ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Contrary to popular belief, entrepreneurshipstudents get jobs! Employers actively seek out entrepreneurial skills on resumes.

A highly experiential program that allowsyou to build your leadership and communication skills, grow your professional network and develop ideas.

You will get the opportunity to work withother majors such as media arts students for branding kits, and engineering students for apps or products.

Students have the opportunity to presenttheir business ideas and potentially receive capital from the Chico State Accelerator Fund.

Is an Entrepreneurship Major right for you?

The era of getting a job and keeping it for thirty years is over—a student must gain skills that help define their own career.

Entrepreneurship provides a toolbox that emphasizes creativity, innovation, collaboration, and team-building.

Entrepreneurship classes increase the chance of success in business by teaching key techniques such as how to perform

customer discovery and validation, how to measure market size, and proper evaluation of the key metrics of the economics

of a business.

Do you want to launch or grow your own business while still in school? Be sure to ask an advisor about our Applied

Entrepreneurship Track.

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Business Plan Development & Financing

Entrepreneurial Marketing

Launching & Managing New Ventures

Entrepreneurship Law

Entrepreneurial Analytics

See back for additional details and specific course

requirements.

Courses for Entrepreneurship Major (24 units)

Required Courses:

CALIFORNIASTATEUNIVERSITY,CHICO NAME:_____________________________________COLLEGEOFBUSINESSCATALOG:2018-2019 ID#:_______________________________________ESBMMajorOption–TraditionalTrack(24units)

Revised: 3/15/18

Foundation:2courses(6units)required: Met IP NeededMGMT450IntroductiontoEntrepreneurship(3)Preq:Juniorstandingorfacultypermission.

MGMT451BusinessPlanDevelopment&Financing(3)Preq:MGMT450.

Note:MGMT450,MGMT451&MGMT452mustbetakeninsequence.DomainKnowledge:4courses(12units)required: MetIP NeededBLAW415EntrepreneurshipLaw(3)Preq:MGMT450(maybetakenconcurrently).

MGMT452Launching&ManagingtheNewVenture(3)Preq:MGMT451(maybetakenconcurrently).

MGMT456EntrepreneurialAnalytics(3)Preq:FINA307,MGMT450.

MKTG468EntrepreneurialMarketing(3)Preq:MKTG305;MGMT450orMKTG371.

Setting:1course(3units)selectedfrom: Met IP NeededMGMT453SocialEntrepreneurship(3)(FallOnly)Preq:MGMT450.

MGMT454FamilyBusinessVentures(3)(SpringOnly)Preq:MGMT450.

MGMT455Web-BasedEntrepreneurship(3)Preq:MGMT450.

Electives:1course(3units)selectedfrom: Met IPNeededBADM499HHonorsSeminarinBusiness(3)(FallOnly)Preq:AdmissiontoBusinessHonorsinMajorprogram.BLAW450IntellectualPropertyLaw(3)(SpringOnly)

FINA456Risk&Insurance(3)Preq:FINA307.

MGMT389KInternshipinEntrepreneurship&SmallBusinessManagement(3)Preq:MGMT451(maybetakenconcurrently),facultypermission.

MGMT444ManagingProjectTeams(3)Preq:MGMT303orfacultypermission.

MGMT453SocialEntrepreneurship(3)(FallOnly)Preq:MGMT450.Ifnotusedaboveforsetting.

MGMT454FamilyBusinessVentures(3)(Springonly)Preq:MGMT450.Ifnotusedaboveforsetting.

MGMT455Web-BasedEntrepreneurship(3)Preq:MGMT450. Ifnotusedaboveforsetting.

MGMT460ManagingforSustainability(3)Preq:MGMT303.

MGMT489BPracticuminEntrepreneurship&SmallBusMgmt(3)Preq:MGMT451(maybetakenconcurrently)andfacultypermission.

MGMT498SpecialTopicsinManagement(3)Preq:Seniorstanding.Mustbetakenfor3units.

MKTG380MarketingResearch(3)Preq:BADM103/MATH108/MATH105,MKTG305.

MKTG465E-Marketing(3)(FallOnly)Preq:MKTG371.

MKTG473StrategicPersonalSelling(3)Preq:MKTG371.

CCAALLIIFFOORRNNIIAA SSTTAATTEE UUNNIIVVEERRSSIITTYY,, CCHHIICCOO NNAAMMEE:: ____________________________________________________________ COLLEGE OF BUSINESS CATALOG: 2018-2019 ID #: ________________________________ ESBM Minor (18 units)

Revised: 3/19/18

Foundation: 3 courses (9 units) required: Met IP Needed MGMT 450 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3)

Preq: Junior standing or faculty permission. MGMT 451 Business Plan Development & Financing (3)

Preq: MGMT 450. MGMT 452 Launching & Managing New Ventures (3)

Preq: MGMT 451 (may be taken concurrently). Note: MGMT 450, MGMT 451, AND MGMT 452 must be taken in sequence

Business Electives: 1 course (3 units) selected from: Met IP Needed BLAW 415 Entrepreneurship Law (3)

Preq: MGMT 450 (may be taken concurrently). BLAW 450 Intellectual Property Law (3) (Spring Only)

MGMT 444 Managing Project Teams (3) Preq: MGMT 303 or faculty permission.

MGMT 453 Social Entrepreneurship (3) (Fall Only) Preq: MGMT 450.

MGMT 454 Family Business Ventures (3) (Spring Only) Preq: MGMT 450.

MGMT 455 Web-Based Entrepreneurship (3) Prereq: MGMT 450. MGMT 456 Entrepreneurial Analytics (3) Prereq: FINA 307, MGMT 450. MGMT 470 Business Dynamics (3)

Preq: Junior standing. MGMT 389K Internship in Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management (3) Preq: MGMT 451 (may be taken concurrently), faculty permission. MGMT 489B Practicum in Entrepreneurship/Sm Bus Management (3) (Fall Only)

Preq: MGMT 451 (may be taken concurrently) and faculty permission MGMT 498 Special Topics in Management (1-3)

Preq: Senior Standing. Must be taken for 3 units MKTG 380 Marketing Research (3)

Preq: MATH 108, MKTG 305. MKTG 465 E-Marketing (3)(Fall Only)

Preq: MKTG 371. MKTG 468 Entrepreneurial Marketing (3)

Preq: MKTG 305; MGMT 450 or MKTG 371. MKTG 473 Strategic Personal Selling (3)

Preq: MKTG 371.

Domain Knowledge: 2 courses (6 units) selected from: Sem Units Grade Required upper division course in student’s major

Required upper division course in student’s major