Description
In this outline pertaining to guide to majors and programs college of business administration entrepreneurship.
Guide to majors and programs
Points of pride
The Kansas State University Center for the
Advancement of Entrepreneurship won
the 2011 Emerging Program Award from
the U.S. Association for Small Business
and Entrepreneurship. The award is one
of six national awards given annually by
the organization to recognize quality
entrepreneurship education and outreach
programs.
College of Business Administration
Entrepreneurship
Overview
What do Mark Zuckerberg, Steven Spielberg,
Bill Gates and Blake Mycoskie have in common?
They all have a passion they turned into an
opportunity. Entrepreneurship powers the
American and global economy and is focused
on opportunity recognition, creativity and
innovation, and new venture creation.
Kansas State University entrepreneurship
students will develop the necessary skills
to make innovative ideas become a reality,
specifically by:
n Developing an understanding of the
entrepreneurial process — from idea
generation to the implementation of the
new business or social venture.
n Gaining the ability to identify, research
and analyze potential markets that would
enhance value and profitability.
n Developing an understanding of the
concept of risk and how its effect on new
ventures can be minimized.
n Demonstrating the capacity to identify
and acquire the resources needed for the
creation and implementation of a new
venture.
Professional options
Careers
n Traditional entrepreneurship: Start a new
for-profit venture.
n Franchising: Operate the right to distribute
a company’s products, techniques and
trademarks for a percentage of gross
monthly sales and a royalty fee.
n Family business: Start or continue a family-
owned and operated business.
n Social entrepreneurship: Start new or
develop a company with a social mission as
its primary purpose.
n Corporate entrepreneurship: Develop
new operations or products for existing
corporations.
n Business coach: Advise owners of small
and medium-sized businesses to improve
their sales, marketing, management and
team building by providing guidance,
support and encouragement.
n Commercial banker: Work for banks or
other financial institutions specializing in
the lending, deposit and other financial
needs of businesses.
n Business analyst: Work within existing
organizations to help identify, analyze and
pursue new markets, new products or new
business opportunities.
n Consultant: Engage with multiple
and changing clients as an expert or
professional in a specific field with a wide
knowledge of the subject matter.
n Economic developer: Improve the
economic well-being and quality of life for
a community by creating and retaining
jobs, and by supporting or growing income
and the tax base.
n Small business development specialist:
Assist small business owners with the
improvement of business practices in such
areas as strategy, accounting, marketing,
management, finance, operations, human
resources and technical needs.
n Small business executive: Work on the
organization and logistics of managing a
small business.
n Venture capitalist: Make investments into
new ventures and bring managerial and
technical expertise, as well as capital to
their investments.
Job experience
College of Business Administration students
are sought after by large firms to intern during
the summer. These internships are most often
paid. More than 90 percent of students from the
college find relevant jobs or choose to continue
their education three months after graduation.
Academics
Accreditation
The College of Business Administration is among
an elite 10 percent of business schools and
colleges in the nation to hold accreditation by
the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools
of Business for all business and accounting
programs.
Advising
All business students are assigned to one of six
academic advisors who will guide them through
their college careers.
Executive mentors
A new program of the college pairs students
with highly successful mentors, including
entrepreneurs. The professional relationship
starts in the beginning of the student’s career
and is expected to last through graduation and
beyond.
Activities
The Center for the Advancement of
Entrepreneurship provides many opportunities
for students to gain hands-on learning
experience. These programs bridge the gap
between academics and venture launch.
n The Next Big Thing: Have a new venture
idea that you want to pursue? The Next
Big Thing gives students an opportunity to
compete for prize money and resources to
help launch a new venture.
n Business incubator: The student business
incubator gives aspiring entrepreneurs
access to office space, supplies and
additional resources to help advance a
business. Yes, you can start a successful
company while you are in school.
Interested students can apply to be a part
of this valuable program.
n Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Learn
from successful entrepreneurs what it really
takes to make it. Attend lectures given by
successful entrepreneurs to understand
how they made their dreams a reality.
n Wildcat Venture Fund: The fund helps
provide funding to student startups.
