Program Overview

Introduction to the Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship

The Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship is a 3-year program designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs become innovative leaders who can build a more compassionate and equitable world. This is achieved through the creation of products, services, and new ventures that serve local and international communities.

Program Details

Key Features

• Students start and run their business in their final year
• Every start-up venture attains profitability before graduation
• Mentors guide each student to help ensure profitability
• The program is very hands-on and applied
• It integrates life-skills and personal development

Professional Courses

• Entrepreneurial Behavior
• Opportunity Seeking
• Business Plan Preparation and Implementation
• Market Research and Consumer Behavior
• Microeconomics
• Business Law and Taxation
• Financial Management
• International Business and Trade
• Human Resource Management
• Pricing and Costing
• Innovation Management
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Programs and Policies on Enterprise Development

Course Length

The students have an option to graduate in a 3-year Bachelor's Degree with Thames International, or 2 years in Thames and then proceed to finish the degree in 1-2 years and graduate with a partner university abroad.

Program Delivery

Pedagogical Approach

Thames offers this course partially online and partially on-campus or on-tour. The program provides students with the freedom to study when and where they are most effective, modeling a mix of modes on their likely future mode of business or career. This includes effective collaborative use of technology, face-to-face interaction, and a modular project-based approach, allowing motivated students to excel even if they haven't achieved optimally in conventional schools. Transfer students from other colleges and those returning to education from their professional careers may apply to determine what prior achievements can be credited, perhaps for direct entry to the second year where appropriate.

Program Outcomes

Program Outcomes

• Conduct a self-assessment to determine the level of entrepreneurial competencies
• Analyze/scan the environment to determine business opportunities and develop their profitability profiles from which entrepreneurial ventures can be selected
• Prepare a business model canvas
• Mobilize the necessary human, financial, logistical, and technical resources to implement the business model canvas
• Prepare and comply with requirements for business operation
• Operate and manage the enterprise observing good governance and social responsibility
• Apply entrepreneurial management in any organization other than one's own enterprise

Careers

Graduates can either set up, manage, and operate a business or assume a managerial position in the field of Business Development, Corporate Planning, and other related positions in the corporate or public or non-government organizations.

• Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations
• Business Development
• Design
• E-commerce and Social Media
• Software, Web, and App Developer
• Product Manager

Entry and Application Requirements

Entry Requirements

The school seeks to attract candidates who have good academic and leadership potential, extra-curricular interests, a desire to pursue a career in business, and a vision of a more just and equitable society. College freshmen applicants can enter at the start of the Fall Intake in August but may be required to take Foundation (bridging) courses in June. Transfer students are welcome to apply at any intake.

Application Requirements

Regular Undergraduate Student

• Two 2×2 pictures (white background)
• Original copy of PSA birth certificate
• Certified copy of Report of Grades
• Certified Copy of High school diploma

Transferee Undergraduate Student

• Two 2×2 pictures (white background)
• Original copy of PSA birth certificate
• Certificate of Honorable Dismissal or Certificate of Transfer
• Certified copy of TOR

International Admission for International Applicants

• Authenticated or Apostilled Secondary Records or equivalent
• Authenticated or Apostilled High School diploma
• Authenticated or Apostilled Birth Certificate (for Non-Filipino Citizens)
• Copy of PSA Birth Certificate (for Filipino Citizens)
• Two 2×2 pictures (white background)
• Copy of the biographic and signature pages of the valid passport
• Payment of a non-refundable application fee of PHP3,000.00 (USD60)

Fees

There will be a one-time application fee of Php630. Total fees for a term with six 3-unit subjects: PHP79,350.00.

• Per 3-unit module: PHP10,815.00
• Per 6-unit module: PHP21,630.00
• Per 5-unit module: PHP18,025.00
• PE module: PHP7,173.00
• NSTP module: PHP5,408.00

There is a Confirmation Fee upon acceptance of PHP7,000.00, which is creditable to total enrollment fees.

Payment Options

1. Full Payment upon enrollment.
2. Instalment Payment
   • Option 1: 2 Payments
     • Payment Upon Enrolment: 50%
     • 45 days from the start of class: 50% (Postdated check required)
   • Option 2: 3 equal monthly installments
     • Instalment 1: Payment upon enrolment
     • Instalment 2: 30 days from the start of class (Postdated check required)
     • Instalment 3: 60 days from the start of class (Postdated check required)

Offsite and Offline Payment Channels

1. Bank Deposit or transfer
2. Paymaya via Visa/Mastercard Credit or Debit Cards
3. Paymongo