Undergraduate Studies in Business Administration Entrepreneurship Concentration

Faculty Contact :  Art Padilla
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About the concentration

The entrepreneurship concentration is cross-disciplinary, focusing on the challenges of establishing and managing new and growing ventures. The business environment and management skills required for success in new ventures are significantly different from those in established, mature organizations. The entrepreneurship concentration is relevant to students preparing to work in a variety of entrepreneurial environments.

This concentration is designed to prepare students in the following areas:

  • Integration of business concepts as they relate to an entrepreneurial venture
  • Building and growing a new venture
  • Understanding the investment communities for new ventures
  • Identification and analysis of opportunities
  • Researching, writing and presenting a business plan
  • Idea generation

What is entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurship is the general description given to the process of identifying business opportunities, developing implementation plans to capitalize on those opportunities, and building and growing new ventures.  A new venture can describe a variety of business applications including new businesses, new opportunities for established businesses, new non-profits, as well as many other possibilities.

What kinds of jobs are available in this field?

  • Starting a new venture
  • Being part of the management team of a new venture
  • Being an employee of a new venture
  • Corporate entrepreneurship
  • Investing in new ventures
  • Providing services to new ventures
  • Non-Profit entrepreneurship

What kinds of personal skills or interests would be a good match for this field?

  • Strong communication skills
  • Strong research skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Creativity

What kinds of skills will I develop in this curriculum?

  • Integration of business concepts as they relate to an entrepreneurial venture
  • Building and growing a new venture
  • Idea generation
  • Identification and analysis of opportunities
  • Understanding the investment communities for new ventures
  • Researching, writing and presenting a business plan

What courses are required for the entrepreneurship concentration?

 MIE 410:  Entrepreneurship
 MIE 413:  New Venture Planning

Plus, two from the list below:
MIE 411:  Managing the Growth Venture
MIE 416:  The Legal Dynamics of Entrepreneurship
MIE 417:  Business Opportunity Analysis
MIE 418:  Social Entrepreneurship Practicum OR MIE 419: Entrepreneurship                   Practicum

Important:

Remember to check with your academic advisor in the Undergraduate Programs Office each semester to review possible changes in degree requirements and in course availability.