Course variations

Course summary

This program provides students with a course framework built around small business planning, financial management, and integrated business topics on entrepreneurship and small business management. Within the concentration, students can elect to study advanced concepts in small business marketing, leadership, family business management, operations management, and business law for entrepreneurs. They may also elect to explore in more depth either small business management or entrepreneurship studies as a function of their concentration electives. Students graduating with the Small Business/Entrepreneurship concentration will be prepared to address the challenges and opportunities specific to small business management and entrepreneurship.

Program modules

The modules are as follows: GEN300 Skills for Professional Development, ECO212 Principles of Economics, BIS219 Business Information Systems, MGT216 Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility, ACC280 Principles of Accounting, COM285 Introduction to Business Communication, MGT330 Management: Theory, Practice, and Application, MGT307 Organizational Behavior and Group Dynamics, MGT350 Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making, RES341 Research and Evaluation I, RES342 Research and Evaluation II, FIN370 Finance for Business, BUS415 Business Law, MKT421 Marketing, BUS475 Integrated Business Topics, MGT300 Survey of Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship, MGT401 The Small Business: Structure, Planning, Funding, MGT418 Evaluating New Business Opportunities, MGT465 Small Business and Entrepreneurial Planning.

Entry requirement for international students

Applicant must have earned a high school diploma, GED, California High School Proficiency Examination certificate, or foreign secondary school equivalent. Applicants who do not currently meet this requirement can arrange to take the GED through their state GED administrator's office or search for the nearest GED testing center. They can be currently employed and if not, they must have access to an organizational environment that allows them to apply the concepts they learn in their courses. They can be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or hold an approved, valid visa if attending a campus located in the United States. Students should pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), the Berlitz Online English Proficiency Exam or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) if the student is a non-native speaker of English.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

University Of Phoenix - Northern Nevada Campus

Department name

University Of Phoenix - Northern Nevada Campus