Business Administration - Entrepreneurship, B.S.

Bachelor of Science Degree Business Administration

Students in the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program must complete the General Studies curriculum, the Business Administration Core curriculum (39 credit hours), an 18- or 24-credit hours major and a minor consisting of 12-14 credit hours. Areas from which a major may be selected include Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Management, and Marketing. Minors are selected from among Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Information Systems, Health Services Management, Management and Marketing. Students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours in order to graduate with a baccalaureate degree.

Business administration students who are majoring in Accounting and planning to sit for the West Virginia Certified Public Accountant examination must complete 150 hours of collegiate study. These students must take   ACCT 304 Business Law for Professional Accountants   ,   ACCT 431 Auditing Principles  and either ACCT 432 Advanced Auditing  or ACCT 424 Accounting Information Systems  among their 300- and 40-level accounting electives in order to satisfy the West Virginia CPA examination requirements.

Note: Students must take at least 50% of all 300- and 400- level courses in the Business Administration Core and their major/minor areas of study within the W. Paul Cole, Jr. School of Business.

Entrepreneurship Major (18 credit hours)

• ENTR 312 - E-commerce for Entrepreneurs Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENTR 341 - Small Business Accounting & Financial Management Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENTR 350 - Marketing for Entrepreneurs Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENTR 460 - Lessons in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENTR 488 - Experiential Entrepreneurship Credit Hour(s): 3
• MGMT 344 - Small Business Management Credit Hour(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 18

Academic Plan of Study

Semester One

• BUSN 130 - Microsoft Word & Presentations Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENGL 101 - Composition I Credit Hour(s): 3
• MGMT 210 - Principles of Management Credit Hour(s): 3
• Phys. or Bio. Sciences I & Lab Credit Hour(s): 4
• Elective Credit Hour(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 16

Semester Two

• BUSN 240 - Microsoft Excel Credit Hour(s): 3

• or

• BUSN 260 - Microsoft Access Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENGL 102 - Composition II Credit Hour(s): 3
• MRKT 210 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hour(s): 3

• Phys. or Bio. Sciences II & Lab Credit Hour(s): 4

Total Credit Hours: 16

Semester Three

• ACCT 201 - Principles of Accounting I Credit Hour(s): 3
• ECON 211 - Principles of Economics I Macroeconomics Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENGL 205 - World Literature II Credit Hour(s): 3

• or

• ENGL 201 - World Literature I Credit Hour(s): 3
• Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• MATH 109 - Algebra Credit Hour(s): 3

• or

• MATH 109L - Algebra with Lab Credit Hour(s): 4

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester Four

• ACCT 202 - Principles of Accounting II Credit Hour(s): 3
• BUSN 232 - Business and Electronic Communications Credit Hour(s): 3
• BUSN 301 - Business Law and the Legal Environment Credit Hour(s): 3
• COMM 201 - Basic Communications Credit Hour(s): 3

• or

• COMM 208 - Fundamentals of Speech Credit Hour(s): 3
• ECON 212 - Principles of Economics II Microeconomics Credit Hour(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester Five

• BUSN 310 - Applied Business Statistics Credit Hour(s): 3
• BUSN 375 - International Business Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENTR 312 - E-commerce for Entrepreneurs Credit Hour(s): 3
• MGMT 344 - Small Business Management Credit Hour(s): 3
• Health & Wellness Credit Hour(s): 2-3

Total Credit Hours: 14-15

Semester Six

• MRKT 372 - Selling/Sales Management Credit Hour(s): 3
• MRKT 381 - Consumer Behavior Credit Hour(s): 3
• BUSN 350 - Financial Management Credit Hour(s): 3
• Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• Business Minor Course Credit Hour(s):3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester Seven

• BUSN 380 - Production/Operations Management Credit Hour(s): 3
• Business Minor Course Credit Hour(s):3
• Business Minor Course Credit Hour(s):3
• Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• Elective Credit Hour(s): 2-3

Total Credit Hours: 14-15

Semester Eight

• BUSN 482 - Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Credit Hour(s): 3
• BUSN 494 - Business Strategy Credit Hour(s): 3

• Business Minor Course Credit Hour(s): 3

• ENTR 460 - Lessons in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENTR 488 - Experiential Entrepreneurship Credit Hour(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15