Program Overview

Entrepreneurship, B.S.

The Entrepreneurship major focuses on the skills necessary to start a business, grow a business, or enhance creativity and innovation in a corporate environment. These skills are necessary in today's competitive business world. The Entrepreneurship, B.S. major is available in a traditional as well as an online format.

Overall Requirements

• 120 credit hours, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level.
• A cumulative GPA of at least 2.0.
• Grades of C or better in courses used to meet major requirements.
• At least 50 percent of the business semester hours required for the degree must be earned at UNC Greensboro.

Degree Program Requirements

University Requirements

• General Education Requirements - Minerva's Academic Curriculum (MAC)

Major Requirements

Bryan School Pre-Admission Courses

Students should plan to complete the pre-admission courses by the end of the sophomore year, or as soon as possible thereafter.

• Courses used to meet Bryan School Pre-Admission and Bryan School Common Business Core requirements cannot be used to fulfill major or concentration requirements in the following majors: ACCT, BADM, ECOS, ENTR, FINC, INTB, ISSC, HTMT, or MKTG.

Required Courses

• BUS 115 & BUS 215: Blueprint for Personal Development and Blueprint for Professional Development
• or BUS 216: Blueprint for Personal and Professional Development
• ACC 201: Financial Accounting
• ACC 202: Managerial Accounting
• ECO 201: Principles of Microeconomics
• ECO 202: Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECO 250: Economic and Business Statistics I
• ISM 110: Foundations for Analytics using Spreadsheets
• ISM 280: Information Systems for Decision Making
• Select one of the following:
  • ENG 101: Exploring Writing in College Contexts
  • ENG 102: Academic Research and Writing
  • FMS 115: Freshman Seminar in Reasoning and Discourse: Written Communication
• Completion of one of the following:
  • MAT 115: College Algebra
  • MAT 118: Algebra with Business Applications
  • MAT 120: Calculus with Business Applications
  • MAT 150: Precalculus I
  • MAT 151: Precalculus II
  • MAT 190: Precalculus
  • MAT 183: Mathematics for the Life Sciences
  • MAT 184: Calculus for the Life Sciences
  • MAT 191: Calculus I
  • MAT 292: Calculus II
  • MAT 293: Calculus III
  • MAT 196: Calculus A
  • MAT 296: Calculus B

Bryan School Common Business Core

Required Courses

• BUS 315: Global and Cultural Development
• BUS 415: Leadership Development
• CST 105: Introduction to Communication Studies
• ECO 300: The International Economy
• FIN 315: Business Finance I
• MGT 301: Introduction to International Business
• MGT 312: Organizational Behavior
• MGT 330: The Legal Environment of Business
• MGT 491: Business Policy and Strategy
• MKT 309: Principles of Innovation
• MKT 320: Principles of Marketing
• PHI 261: Ethical Issues in Business
• or PHI 262: Ethical Issues in Entrepreneurship
• or PHI 263: Business Ethics with East Asian Philosophy
• SCM 302: Operations Management
• Global Sustainability Elective - One chosen from the list below:
  • ECO 100: Economics of a Global Sustainable Society
  • ENT 130: Entrepreneurship in a Sustainable Global Environment
  • LLC 120: Global Crossings: Topics in Images, Media, and Texts
  • LLC 130: Global Green: Cultures of Production and/or Consumption
  • HTM 200: Introduction to Sustainable Development
• Or other approved Global Sustainability elective.

Entrepreneurship Courses

Core Courses

• ENT 130: Entrepreneurship in a Sustainable Global Environment
• ENT 201: Creativity, Innovation, and Vision
• ENT 300: Ideas to Opportunities: Research Driven Feasibility Analysis
• ENT 336: From Startup to Growth: Business Plan

Concentration Electives

• Select 6 credits from the following:
  • ENT 240: Introduction to the Entrepreneurial Experience
  • ENT 337: Family Business
  • ENT 338: Global Franchising
  • ENT 340: Social Entrepreneurship
  • ENT 342: International Entrepreneurship
  • ENT 430: Rsrch Opprtnts ENT/Eco Dvlpmnt
  • ENT 450: Directed Business Practice
  • ENT 493: Honors Work in Entrepreneurship
  • ENT 499: Selected Topics in Entrepreneurship
  • AAD 202: Arts Admin and Entrepreneurship
  • BUS 339: Entrepreneurial Leadership
  • BUS 450: Directed Business Practice
  • DCE 455: Arts and Entrepreneurship: Career Strategies for Artists
  • ECO 312: Economics of Technology
  • FIN 335: Entrepreneurial Finance
  • GES 402: Sustainable Urban Planning in an Entrepreneurial Environment
  • HHS 250: Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship
  • HTM 364: Restaurant Entrepreneurship
  • HTM 451: Service Management
  • HTM 474: Wine Business Management
  • MKT 403: Entrepreneurial Marketing
  • MUP 402: Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts

Electives

Electives sufficient to complete 120 total credit hours required for the degree.

Disciplinary Honors in Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Hospitality and Tourism

Requirements

• A minimum of 12 credit hours as defined below.
• UNC Greensboro cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better or, for transfer students, cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better from all prior institutions.

Course Requirements

• HSS 490: Senior Honors Project
• 6 credits of Honors coursework in the major
• 3 credits of Honors coursework in the major or another area

Recognition

Receive a Certificate of Disciplinary Honors in Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Hospitality & Tourism; have that accomplishment, along with the title of the Senior Honors Project, noted on the official transcript; and be recognized at a banquet held at the end of the spring semester.