COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ENT120ENTREPRENEURSHIP2 Credit HoursThis course is designed to introduce students to the entrepreneurial process from conception to birth of a new venture. Students will examine elements in the entrepreneurial process--personal, sociological, and environmental--that give birth to a new enterprise. Critical factors for starting a new enterprise such as alternative career prospects, family, friends, role models, the state of the economy and the availability of resources will be explored. Students will be introduced to practical tools they can use to further their careers in business, both in entrepreneurship and in more traditional company environments. This course simulates the experiences that entrepreneurs undergo in conceiving, launching, and operating new businesses. The courses enables students to evaluate an entrepreneurial career for themselves. In doing so, it provides want- to-be entrepreneurs with a framework for selecting, funding, and starting their own new ventures.Prerequisites: IDS102
ENT121ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING3 Credit HoursMarketing for entrepreneurship will provide entrepreneurs with the marketing information designed for them. Issues such as opportunities for new ventures, pricing, and distribution for entrepreneurial firms and integrating entrepreneurship and marketing research will be discussed in class. Students will develop marketing plans for their new venture.Prerequisites: ENT120
ENT221ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE3 Credit HoursThis course will provide the student with an understanding of the financing of entrepreneurial ventures in terms of payback and breakeven analysis. Risk Management, Forecasting, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Working Capital Management are all issues explored in this course.Prerequisites: ENT120
ENT222NEW VENTURE CREATION2 Credit HoursThis course builds on the entrepreneurship class and the finance class. New venture exploration will take place as the student researches their idea and develops a working business plan.Prerequisites: ENT221
ENT223ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRACTICUM2 Credit HoursThis is the capstone experience where the student puts their business plan intro practice. The student will work with mentors to start to apply their entrepreneurial knowledge to real life situations. This course is based on the concept of balanced mentorship, which benefits both the student and the entrepreneur mentor. Students will be assigned to a start up firm in our Center for Entrepreneurial Studies to apply classroom knowledge to an actual work situation.Prerequisites: ENT222
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