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Entrepreneurship
Bachelor of Science As Entrepreneurship majors in the Larry Friedman International Center for Entrepreneurship, students have opportunities to solve the kinds of problems that they would face is starting their own businesses, without the costly risks involved in the "trial and error" process. Through classroom discussions, case studies, and special speakers, students will be guided by successful entrepreneurs as they also learn how to avoid the classic errors in starting and operating a business.
The Larry Friedman International Center for Entrepreneurship offers students most all the resources necessary to bring their business ideas to reality - technological, administrative, and professional assistance. Through various programs supported by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), these offerings provide an opportunity for interaction among real world business clients, a SBDC director, student, and instructor. International programs may also include opportunities to travel overseas. Graduates with a Bachelor of Science degree in Entrepreneurship are better prepared to both operate their own business and act as a proponent of Intrapreneurship within existing organizations. An integrated mix of custom entrepreneurial courses, traditional management and marketing classes, and extensive experiential (hands-on) opportunities (both inside and outside of required classes) prepares students for their careers as business starters and/or corporate intrapreneurs in an extensive variety of industries. Typically, graduates enter these varied career paths as junior managers in training for more responsible management positions.
An important component of the educational experience of the Entrepreneurship major is the general studies courses taught out of the John Hazen White School of Arts and Sciences. Graduates are expected to show competencies in higher order thinking, communications, ethics, global diversity, responsible citizenship, leadership and artistic responsibility. The following literacies should also be demonstrated: sociocultural, quantitative, scientific and informational.
Outcomes for the Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship are:
- Graduates will demonstrate oral and written communication competencies in the development of a viable business plan.
- Graduates will be able to apply logic and critical thinking to the basic qualitative and quantitative analysis of small business development and sustainability.
- Graduate must also demonstrate the ability to identify the various types of capital funding sources for start-up and existing businesses.
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