BUS 280 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Introduction to developing and starting a business. Develop a business plan which includes marketing, financial, and planning sections of the plan. Use a computer to accomplish the functions involved in a small business including the planning, organizing, and control of a small business.

Prerequisite: None.
General Education Requirements:

Fulfills Quantify General Education Requirement
Fulfills Integrate General Education Requirement
Fulfills Think General Education Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Prepare a business plan.
Prepare a professional business plan presentation using a computer.
Define the planning, organizing, and control of a small business.
Define future and present value.
Operate a computer to accomplish the functions involved in a small business.
Identify requirements of developing and starting a small business.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: Apply problem solving and analysis skills to business questions and demonstrate appropriate solutions.

Course Contents

Developing and starting a small business.
Business plan.
The planning required in a small business.
Organizing a small business.
Control required in a small business.
Financial and marketing analyzes of a small business.
Capitalization of a business.
Effect of gender, culture, and age in a small business.

Instructional Units: 5