Your Curriculum
Business Management: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
Associate of Applied Science Degree Program
Catalog Year 2013-2014
MHCC Faculty Adviser
Mike Brayson: 503-491-7118 Room AC2665
Mike.Brayson@mhcc.edu
Stephen Konrad: 503-491-7342 Room AC2664
Stephen.Konrad@mhcc.edu
This program is for students considering owning their own business or working for a small business. The Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management program will prepare students for self-employment and careers in small business. The program includes instruction and training in evaluating small business ideas and opportunities, developing skills and understanding the resources necessary to start a business.
Anyone can start a business. The problem, however, is that many people don't know what's involved, don't know the risks and don't have the skills to start and successfully operate a business or work for an already existing business. At the completion of this program, students will not only have a degree, but also will have newly-developed practical skills to feel confident to start and successfully run a small business.
This program is directly focused on the practical, hands-on aspects of small business. Success starts here at MHCC.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Construct a feasibility study
- Prepare a comprehensive business plan
- Demonstrate working knowledge of a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement
- Explain how to use a small business credit policy
- Describe operational and organizational structures
- Demonstrate primary management skills
| First Quarter (Fall) |
Cr |
| BA101 |
Introduction to Business |
4 |
| BA131 |
Introduction to Business Computing ; or
CIS120 Concepts in Computing I and CIS120L
Concepts in Computing Lab I |
4 |
| MTH065 |
Beginning Algebra II (or higher) 1‡ |
4 |
| WR121 |
English Composition |
4 |
| 16 |
| Second Quarter (Winter) |
| BA150 |
Developing a Small Business |
3 |
| BA211 |
Principles of Accounting I |
4 |
| BA223 |
Principles of Marketing |
4 |
| BA285 |
Leadership and Human Relations |
3 |
| 14 |
| Third Quarter (Spring) |
| BA213 |
Principles of Accounting III |
4 |
| BA249 |
Retail Management |
3 |
| HPE295 |
Health and Fitness for Life |
3 |
| HUM202 |
Age of Technology: Ethics in the Workplace |
3 |
| |
Business elective2 |
3-4 |
| 16-17 |
| Fourth Quarter (Fall) |
| BA222 |
Finance |
3 |
| BA265 |
Operations Management-Workflow Analysis |
3 |
| EC201 |
Principles of Economics I (Micro) |
4 |
| |
Business elective2 |
3-4 |
| 13-14 |
| Fifth Quarter (Winter) |
| BA203 |
Introduction to International Business |
4 |
| BA226 |
Introduction to Business Law |
4 |
| BA238 |
Sales |
4 |
| EC202 |
Principles of Economics II (Macro) |
4 |
| 16 |
| Sixth Quarter (Spring) |
| BA206 |
Management and Supervisory Fundamentals |
4 |
| BA224 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
| BA250 |
Small Business Management |
4 |
| WE280BU |
Cooperative Education Internship3 |
6 |
| 17 |
| |
Total Credits |
92-94 |
1 Business electives may be selected from any business course (BA) not already included in this curriculum.
2 Electives to be approved by faculty adviser on Catalog Exception Form.
3Students may use any combination of WE280BUA, WE280BUB, WE280BUC, WE280BUD, WE280BUE or WE280BUF to total six credits. Instructor and dean consent is required; check with instructor for the course number and credits appropriate to the internship assignment.
‡ See pages 20 in the printed catalog.