Changes

= Student Innovaton and Entrepreneurship =

The 18 credit hour concentration in Entrepreneurship (as part of the existing Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree) is made up as follows: • ECON 301 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation (new 3 credit hour course) • ECON 303 Strategic Entrepreneurship (new 3 credit hour course) • FINC 315 Entrepreneurial Finance (new 3 credit hour course) • MGMT 350 Entrepreneurship (existing 3 credit hour course) • MGMT 460 Corporate Entrepreneurship (new 3 credit hour course) Plus one of the following courses: • MGMT 450 Small Business Management (existing 3 credit hour course) • ECON 460 Seminar in Entrepreneurship (new 3 credit hour course)

Selected students are trained to acquire the following skills: • Ability to think like an entrepreneur • Superior oral presentation skills • Effective visual presentation skills • Ability to think outside the box • Ability to take leadership roles • Superior networking skills • Superior self-confidence • High ethical standard Selected students receive classroom and hands-on-training from: • Invited experts and professional trainers • Top level corporate executives and other guest speakers • Successful Entrepreneurs • Out of town travel to corporate & government establishments • Volunteering as leaders to major national entrepreneurship conference Organizing entrepreneurial workshops

= Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship =

• Annual Green Business Conference • Special Workshops • National Minority Entrepreneurship Conference

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