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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 UBalt Freshman)	3
INFO 110	Introduction to University Learning (Only for UBalt 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 (Placement Test required)	3

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 - or- CMAT 303	Oral 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: MATH 115	3
MGMT 330	Personal and Professional Skills for Business There is a lab fee associated with this course.	1
MGMT 339	Process and Operations Management Prerequisite: MATH 115	3
MKTG 301	Marketing Management	3
OPRE 315	Business Application of Decision Science Prerequisite: MATH 111 and Math 115	3
MGMT 475	Strategic Management Prerequisites: all business upper-division core courses / Merrick School of Business student or permission of the instructor.	3

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 300	3
ENTR 450	Entrepreneurial Organization, Planning and Implementation Prerequisites: ENTR 300 and ENTR 320 / Merrick School of Business student or by permission of the instructor	3
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 instructor	3
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

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