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Course Syllabus

BUS 2222 Entrepreneurship

  • Division: Business and Applied Tech
  • Department: Business
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 3; Lecture: 3; Lab: 0
  • Semesters Offered: TBA
  • Semester Approved: Spring 2019
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2024
  • End Semester: Fall 2024
  • Optimum Class Size: 24
  • Maximum Class Size: 30

Course Description

Open to students from any discipline, this introductory course is intended to provide students with a solid foundation in how to turn entrepreneurial ideas into reality. In this class, students can find the knowledge and strategies to take their ideas to the next level, whether they are ready to channel their inspiration into a new venture or take their ideas to a larger organization.

Justification

This course is required for the Certificate of Completion in Business, the Certificate of Proficiency in Entrepreneurship, and the Certificate of Proficiency in Outdoor Leadership and Entrepreneurship.

The course will provide students with an overview of entrepreneurship while familiarizing them with the basic toolset necessary to plan and launch a new venture. For every student who launches a startup, ten others successfully apply the skills in their corporate or nonprofit careers. These acquired skills are critical since many of today's large organizations are calling on their professionals to develop and defend business plans while launching a new product, testing a new business model, or entering a new market or geography. Interdisciplinary entrepreneurship will integrate and demonstrate the relevance of multiple fields of study. If transferred to Utah State University, this course fulfills the an upper-division course requirement in the Entrepreneurship minor.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will learn how to assess market and customer needs.
  2. Students will learn how to build a minimum viable product around a customer need.
  3. Students will learn how to build a business plan around a minimum viable product

Course Content

Students will explore the exciting world of entrepreneurship through a variety of assignments and classroom activities. In the course students will learn how to:
- Evaluate potential customer markets
- Find customer needs
- Assess the market potential of new business ideas
- Prepare a business plan to present to potential investors
- Begin to build a business around the new idea