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Nov 21, 2024
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College Catalog 2024 - 2025
Entrepreneurship Option, A.S.
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This option allows individuals to learn entrepreneurial skills and build on their own capabilities while earning a college degree. Students will be able to transfer credit for courses to four-year colleges with entrepreneurial programs. Students learn business skills that could be combined with their specialized skills to create opportunities for self-employment or for career advancement and career mobility.
* Milestone Courses should be taken in the order shown. This will help you stay on track and graduate on time.
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Total Credits: 15
Semester 1 Advising Note
- New degree-seeking students enrolled in 9 credits or more must take a Learning Community Seminar or a Learning Community Cluster within their first year. Students who have already taken an LCS course should consult Department Chair or Division Dean.
- Explore BHCC Student Activities offered i.e., BHCC’s Entrepreneurship Club.
- Create and follow education plan.
Total Credits: 15
Semester 2 Advising Note
- Meet with an advisor to begin career planning activities
- Begin exploring transfer options: attend a transfer workshop and the College transfer fair
- Complete a volunteer activity in an area of interest.
- Learn about Alpha Beta Gamma (Business Honor Society) and Alpha Kappa Mu (General Honor Society).
- Inquire about the Commonwealth Honors Program.
Total Credits: 16
Semester 3 Advising Note
- Continue preparations for transfer: write essays for transfer institution, collect letters of recommendation, apply for transfer.
- Develop a financial plan for continued education and life after graduation.
- Complete a pre-graduation check with an advisor in LifeMap
Total Credits: 15
Semester 4 Advising Note
- The Management Seminar in this program is a Capstone course and should be taken in the student’s final semester.
- Gather recommendation letters from faculty and staff.
- Apply for Graduation.
- Finalize your resume and upload it to your ePortfolio and LinkedIn website.
Upon Completion of This Concentration Graduates Will Be Able To:
- Analyze viability of opportunities from various points of view.
- Understand the leadership skills and personal characteristics needed for success in starting and managing a small business.
- Develop and implement a business plan.
- Prepare a set of financial statements for a service, merchandising or manufacturing business that is structured as a sole proprietorship, partnership or a corporation.
- Analyze a set of financial statements to determine strengths or weaknesses of the business.
- Understand the basic principles of business law, contracts and agency, intellectual property and product liability.
- Demonstrate proficiency in computer applications as required to operate and manage a small business.
- Examine management theory and practice, and explain basic business methodology and management issues.
- Be able to identify and analyze the marketing strategies of an organization that can be used to advance its mission.
- Understand the techniques useful in achieving the full potential from limited resources and improving productivity and effectiveness.
Career Outlook
This option prepares graduates to start and manage a small business, and to move into management and supervisory positions.
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