Course Descriptions

ENTRENPRENEURSHIP (ENT)

ENT 301 Entrepreneurship (3)

This course provides an overview of the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, the external environments of organizations, the issues which affect entrepreneurial success and the management of entrepreneurial ventures. The course also includes a review of financial statements, business functions, and fundamental business concepts. For undergraduates in the Hogan Entrepreneurial Program – to be taken in Fall of the First Year.

ENT 302 Hogan Colloquium (3)

This course involves participation in the Hogan professional development workshops. Speakers are drawn from companies, non-profit organizations, and government to share firsthand experience or research on entrepreneurial ventures. Workshops develop students’ skills in areas such as professional communications, business etiquette and protocol, media relations, salesmanship, cross-culture management, etc. For undergraduates in the Hogan Entrepreneurial Program – to be taken in Spring of the First Year.

ENT 401 Entrepreneurship Applied Concepts and Practices I (3)

This course includes topics of risk assessment, venture capitalization, change management, and legal issues related to organization start-up. Students work as a team to create a new venture plan which could result in a fundable business proposal. They will visit start-up companies and conduct case studies designed to sharpen their understanding of key  financial concepts and the development of business plans. For undergraduate students choosing to take more than one year of Hogan classes – to be taken in Fall of the Second Year.

ENT 402 Entrepreneurship Applied Concepts and Practices II (3)

This course involves participation in advanced professional development workshops. Speakers are drawn from companies, non-profit organizations, and government to share firsthand experience or research on entrepreneurial ventures. Workshops develop students’ skills in practical areas such as branding, web-based marketing, relationship management, etc. In this workshop, students implement the business plan developed in ENT 401. For undergraduate students choosing to take more than one year of Hogan classes – to be taken in Spring of the Second Year. (For MBA students – take either MBA 701 or MBA 740)

MBA 701 Entrepreneurship (3)

Looks at the challenges of establishing, owning, and managing a small business. Students learn methods of identifying new business opportunities; planning for and identifying new business opportunities; planning for and organizing a business; marketing its good and/or services; and financial planning and control. Prerequisite: MBA 611, and 612.

MBA 740 Social Enterprise Management (3)

Introduces students to the application of entrepreneurship to the advancement of social change within organizations that have a double bottom line: creating tangible social value as well as financial return. Students will use cases and examination of live organizations to develop knowledge of the strategies for and challenges of creating sustainable and successful social ventures. Issues including start-up, funding, organizing, growing, and assessing a social enterprise will be explored.