Entrepreneurship

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For students who wish to start their own businesses, provides exposure to the development and testing of business concepts, and formulating and implementing business plans that will assist in the establishment and growth of these new ventures.

Requirements - Total Credits: 120

University Studies Program

The University Studies Program 2015

FYS- First Year - Seminar Credits: 3
COM 1 - Communication 1 Credits: 3
COM 2 - Communication 2 Credits: 3
COM 3 - Communication 3 Credits: 3
Q - - Quantitative Reasoning Credits: 3
PN - - Physical and Natural World (1) Credits: 3
PN - - Physical and Natural World (2) Credits: 3
H - - Human Culture (1) Credits: 3
H - - Human Culture (2) Credits: 3
V - - U.S. & WY Constitution Credits: 3

Common Body of Knowledge - Credits: 33

ACCT 2010 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 2020 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
DSCI 2100 - Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management Credits: 3
ECON 1010 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 1020 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
FIN 2100 - Principles of Finance Credits: 3
IMGT 2400 - Introduction to Information Management Credits: 3
MGT 2010 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3
MGT 2100 - Management and Organization Credits: 3
MKT 2100 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: 3
MGT 4800 - Business Strategy and Policy Credits: 3
BUSN 4990 - Senior Exit Exam Credits: 0

Major Specific Courses - Credits: 21

Entrepreneurship Core: 12 Credits

ENTR 2700 - Entrepreneurial Mindset Credits: 3
ENTR 3700 - Innovation, Ideation, and Value Proposition Credits: 3
ENTR 4700 - Business Model Creation and Launch Credits: 3
ENTR 4750 - Theories of Entrepreneurship Credits: 3

Entrepreneurship Elective: 3 Credits

Choose 1 from the following:
ENTR 4910 - Topics in Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
ENTR 4900 - Independent Study in Entrepreneurship Credits: 1-4
MGT 2030 - Principle-Based Ethics Credits: 3
MKT 4590 - Sustainable Business Practices Credits: 3

Advanced Business Electives: 6 Credits

Any business course at a 3000 - 4000 level that has not been used to meet any other primary major requirements.

Free Electives from Any College - Credits: 27

21 (or 24*) of the 27 required hours must be 3000 - 4000 level which have not been used to meet any other requirement.

Courses from any college at any level - Credits: 6 (or 3*)
Courses from any college at 3000 - 4000 level - Credits: 21 (or 24*)

* If MGT 2030 is selected as the Entrepreneurship Elective

Additional Requirements

The Entrepreneurship major is designed to assist students who wish to start their own businesses by providing them with exposure to the development and testing of business concepts. Analyzing the potential success of their concepts using a variety of tools and techniques, being flexible in developing new businesses and innovative ideas, and formulating and implementing business plans that will assist in the establishment and growth of these new ventures. The major provides students with exposure to issues involving family firms such as governance, succession and interpersonal relationships in both new ventures and established firms and prepares students to 1) start new businesses, 2) innovate in their own family firms and/or 3) be entrepreneurial in an existing business.