An Optional Specialization for Business Administration Majors

Small businesses and start-up companies have become drivers of overall economic success. The skill-set needed for the entrepreneur and the small business manager is a unique mix of business fundamentals, management theory and an entrepreneurial approach to business.

Through this specialization, you will learn what it takes not only to start your own company, but also how to grow it over time into a successful small business.

In the Small Business & Entrepreneurship specialization for Business Administration majors, you will:

• Examine a unique mix of business fundamentals, management theory and an entrepreneurial approach to business.
• Learn about the management of the start-up marketing, finance, production, inventory control and labor functions of small business.
• Study the methods of successful retail-store management.
• Analyze your own personal strengths and weaknesses as they relate to launching an entrepreneurial career.
• Explore the world of e-commerce from a business-to-consumer perspective.

COURSES IN THIS SPECIALIZATION CURRENTLY INCLUDE:

• MGT 120 - Entrepreneurship
• MGT 270 - Small Business Management
• MGT 340 - Financial Management II
• LAW 245 - Business Law II
• EBC 310 - Retail Internet Businesses or MGT 220 - Retail Management