Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial

A.A.S. Degree (D,W)

The Entrepreneurship program is a comprehensive program of integrated credit and non-credit offerings providing opportunities for students to learn successful entrepreneurship. Students may complete an associate degree in entrepreneurship, complete entrepreneurship courses while majoring in another career area for a dual associate degree, complete entrepreneurship courses for a credit certificate, or complete entrepreneurship courses in a non-credit format earning continuing education units (CEU's). Supporting offerings are provided, which relate to each of the entrepreneurship courses. These Supporting offerings include Meet the Entrepreneur Series and the Tell Me More Series where experts expand upon topics taught in the courses. An annual conference each spring will be a culminating activity.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership characteristics.
  2. Conduct market analysis and opportunity assessment.
  3. Perform risk assessment and select risk management strategies.
  4. Articulate a business vision and plan that demonstrates value to the marketplace and the investor.
  5. Plan capital formation to fund business start-up and operation.
  6. Utilize effective marketing, advertising, and customer strategies.
  7. Integrate personal, professional, ethical and legal standards into business decision-making.
  8. Transform innovation into a product or service with sustainable commercial potential.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

Core Courses

ECO 111Macroeconomics

3

ECO 122Microeconomics

3

ENG 101Composition I

3

ENG 102Composition II

3

MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

Program/Major Courses

ENT 103Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs

3

ENT 106Business Procedures

3

ENT 211Business Start-Up Design

3

ENT 220Leadership

3

ENT 225Entrepreneurial Experience

3

ENT 240Funding and Finance for Entrepreneurs

3

ENT 285Business Plan Development

3

MGT 212Principles of Management

3

MGT 231Human Resources Management

3

 

ENT 101Introduction to Entrepreneurship

3

Or

BUS 101Introduction to Business

3

Program/Major Support Courses

ACC 101Accounting I

3

CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application

3

MKT 212Principles of Marketing

3

 

ENG 122Technical Writing and Communication

3

Or

ENG 124Oral Communications

3

Select 1 course(s) from:

ACC 162Computerized Accounting

3

MIS 220Management Information Systems

3

MKT 217Digital Marketing Fundamentals

3

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

 

ENT 101Introduction to Entrepreneurship

3

Or

BUS 101Introduction to Business

3

 

CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application

3

ENG 101Composition I

3

MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3

ECO 111Macroeconomics

3

Semester 2

ENT 103Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs

3

ENT 106Business Procedures

3

ENG 102Composition II

3

ECO 122Microeconomics

3

ACC 101Accounting I

3

Semester 3

ENT 211Business Start-Up Design

3

MKT 212Principles of Marketing

3

 

ENG 124Oral Communications

3

Or

ENG 122Technical Writing and Communication

3

 

ENT 240Funding and Finance for Entrepreneurs

3

MGT 212Principles of Management

3

Semester 4

ENT 220Leadership

3

ENT 225Entrepreneurial Experience

3

ENT 285Business Plan Development

3

MGT 231Human Resources Management

3

Elective Program Elective

3

Approved Electives

Select one (1) program elective.

ACC 162Computerized Accounting

3

MIS 220Management Information Systems

3

MKT 217Digital Marketing Fundamentals

3

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 61 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.

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