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Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship Track – Bachelor of Business Administration
Program Competencies
Upon successful completion of the program, the student should be able to:
- Understand the essential requirements for the successful planning of a new venture and be aware of the issues involved in initiating a new venture.
- Understand how to create, find, control and use necessary resources to build a growth-oriented venture by improving a student's ability to analyze, articulate, present and defend chosen entrepreneurial activities recognizing that no one course of action is necessarily correct or the best.
- Develop skills associated with innovative management in entrepreneurial environments where uncertainty and lack of information and resources are typical.
- Intelligently evaluate potential start-up opportunities for personal involvement.
- Fully understand the major components of full-cycle development of an idea into a successful enterprise.
- Understand the components and processes involved in developing a business plan (including marketing and financial plans).
- Identify and understand the various technical formalities associated with the actual starting of a new business, such as obtaining permits, registering business names with government agencies, filing a corporate charter and securing trademarks for important company identification marks.
- Develop a projected profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement for a small or new business.
Assessment
- Comprehensive Marketing Exit Exam.
- Comprehensive Marketing Case Analysis.
Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship Track Requirements
General Education
Refer to the
General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements for the University. Program requirements that are also general education requirements will count in both places (as applicable).
Business Qualifying Courses
Business Prerequisite Course
| ACCT 281 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 282 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BBA 261 | Business Law and Regulations | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Upper Core BBA Courses
Students must be admitted to the School of Business Administration program to register for upper division business core courses. Admission requires completion of the business qualifying courses and a cumulative Morehead State GPA of at least 2.25 for all MSU and transfer courses.
| BBA 315 | Quantitative Analysis for Business | 3 |
| BBA 350 | Business Plan Development | 3 |
| BBA 363 | Ethical Decision Making in Business | 3 |
| BBA 370 | Operations and Service Management | 3 |
| BBA 380 | International Business | 3 |
| BBA 475 | Leadership Development | 3 |
| BBA 499C | Strategic Management | 3 |
| CIS 311 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| FIN 360 | Business Finance | 3 |
| MATH 305 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 30 |
BBA 380: (or international cooperative education, or international exchange course experience)
Track Requirements
| MNGT 310 | Small Business Organization | 3 |
| MNGT 311 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MKT 345 | Marketing Strategies for Small Business | 3 |
| FIN 365 | Financial Issues for Small Business | 3 |
| MNGT 420 | New Venture Creations | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Approved SBME Track Electives
Choose 4 courses (12 hours) from the following:
Free Electives
Total Credit Hours: 120