Programs

Entrepreneurship Major

This major is designed for students who desire to develop their own businesses. It provides a comprehensive knowledge of accounting, finance, management, marketing and computer information systems as these areas relate to entrepreneurial business. This includes an understanding of how to develop a new business plan, conduct marketing research to determine the feasibility of a new business, obtain capital resources for a new business enterprise, manage the cash flow of a new business, and understand the legal issues related to entrepreneurial endeavors. The market potential of the entrepreneurship graduate is almost infinite.

Students must obtain a 2.00 GPA in their (combined) business core and major courses as well as a 2.00 cumulative Northern Michigan University GPA.

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  120
• General Education

  30-40

• Business Core*

  32
• ACT 230 Principles of Accounting I

  4
• ACT 240 Principles of Accounting II

  4
• FIN 351 Financial Management I

  4
• MGT 221 Business Law I: Legal Environment of Business

  4
• MGT 240 Organizational Behavior and Management

  4
• MGT 325 Operations Management

  4
• MGT 344 Managerial Communication

  4
• MKT 230 Introduction to Marketing

  4

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• Entrepreneurship

  36
• CIS 222 Quantitative Business Problem Solving

  4
• FIN 413 New Venture Finance: Capital Formation and Legal Issues

  4
• MGT 121 Introduction to Business [PERS]

  4
• MGT 215 Entrepreneurship

  4
• MGT 343 Human Resource Management

  4
• MGT 414 Small Enterprise Management

  4
• MGT 436 Strategic Management

  4
• MKT 310 Marketing for Entrepreneurship

  4
• SP 110 Interpersonal Communication [INTT]

  4

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• Other Required Courses

  28
• EC 201 Microeconomic Principles

  4
• EC 202 Macroeconomic Principles

  4
• MA 109 Introduction to Probability and Statistics [QUAR]

  4
• MA 113 Finite Mathematics [QUAR]

  4
• PSY 100 Introduction to Psychological Science [SCII]

  4
• SO 101 Introductory Sociology [PERS] or

  4
•      SO 113 Social Problems (4 cr.) [PERS]
• SP 100 Public Address [EFFC]

  4

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*Note: Courses in business core cannot be double counted toward another major or minor.

This major does not require a minor.