Entrepreneurial Studies

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Professors Broden, Coleman, Fairfield-Sonn
Associate Professors Katrichis (Chair), Naoumova
Assistant Professor Generas
Office Coordinator Eileen Johnson

The majority of new job openings in the United States today are in small businesses, and most successful business leaders display a great deal of entrepreneurial behavior. Entrepreneurial studies is an interdisciplinary major that focuses on the tools needed to start a new business, expand a family business, lead innovation efforts in a corporate environment, or become a top manager in a fast-growing enterprise.

As part of the business core, students take upper-division business requirements, including Introduction to Marketing, Managing Organizational Behavior, Business Finance, and Operations Management. The major program then begins with a Principles of Entrepreneurship seminar, and continues with upper-level courses in all of the business disciplines, including Marketing Communications, Small-Business Finance, Accounting/Tax for Small Business, and Business Law. The capstone Seminar in Entrepreneurship pulls it all together, giving students an opportunity to complete a professional business plan that can be implemented to start a new venture of their own creation.

Programs

• Entrepreneurial Studies, B.S.B.A.

• Entrepreneurial Studies Minor (for Barney Students)
• Entrepreneurial Studies Minor (for Non-Barney Students)

Courses

• ENT 314 - Principles of Entrepreneurship
• ENT 414 - Seminar in Entrepreneurship
• ENT 480 - Internship in Entrepreneurship

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