Entrepreneurship Major, B.A.

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All candidates for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Entrepreneurship must satisfy the General Studies requirements, Entrepreneurship Major requirements, and Minor area requirements described in the following sections. The basic structure of the B.A. in Entrepreneurship program is:

**B.A. Entrepreneurship Requirements**
Required Courses	Semester Hours
General Studies	33
Major in Entrepreneurship	51
Minor	18-24
Unrestricted General Electives*	12-18
Total Hours (minimum)	120

*Unrestricted general elective credits will vary depending on the choice of Minor. Total unrestricted general electives must be sufficient for the student to meet MSU Denver’s minimum required 120 semester hours.

Note: MSU Denver’s Multicultural requirement may be satisfied by taking an approved Multicultural course in the General Studies or the unrestricted general electives portion of the program requirements.

General Studies Requirements

The academic foundation for a successful business career or graduate work is a broad liberal arts education.

Written Communication

ENG 1010 - Composing Arguments Credits: 3
or
ENG 1009 - Stretch Composing Arguments B Credits: 3
ENG 1020 - Research and Argument Writing Credits: 3
or
ENG 1021 - Honors Research and Argument Writing Credits: 3

Oral Communication

Oral Communication Elective Credits: 3 ( CAS 1010 - Public Speaking Credits: 3 or CAS 1710 - Interpersonal Communication Credits: 3 recommended)

Quantitative Literacy

Quantitative Literacy Elective Credits: 3

Arts and Humanities

PHI 3360 - Business Ethics Credits: 3
Arts and Humanities Elective Credits: 3

Historical

Historical Elective Credits: 3

Natural and Physical Sciences

Natural and Physical Sciences Electives Credits: 6

Social and Behavioral Sciences I

ECO 2010 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3

Social and Behavioral Sciences II

ECO 2020 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3

Global Diversity

Students may satisfy the Global Diversity requirement by completing any course designated as Global Diversity within one of the following General Studies categories: Arts and Humanities; Historical; or Natural and Physical Sciences. Students may also use an unrestricted general elective to satisfy this requirement.

Total for General Studies Requirements: 33 credits

Entrepreneurship Major Requirements

The Entrepreneurship Major provides students with the marketable skills needed to be successful entrepreneurs and pursue both an avocation and an occupation in some combination. The Entrepreneurship Major requirements consist of thirteen required courses (39 credit hours) and four approved entrepreneurship elective courses (12 credit hours). A minimum grade of “C-” or better is required in all entrepreneurship major courses.

Required Courses

ACC 1010 - Fundamentals of Accounting Credits: 3
CIS 2010 - Foundations of Information Systems Credits: 3
FIN 2220 - Small Business Financing Credits: 3
BUS 1850 - Introduction to Business Credits: 3
MGT 2210 - Legal Environment of Business I Credits: 3
MGT 2500 - Fundamentals of Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
MGT 3000 - Organizational Management Credits: 3
MGT 3020 - Entrepreneurs: Cases and Studies Credits: 3
MGT 3850 - Global Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
MGT 4420 - Entrepreneurial Business Planning Credits: 3 *
MKT 2040 - Business Communication Credits: 3
MKT 3000 - Principles of Marketing Credits: 3
PSY 1001 - Introductory Psychology Credits: 3
or
SOC 1010 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3
Subtotal: 39 credits
*MGT 4420 Entrepreneurial Business Planning serves as the Senior Experience for the B.A. in Entrepreneurship.

Approved Entrepreneurship Electives

Select four courses from below:

FIN 2250 - Personal Money Management Credits: 3
MGT 2610 - Social Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
or
MKT 3190 - Social Marketing Credits: 3
MGT 3220 - Legal Environment of Business II Credits: 3
MGT 3240 - Employment and Human Resource Law Credits: 3
MGT 3530 - Human Resources Management Credits: 3
MGT 3550 - Operations Management Credits: 3
MGT 3980 - Internship in Management Credits: 1-15
MGT 4050 - Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Credits: 3
or
MKT 3410 - Marketing Channels Credits: 3
MGT 4550 - Project Management Credits: 3
MGT 4850 - Organizational and Management Consulting Credits: 3
MKT 3100 - Retail Marketing Credits: 3
MKT 3110 - Advertising Management Credits: 3
or
MKT 3120 - Promotional Strategy Credits: 3
MKT 3250 - Personal Selling Credits: 3
MKT 3300 - Marketing of Services Credits: 3
MKT 3310 - Consumer Behavior Credits: 3
MKT 3910 - New Product Development Credits: 3
MKT 4300 - Social Media Marketing Credits: 3
Subtotal: 12 credits

Total for Entrepreneurship Major Requirements: 51 credits

Note

To earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Entrepreneurship, a student must successfully complete thirty (30) or more credit hours of business coursework at MSU Denver. This 30-hour residency requirement can be met by completing any business courses with the prefix ACC, CIS, ECO, FIN, MGT and MKT. A student must complete at least twelve (12) upper-division semester hours in business courses at MSU Denver.

MSU Denver requires that students successfully complete forty (40) or more credit hours of upper division coursework.

A grade of ”C-” or better must be earned in each Entrepreneurship Major course in order to have that course count toward the Bachelor of Arts degree in Entrepreneurship.

Students may take more than four entrepreneurship elective courses. Additional entrepreneurship courses will be counted as unrestricted general electives.