option consists of five (5) core courses listed below:

MIS 375: Electronic Commerce

Mgt 489 Entrepreneurial Management: Pre-req: Econ 101, 102; Finance 325; Mgt 301; Mktg 360. Philosophy and nature of entrepreneurship for all business organizations; analytical, financial and interpersonal entrepreneurial skills

Mgt 492 Small Business Policy: Pre-req: Acctg 230, B Law 210, Finance 325, Mgt 301, Mktg 360. Application of management theory and principles to small firms; applied consulting experience with operating businesses

Fin 426 Entrepreneurial Finance: Pre-req: Acctg 230, 231; Fin 325. Entrepreneurial Finance focuses on raising capital for new enterprises. Topics: venture capital, IPO's, debt financing, leasing and value startup ventures

Mktg 490 Entrepreneurship: Pre-req: Mktg 360. Concepts, issues, and techniques of new venture creation and entrepreneurship

The Option in Entrepreneurship will also require completion of three (3) of the following additional courses:

·  Accounting 338 Cost Accounting

·  Management 450 Human Resource Management

·  Marketing 478 Sales Management

·  Insurance 456 Pure Risk Management

·  Business Law 410 Law and Government Regulation of Business

·  Economics 305 Theory of Firm and Markey Policy

·  Management 455 Staffing the Organization

·  Entrepreneurship 496 Special Topics

·  Entrepreneurship 498 Internship

·  Entrepreneurship 499 Independent Study

·  Information Systems 372 Database Management Systems

Both the core and the option courses included in the entrepreneurship curriculum are designed to encourage students to think "outside the box." They are intended to prompt students to rethink their assumptions about the entrepreneurial process and consider how it fits into large and small, corporate and not-for-profit, and public and private organizations. The College's Entrepreneurial Studies Program prepares students to further their careers with a broad-based understanding and new ways to make their ideas work.