Entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurship – 18 credits

The basic certificate in entrepreneurship provides students with a solid foundation in written communication skills, management, and marketing as well as methods for managing small business in entrepreneurial environments.

Students who complete the basic certificate are eligible to earn the advanced certificate in Entrepreneurship.

Prescribed Courses (take all):

ENGL 015: Rhetoric and Composition
MKTG 221W: Contemporary American Marketing
MGMT 100: Survey of Management
B A 250: Problems of Small Business

Additional Courses (select 6 credits):

ECON 002: Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
ECON 014: Principle of Economics
B A 197: Starting and Managing an Entrepreneurial Venture

Advanced Entrepreneurship – 13 credits

The advanced certificate in entrepreneurship develops students' skills in oral communication and quantification, particularly financial quantification. Knowing how to use financial information provided by financial statements and understanding the economic environment in which a business operates is a key to success for small business owners.

Prescribed Courses (10 credits):

MATH 021: College Algebra I
ACCTG 211: Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
CAS 100A: Effective Speech

COURSES OFFERED IN THE FALL 2009 SEMESTER

ACCTG 211: Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
Introduction to the role of accounting numbers in the process of managing a business and in investor decision making.
Prerequisite: MATH 021 or 1.5 units of high school algebra.

B A 250: Small Business Management
Analysis of problems of the smll firm, particularly for the student who wishes to venture into business. Prerequisite: 3 credits in economics

CAS 100A: Effective Speech
Principles of communication, implemented through presentation of speeches with some attention to group discussion and message evaluation.

Methods of economic analysis and their use, price determination, theory of the firm, and distribution.

ENGL 015: Rhetoric and Composition
Instruction and practice in writing expository prose that shows sensitivity to audience and purpose.
Prerequisite: ENGL 004 or satisfactory performance on the English proficiency

MATH 021: College Algebra I
Quadratic equations, equations in quadratic form, word problems, graphing, algebraic fractions, negative and rational exponents, and radicals. Prerequisite: MATH 004 or satisfactory performance on the mathematics proficiency examination.

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COURSES OFFERED IN THE SPRING 2010 SEMESTER

CAS 100A: Effective Speech
Principles of communication, implemented through presentation of speeches with some attention to group discussion and message evaluation.

Methods of economic analysis and their use, price determination, theory of the firm, and distribution.

ECON 002: Introduction to Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
Methods of economic analysis and their use; price determination; theory of the firm; distribution.

MGMT 100: Survey of Management
Introduction to organizational factors relevant to management processes, including leadership, motivation, job design, technology, organizational design and environments, systems, change. May not be used to satisfy Penn State Business baccalaureate degree requirements. Not available to students who have taken B A 304 or MGMT 301.

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