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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Entrepreneurship, B.S.


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A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship.

The entrepreneurship curriculum offers students an interdisciplinary approach that will broaden his or her understanding of the environment of modern business development, management, and organizational leadership. The MSMU Entrepreneurship major does not singularly focus on new business start-ups, but strives for the holistic awakening of an entrepreneurial spirit which promotes success in a wide range of life pursuits.

Major Requirements


42-45 credits:

Core Requirements (46 to 49 credits)


The First Year Symposium (3 credits)


Complete the First Year Symposium

World Language Requirement (3-6 Credits)


Complete either 6 credits at the 101 and 102 level or 3 credits at the 200 level or above

  • Introductory Language (For students beginning at the 101 level)
    • XXXX 101 (3)
    • XXXX 102 (3)
  • Advanced Language (For students who begin at the 201 level or above)
    • XXXX 201/301 (or higher).

Foundations of Philosophy (3 Credits)


Origins of the West (3 Credits)


Philosophy in the Modern Age (3 Credits)


Atlantic Encounters (3 Credits)


Mathematical Thinking (3 Credits)


Foundations of Theology: Faith and Revelation (3 Credits)


America in the World (3 Credits)


Theology: Made in God’s Image (3 Credits)


Modernity in Literature or the Arts (3 Credits)


Choose from among one of the following:

Laboratory Science (3-4 Credits)


Choose one laboratory science course:

Global Encounters (3 Credits)


Choose one Global Encounters course:

  • XXGE Global Encounters
    • Global Encounters courses are offered in many departments, including Business, Communication, English, Education, Foreign Language, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Theology.

Ethics and the Human Good (3 Credits)


Complete one of the following:

Ethical Leaders (0 Credits)


The Ethical Leadership Experiential Learning Core Requirement invites students to integrate their own personal call to leadership with a mature reflection on one or more of the core virtues of Justice, Courage, Integrity, and Humility.  Students will accomplish this by engaging in and reflecting upon the practice of virtue ethics within the context of one or more experiential learning activities.

Note


To earn a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship, students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours. Students must also earn a major GPA of 2.0, and a cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Sample Four Year Sequence


Freshman Year

Fall Semester

FSYM 101 The First Year Symposium (3)  

Foundation of Social Science (3)

World Languages I (3)

ESHIP 101 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3)  

Elective (3)

15 credits 

Spring Semester

WCIV 102 Origins of the West (3)  

PHIL 103 Foundations of Philosophy (3)  

World Languages II (3)

ESHIP XXX Entrepreneurship Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 credits 

 

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

WCIV 201 Atlantic Encounters: 1450-1850 (3)  

PHIL 203 Philosophy in the Modern Age (3)  

MATH 211 Mathematical Thinking (3)  

BUS 250 Intro to Business & Decision Making (3)  

Elective (3)

15 credits

Spring Semester

AMER 202 America in the World (3)  

THEOL 220 Foundations of Theology (3)  

BUS 313 Principles of Marketing (3)  

ESHIP 310 Financial Mgmt. for Entrepreneurs (3)  

Elective (3)

15 credits 

 

Junior Year

Fall Semester

THEOL 320 Made In God’s Image (3)  

XXMO 300 Modernity in Lit/Art/Music/Theater (3)

GNSCI XXX Lab Science (4) (either semester)

ESHIP 320 Design Thinking (3)  

BUS 260 Business Communication (3)  

16 credits 

Spring Semester

THEOL/PHIL 300 Ethics and The Human Good (3)

XXGE 3XX Global Encounters (3)

Elective (3)

ESHIP 498 Entrepreneurship Practicum (3)  

Elective (3)

15 credits 

 

Senior Year

Fall Semester

BUS 201 Business Law I (3)  

ESHIP 410 Business Plan Design and Delivery (3)  

ESHIP XXX Entrepreneurship Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 credits 

Spring Semester

BUS 400 Business Ethics in Society (3)  

COMM 190 Public Speaking (3)  

ESHIP XXX Entrepreneurship Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 credits 

 

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