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COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Title:
Entrepreneurship
Date
submitted:
Spring 2014
(AAC: 14-26)
Department:
Business & Technology
Curriculum:
Business Administration
Course
Descriptors:
Make certain that the
course descriptors are
consistent with college
and Board of Trustees
policies, and the current
course numbering
system.
Course Code: (eg. ACC 101) BES*218
Prerequisites:
Course Type:
L C- or better in Principles of
Marketing (BMK*201), Principles of
Financial Accounting (ACC*113),
and Composition (ENG*101), or
permission of Department Chair.
A: Clinical B: Lab D: Distance Learning
I: Individual/Independent L: Lecture N: M: Seminar
Internship P: Practicum U: Studio
X: Combined Lecture/Lab Y: Combined Lecture/
Clinical/Lab Z: Combined Lecture/Studio
Elective Type: G
E: English FA: Fine Arts HI: History HU: Humanities
LA: Liberal Arts FL: Foreign Language M: Math
S: Science SS: Social Science G: General
Credit Hours: 3 Corequisites:
Developmental: (yes/no) No
None
Contact
Hours:
Lecture: 3
Clinical: 0
Lab: 0
Studio 0
Other: 0
TOTAL: 3 Other Requirements:
Class Maximum: 35
Some computer lab use required
for internet research
Semesters Offered: F
Ability-Based
Education
(ABE)
Statement:
At Tunxis Community College students are assessed on the knowledge and skills they
have learned. The faculty identified the General Education Abilities critical to students’
success in their professional and personal lives. In every class, students are assessed
on course abilities, sometimes program abilities, and, in most classes, at least one
General Education Ability. Students will receive an evaluation of the degree to which
they have demonstrated or not demonstrated that General Education Ability.
Catalog Course
Description:
Introduces students to the art of entrepreneurship and the skills needed for starting and
managing small businesses. It begins with a self-assessment of entrepreneurial skills
and continues through a survey of all the major issues in new and small business
management. Students are expected to develop a complete business plan. The
teaching methodology relies heavily on experimental exercises, student team projects
and case studies.
Topical Outline:
List course content in
outline format.
1. Definition and importance of entrepreneurship: entrepreneurial and intrepreneurial
mind; entrepreneurial process
2. The individual entrepreneurial and international opportunities
3. The Business concept: generating ideas; product planning & development; target
market;; product/service benefits
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4. Legal issues: intellectual property; product safety, liability, insurance; contracts
5. The Business Plan
6. The Marketing plan: marketing research; marketing mix (product/service, pricing
distribution, promotion).
7. The Financial Plan: operating & capital budgets; pro-forma income statement,
cash flow projection, &balance sheet
8. The organizational plan: legal forms of business; organization design, job
descriptions, job specifications
9. Sources of capital, informal risk and venture capital
9. Preparation for New Venture launch
10. Managing Early Growth of the New Venture
11. New Venture Expansion Strategies and Issues
12. Going Public
13. Ending the Venture
14. Analysis
15. Synthesis
Outcomes:
Describe measurable
skills or knowledge that
students should be able
to demonstrate as
evidence that they have
mastered the course
content.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to do the
following:
COURSE:
1. create a business concept including description of the product/service, customers,
benefits and distribution methods
2. research and analyze industry data, including industry trends, forecasts, and
competitors
3. create a business plan: design a marketing plan which includes strategy,
product/service, pricing, distribution, and promotion; construct a financial plan
which includes pro-forma financial statements (i.e. income statement, cash flow
projection, balance sheet); and compose organizational and production plans that
are appropriate for the business concepts and are related to the marketing and
financial plans
4. support the business concept with sources of capital
5. justify and defend their business plan in a presentation to their peers which include:
mission sources and application of start-up-funds, risk and contingency plans,
operations growth strategies, and conclusion of the enterprise
PROGRAM: (Numbering reflects Program Outcomes as they appear in the college catalog)
Business Administration Program
1. successfully complete the business administration core courses and demonstrate
competencies necessary for success in business administration including an
understanding of:
a) the role of accounting and finance in the management of a business enterprise
b) various micro- and macroeconomic principles and their influence on the
organizational decision-making process
c) the role of marketing in the business environment and applying core marketing
principles to the development of business strategy and decision-making
process
d) the impact of leadership, employee behavior, organizational culture, group
dynamics, and the team-based approach in defining organizational culture, and
attaining organizational goals and objectives
e) the ethical and legal implications of managerial decisions and the effect of
Entrepreneurship COURSE SYLLABUS — page
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3
those decisions on organizational stakeholders
2. demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge and apply learned skills for real-
world business decision making
3. demonstrate proficiency in the General Education Abilities as they apply to the
business professions
GENERAL EDUCATION: (Numbering reflects General Education Outcomes as they appear in the
college catalog)
2. Critical Analysis/ Logical Thinking - Students will be able to organize, interpret, and evaluate evidence
and ideas within and across disciplines; draw reasoned inferences and defensible conclusions; and
solve problems and make decisions based on analytical processes.
