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BUSN 2120:  Entrepreneurship

I.          Effective Date:  Fall 2007.  To be reviewed by department annually.

II.         Catalog Description:

            BUSN 2120 Entrepreneurship 3 CR, FALL examines the skills needed to be a successful         entrepreneur, screens a business opportunity, and assesses the resources needed for successful set-       up of a company.

III.       Recommended Skills:  No prerequisites.  Reading level 3, English level 2, Math level 1

IV.       Course Content:

            A.  The Entrepreneurial Process

            B.  New Venture Idea

            C.  The Opportunity Focus:  Recognizing, Shaping and Evaluating

            D.  Venture Opportunity Screening Guide

            E.  The Entrepreneurial Mind

            F.  The Entrepreneurial Manager

            G.  The New Venture Team

            H.  The Family Venture

            I.  Shaping a Personal Entrepreneurial Strategy

            J.  The Entrepreneurial Approach to Resources

            K.  Developing the Business Plan:  For Raising Capital and Guiding

            L.  Financing - Sources of Capital and Obtaining It

V.        Outcomes:  Upon successful completion of the course, the students should be able to:

            A.  Discuss the “entrepreneurial process for success” of the opportunity, founders, gap and                             resources needed.

            B.  Objectively find and screen the possibilities for an opportunity using research techniques.

            C.  Discuss factors involved in dealing with founders as to team building, managing, personal                           weakness/strength assessment, and family involvement.

            D.  Assessing themselves as potential entrepreneurs through use of various assessment                                  instruments.

            E.  List and discuss resources available for start-up of an organization.

VI.       Criteria for Determining Course Grade:

            A.  Historical Entrepreneur Review Paper

            B.  Examinations

            C.  Class Participation

            D.  Assignments

            E.  In-Class Exercises

            F.  Business Opportunity Screening Project

VII.      Special Information:  None