Management, Entrepreneurship Concentration, B.S.

Entrepreneurs start new businesses or take over existing ones and run them in better ways. The Entrepreneurship concentration appeals to students who have a strong desire to do whatever it takes to bring good new ideas to market. Students learn to build, promote, and manage their own businesses from the concept stage to the exit strategy. The curriculum provides flexibility for students to choose courses that contribute to their personal goals and desired business paths.

Required Business Courses

Majors must complete a minimum of 30 credits in the major at Westfield State University in order to graduate.

Required Business Core - 39 Credits

ACCT 0104 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 0105 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
FINC 0207 - Financial Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0107 - Software Applications in Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0220 - Production/Operations Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0221 - Business Management: A Survey of Organizational Development and Management Principles Credits: 3
MGMT 0241 - Business Law I Credits: 3
MGMT 0250 - Quantitative Approaches to Business Decisions Credits: 3
MGMT 0308 - Organizational Development & Behavior Credits: 3
MGMT 0321 - Management Information Systems Credits: 3
or ACCT 0345 - Accounting Information Systems Credits: 3
MGMT 0325 - Business Policy and Strategy Credits: 3
MGMT 0338 - International Business Credits: 3
MRKT 0231 - Marketing Management Credits: 3

Non-Business Required Courses - 18 Credits

ECON 0101 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 0102 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ENGL 0103 - Speech Credits: 3
ENGL 0392 - Business and Technical Writing Credits: 3
MATH 0108 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 3
MATH 0115 - Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences Credits: 3 *

Note:

* MATH 0105 or MATH 0106 , Calculus I or II, will also satisfy this requirement.

Entrepreneurship Concentration (18 credits)

Required Courses

Students must take the following courses:

MGMT 0301 - Labor Relations Credits: 3
MGMT 0314 - Human Resource Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0344 - Project Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0342 - Entrepreneurship Credits: 3

Elective Courses

Students must choose any two electives from the following courses:

ECON 0320 - Environmental Economics Credits: 3
MGMT 0302 - Small Business Management Credits: 3
MGMT 0346 - Leadership Credits: 3
MGMT 0355 - Digital and Social Media Credits: 3
MGMT 0398 - Business Internship Credits: 3-15
MRKT 0306 - Logistics Management Credits: 3
MRKT 0309 - Sales and Sales Management Credits: 3
MRKT 0336 - Fundamentals of Retailing Credits: 3
MRKT 0337 - Consumer Behavior Credits: 3

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a general education or common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in General Education: WISE or Common Core .