Entrepreneurship, B.S.B.A

The Entrepreneurship program is focused on opportunity identification, enhancement, and realization to create value for all stakeholders. The point of view for all entrepreneurship ventures is the “owner,” but it has evolved to include companies and organizations of all types and stages. The skills a student learns through an entrepreneurship major are vital for the success of any business–large or small, public or private, corporate or not-for profit, local or global. The major conveys a broad skill-set for business, while it also provides students with customized paths for success in specific business systems including new ventures, franchises, corporate ventures, socially responsible companies, and family-controlled enterprises.

B.S.B.A. Core Requirements

All B.S.B.A. majors in the John L. Grove College of Business should satisfactorily complete the 100-/200-level business core courses during their freshman and sophomore years and the 300-400-level business core courses during their junior and senior years, as listed below.

Required Courses in Related Fields

Required Courses in the John L. Grove College of Business

ACC 200 - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting Credits: 3
Accounting majors must earn a C or better in this course.
ACC 201 - Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
Accounting majors must earn a C or better in this course.
BSL 261 - American Legal Environment Credits: 3
BSN 101 - Foundations of Business Administration Credits: 2
ECO 113 - Principles of Economics Credits: 4
ECO 280 - Managerial Economics Credits: 3
FIN 311 - Financial Management Credits: 3
MGT 305 - Organizational Behavior Credits: 3
MGT 447 - Business and Society Credits: 3
MGT 497 - Strategic Management Credits: 3
MIS 142 - Business Computer Systems Credits: 3
MKT 305 - Principles of Marketing Credits: 3
SCM 200 - Statistical Applications in Business Credits: 3
SCM 330 - Supply Chain and Operations Management Credits: 3

Note:

Students who place at the advanced level in the mathematics placement/competency test are not required to take MAT 140A /MAT 140B . In lieu of MAT 140A /MAT 140B , students are required to take an additional free elective.
Completion of ECO 101 and ECO 102 will satisfy the requirement for ECO 113 .
Completion of MAT 117 taken at Shippensburg University will satisfy the requirement for SCM 200 .
MGT 447 Satisfies university diversity requirement.

Major Course Requirements

Students should meet with their faculty advisor to plan the sequencing of their major program of study. Students interested in a double major and/or minor shall be required to take the prescribed courses in each respective major and/or minor. Students can double count one course between business majors with the permission of the respective department chair(s). Refer to the index under Double Majors and Minors for further information.

Required (15 crs.)

Electives (3 crs.)

(One course from the following 3-credit courses)

Entrepreneurship Career Opportunities

Entrepreneurship is what powers the economy, and students develop the skills and contacts necessary to make ideas real. An entrepreneurship major from Shippensburg University will prepare students for any one of the following career tracks: corporate entrepreneurship, also known as intrapreneurship, where our graduates develop new operations or products for existing corporations; independent entrepreneurship, where our graduates start their own for-profit firms; family business, where our graduates go into the family firm as new or future management; and social entrepreneurship, where our graduates start new or develop existing not-for-profit or community service oriented firms.

More specifically, when company recruiting ads use words like leading-edge or talk about developing new products or markets, they are talking about corporate entrepreneurship. When government and civic organizations talk about becoming more innovative and proactive, they are building on the growing social entrepreneurship movement. As always, if you have an idea of your own, for a product, a service, or just a way of life for yourself, there is no alternative to going independent. For any of these goals, an entrepreneurship major from Shippensburg University can get you where you want to be.