College of Business & Economics

Department of Management

Business Administration Major: Entrepreneurship Concentration

Students interested in pursuing a career in small business or starting their own business, may be interested in receiving a Business Administration degree with a concentration in Entrepreneurship. Our graduates use the skills obtained from this track to successfully start up their own business, work in a small business or take over their established family business.

The requirements for the Business Administration major with the Entrepreneurship concentration include 21-22 units of lower-level required courses, 33 units of upper-level business required courses, and 24 units of entrepreneurship courses.

These requirements are for catalog year 2012-2013 and later. If your catalog year is different, please refer to your specific catalog to view the requirements. You may also refer to the correct Advising Form for your catalog year.

Lower-Level Required Courses (21-22 units)

Course Number	Course Name
ACCT 201 or ACCT 211	Principles of Financial Accounting (3) or Honors Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
ACCT 202 or ACCT 212	Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)or Honors Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
ECON 201 or ECON 203	Microeconomics Principles (3) or Honors Microeconomic Principles (3)
ECON 202 or ECON 204	Macroeconomics Principles (3) or Honors Macroeconomic Principles (3)
LEGL 225	Legal Environment of Business (3)
MATH 211 or MATH 273	Calculus for Applications (3) or Calculus I (4)
ECON 205 or MATH 231 or 233	Statistics for Business and Economics I (3) or Basic Statistics (3) or Honors Basic Statistics (3)
Completion of the Computer Proficiency Exam (CPE) with a passing score of 70 percent or higher.

Upper-Level BUAD Required Courses (33 units)

Course Number	Course Name
BUSX 301	Business Cornerstone (3) Note: University Core: Advanced Writing Course (ENGL 317) is taken prior to or concurrent with BUSX 301.
BUSX 460	Professional Experience (3) Note: Requires approved internship
EBTM 306	Fundamentals of Project Management and Business Decisions (3)
EBTM 337	Information Technology (3)
EBTM 311	Principles of e-Business (3)
EBTM 365	Principles of Operations Management (3)
FIN 331	Principles of Financial Management (3)
MKTG 341	Principles of Marketing (3)
MNGT 361	Principles of Management (3)
MNGT 481	Business Strategy and Policy (3)
MNGT 482	Business Ethics and Sustainability (3)

NOTE: All Accounting, Business Administration, and e-Business majors are required to take the Comprehensive Test of Core Business Knowledge (PDF) in the capstone course, Business Strategy, MNGT 481.

Entrepreneurship Track (24 units)

Course Number	Course Name
ENTR 345	Entrepreneurship and Society (3)
ENTR 355	Entrepreneurship and Small Business (3)
MNGT 375	International Business: Theory and Practice (3)
ENTR 402	Family Business Management (3)
ENTR 410	Business Plan Competition (3)
EBTM 443	Introduction to Project Management (3)
MKTG 451	Personal Selling and Sales Management (3)
ENTR 498	Entrepreneurship Practicum (3)

Applying to the Major

There are admission and application requirements for the business administration major with the track in entrepreneurship. Find out how to apply to the major.