The MBA in Entrepreneurship degree program can provide a rigorous immersion into the entrepreneurial process, exploring both entrepreneurship theory and practice. Examination can be made of the challenges of developing and operating small firms; achieving business growth; securing funding and managing a budget; learn problem-solving approach with emphasis on case studies and plans for new start-up ventures.

Successful completion of this program can have students equipped with industry-relevant knowledge and skills that can apply to the needs and expectations of today's employers, including knowing how to:

• Understand and identify entrepreneurship characteristics, skills, and abilities needed to start and operate a new business venture
• Learn how to develop and write an effective business and marketing plan for a new venture
• Examine the role and impact of social media marketing for new ventures and the role of entrepreneurial decision making in marketing efforts
• Learn how to effectively communicate new business ideas to funders, customers, and partners (elevator pitch and business plan presentation)
• Acquire new business knowledge and skills and help develop strategies needed to operate and develop a new start-up

Core courses in the MBA in Entrepreneurship include:

• Applied Managerial Accounting
• Applied Managerial Economics
• Strategic Management in Dynamic Environments
• Applied Managerial Finance
• Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making
• Applied Managerial Decision-Making
• Graduate Research Methods or Strategic Human Capital Management
• Applied Managerial Marketing

Concentration courses in the MBA in Entrepreneurship include:

• Integrated Marketing for Entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneurial Strategy, Planning & Leadership
• Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship: Skills for Success
• Entrepreneurial Business Planning Capstone