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BBA in Entrepreneurship/MS in Management (Entrepreneurship)

The 150-credit-hour accelerated entrepreneurship degree combining the Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship and the Master of Science in Management programs is intended for students who wish to prepare themselves to launch a new business. The program prepares students for effective leadership in dynamic, growth-oriented industries, leading teams to launch and grow businesses that are financially viable, beneficial to society, and advance the Kingdom of God through the marketplace. The program includes a classroom track, as well as a business accelerator track.

UNDERGRADUATE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (BBA)

Developing A Christian Mind
DCM 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind

3

Economics

6

ECON 2301 – Principles of Macroeconomics

ECON 2302 – Principles of Microeconomics

English

9

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

and

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Fine Arts
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

Foundations for Excellence

1

FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence

is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. (AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.)

History

6

Choose two:

HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865

HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865

HIST 2301 - World Civilization I

HIST 2302 - World Civilization II

Kinesiology

2

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived.

Mathematics

6

MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis

MATH 1308 - Calculus for Business Analysis

Natural Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only)

4

One laboratory science from Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Science, or Physics

Religion

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

and three additional credit hours depending on credit hours transferred at time of initial enrollment

Social Sciences (1000 or 2000 level courses only)

6

POLS 2301 - American National Government

and an additional three credit hours may be selected from Psychology or Sociology

Speech

3

COMA 1302 - Speech and Interpersonal Communication

TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS

58

BBA in Entrepreneurship

 

Business Core

33

ACCT 2301 - Principles of Financial Accounting
ACCT 2302 - Principles of Managerial Accounting
FINA 3301 - Corporate Financial Management
MANA 3301 - Principles of Management (S-L)
MANA 3305 - Managerial Statistics
MANA 3306 - Management Communication
MANA 3308 - Business and Public Law
MANA 4301 - Operations and Quality Management
MANA 4320 - Strategy and Problems in Management
MRKT 3301 - Principles of Marketing
STIM 3301 - Information Systems for Management

Entrepreneurship Major

20

ENTR 1101 - Future Entrepreneurial Leaders 101
ENTR 1102 - Future Entrepreneurial Leaders 102
ENTR 3301 - Principles of Entrepreneurship
ENTR 3305 - Marketing in the Startup
ENTR 4301 - Lean Start-Up (S-L)

FINA 4320 - Entrepreneurial Finance
Choose two ENTR electives from the following:
ENTR 3314 - Social Entrepreneurship
ENTR 4302 - Internship in Entrepreneurship
ENTR 4303 - Special Topics in Entrepreneurship
ENTR 4314 - Applied Social Entrepreneurship

Shared Undergraduate/Graduate Courses

6

ENTR 6301 - New Business Creation
MANA 6358 - Business Negotiations and Conflict Resolution

Additional Upper-Level Electives Required*
Additional Lower or Upper-Level Electives Required*

0
3

TOTAL UNDERGRADUATE WITH SHARED HOURS REQUIRED

120

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required. Students must complete all Undergraduate hours and shared undergraduate/graduate hours prior to enrolling for remaining Graduate hours.

*Elective Requirements

  • In order to satisfy the “Undergraduate only” portion of an accelerated degree plan, sufficient lower-level and upper-level elective hours must be taken to complete the minimum number of Undergraduate credit hours required for each specific accelerated degree.

  • As part of this accelerated degree plan, 6 shared Graduate hours will be counted toward a minimum of 36 upper-level Undergraduate credit hours required for all bachelor’s degrees.

REMAINING GRADUATE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (MS)

MS IN MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONAL COURSES

The courses listed below are requisites and may be satisfied through undergraduate credit. Courses listed in brackets are the undergraduate classes that may fulfill the foundational course requirements. These courses do not satisfy the 36-credit-hour requirement of the MS in Management program. 

MSITM 51.525 - Programming Fundamentals (or equivalent) (FinTech Concentration only)

MRKT 51.521 - Marketing Concepts [MRKT 3301 Principles of Marketing]

BASIC CONCEPTS COURSES

Basic Concepts - Accounting (MBA - McGraw Hill Connect course)*

Basic Concepts - Finance (MBA - McGraw Hill Connect course)*

Basic Concepts - Quantitative Analysis (MBA - McGraw Hill Connect course)*

*Three-session self-study requisite courses included with certain courses and must be passed with a minimum of 85% course grade.

Required MS in Management Core Courses

15

MANA 6302 - Quantitative Analysis and Modeling for Decision-Making (Requisite: self-study three-week requisite course passed with a minimum of 85% course grade.)

MANA 6310 - Leading Innovation
MISM 6314 - Management Information Systems

MSITM 6320 - Humanics: Agile Project Management

Select one from the following:

ACCT 6321 - Managerial Accounting (Requisite: self-study three-week requisite course passed with a minimum of 85% course grade.)

COMA 6321 -Strategic Communication for Organizations

FINA 6301 - Corporate Finance (Requisite: self-study three-week requisite course passed with a minimum of 85% course grade.)

MANA 6314 - Organizational Change and Development

MANA 6323 - Human Resource Management

MANA 6333 - Managing Operations Technologies

MANA 6360 - Managerial Strategy and Implementation

MANA 6372 - Managing Organizations and Teams

MSITM 6303 - Data Visualization

MSITM 6330 - Digital Ethics

Entrepreneurship

15

ENTR 6303 - Marketing and New Product Development
ENTR 6304 - Strategy/Management of Growing Businesses
Select 3 courses from the following:
ENTR 6306 - International Entrepreneurship
MAGL 5345 - Business as Mission (S-L)
MANA 6320 - Business Ethics

MISM 6320 - Business Systems Analysis and Project Management

MISM 6330 - Business Data Management

MRKT 6301 - Advanced Marketing Strategies (S-L)
MSITM 5342 - Database Management for Business Analysis
SCM 6301 - Managing Operations Technologies
SCM 6320 - Logistics Management

TOTAL ADDITIONAL GRADUATE HOURS REQUIRED

30

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR ACCELERATED DEGREE

150

Students are required to take the Major Field Test (MFT) as part of MANA 4320 Strategy and Problems in Management. Students will prepare for the exam through completion of the coursework of MANA 4320.  

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Find course descriptions by category under the Undergraduate Course Descriptions OR Graduate Course Descriptions section in the navigation panel.