Designed for students who are planning to start or manage a small business or start-up. The entrepreneurship minor provides a sampling of courses in accounting, finance, management, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
What will I learn?
The entrepreneurship minor provides a sampling of courses in accounting, finance, management, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
MGT 3075
Entrepreneurship
An introductory study of how to start a small business. Students examine their readiness to start a business, survey the legal issues facing a start-up and examine the various approaches to business formation. Students apply the topics of marketing research and marketing mix, finance, and operations to the formulation of a comprehensive business plan, market and finance assessment.
MGT 2271
Management
This introductory course surveys the essential theories of business management and their application to maximize workforce performance. Topics investigated include general management responsibilities such as organizational planning, utilizing metrics, and motivating work teams.
ACC 2101
Principles of Financial Accounting
A study of fundamental accounting principles, financial statements, and the analysis and reporting of business transactions.
MKT 1085
Principles of Marketing
The structure, function and behavior of marketing systems are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the impact of social and economics environment and on the process of the decision-making aspect of marketing.
MGT3276
Operations Management
All businesses require some form of operations to deliver a product or service to a customer. For most companies, operations is a network of complex processes and systems. This course studies the key operations, including product design, environmental design, facility management, management systems, payroll, HR, finance, and marketing. Students will build operational systems to manage a particular area of an operation, identify problems, and determine strategy for improved performance in the area of operation. This class is an application-based class that draws on content from management, finance, and accounting courses.
MGT 3275
Small Business Management
(PQ: ACC2101, MGT2271, MKT1085, and FIN3222 [or concurrently enrolled] [C or better required in all]) A study of specific managerial concerns in a small or start-up business. Students learn the value of small business in the U.S., the attributes of a successful manager in such organizations and the legal aspects of establishing & running a business. The functional areas of business, including marketing, operations, facilities, accounting and human resources are explored. The course requires students to develop operational systems in order to process data, providing critical information for problem identification and solving. This is a hands-on, application class.
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