Degree Offered
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Nature of the Program
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Major will prepare graduates for starting new ventures, as well as positions in organizations that propose, analyze, and implement entrepreneurial growth strategies. Through a flexible series of courses that emphasize both conceptual and hands-on/experiential learning, students will develop knowledge and skills that will provide them with a platform to start, run, and grow enterprises. Career options for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Majors include:
- Entrepreneur or business owner
- Business or economic development
- Corporate innovation
- New product development
- Management consulting
- Sales agent (financial services, insurance, real estate, etc.)
Faculty
Chair
- Abhishek Srivastava - Ph.D. (University of Maryland)
Assistant professors
- Ryan Angus - Ph.D. (University of Utah)
- Hyeonsuh Lee - Ph.D. (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Clinical assistant professor
- Robert Waggoner - M.B.A. (University of Washington)
Executive in Residence, Vantage Ventures
Admissions for 2025-2026
For specific information regarding the admissions requirements for First Time Freshmen to the John Chambers College of Business and Economics, please visit Chambers admissions.
Students who are direct admitted to the major as first-time freshmen must possess an overall university GPA of at least 2.0 and have completed the course prerequisites listed in the table below with minimum grade of C-, unless otherwise noted, to be eligible to enroll in upper-division course work.
Students who are not direct admitted to the major (i.e. Business) will declare the major at the beginning of the semester in which they satisfy the course prerequisites listed below. Applicants also must possess an overall GPA of at least 2.0 to be considered for admission to the major.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 201 | Principles of Accounting 1 | 3 |
| BCOR 121 | Introduction to Business Applications | 2 |
| ECON 201 & ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics | 6 |
| ECON 225 | Elementary Business and Economics Statistics | 3 |
| or STAT 211 | Elementary Statistical Inference | |
| Choose one of the following: | 3-6 | |
| Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetoric, and Research | ||
| Accelerated Academic Writing | ||
| MATH 124 | Algebra with Applications | 3 |
| Total Hours | 20-23 | |
Major Code: 2162
Click here to view the Suggested Plan of Study
General Education Foundations
Please use this link to view a list of courses that meet each GEF requirement.
NOTE: Some major requirements will fulfill specific GEF requirements. Please see the curriculum requirements listed below for details on which GEFs you will need to select.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Foundations | ||
| F1 - Composition & Rhetoric | 3-6 | |
| Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetoric, and Research | ||
or ENGL 103 | Accelerated Academic Writing | |
| F2A/F2B - Science & Technology | 4-6 | |
| F3 - Math & Quantitative Reasoning | 3-4 | |
| F4 - Society & Connections | 3 | |
| F5 - Human Inquiry & the Past | 3 | |
| F6 - The Arts & Creativity | 3 | |
| F7 - Global Studies & Diversity | 3 | |
| F8 - Focus (may be satisfied by completion of a minor, double major, or dual degree) | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 31-37 | |
Please note that not all of the GEF courses are offered at all campuses. Students should consult with their advisor or academic department regarding the GEF course offerings available at their campus.
Degree Requirements
Students seeking admission to the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Major offered by the John Chambers College of Business and Economics (B&E) must make formal application to the program. Ideally, a student will apply for admission to the program when he/she has completed the pre-requisite coursework (listed in the table below) with a minimum grade of C- at the end of the application term, an overall GPA of at least 2.0 (B&E student 2.0, other students 2.5) and completed a minimum of 45 semester hours at the end of the application term.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| University Requirements | 34 | |
| Program Requirements | 23 | |
| Business Core Requirements | 33 | |
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation Major Requirements | 30 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
University Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Foundations (GEF) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 (31-37 Credits) | ||
| Outstanding GEF Requirements 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 | 16 | |
| BCOR 191 | First-Year Seminar | 1 |
| General Electives | 20 | |
| Total Hours | 37 | |
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 201 | Principles of Accounting 1 (Minimum grade of C-) | 3 |
| BCOR 121 | Introduction to Business Applications | 2 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics (Minimum grade of C-; may fulfill GEF 4) | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics (Minimum grade of C-; may fulfill GEF 8) | 3 |
| Select one of the following (Minimum Grade of C-; may fulfill GEF 1): | 3-6 | |
| Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetoric, and Research | ||
