OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2014-15
[Archived Catalog]
Entrepreneurship Major (B.B.A.) |
Major code BB6156
College of Business
Copeland Hall 401
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.2060
www.cob.ohio.edu
Sheree Lucas, contact person
Program Overview
The goal of the program is to provide students with an in-depth and rigorous study of the field of entrepreneurship. A primary focus is in honing the ability of students to either start a new venture or develop the ability to meaningfully contribute in a corporate entrepreneurial setting.
The economic development of our nation is sparked primarily by the “Entrepreneurial Spirit.” This spirit emerges from a very special and unique segment of the population known as entrepreneurs. A continual infusion of new ideas and new energies brought forth by these entrepreneurs is the cornerstone of economic growth in our country. As such, entrepreneurs and their new ventures are of vital importance in the process of economic revitalization.
Success in entrepreneurship requires a broad base of conceptual knowledge, personal skills, and competencies. The required courses ensure a variety of rich developmental experiences that can include applied learning, case analysis, research projects, team-based active learning projects, and guest speakers, in addition to traditional classroom lectures and discussions. This major places a strong emphasis on written and oral communications skills, teamwork, and personal initiative.
Admissions Information
Freshman/First-Year Admission
No requirements beyond University admission requirements.
Change of Program Policy
No selective or limited admission requirements.
External Transfer Admission
No requirements beyond University admission requirements.
Opportunities Upon Graduation
Students completing the entrepreneurship major are prepared to start their own small business, to assist other entrepreneurs in starting up or running a business, or to contribute to entrepreneurial activities in established organizations.
Requirements
Universitywide Graduation Requirements
To complete this program, students must meet all Universitywide graduation requirements .
College-Level Requirements for the College of Business
View the College-Level Requirements for the College of Business.
Entrepreneurship Requirements
Complete the following:
- ACCT 3770 - Entrepreneurial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 3450 - Entrepreneurial Leadership Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 3730 - Entrepreneurial Business Consulting Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 3740 - Ideation and Business Models Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 4700 - Theories of Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3
Elective
Complete one approved elective from the following:
- BUSL 3780 - Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 3400 - Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 3650 - International Market Assessment and Entry Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 3710 - Business Plan Design Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 3720 - Technology Commercialization Credit Hours: 3
- MKT 4900 - Special Topics in Marketing Credit Hours: 3
College of Business (COB) Requirements
Individual Core Requirements
Complete the following courses:
- ACCT 1010 - Foundations of Accounting Credit Hours: 3
- ACCT 1020 - Decision Making with Accounting Credit Hours: 3
- BA 1000 - Introduction to the College of Business Credit Hours: 1
- BA 1100 - Introduction to Business Credit Hours: 3
- BA 2000 - Career Management Strategies Credit Hours: 1
- BUSL 2550 - Corporate Responsibility in a Legal Environment Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 3200 - Operations Management Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 4800J - Business Strategy Credit Hours: 3
- MIS 2010 - Introduction to Information Analysis and Design Credit Hours: 3
- QBA 3710 - Business Analytics Credit Hours: 3
Cluster Requirements
Complete the following courses:
- FIN 2400 - Financial Management Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 2100 - Introduction to Management and Organization Credit Hours: 3
- MIS 2020 - Business Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
- MKT 2400 - Introduction to Marketing Management Credit Hours: 3
Non-Business Required Hours
Every COB major must complete a minimum of 42 hours of classwork outside of the College of Business. The non-business required classes count in the 42 hour requirement. The remaining hours consist of elective classes taken outside of the College of Business.
