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Business Administration: Small Business Entrepreneurship

Business Administration: Small Business Entrepreneurship
Overview
Program of Study
Program Outcomes
Overview

Day/Evening Program

The mission of the Department of Business and Technology at Nashua Community College is to provide a variety of degrees and professional certificates that respond to the needs of local and regional employers, while maintaining academic integrity.  Degrees, certificates, and courses are designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn skills, theories, and practices that prepare students to be successful in business endeavors.  Additionally, degrees, certificates, and courses are designed to fulfill the academic requirements to allow students to transfer into a variety of bachelor degree programs.

The Associate in Science in Business Administration curriculum  in Small Business Entrepreneurship offers a mix of applied and theoretical courses. The objective of the program is to provide the knowledge students will need for successful careers as owners of a small business.

This option should be considered by students who desire to learn the methods and processes of starting a small business enterprise or by those individuals who seek to manage a small company or family-owned business.

Topics of study include:

  • Developing the idea
  • Describing the business to potential investors
  • Preparing a comprehensive Business Plan
  • Marketing the idea
  • Critical cash flow analysis

For students looking to pursue an education beyond the Associates degree, this program is designed to transfer to Bachelor degree programs.

Program of Study

Total Credits:
62

Course Sequencing

First Year – Fall Semester

Item #
Title
Credits
ACCT101N
Financial Accounting I
4
BCPT119N
Software Applications
3
ENGL101N
College Composition
4
Behavioral Social Science Elective +
3

Behavioral Social Science Elective

Total Credits: 3

General Education

View the comprehensive General Education Electives  from the Elective Requirements main page.

General Education Requirements

Students are advised to meet with their advisor to make appropriate elective selections based on their career goals and to facilitate the broadest range of transferability.


First Year – Spring Semester

Item #
Title
Credits
ACCT102N
Financial Accounting II
4
BUS110N
Principles of Management
3
BUS104N
Principles of Marketing
3
English/Communications Elective +
3

English/Communications Elective

Total Credits: 3

General Education

View the comprehensive General Education Electives  from the Elective Requirements main page.

General Education Requirements


MATH106N
Statistics I: An Introduction to Statistical Reasoning
4

Second Year – Fall Semester

Item #
Title
Credits
BUS207N
Sales
3
Business Elective +
3

Business Elective

Total Credits: 3

Consult with Advisor


BUS213N
Principles of Advertising
3
BUS240N
Business Law
3
Humanities/Fine Arts/World Language Elective +
3

Humanities/Fine Arts/World Language Elective

Total Credits: 3

General Education

View the comprehensive General Education Electives  from the Elective Requirements main page.

General Education Requirements

Students are advised to meet with their advisor to make appropriate elective selections based on their career goals and to facilitate the broadest range of transferability.


Second Year – Spring Semester

Item #
Title
Credits
BUS201N
Human Resources Management
3
Business Elective +
3

Business Elective

Total Credits: 3

Consult with Advisor


BUS204N
Small Business Management: A Capstone Course
3
BUS290N or Open Elective +
3

BUS290N or Open Elective

Total Credits: 3

For Open Elective, consult with advisor.

 


BUS290N
Management/Small Business Entrepreneurship Internship
3
Natural or Physical Science Elective (w lab) +
4

Natural or Physical Science Elective (w lab)

Total Credits: 4

General Education

View the comprehensive General Education Electives  from the Elective Requirements main page.

General Education Requirements

Science elective must be 4 credits

Recommended Lab Science courses are Calculus-Based Calculus-Based Physics I and Physics II for Associate in Science Degree in Mathematics 


Total Credits:
62

Program Outcomes

Upon the completion of the degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Small Business Entrepreneurship, graduates will be able to:

  1. Students will demonstrate the capability and initiative to identify entrepreneurial opportunities, as well as assessing and evaluating risks by developing a theoretical business plan.
  2. Students will demonstrate the ability to prepare, communicate, and present a business plan to a professional audience.
  3. Students will demonstrate the ability to conceptualize, plan, finance, manage, and grow a mock small business.
  4. Students will demonstrate a working knowledge of research and analytical skills necessary by developing a comprehensive business plan for a successful new business venture.
  5. Students will demonstrate the ability to develop tactical, operational, and strategic plans.
  6. Students will demonstrate the ability to use and understand the basic financial statements according to the generally accepted accounting principles in order to manage the efficient and effective use of company resources.
  7. Students will demonstrate the ability to utilize promotional and public relations concepts, theories and models to develop marketing strategies.
  8. Students will demonstrate the ability to synthesize previous coursework while assessing management strengths and weaknesses of business entities.

In addition, the graduate will be able to demonstrate competency in the general education outcomes.

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