This program will also provide student
entrepreneurs access to advice and support
from financial experts on how to structure,
fund and grow their company.
n Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization,
or CEO: This group provides students
interested in entrepreneurship the
leadership opportunities to advance
entrepreneurship at K-State. CEO’s mission
is to inform, support and inspire college
students to be entrepreneurial and seek
opportunity through enterprise creation.
k-state.edu/admissions/academics
Notice of nondiscrimination
Kansas State University is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of race,
color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion,
age, ancestry, disability, military status, veteran status, or other non-merit reasons,
in admissions, educational programs or activities and employment, including
employment of disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam Era, as required
by applicable laws and regulations. Responsibility for coordination of compliance
eforts and receipt of inquiries concerning Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans With
Disabilities Act of 1990, has been delegated to the Director of Afrmative Action,
Kansas State University, 214 Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-0124,
(Phone) 785-532-6220; (TTY) 785-532-4807.
2013
For more information about
entrepreneurship contact:
Department of Management
College of Business Administration
Kansas State University
101 Calvin Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506–0507
785-532-6296
Email: [email protected]
www.k-state.edu/future-students/majors-
and-programs/entrepreneurship
For more information about
Kansas State University, contact:
Office of Admissions
Kansas State University
119 Anderson Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506–0102
1-800-432-8270 (toll free) or
785-532-6250
Email: [email protected]
www.k-state.edu/admissions
Financial assistance
Scholarships
The college awards scholarships to first-year,
transfer and continuing education students.
In addition, the college also offers business-
specific scholarships to be used for study abroad
programs.
Suggested course work
Students entering the College of Business
Administration for the first time enroll in
the Business Administration Pre-Professions
Program, or BAPP. Students with previous
academic work either at K-State or elsewhere
requesting transfer to the College of Business
Administration must have a 2.5 or higher GPA to
enroll in the BAPP curriculum.
Students remain in the BAPP until they meet
the requirements for admission to their chosen
business major and complete an application
to degree plan. Students who do not meet the
admission criteria for their chosen major by
60 credit hours (with at least 15 K-State graded
hours) will be dismissed from the College of
Business Administration.
The business curriculum is designed to provide
both breadth and depth throughout the
student’s educational experience. Students
will begin taking business courses during the
freshman year, along with foundation courses
like written and oral communication, math and
economics, and general education courses that
encourage personal growth in areas such as
cultural development and understanding the
natural and physical world. Most students will
take at least one course in each of the core areas
of business (accounting, finance, management
and marketing) before pursuing the required
major field courses in the marketing major.
To encourage academic diversity, all business
students will be required to complete a
9-credit hour thematic sequence in an area of
professional and/ in organizations, economics,
agriculture, law, gerontology and geography,
among many others. Students who pursue a
minor or second major outside the College of
Business Administration may use this course
work to complete their thematic sequence
requirement.
BAPP requirements
Hrs. Courses
3 English 100 Expository Writing I
3 English 200 Expository Writing II
2 COMM 105 Public Speaking IA
3 ENGL 417 Written Communication for the
Workplace
3 MATH 100 College Algebra
3 MATH 205 General Calculus and Linear
Algebra
3 STAT 350 Business and Economics
Statistics I
3 STAT 351 Business and Economic
Statistics II
3 ECON 110 Macroeconomics
3 ECON 120 Microeconomics
16 Nonbusiness courses. Students must complete
at least one course in each of the following
categories: aesthetic experience and interpretive
understanding, global perspectives, human
diversity in the U.S., natural and physical sciences
with lab, and non business elective (chosen from
any K-State 8 category).
