Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2011-2012 > College of Business Administration > Management Department and Entrepreneurship Program > Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

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Management Department and Entrepreneurship Program

Objectives

The Bachelor of Business Administration—Entrepreneurship major at LMU will provide undergraduate students with the fundamental theories, critical thinking skills, and real-world awareness necessary to support their launch into careers as entrepreneurs (i.e., founders and leaders of new ventures) or intrapreneurs (i.e., change agents and managers within established, more traditional organizations).

Learning Outcomes

Students should understand and appreciate the economic and societal importance of entrepreneurship.
Students should be able to analyze and understand all aspects of a business, integrating concepts across multiple functional areas.
Students should know how to generate business ideas, evaluate business feasibility, and assemble a comprehensive business plan.
Students should be able to adopt the perspective and action orientation of a CEO/Founder.

Major Requirements

Lower Division Requirements:

ACCT 2110, 2120; AIMS 2710; BADM 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040; BLAW 2210; ECON 105 or 110 and 120, 230; MATH 111, 112.

Upper Division Requirements:

AIMS 3770; BADM 4950, 4970; FNCE 3410; INBA 3810; MGMT 3610; MRKT 3510. A cumulative GPA of C (2.0) must be achieved in the major requirements (all business, economics, and math courses).

For purposes of meeting the requirements for the B.B.A., Entrepreneurship major, degree and determination of academic probation, an overall cumulative grade point average of at least a C (2.0) must be obtained in all courses required in the major.

Core, Major, and Elective Entrepreneurship Courses:

ENTR 3310	Introduction to Entrepreneurship
ENTR 3330	Social Entrepreneurship
ENTR 3350	New Venture Creation
ENTR 3360	Tax Law and Planning for Small Business (FNCE 3460)
ENTR 3380	Small Business Management
ENTR 3397	Internship
ENTR 4310	Entrepreneurial Finance (FNCE 4410)
ENTR 4320	Real Estate Finance and Investment and Entrepreneurship (FNCE 4420) Programming
ENTR 4340	International Entrepreneurship (INBA 4840)
ENTR 4350	Entrepreneurial and Small Business Marketing
ENTR 4370	Product Design and Development
ENTR 4380	Technology Ventures
ENTR 4381	Managing New Ventures
ENTR 4390	Entrepreneurial Marketing
ENTR 4398	Special Studies
ENTR 4399	Independent Studies

All Entrepreneurship majors must complete the following required courses: Introduction to Entrepreneurship (ENTR 3310), New Venture Creation (ENTR 3330), Entrepreneurial Finance (ENTR 4310), Managing New and Growing Ventures (ENTR 4381), International Management/Entrepreneurship studies, select one: International Entrepreneurship (ENTR 4340), International Management (MGMT 4630), or Managing Global Workforce (MGMT 4672), and an Entrepreneurship Elective. A student who chooses ENTR 4310 as a required course can choose ENTR 4381 as his or her Entrepreneurship Elective; similarly, a student can choose ENTR 4381 as a required course and ENTR 4310 as an Entrepreneurship Elective.