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Minor in Entrepreneurship
The Minor in Entrepreneurship provides the fundamental tools and skills necessary for those who aspire to start their own business. In addition, many companies rely on the entrepreneurial skills of their employee to innovate and seize opportunities in order to grow the company. Business and marketing courses instruct on creative strategies to deal with the ever changing economy. Technical courses teach the basic skills necessary to succeed in business. The minor provides core foundations of entrepreneurial thinking which compliments several other disciplines and majors.
This program is part of the School of Business & Economics.
Program Requirements
18 hours for BSBA students, 21 to 24 hours for non-business students. Non-business students will need to take BUS-M 300 or BUS-M 301 for the marketing classes. In addition, if students elect to take BUS-M 346, they will need to take ECON-E 270 as a prerequisite.
Required courses
- BUS-F 260 Personal Finance (3 cr)
- BUS-M 325 Selling (3 cr), Prerequisite: BUS-M 300 or BUS-M 301
- BUS-W212 Explore Entrepreneurship (3 cr)
- BUS-W 408 Practicum in Small Business (3 cr)
Choose two of the following:
- BUS-M 405 Consumer Behavior (3 cr), Prerequisite: BUS-M 300 or BUS-M 301
- BUS-M 415 Advertising and Integrated Marketing Communications (3 cr), Prerequisite: BUS-M 300 or BUS-M 301
- BUS-M 346 Analysis of Marketing Data (3 cr), Prerequisite: BUS-M 300 or BUS-M 301 and ECON-E 270
- BUS-W 301 Principles of Management (3 cr)
Minimum GPA of 2.0 (a "C" or better) in all courses.
*Business students pursuing a Concentration cannot choose electives in a minor and have them count towards their Concentration requirements.