| Accelerated Academic Writing | ||
| Select one of the following (Minimum grade of C-; may fulfill GEF 8): | 3 | |
| Elementary Business and Economics Statistics | ||
| Elementary Statistical Inference | ||
| MATH 124 | Algebra with Applications (Minimum grade of C-; may fulfill GEF 3) | 3 |
| Total Hours | 23 | |
Business Core Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENTR 102 | Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| BCOR 199 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| BCOR 299 | Business Communication (Fulfills Writing and Communication Skills Requirement) | 3 |
| BCOR 320 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BCOR 330 | Information Systems and Technology | 3 |
| BCOR 340 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| BCOR 350 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BCOR 360 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| BCOR 370 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BCOR 380 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| BCOR 460 | Contemporary Business Strategy | 3 |
| Total Hours | 33 | |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Possess a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all major courses calculated using all attempted GPA hours unless excluded by the D/F repeat policy. | ||
| ENTR 400 | Advanced Concepts in Entrepreneurship (Minimum Grade of C-) | 3 |
| ENTR 405 | Entrepreneurial Creativity & Innovation (Minimum Grade of C-) | 3 |
| ENTR 420 | Entrepreneurial Finance (Minimum Grade of C-) | 3 |
| ENTR 440 | Small Business Consulting | 3 |
| ENTR 460 | Entrepreneurship Practicum | 3 |
| Select five of the following electives (two must be in Chambers): | 15 | |
Entrepreneurship (ENTR) Courses 400+ | ||
| Managerial Accounting | ||
| Organizational Communication | ||
| Persuasion | ||
| Product Design Foundations | ||
| Professional Selling 1 | ||
| Professional Selling 2 | ||
| Selling with Digital Media | ||
| Product and Brand Management | ||
| Start Up Marketing Promotions | ||
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Suggested Plan of Study
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| BCOR 199 | 3 | ACCT 201 | 3 |
| BCOR 191 | 1 | ECON 201 (GEF 4) | 3 |
| BCOR 121 | 2 | ENGL 101 (GEF 1) | 3 |
| ENTR 102 | 3 | GEF (Choose from F2, F5, F6, F7 or F8) | 3 |
| MATH 124 (GEF 3) | 3 | Minor or General Elective | 3 |
| GEF (Choose from F2, F5, F6, F7 or F8) | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| ECON 202 (GEF 8) | 3 | BCOR 299 | 3 |
| ECON 225 (GEF 8) | 3 | BCOR 330 | 3 |
| ENGL 102 (GEF 1) | 3 | BCOR 340 | 3 |
| GEF (Choose from F2, F5, F6, F7 or F8)) | 6 | BCOR 350 | 3 |
| BCOR 370 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| BCOR 320 | 3 | BCOR 360 | 3 |
| ENTR 400 | 3 | ENTR 420 | 3 |
| ENTR 405 | 3 | Major Elective | 6 |
| GEF (Choose from F2, F5, F6, F7 or F8) | 3 | GEF (Choose from F2, F5, F6, F7 or F8) | 3 |
| Minor or General Electives | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| BCOR 380 | 3 | BCOR 460 | 3 |
| ENTR 440 | 3 | ENTR 460 | 3 |
| Major Elective | 6 | Major Elective | 3 |
| Minor or General Electives | 3 | Minor or General Electives | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total credit hours: 120 | |||
Major Learning Outcomes
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The objective of providing a foundational education in entrepreneurship and innovation at the undergraduate level cannot be realized without appropriate curricula content, effective teaching, and ultimately, learning. Within the undergraduate entrepreneurship and innovation major, we subscribe to the following learning goals for each of our undergraduate students:
- Graduates will be able to manage and evaluate organizational systems focused on the following entrepreneurial outcomes.
- Identify organizational tasks, roles, and responsibilities of managing entrepreneurial ventures.
- Designate the interrelationships between functional areas of entrepreneurial ventures.
- Describe the interrelationships between resources, organizational structure, and strategies utilized to create and grow entrepreneurial ventures.
- Demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurial phenomena across organizational contexts, including start-ups, small and medium sized enterprises, family businesses, and corporate ventures.
- Prescribe effective practices in identifying and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities.
- Identify alternative ways to market a new product or service that contribute to the growth of an entrepreneurial venture.
- Assess entrepreneurial opportunities using financial methods.
- Graduates will be able to think critically and solve problems in entrepreneurial ventures.
- Graduates will be able to deal with the dynamics of individuals and teams within organizations and to motivate, lead, and inspire employees toward achieving organizational goals.
- Graduates will be able to use computer and information technology in solving problems and perform functions commonly seen in managing businesses and other organizations.
- Graduates will be able to effectively communicate recommendations to management and other constituencies, orally and in writing.
- Graduates will have knowledge of business disciplines: accounting, finance, management, management information systems, and marketing.