Demonstrates: Identifies the issue(s); formulates an argument; explains and analyzes relationships
clearly; draws reasonable inferences and conclusions that are logical and defensible; provides support
by evaluating credible sources of evidence necessary to justify conclusions.
Does Not Demonstrate: Identifies few or no issues; formulates an argument without significant focus;
provides an unclear explanation of analysis and relationships; drawing few reasonable inferences and
conclusions that are illogical and indefensible; provides little to no support using credible sources of
evidence necessary to justify conclusions.
11. Written Communication (embedded) - Students will be prepared to develop written texts of varying
lengths and styles that communicate effectively and appropriately across a variety of settings.
Demonstrates: Writes articulate texts using appropriate evidence and appeals as determined by the
rhetorical situation.
Does Not Demonstrate: Writes texts lacking appropriate evidence and appeals as determined by the
rhetorical situation.
Evaluation:
List how the above
outcomes will be
assessed.
Assessment will be based on the following criteria:
1. examinations
2. papers
3. quizzes
4. oral presentations
5. group projects
Instructional
Resources:
List library (e.g. books,
journals, on-line
resources),
technological (e.g.
Smartboard, software),
and other resources
(e.g. equipment,
supplies, facilities)
required and desired to
teach this course.
Required: Some of the class periods may be conducted in a computer lab to guide
students through doing research on the internet.
Desired: None
Textbook(s)
Refer to current academic year printout
doc_881589125.pdf
During this such a breakdown, interpret tunxis community college entrepreneurship.
Original-4/ 10/ 07
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Title:
Entrepreneurship
Date
submitted:
Spring 2014
(AAC: 14-26)
Department:
Business & Technology
Curriculum:
Business Administration
Course
Descriptors:
Make certain that the
course descriptors are
consistent with college
and Board of Trustees
policies, and the current
course numbering
system.
Course Code: (eg. ACC 101) BES*218
Prerequisites:
Course Type:
L C- or better in Principles of
Marketing (BMK*201), Principles of
Financial Accounting (ACC*113),
and Composition (ENG*101), or
permission of Department Chair.
A: Clinical B: Lab D: Distance Learning
I: Individual/Independent L: Lecture N: M: Seminar
Internship P: Practicum U: Studio
X: Combined Lecture/Lab Y: Combined Lecture/
Clinical/Lab Z: Combined Lecture/Studio
Elective Type: G
E: English FA: Fine Arts HI: History HU: Humanities
LA: Liberal Arts FL: Foreign Language M: Math
S: Science SS: Social Science G: General
Credit Hours: 3 Corequisites:
Developmental: (yes/no) No
None
Contact
Hours:
Lecture: 3
Clinical: 0
Lab: 0
Studio 0
Other: 0
TOTAL: 3 Other Requirements:
Class Maximum: 35
Some computer lab use required
for internet research
Semesters Offered: F
Ability-Based
Education
(ABE)
Statement:
At Tunxis Community College students are assessed on the knowledge and skills they
have learned. The faculty identified the General Education Abilities critical to students’
success in their professional and personal lives. In every class, students are assessed
on course abilities, sometimes program abilities, and, in most classes, at least one
General Education Ability. Students will receive an evaluation of the degree to which
they have demonstrated or not demonstrated that General Education Ability.
Catalog Course
Description:
Introduces students to the art of entrepreneurship and the skills needed for starting and
managing small businesses. It begins with a self-assessment of entrepreneurial skills
and continues through a survey of all the major issues in new and small business
management. Students are expected to develop a complete business plan. The
teaching methodology relies heavily on experimental exercises, student team projects
and case studies.
Topical Outline:
List course content in
outline format.
