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College of Business

SF State

Undergraduate Concentration in
Entrepreneurship/Small Business

The College of Business offers a major and minor in Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management. This specialization prepares students to start businesses, and work in newer and/or smaller innovative firms where an emphasis is placed on opportunity identification and actualization (making things happen), risk taking, and the application of parsimony (doing more with less). The program focuses on new venture creation, business creation, business planning, and innovation, as well as developing functional skills in marketing, finance and operations for small business management.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Entrepreneurship/Small Business

	Units
Required (Core) Courses for Major:	42
MGMT 430: Introduction to Entrepreneurship I	3
MGMT 431: Introduction to Entrepreneurship II	3
MGMT 432: Entrepreneurial Strategy and Tactics	3
MGMT 433: Building the Entrepreneurial Venture	3
MKTG 437: Entrepreneurial Internship	3
Elective Courses For Major:	6
(Nine units on advisement from the following list.)  ACCT 451, 303, BUS 120, SPCH 250, 300, ISYS 464, DAI 405, FIN 365, IBUS 430, 590, MKTG 436, 443, 633, MGMT 436
TOTAL	63

Minor in Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management

Required Courses	Units
ACCT 300: Accounting and Finance Reporting	3
ACCT 451: Accounting, Finance, and Tax for the Smaller Business	3
MGMT 430: Introduction to Entrepreneurship I	3
MKTG 431: Introduction to Entrepreneurship II	3
MGMT 432: Entrepreneurial Strategy and Tactics	3
MGMT 433: Building the Entrepreneurial Venture	3
Elective Courses
Select two courses from any area related to the student's career goals (with the approval of an E/SBM advisor)	6
TOTAL	24

NOTE: A student may substitute an elective course with prior consent of an E/SBM advisor. Undergraduate majors may not take department concentration courses on a Credit/No Credit basis. Students must have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in all concentration courses.

 

Graduate Concentration in
Entrepreneurship/Small Business

The College of Business offers a concentration in Entrepreneurship for graduate students in the MBA and MSBA programs. This specialization prepares students to start businesses, and work in newer and/or smaller innovative firms where an emphasis is placed on opportunity identification and actualization (making things happen), risk taking, and the application of parsimony (doing more with less). The program focuses on new venture creation, business creation, business planning, and innovation, as well as developing functional skills in marketing, finance and operations for small business management. Special attention is given to understanding the challenges faced by high-tech organizations and high-growth companies.

One of the strengths of San Francisco State University is its commitment to interdisciplinary activities and programs. Students concentrating in entrepreneurship have an opportunity to collaborate with world-renowned faculty from across the University on projects with an entrepreneurial focus. Such opportunities include working in: The Wheeled Mobility Center which coordinates the development and expansion of wheelchair-producing workshops in 20 third world countries; the Design Center for Global Needs; the International Business Internship Program; the Hospitality Management Program, and the Center for the Study of Enterprise.

Because of SFSU's unique competencies, as well as its proximity to many of the leading firms in a variety of new and emerging technologies and markets, courses with an industry or market-specific orientation are offered in such areas as: restaurant management (as an entrepreneurial endeavor); ethnic enterprise development; hotel design and product development, and international trade.

Refer to the SFSU Bulletin for more information on the graduate programs. See "Management" under the MBA and MSBA sections.

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For more information about courses related to the Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management programs at San Francisco State University, please contact Connie M. Gaglio.