9 Thematic sequence
Business core courses
Hrs. Courses
3 ACCTG 231 Accounting for Business
Operations
3 ACCTG 241 Accounting for Investing and
Financing
3 FINAN 450 Principles of Finance
3 GENBA 110 Business Foundations
0 GENBA 166 Business Information Technology
Skills Proficiency
3 MANGT 366 Information Technology for
Business
3 MANGT 420 Management Concepts
3 MANGT 421 Introduction to Operations
Management
3 MANGT 595 Business Strategy
3 MANGT 596 Business Government Society
3 MKTG 400 Marketing
Major courses
Hrs. Courses
3 GENBA 340 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
3 MKTG 241 Marketing Plans for New Ventures
3 MANGT 390 Business Law
3 FINAN 561 Financing Emerging Businesses
3 MANGT 540 Entrepreneurial Consulting
3 MANGT 440 Entrepreneurship
Plus two courses from:
Hrs. Courses
4 ACCTG 331 Accounting Processes and
Controls
3 ACCTG 342 Taxation (Pr: ACCTG 331)
3 ACCTG 433 Financial Reporting
(Pr: ACCTG 331)
3 AGEC 202 Small Business Operations
3 MANGT 531 Human Resource Management
3 MANGT 535 Employment Law
3 MANGT 620 Social Entrepreneurship
3 MANGT 653 Business Project Management
3 MANGT 660 Supply Chain Planning and
Control
3 MANGT 662 Supply Chain Management
3 MANGT 690 International Management
3 MC 421 Advertising Sales
3 MC 423 Global Advertising
3 MC 446 Advertising Media Planning
3 MC 456 Advertising Techniques
3 MKTG 450 Consumer Behavior
3 MKTG 541 Retailing (Pr: MKTG 450)
3 MKTG 542 Personal Selling
3 MKTG 543 Integrated Marketing
Communications (Pr: MKTG 450)
3 MKTG 545 Marketing Channels
3 MKTG 546 Services Marketing
3 MKTG 642 Marketing Research
(Pr: MKTG 450)
Economics electives
Choose 1 from:
Hrs. Courses
3 ECON 520 Intermediate Microeconomics
3 ECON 523 Human Resource Economics
3 ECON 540 Managerial Economics
3 ECON 620 Labor Economics
3 ECON 640 Industrial Organization and Public
Policy
Unrestricted electives
Hrs. Courses
15 Unrestricted electives
Minor requirements (15 credit hours)
Hrs. Courses
3 GENBA 340 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
3 ENGL 455 Exploring Creativity
3 GENBA 350 New Venture Creation
6 Two electives that support the students’ planned
venture to be approved by the Center for the
Advancement of Entrepreneurship
doc_517633905.pdf
In this outline pertaining to guide to majors and programs college of business administration entrepreneurship.
Guide to majors and programs
Points of pride
The Kansas State University Center for the
Advancement of Entrepreneurship won
the 2011 Emerging Program Award from
the U.S. Association for Small Business
and Entrepreneurship. The award is one
of six national awards given annually by
the organization to recognize quality
entrepreneurship education and outreach
programs.
College of Business Administration
Entrepreneurship
Overview
What do Mark Zuckerberg, Steven Spielberg,
Bill Gates and Blake Mycoskie have in common?
They all have a passion they turned into an
opportunity. Entrepreneurship powers the
American and global economy and is focused
on opportunity recognition, creativity and
innovation, and new venture creation.
Kansas State University entrepreneurship
students will develop the necessary skills
to make innovative ideas become a reality,
specifically by:
n Developing an understanding of the
entrepreneurial process — from idea
generation to the implementation of the
new business or social venture.
n Gaining the ability to identify, research
and analyze potential markets that would
enhance value and profitability.
n Developing an understanding of the
concept of risk and how its effect on new
ventures can be minimized.
n Demonstrating the capacity to identify
and acquire the resources needed for the
creation and implementation of a new
venture.
Professional options
Careers
n Traditional entrepreneurship: Start a new
for-profit venture.
n Franchising: Operate the right to distribute
a company’s products, techniques and
trademarks for a percentage of gross
monthly sales and a royalty fee.
n Family business: Start or continue a family-
owned and operated business.
n Social entrepreneurship: Start new or
develop a company with a social mission as
its primary purpose.
n Corporate entrepreneurship: Develop
new operations or products for existing
corporations.
n Business coach: Advise owners of small
and medium-sized businesses to improve
their sales, marketing, management and
team building by providing guidance,
support and encouragement.
n Commercial banker: Work for banks or
other financial institutions specializing in
the lending, deposit and other financial
needs of businesses.
n Business analyst: Work within existing
organizations to help identify, analyze and
pursue new markets, new products or new
business opportunities.
n Consultant: Engage with multiple
and changing clients as an expert or
professional in a specific field with a wide
knowledge of the subject matter.
n Economic developer: Improve the
economic well-being and quality of life for
a community by creating and retaining
jobs, and by supporting or growing income
and the tax base.
n Small business development specialist:
Assist small business owners with the
improvement of business practices in such
areas as strategy, accounting, marketing,
management, finance, operations, human
resources and technical needs.
n Small business executive: Work on the
organization and logistics of managing a
small business.
n Venture capitalist: Make investments into
new ventures and bring managerial and
technical expertise, as well as capital to
their investments.