1. Definition and importance of entrepreneurship: entrepreneurial and intrepreneurial
mind; entrepreneurial process
2. The individual entrepreneurial and international opportunities
3. The Business concept: generating ideas; product planning & development; target
market;; product/service benefits
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4. Legal issues: intellectual property; product safety, liability, insurance; contracts
5. The Business Plan
6. The Marketing plan: marketing research; marketing mix (product/service, pricing
distribution, promotion).
7. The Financial Plan: operating & capital budgets; pro-forma income statement,
cash flow projection, &balance sheet
8. The organizational plan: legal forms of business; organization design, job
descriptions, job specifications
9. Sources of capital, informal risk and venture capital
9. Preparation for New Venture launch
10. Managing Early Growth of the New Venture
11. New Venture Expansion Strategies and Issues
12. Going Public
13. Ending the Venture
14. Analysis
15. Synthesis
Outcomes:
Describe measurable
skills or knowledge that
students should be able
to demonstrate as
evidence that they have
mastered the course
content.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to do the
following:
COURSE:
1. create a business concept including description of the product/service, customers,
benefits and distribution methods
2. research and analyze industry data, including industry trends, forecasts, and
competitors
3. create a business plan: design a marketing plan which includes strategy,
product/service, pricing, distribution, and promotion; construct a financial plan
which includes pro-forma financial statements (i.e. income statement, cash flow
projection, balance sheet); and compose organizational and production plans that
are appropriate for the business concepts and are related to the marketing and
financial plans
4. support the business concept with sources of capital
5. justify and defend their business plan in a presentation to their peers which include:
mission sources and application of start-up-funds, risk and contingency plans,
operations growth strategies, and conclusion of the enterprise
PROGRAM: (Numbering reflects Program Outcomes as they appear in the college catalog)
Business Administration Program
1. successfully complete the business administration core courses and demonstrate
competencies necessary for success in business administration including an
understanding of:
a) the role of accounting and finance in the management of a business enterprise
b) various micro- and macroeconomic principles and their influence on the
organizational decision-making process
c) the role of marketing in the business environment and applying core marketing
principles to the development of business strategy and decision-making
process
d) the impact of leadership, employee behavior, organizational culture, group
dynamics, and the team-based approach in defining organizational culture, and
attaining organizational goals and objectives
e) the ethical and legal implications of managerial decisions and the effect of
Entrepreneurship COURSE SYLLABUS — page
Original-4/ 10/ 07
3
those decisions on organizational stakeholders
2. demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge and apply learned skills for real-
world business decision making
3. demonstrate proficiency in the General Education Abilities as they apply to the
business professions
GENERAL EDUCATION: (Numbering reflects General Education Outcomes as they appear in the
college catalog)
2. Critical Analysis/ Logical Thinking - Students will be able to organize, interpret, and evaluate evidence
and ideas within and across disciplines; draw reasoned inferences and defensible conclusions; and
solve problems and make decisions based on analytical processes.
Demonstrates: Identifies the issue(s); formulates an argument; explains and analyzes relationships
clearly; draws reasonable inferences and conclusions that are logical and defensible; provides support
by evaluating credible sources of evidence necessary to justify conclusions.
Does Not Demonstrate: Identifies few or no issues; formulates an argument without significant focus;
provides an unclear explanation of analysis and relationships; drawing few reasonable inferences and
conclusions that are illogical and indefensible; provides little to no support using credible sources of
evidence necessary to justify conclusions.
11. Written Communication (embedded) - Students will be prepared to develop written texts of varying
lengths and styles that communicate effectively and appropriately across a variety of settings.
Demonstrates: Writes articulate texts using appropriate evidence and appeals as determined by the
rhetorical situation.
Does Not Demonstrate: Writes texts lacking appropriate evidence and appeals as determined by the
rhetorical situation.
Evaluation:
List how the above
outcomes will be
assessed.
Assessment will be based on the following criteria:
1. examinations
2. papers
3. quizzes
4. oral presentations
5. group projects
Instructional
Resources:
List library (e.g. books,
journals, on-line
resources),
technological (e.g.
Smartboard, software),
and other resources
(e.g. equipment,
supplies, facilities)
required and desired to
teach this course.
Required: Some of the class periods may be conducted in a computer lab to guide
students through doing research on the internet.
Desired: None
Textbook(s)
Refer to current academic year printout
doc_881589125.pdf