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Eight-Semester Plan for B.S. in Entrepreneurship

Major Program Guide For: B.S. in Entrepreneurship
Suggested Course Sequence

Freshman Year
Fall
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
First Year Seminar 190
P5 Fine & Perf Arts 3
C4 Wellness 3
P6
World Cultures 3
C5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
ENGL (C1) 101 Writing/Rhetoric 3
MATH (C2)
170* 3
COMM (C3) 201 Communication 3
ENT
201 Intro to Entrp 3
C5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3

 

Sophomore Year
Fall
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
ECON (P1) 231 Microeconomics 3
CIS 251 Management Info Systems 3
P3 History 3
ACCT 251 Prin. of Accounting 3
ENGL (C1)
202 Writing/Critical Inquiry 3
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
MKT 201 or 206 3
LAW 230 Legal Environ. of Business 3
ENT 250 Innovation & Creativity 3
Cognate 3
Elective 3

 

Junior Year
Fall
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
MGT 300 Intro. to Management 3
ENT 350 New Venture Growth 3
FIN 305 Financial Mangmt 3
Cognate 3
Elective 3
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
ENT 301 New Venture Leadership 3
ENT 325 New Venture Creation 3
P4 ** Humanities 3
Cognate 3
Elective 3

 

Senior Year
Fall
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
ENT
401 Entrepreneurial Funding 3
ENT 450 New Venture Strategy 3
P1 ** Social Science 3
Cognate 3
Elective 3
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
ENT 475 Entrepreneurship 3
Cognate 3
Cognate 3
Elective 3
Elective 3

NOTES:

  • * MATH 130, College Algebra, or any other MATH course with MATH 130 as a prerequisite, is also permitted; however if a MATH class other than 170 is taken to satisfy Liberal Studies, then QA 235 is required and would replace an elective.
  • **The Upper Level Perspective may be satisfied in any of the Perspective categories.
  • A minimum of 30 hours must be earned at WCU in Jr/Sr level courses.
  • 50% of the credits earned in the major must be at the Jr/Sr level.
  • At least 45 hours are required for enrollment in all business courses numbered 300 or above.
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