Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor is focused on improving the entrepreneurial experience of students, connecting them to businesses, and gaining the skills to eventually launch a new business venture. Courses in this area focus both on small business management and start-up entrepreneurship. Key courses in the program include: Entrepreneurship/Small Business, Small Business Management, Applied Small Business Management, and New Venture Planning. Students nurture their entrepreneurial talents through “hands-on” learning and experiential experiences that include: interviewing business owners, conducting business concept presentations and exhibitions, and developing business plans and presenting them to a panel of real investors.

In Fall 2013, the Entrepreneurship/Small Business concentration ranked 6th out of the 29 possible declared majors in the Parker College of Business. The Center is proposing to start a Major in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

For more or additional information, please contact

Steve Charlier, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Department of Management
Parker College of Business, Room 3355A
(912) 478-5985

Required Course Descriptions:

• MGNT 3130 Principles of Management: Provides an overview of the management function, with emphasis on managerial planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
• MGNT 3234 Entrepreneurship: A study of the business formation process focusing on the behaviors of entrepreneurs and the creation of new businesses in dynamic environments – prerequisites C or better in MGNT 3130 Principles of Management.
• MGNT 4234 Small Business Management: Provides a complete coverage of small business operations with proper balance between business functions and the management function – prerequisites C or better in MGNT 3130 Principles of Management; (offered in Fall semester only).
• MGNT 4236 New Venture Planning: This is a project-based course in which students, working in small groups, research and develop a business plan for a new venture. With tutorial guidance, students will select an entrepreneurial idea and develop it into a comprehensive and fully detailed, written business plan – prerequisites C or better in MGNT3234 Entrepreneurship and MKTG 3131 Principles of Marketing.

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Minor Program

		Credit Hours
MGNT 3130	Principles of Management	3
MGNT 3234	Entrepreneurship	3
MGNT 4234	Small Business Management	3
MGNT 4236	New Venture Planning	3
Choose one from among:		3
ACCT 3131	Intermediate Accounting I
CISM 4135	Project Management and Development
ECON 4333	Managerial Economics
ECON 4431	Economic Development
FINC 3132	Intermediate Financial Management
MGNT 3235	Leadership in Organizations
MGNT 4235	Applied Small Business Management
MGNT 4431	Purchasing and Negotiation
MKTG 3133	Professional Selling
MKTG 3136	Introduction to E-Commerce
MKTG 4131	Marketing Research
Total Credit Hours:		15

Last updated: 4/2/2021