Job experience
College of Business Administration students
are sought after by large firms to intern during
the summer. These internships are most often
paid. More than 90 percent of students from the
college find relevant jobs or choose to continue
their education three months after graduation.
Academics
Accreditation
The College of Business Administration is among
an elite 10 percent of business schools and
colleges in the nation to hold accreditation by
the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools
of Business for all business and accounting
programs.
Advising
All business students are assigned to one of six
academic advisors who will guide them through
their college careers.
Executive mentors
A new program of the college pairs students
with highly successful mentors, including
entrepreneurs. The professional relationship
starts in the beginning of the student’s career
and is expected to last through graduation and
beyond.
Activities
The Center for the Advancement of
Entrepreneurship provides many opportunities
for students to gain hands-on learning
experience. These programs bridge the gap
between academics and venture launch.
n The Next Big Thing: Have a new venture
idea that you want to pursue? The Next
Big Thing gives students an opportunity to
compete for prize money and resources to
help launch a new venture.
n Business incubator: The student business
incubator gives aspiring entrepreneurs
access to office space, supplies and
additional resources to help advance a
business. Yes, you can start a successful
company while you are in school.
Interested students can apply to be a part
of this valuable program.
n Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Learn
from successful entrepreneurs what it really
takes to make it. Attend lectures given by
successful entrepreneurs to understand
how they made their dreams a reality.
n Wildcat Venture Fund: The fund helps
provide funding to student startups.
This program will also provide student
entrepreneurs access to advice and support
from financial experts on how to structure,
fund and grow their company.
n Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization,
or CEO: This group provides students
interested in entrepreneurship the
leadership opportunities to advance
entrepreneurship at K-State. CEO’s mission
is to inform, support and inspire college
students to be entrepreneurial and seek
opportunity through enterprise creation.
k-state.edu/admissions/academics
Notice of nondiscrimination
Kansas State University is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of race,
color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion,
age, ancestry, disability, military status, veteran status, or other non-merit reasons,
in admissions, educational programs or activities and employment, including
employment of disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam Era, as required
by applicable laws and regulations. Responsibility for coordination of compliance
eforts and receipt of inquiries concerning Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans With
Disabilities Act of 1990, has been delegated to the Director of Afrmative Action,
Kansas State University, 214 Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-0124,
(Phone) 785-532-6220; (TTY) 785-532-4807.
2013
For more information about
entrepreneurship contact:
Department of Management
College of Business Administration
Kansas State University
101 Calvin Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506–0507
785-532-6296
Email: [email protected]
www.k-state.edu/future-students/majors-
and-programs/entrepreneurship
For more information about
Kansas State University, contact:
Office of Admissions
Kansas State University
119 Anderson Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506–0102
1-800-432-8270 (toll free) or
785-532-6250
Email: [email protected]
www.k-state.edu/admissions
Financial assistance
Scholarships
The college awards scholarships to first-year,
transfer and continuing education students.
In addition, the college also offers business-
specific scholarships to be used for study abroad
programs.
Suggested course work
Students entering the College of Business
Administration for the first time enroll in
the Business Administration Pre-Professions
Program, or BAPP. Students with previous
academic work either at K-State or elsewhere
requesting transfer to the College of Business
Administration must have a 2.5 or higher GPA to
enroll in the BAPP curriculum.
Students remain in the BAPP until they meet
the requirements for admission to their chosen
business major and complete an application
to degree plan. Students who do not meet the
admission criteria for their chosen major by
60 credit hours (with at least 15 K-State graded
hours) will be dismissed from the College of
Business Administration.
