Apr 20, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Entrepreneurship, B.B.A.

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C.T. Bauer College of Business > Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship > Entrepreneurship, B.B.A.

Courses in entrepreneurship (ENTR) provide students with information regarding all aspects of entrepreneurship. Specific topics include evaluating the feasibility of a business idea, developing a business plan, bringing products/services/technologies to market, managing the people side of business, managing the money side of business, and personal development.

The major career objectives are to have entrepreneur students capable of starting their own businesses, or going to work for an existing entrepreneur.

Of special importance to entrepreneur majors is the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship (WCE). The mission of the WCE is to organize and expand the knowledge and practice of entrepreneurship. WCE combines academic rigor with practical experience to provide the foundation needed to develop, launch, and manage business enterprises in a rapidly changing business environment.

Entrepreneurship Major Coursework and Electives (42 Credit Hours)

Entrepreneurship major is selective. Students must be formally accepted into the program through application, interview, and approval. Only students who are formally accepted can enroll in 4000-level Entrepreneurship courses.

ENTR 3310 - Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3.0
ENTR 4320 - Entrepreneurial Revenue Credit Hours: 3.0
ENTR 4330 - Entrepreneurial Costs and Budgets Credit Hours: 3.0
ENTR 4340 - Entrepreneurial Capital Credit Hours: 3.0
ENTR 4350 - Entrepreneurial Strategy Credit Hours: 3.0
ENTR 4360 - Business Plan and Implementation Credit Hours: 3.0
ENTR 4110 - Entrepreneurial Values and Leadership Credit Hours: 1.0 (1hr course repeated 3 times)
Additional Elective Hours Required:
Approved Advanced Business Electives Credit Hours: 3.0 (any 3000-4000 level business course)
Advanced Electives Credit Hours: 9.0 (any 3000-4000 level course)
General Electives Credit Hours: 9.0 (any 1000-4000 level course) *

* The 9 hours of General Electives are designated for 6 hours of any unused Component Area Option (090) courses and 3 hours of an unused Social/Behavioral Science (040) course. Remaining hours can be met by any 1000-4000 level course.

General B.B.A. Requirements

In order to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree, students must complete credit hour requirements:

UH Core Courses & College Requirements
Business Administration and Management Field of Study Courses
Advanced-Level Business Requirements (required for all business majors),
Major Coursework Requirements
Additional Elective Requirements

along with noncredit requirements:

Assenting to the Bauer Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, and
A passing score on an Excel Competency Exam as a prerequisite to filing a degree plan, and
A business writing evaluation (BWE), administered through BUSI 3302. Clearing the BWE is required to file a degree plan.

Credit Hour Requirements

Students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree must complete freshman-sophomore core and Business Administration and Management Field of Study requirements, upper-level business core and required courses, major requirements, pass an Excel Competency Exam, and clear the business writing evaluation (BWE).

The total hours required for a Bachelor of Business Administration degree are summarized below. Students in the Bauer Business Honors Program have additional requirements as specified under the description of the Bauer Business Honors Program.

Students pursuing the Global Energy Management Professional Program (GEM-PP) track in Finance have specialized degree requirements listed under the GEM-PP track for a major in finance. Other specialty programs, such as the Professional Program in Accounting, the Entrepreneurship Program, and the Program for Excellence in Selling, may have additional admission and program requirements as specified by the program.

B.B.A. requirements also listed as approved UH core courses may fulfill both requirements, but students must have a minimum of 120 credit hours to earn the B.B.A.

Specific course requirements in each category are discussed in the following sections. ECON 2304 and ECON 2305 may count for Core Social and Behavioral Science requirement and Field of Study (students without either ECON 2304 or ECON 2305 and substituting Intermediate ECON would be required to take a Social and Behavioral Science course in place of a General Elective Requirement.

UH Core Courses & College Requirements

6 Credit Hours

ENGL 1303 - First Year Writing I Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 1304 - First Year Writing II Credit Hours: 3.0 or Core Communication (code 010) alternative

Business Administration and Management Field of Study Courses

24 Credit Hours

Courses require completion with a grade of “C” or higher in all Business Administration and Management Field of Study courses unless a transfer student has completed the Business Administration and Management Field of Study at another Texas public institution.

BUSI 1301 - Business Principles Credit Hours: 3.0
BCIS 1305 - Business Computer Applications Credit Hours: 3.0 *
MATH 1313 - Finite Math with Applications Credit Hours: 3.0 *
ACCT 2301 - Principles of Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 3.0
ACCT 2302 - Principles of Managerial Accounting Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 2304 - Microeconomic Principles Credit Hours: 3.0 *
ECON 2305 - Macroeconomic Principles Credit Hours: 3.0 *
BUSI 2305 - Business Statistics Credit Hours: 3.0
^ Consult the catalog for additional requirements if pursuing the Global Energy Management Professional Program.

3 Credit Hours

BUSI 3302 - Connecting Bauer to Business Credit Hours: 3.0

Additional UH Core Courses

24 Credit Hours

UH Core American History Requirement:
Choose one of the following:
HIST 1376 - The United States To 1877 Credit Hours: 3.0
or
HIST 1377 - The U S To 1877 Credit Hours: 3.0
and

Choose one of the following:
HIST 1378 - The U S Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3.0
or
HIST 1379 - The United States Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3.0
UH Core Government Requirement:

Complete both:
POLS 1336 - U.S. and Texas Constitution and Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 1337 - U.S. Government: Congress, President, and Courts Credit Hours: 3.0
Plus completion of required number of hours from selection of courses in each of the following UH Core Requirement categories:
Core Language, Philosophy & Culture Credit Hours: 3.0 - Must be Texas Common Core at Texas public transferring institution or UH core.
Core Creative Arts Credit Hours: 3.0 - Must be Texas Common Core at Texas public transferring institution or UH core.
Core Life and Physical Sciences Credit Hours: 6.0 - Must be Texas Common Core at Texas public transferring institution or UH core.

Advanced-Level Business Required Courses

21 Credit Hours

This section is required for all business majors.

FINA 3332 - Principles of Financial Management Credit Hours: 3.0
INTB 3355 - Global Environment of Business Credit Hours: 3.0
MANA 3335 - Introduction to Organizational Behavior and Management Credit Hours: 3.0
MARK 3336 - Introduction to Marketing Credit Hours: 3.0
MARK 3337 - Professional Selling Credit Hours: 3.0
SCM 3301 - Supply Chain Management Fundamentals Credit Hours: 3.0
4000-level requirement (requires a degree plan on file):
BUSI 4350 - Business Law and Ethics Credit Hours: 3.0