Classes in Entrepreneurship Studies:

 

CES supports the School of Business in developing a full range of academic programs for undergraduate (concentration) and graduate students (courses) that provide students with an opportunity to acquire the critical knowledge and skills necessary for enhancing their abilities to become successful entrepreneurs. Available classes include:

 

MGMT 288 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Dr. Stanley Ross
Course Description: Entrepreneurism represents a field of study that helps us understand how entrepreneurs take the initiative from developing an idea and moving the idea from the idea stage to a successful business. The study of entrepreneurism also focuses on the preparation of the aspiring entrepreneur. Students learn about the personal attributes of successful entrepreneurs. To best understand entrepreneurism and the entrepreneur, students have the opportunity to put their ideas into focus by conducting the research needed to develop a business plan and prepare a presentation of this research to an audience. An entrepreneur self-assessment project and a study of entrepreneurs provide additional ways students learn about the subject. By the end of the semester students will demonstrate the knowledge and skill-set needed to start a business.

ACFI 339 Entrepreneurial Consulting

Dr. Shannon Donovan

(50% web/consulting)

Course Description: This course will teach the techniques of being a consultant, but more importantly, will have teams of students complete a comprehensive consulting project for a small start-up entity. Through this experiential process, the students will learn how to interact with management, how to work as a team, how to use project management skills, and how to effectively communicate their findings through a presentation to top management. They will also have the opportunity to integrate all aspects of their individual courses in one real world project. There could be service learning aspects to the course as students may work with small non profits, towns, organizations and social entrepreneurs. Students will have access to 'experts' who will mentor students in their specialties; this could be faculty in other departments, other schools, other universities and/or business owners willing to mentor students. The course will be set up to assure the students adequate time with the CEO/President and top management of the entities. This course will hopefully draw students from all over the campus. This course will provide a mechanism, for students to learn by actually using the skills they have been taught at BSC and for the surrounding region to benefit from the wealth of knowledge at BSC. It will survive to be a true example of engaged student learning.

 

MGMT 435 Small Business Management

Craig Cowles - Prerequisite: MGMT 130 and ACFI 240

This course is currently running every other year

Course Description: This course provides the student with an understanding of the unique characteristics required of the successful small business entrepreneur and the specifics relative to the start-up, financing and management of a small business. This includes the feasibility of a business answering the questions: What business and why? It also includes creating a business plan, including a market analysis and a financial analysis.

Last Modified: December 8, 2010