Entrepreneurs and small business owners are at the heart of the American economy.  Small businesses are a major US employer (more than 50 percent of all private sector workers are employed by small businesses), and are responsible for 75 percent of the new jobs in the U.S. economy.  Small business activity is also important to the global economy: small businesses, producing 29 percent of all export value, are responsible for creating more than 50 percent of the nonfarm private gross domestic product in the U.S.*

The Entrepreneurship major at High Point University offers students a unique combination of courses that provides students with an understanding of small business development and management.  In addition, students may select from an array of electives through which more specialized business knowledge can be attained.

We invite you to learn more about the Entrepreneurship major at High Point University.

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*Source: http://www.sba.gov/advo/ 

Major Requirements   

The Bachelor of Science Degree in Entrepreneurship (BS.ENTR) is intended for people who are interested in starting or purchasing a business, or who are considering working in a family-owned business upon graduation.
The Entrepreneurship major consists of 17 three-semester hour courses, for a total of 51 semester credit hours.

ACC 203.  Financial Accounting
BUA 299.  Business Communications
BUA 305.  The Legal Environment of Business
BUA 499.  Senior Seminar
ECO 207.  Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 208.  Principles of Microeconomics
FIN 333.  Financial Management
MGT 221.  Principles of Management
MGT 310.  New Business Ventures
MGT 410.  Managing a New Venture
MIS 200.  Management Information Systems
MKT 211.  Principles of Marketing
PHL 246.  Business Ethics
STS 220.  Introduction to Statistics


AND ONE course from the following:
ECO 446.  International Economics
MKT 375.  International Marketing

AND TWO courses from the following:
FIN 334.  Investment Analysis
FIN 335.  Real Estate Investment Analysis
MGT 324.  Human Resource Management
MGT 328.  Operations Management
MGT 406.  Supply Chain Management
MKT 217.  Sales Development
MKT 330.  Marketing Research
MKT 440.  Marketing Management

Entrepreneurship majors, especially those considering attending graduate school, are encouraged to take ACC 205 and mathematics through calculus.

The Entrepreneurship major is open to all students EXCEPT those majoring in:

     Business Administration
     Management

or minoring in:

     Management


The Office of Academic Development has developed a Degree Progress Analysis form for each major.  The Degree Progress Analysis form is a user-friendly checklist of all courses that must be satisfactorily completed to meet graduation requirements for a given major.