The entrepreneurship option prepares students to establish their own business, to operate growing businesses, to become involved in family-owned businesses, or to work with innovative divisions within larger organizations.  The program combines classroom study with field case analysis to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for successfully starting and improving the management of existing small and family-owned businesses.  Areas of emphasis include risk taking, innovation, and new venture development built on existing course in marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics.

Required courses to complete this option
(18 semester hours in addition to required general education curriculum):

ENTR 373 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship
ENTR 374 - Strategic Entrepreneurial Growth
ENTR 473 - Entrepreneurial Finance
ENTR 579 - Business Plan Development
Two of:
BADM 561 - Electronic Commerce for Managers
MGMT 422 - Human Resources Management
MKTG 481 - Promotion Management
MKTG 482 - Marketing Research
MKTG 491 - Internship in Marketing
MKTG 581 - Marketing for Global Competitiveness