Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor is focused on improving the entrepreneurial experience of students, connecting them to businesses, and gaining the skills to eventually launch a new business venture. Courses in this area focus both on small business management and start-up entrepreneurship. Key courses in the program include: Entrepreneurship/Small Business, Small Business Management, Applied Small Business Management, and New Venture Planning. Students nurture their entrepreneurial talents through “hands-on” learning and experiential experiences that include: interviewing business owners, conducting business concept presentations and exhibitions, and developing business plans and presenting them to a panel of real investors.
In Fall 2013, the Entrepreneurship/Small Business concentration ranked 6th out of the 29 possible declared majors in the Parker College of Business. The Center is proposing to start a Major in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
For more or additional information, please contact
Steve Charlier, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Department of Management
Parker College of Business, Room 3355A
(912) 478-5985
Required Course Descriptions:
- MGNT 3130 Principles of Management: Provides an overview of the management function, with emphasis on managerial planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
- MGNT 3234 Entrepreneurship: A study of the business formation process focusing on the behaviors of entrepreneurs and the creation of new businesses in dynamic environments – prerequisites C or better in MGNT 3130 Principles of Management.
- MGNT 4234 Small Business Management: Provides a complete coverage of small business operations with proper balance between business functions and the management function – prerequisites C or better in MGNT 3130 Principles of Management; (offered in Fall semester only).
- MGNT 4236 New Venture Planning: This is a project-based course in which students, working in small groups, research and develop a business plan for a new venture. With tutorial guidance, students will select an entrepreneurial idea and develop it into a comprehensive and fully detailed, written business plan – prerequisites C or better in MGNT3234 Entrepreneurship and MKTG 3131 Principles of Marketing.
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Minor Program
| Credit Hours | ||
|---|---|---|
| MGNT 3130 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MGNT 3234 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGNT 4234 | Small Business Management | 3 |
| MGNT 4236 | New Venture Planning | 3 |
| Choose one from among: | 3 | |
| ACCT 3131 | Intermediate Accounting I | |
| CISM 4135 | Project Management and Development | |
| ECON 4333 | Managerial Economics | |
| ECON 4431 | Economic Development | |
| FINC 3132 | Intermediate Financial Management | |
| MGNT 3235 | Leadership in Organizations | |
| MGNT 4235 | Applied Small Business Management | |
| MGNT 4431 | Purchasing and Negotiation | |
| MKTG 3133 | Professional Selling | |
| MKTG 3136 | Introduction to E-Commerce | |
| MKTG 4131 | Marketing Research | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Last updated: 12/11/2014