Individual Non-Business Required Courses
Complete the following courses:
- ECON 1030 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 1040 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
- MATH 1350 - Survey of Calculus Credit Hours: 4
- PHIL 1300 - Introduction to Ethics Credit Hours: 3
1. Global Course Component
Complete 6 hours from the following courses:
- ANTH 3800 - Cultures of South Asia Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3810 - Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3830 - Cultures of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3850 - Cultures of Southeast Asia Credit Hours: 3
- CLWR 3330 - Introduction to Islam Credit Hours: 3
- CLWR 3340 - Hinduism Credit Hours: 3
- CLWR 3350 - Buddhism Credit Hours: 3
- CLWR 4330 - Political Islam Credit Hours: 3
- COMS 4100 - Cross-Cultural Communication Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3530 - European Economic History Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4550 - Economics of Africa Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4730 - Economics of Southeast Asia Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4740 - Economics of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4750 - Economics of China Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4760 - Economics of Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 1200 - Human Geography Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3290 - World Economic Geography Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3310 - Geography of Africa Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3350 - Geography of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3380 - Geography of Asia Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 2460 - The Rise of Modern Asia Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3231 - Latin American History: From Independence to the Present Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3232 - History of Brazil Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3233 - The History of Modern Mexico Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3250 - History of U.S.- Latin American Relations Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3330 - Oil, the Persian Gulf, and World Power Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3340 - Zionism and Modern Israel Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3355 - History of Modern Iran Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3360 - History of North Africa Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3380 - History of West Africa Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3381 - History of East Africa Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3411 - History of Africa Since 1850 Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3420 - History of South Africa Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3440 - History of Vietnam Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3452 - Southeast Asia, 1945 to the Present: The Search for Stability Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3462 - Modern China Since 1911 Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3481 - Modern Japan Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3641 - Contemporary Europe Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3661 - Modern France in the 20th Century Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3731 - Balkan dreams and nightmares: Southeastern Europe from 1908 to the Present Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3820 - History of Russia Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3822 - Soviet Union Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3831 - Modern Poland: War, Revolution and Peace from 1905 to the Present Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3865 - Churchill’s Britain Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3871 - European Intellectual and Cultural, 20th- Century Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 4902 - Colloquium in Latin American History Credit Hours: 3
- INST 1100 - Modern Africa Credit Hours: 3
- INST 1400 - European Studies Credit Hours: 3
- INST 1600 - Interdisciplinary Survey of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
- INST 2100 - Africa’s Children Credit Hours: 3
- INST 3201 - Focus on Malaysia Credit Hours: 3
- INST 3202 - Tun Razak Seminar: Southeast Asia Studies Credit Hours: 3
- LING 2750 - Introduction to Language and Culture Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 1500 - Themes in Global Politics Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 2500 - International Relations Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4440 - East Asia in World Politics Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4310 - Politics in Eastern Europe Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4340 - Government and Politics of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4360 - Government and Politics of Brazil Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4410 - African Politics Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4450 - Government and Politics of Japan Credit Hours: 3
2. Global Experience Component
You may arrange to meet this requirement by completing one of the following:
- a Global Consulting Project experience through the College of Business
- an approved international experience through the Ohio University Education Abroad Office
- an approved international experience through the Global Leadership Center
Contact the College of Business Student Services Office for details.
Probability and Statistics Requirement
Complete the following course:
- QBA 2010 - Introduction to Business Statistics Credit Hours: 4
Behavioral Science Requirement
Complete one of the following courses:
- ANTH 1010 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
- PSY 1010 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
- SOC 1000 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3
Diversity Requirement
Complete any African American Studies (AAS) course or any Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) course or any of the following courses:
- AH 4111 - The Representation and Theorization of Gender in the History of Art Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3450 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective Credit Hours: 3
- CLWR 4350 - Women in Buddhist Traditions Credit Hours: 3
- COMS 1100 - Communication Among Cultures Credit Hours: 3
- COMS 3410 - Women and Health Communication Credit Hours: 3
- COMS 4110 - Communicating with People with Disabilities Credit Hours: 3
- COMS 4200 - Gender and Communication Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3060J - Women and Writing Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3250 - Women and Literature Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3260 - Lesbian and Gay Literature Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3370 - African American Literature to 1930 Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3390 - African American Literature from 1930 to the Present Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3330 - Appalachia: Land and People Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3020 - Survey of American Indian History Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3130 - American Jewish History Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3150 - Survey of African American History Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3200 - Women in American History Before 1877 Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3201 - Women in American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3202 - Women’s Health and Medicine in U.S. History Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3270 - Slavery in the Americas Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3320 - History of Women in the Middle East Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3390 - Women in African History Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3601 - Women in Modern European History, 1800-present Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 4420 - Gender Issues in Management Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4067 - Women and Politics Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4190 - Gay and Lesbian Politics Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4210 - The Politics of Law and Sexuality Credit Hours: 3
- SASM 4000 - Diversity and Sport Credit Hours: 3
Economics Elective Requirement
If your major is finance or accounting, you must take ECON 3050. If you have any other major, you must take a 3000- or 4000-level economics course except ECON 3000 or ECON 3810.
Internship Requirement
Complete 3 hours of internship credit from the following:
- ACCT 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- ACCT 4910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- BA 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- BA 4910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- BA 4915 - International Business Experience Credit Hours: 3
- FIN 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- FIN 4910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- MGT 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-4.0
- MGT 4910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- MIS 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- MIS 4910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- MKT 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- MKT 4910 - Sales Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0