Program Overview

Program Overview

The Entrepreneurship, Innovation, & Technology Management Major is a Bachelor of Science in Business degree program offered by the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.

Program Curriculum

The program requires a total of 125 credit hours for graduation. The curriculum includes:

• Degree Core Requirements: 21 credits
  • ACIS 2116: Principles of Accounting 1,2 (3 credits)
  • BIT 3414: Operations and Supply Chain Management 2,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 3104: Introduction to Finance 2,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 3054: Legal and Ethical Environment of Business 2,# (3 credits)
  • HTM 2314: Introduction to International Business 2 (3 credits)
  • or MGT 2314: Introduction to International Business (3 credits)
  • MGT 4394: Strategic Management 2,# (3 credits)
  • MKTG 3104: Marketing Management 2,# (3 credits)
• Major Requirements: 49 credits
  • ACIS 1504: Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence 1,2 (3 credits)
  • ACIS 2115: Principles of Accounting 1,2 (3 credits)
  • MGT 1104: Foundations of Business 2 (3 credits)
  • MGT 2104: Careers in Management (1 credit)
  • MGT 2064: Foundations of Entrepreneurship # (3 credits)
  • MGT 2114: Principles of Project Management 4,# (3 credits)
  • MGT 3064: Cornerstones of Entrepreneurship and Innovation # (3 credits)
  • MGT 3324: Organization Behavior # (3 credits)
  • MGT 3404: Principles of Management 2,# (3 credits)
  • MGT 3604: Managerial Analytics # (3 credits)
  • MGT 4064: Developing Entrepreneurial Ventures # (3 credits)
  • MGT 4334: Ethical Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility 3,# (3 credits)
  • PSYC 1004: Introductory Psychology (3 credits)
  • or SOC 1004: Introductory Sociology (3 credits)
  • Select one of the following: (3 credits)
    • MGT 3074: Social Entrepreneurship # (3 credits)
    • MGT 3084: Digital Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Product Development # (3 credits)
    • MGT 3094: Global Entrepreneurship # (3 credits)
• EIT Electives: 9 credits
  • Select three of the following:
    • MGT 3074: Social Entrepreneurship (if not taken to satisfy major requirement) # (3 credits)
    • MGT 3084: Digital Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Product Development (if not taken to satisfy major requirement) # (3 credits)
    • MGT 3094: Global Entrepreneurship (if not taken to satisfy major requirement) # (3 credits)
    • ENGE/IDS/MGT 4094: Startup: Commercialization of Innovation # (3 credits)
    • MGT 4964: Field Study (only satisfies major requirement when the topic is "Entrepreneurship") # (1-19 credits)
    • MGT 4974: Independent Study (only satisfies major requirement when the topic is "Entrepreneurship") # (1-19 credits)
    • MGT 4994: Undergraduate Research (only satisfies major requirement when the topic is "Entrepreneurship") # (1-19 credits)
• Free Electives: 18 credits
• Pathways to General Education: 37 credits

Graduation Requirements

• A total of 125 credit hours is required for graduation.
• Students must achieve a grade of C- or higher in select business courses.
• Overall and In-Major GPA: Students must have an overall GPA of 2.0 and an in-major GPA of 2.0 to graduate.

Policy 91

Pamplin students in a business degree program must complete eight business courses with a grade of C- or higher by 72 attempted credit hours (or 90 attempted credit hours for students with more than 18 transfer credits).

Roadmap

A plan of study grid is provided for the four-year program, outlining the courses to be taken each semester.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students who did not successfully complete at least two years of a single foreign, classical, or sign language during high school must successfully complete six credit hours of a single foreign, classical, or sign language at the college level.