What You'll Learn
As an entrepreneurship major you'll be studying topics in business management and learning what it takes to be entrepreneur.
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Degree Requirements
A minimum of 38 General Education credits are required. Non-Business General Education credits are indicated below. Business Core Requirements satisfy an additional 15 credits hours of General Education. Course No. Title Credits IDIS 101 First-Year Seminar: Introduction to University Learning
(Only for UB Freshman)3 INFO 110 Introduction to University Learning
(Only for UB Freshman)3 Arts and Humanities 3 Arts and Humanities
(Must be from a different discipline)3 Social and Behaviorial Sciences
(Other than Econ)3 Biological and Physical Sciences
3 Biological and Physical Sciences
(with a lab)
3-4 WRIT 101 English Composition 3 IDIS 302 Upper-Division Ethics 3 WRIT 300 Upper-Division Writing
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Lower-Division Business Requirements (24 Credits)
All students in the BSBA program take these Lower-Division Business Required Core Courses. Course No. Title Credits ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 ACCT 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Prerequisite: ACCT 201 or equivalent with a minimum grade of C.3 BULA 151 Business Law I 3 CMAT 201
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CMAT 303Oral Communications
Laboratory fee required.3 ECON 200 The Economic Way of Thinking 3 MATH 111 College Algebra 3 MATH 115
Introductory Statistics 3 OPRE 202 Statistical Data Analysis
Prerequisites: OPRE 201 and basic computer skills.3 -
Upper-Division Business Requirements (31 Credits)
All students in the BSBA program take these Upper-Division Business Required Core Courses. Course No. Title Credits ECON 308 Money and Banking 3 FIN 331 Financial Management
Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 200 or 3 hours of micro- or macroeconomics, and MATH 115.3 INSS 300 Management Information Systems 3 MGMT 301 Management and Organizational Behavior
Prerequisite: WRIT 300
3 MGMT 302 Global Business Environment 3 MGMT 315 Human Resource Management
Prerequisite: CMAT 201 or CMAT 3033 MGMT 330 Personal and Professional Skills for Business
There is a lab fee associated with this course.
1 FIN 330 Excel for Financial Analysis
Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in FIN 331.3 MKTG 301 Marketing Management 3 OPRE 315 Business Application of Decision Science
Prerequisite: MATH 111 and Math 1153 MGMT 475 Strategic Management
Prerequisites: all business upper-division core courses / Merrick School of Business student or permission of the instructor.3
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Entrepreneurship Specialization Requirements (15 credits)
Take the following three (3) required courses:Course No. Title Credits ENTR 300 The Entrepreneurial Experience
3 ENTR 320 Opportunity Assessment and Development
Prerequisite: ENTR 3003 ENTR 450 Entrepreneurial Organization, Planning and Implementation
Prerequisites: ENTR 300 and ENTR 320 / Merrick School of Business student or by permission of the instructor3 Choose from two (2) courses from the list below to complete the entrepreneurship specialization requirements:
FIN 430 Entrepreneurial Organization and Finance
Prerequisite: FIN 331.3 ENTR 460 Social Enterprise
Prerequisites: FIN 331 and ENTR 300 / Merrick School of Business student or by permission of instructor3 ENTR 497 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite: ENTR 300.3 MKTG 430 Personal Selling
Prerequisite: MKTG 301 / Merrick School of Business student/ or by permission of the instructor.3 MKTG 440 Product Management
Prerequisite: MKTG 301 / Merrick School of Business student or by permission of the instructor.3 COSC 405 The Business of Game Development
Laboratory fee required.3