Bachelor's Degree in Management
Concentration: Entrepreneurship (BSB)
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Entrepreneurship Concentration Overview
Purdue University Northwest students have the knowledge and skills to build up their entrepreneurial careers within future-facing environments. Our management major with a Bachelor of Science in Business help develop creative problem-solving skills in our students.
When paired with the entrepreneurship concentration, our management major enables our students to apply an entrepreneurial outlook and management skills to emerging business opportunities.
Department of Managerial Studies
- This is the only management degree with a concentration in entrepreneurship available in Northwest Indiana.
- Our approach to coursework allows you to discover different business areas and empowers you to develop an entrepreneurial mindset for new ventures and existing organizations.
Entrepreneurship Concentration Curriculum
To gain a business degree in management with a concentration in entrepreneurship you need to complete general education courses, business core courses, electives (including both business electives and free electives) and four required entrepreneurship concentration courses.
You will take general education courses, gain first year experience at PNW and start your involvement in the PNW community.
SAMPLE COURSES
- BUSM 10000 – Freshman Seminar In Business
- ENGL 10400 – English Composition I
- MA 15300 – College Algebra
You will start to acquaint yourself with the foundations of business by studying several business core courses.
SAMPLE COURSES
- BUSM 20000 – Second Year Seminar in Business
- MKG 22400 – Principles of Marketing
- ACC 20000 – Introductory Accounting
While continuing your knowledge base of business foundations, you will start to study management major courses.
SAMPLE COURSES
- BUSM 34000 – Managerial Decision Analysis
- BUSM 41100 – Entrepreneurship And Employee Innovation
- BUSM 39500 – Management of Modern Business Systems
Complete all of the required management major courses as well as the concentration required courses to gain the degree.
SAMPLE COURSES
- ENTR 30300 – Entrepreneurial Finance
- ENTR 31001 – Launching a New Venture
- ENTR 42000 – Business Plan Development
Entrepreneurship Concentration Highlights
A management degree is among the top five specialties recruited in business.
This program will enable students to acquire insights into management theories and cutting-edge practices needed for both personal and professional growth. It will also offer students skills and techniques to create and run their own businesses.
Entrepreneurship Concentration Outcomes
The program participants will learn how to become a business leader who is able to see the big picture, to inspire and motivate their troops to embrace the organization’s goals and vision, and be a business creator who is able to establish and grow a new business.
Entrepreneurship Concentration Career Paths
- General Manager
- Business Development Manager
- Startup and Small Business Founder
Entrepreneurship Concentration Beyond the Classroom
Program participants have the opportunities to be sponsored for attending regional, statewide and nationwide competitions on entrepreneurship development projects.
Entrepreneurship Concentration Employers
- NIPSCO
- Blue Chip Casino
- Self-Business and Family Business
Entrepreneurship Concentration Scholarships
The PNW College of Business and the Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center offer scholarships funds to the program participants on special business projects.
Entrepreneurship Concentration Accreditation
The management major with entrepreneurship concentration is one of the three majors offered by the Department of Managerial Studies at the College of Business, which is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Meet the Faculty
Associate Professor of Management and Strategy
Wei He is an associate professor of management and strategy in the College of Business. He also serves as the management program coordinator in the department of managerial studies.
Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship
Kristin Burton is focused on strategies for increasing economic development through entrepreneurship and building networks that support early start-up firms.
Earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Management at PNW
Purdue University Northwest’s entrepreneurship concentration enables you to have the knowledge and skills to build up entrepreneurial careers within future-facing environments.
To see how a bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Banking from PNW opens doors, from corporate boardrooms to non-profit leadership, take the next step today!