The business curriculum is designed to provide
both breadth and depth throughout the
student’s educational experience. Students
will begin taking business courses during the
freshman year, along with foundation courses
like written and oral communication, math and
economics, and general education courses that
encourage personal growth in areas such as
cultural development and understanding the
natural and physical world. Most students will
take at least one course in each of the core areas
of business (accounting, finance, management
and marketing) before pursuing the required
major field courses in the marketing major.
To encourage academic diversity, all business
students will be required to complete a
9-credit hour thematic sequence in an area of
professional and/ in organizations, economics,
agriculture, law, gerontology and geography,
among many others. Students who pursue a
minor or second major outside the College of
Business Administration may use this course
work to complete their thematic sequence
requirement.
BAPP requirements
Hrs. Courses
3 English 100 Expository Writing I
3 English 200 Expository Writing II
2 COMM 105 Public Speaking IA
3 ENGL 417 Written Communication for the
Workplace
3 MATH 100 College Algebra
3 MATH 205 General Calculus and Linear
Algebra
3 STAT 350 Business and Economics
Statistics I
3 STAT 351 Business and Economic
Statistics II
3 ECON 110 Macroeconomics
3 ECON 120 Microeconomics
16 Nonbusiness courses. Students must complete
at least one course in each of the following
categories: aesthetic experience and interpretive
understanding, global perspectives, human
diversity in the U.S., natural and physical sciences
with lab, and non business elective (chosen from
any K-State 8 category).
9 Thematic sequence
Business core courses
Hrs. Courses
3 ACCTG 231 Accounting for Business
Operations
3 ACCTG 241 Accounting for Investing and
Financing
3 FINAN 450 Principles of Finance
3 GENBA 110 Business Foundations
0 GENBA 166 Business Information Technology
Skills Proficiency
3 MANGT 366 Information Technology for
Business
3 MANGT 420 Management Concepts
3 MANGT 421 Introduction to Operations
Management
3 MANGT 595 Business Strategy
3 MANGT 596 Business Government Society
3 MKTG 400 Marketing
Major courses
Hrs. Courses
3 GENBA 340 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
3 MKTG 241 Marketing Plans for New Ventures
3 MANGT 390 Business Law
3 FINAN 561 Financing Emerging Businesses
3 MANGT 540 Entrepreneurial Consulting
3 MANGT 440 Entrepreneurship
Plus two courses from:
Hrs. Courses
4 ACCTG 331 Accounting Processes and
Controls
3 ACCTG 342 Taxation (Pr: ACCTG 331)
3 ACCTG 433 Financial Reporting
(Pr: ACCTG 331)
3 AGEC 202 Small Business Operations
3 MANGT 531 Human Resource Management
3 MANGT 535 Employment Law
3 MANGT 620 Social Entrepreneurship
3 MANGT 653 Business Project Management
3 MANGT 660 Supply Chain Planning and
Control
3 MANGT 662 Supply Chain Management
3 MANGT 690 International Management
3 MC 421 Advertising Sales
3 MC 423 Global Advertising
3 MC 446 Advertising Media Planning
3 MC 456 Advertising Techniques
3 MKTG 450 Consumer Behavior
3 MKTG 541 Retailing (Pr: MKTG 450)
3 MKTG 542 Personal Selling
3 MKTG 543 Integrated Marketing
Communications (Pr: MKTG 450)
3 MKTG 545 Marketing Channels
3 MKTG 546 Services Marketing
3 MKTG 642 Marketing Research
(Pr: MKTG 450)
Economics electives
Choose 1 from:
Hrs. Courses
3 ECON 520 Intermediate Microeconomics
3 ECON 523 Human Resource Economics
3 ECON 540 Managerial Economics
3 ECON 620 Labor Economics
3 ECON 640 Industrial Organization and Public
Policy
Unrestricted electives
Hrs. Courses
15 Unrestricted electives
Minor requirements (15 credit hours)
Hrs. Courses
3 GENBA 340 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
3 ENGL 455 Exploring Creativity
3 GENBA 350 New Venture Creation
6 Two electives that support the students’ planned
venture to be approved by the Center for the
Advancement of Entrepreneurship
doc_517633905.pdf