Entrepreneurship, A.A.S.
The small business sector is one of the fastest growing in the nation’s economy. With an ever-increasing number of adults today self-employed, many residents in Johnson County either work for a small business or plan to start their own. JCCC’s entrepreneurship program can help prospective entrepreneurs launch new ventures or, if you are an entrepreneur who already has your business established, you can strengthen your managerial and business skills to grow your business.
You will learn the fundamentals of starting and operating your own business. The program includes basic business skills as well as specific courses in starting and managing an entrepreneurial business. Course work covers evaluating a business opportunity, preparing a business plan, legal issues for small business, planning advertising and sales promotions, marketing a product or service, developing an accounting system and financial management for the entrepreneurial company.
You also will complete two internships in a small business. You can apply what you learn in the classroom to your job and take your work experiences back to the classroom for analysis.
(Major Code 2340; State CIP Code 52.0701)
First Semester
| ENTR 120 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 2 |
| ENTR 130 | Entrepreneurial Mindset | 3 |
| ENGL 121 | Composition I* | 3 |
| MATH 120 | Business Mathematics* | 3 |
| SPD 120 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| Health and/or Physical Education Elective ^ | 1 | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
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Second Semester
| ENTR 180 | Opportunity Analysis | 2 |
| MKT 134 | Professional Selling | 3 |
| ACCT 111 | Small Business Accounting | 3 |
| or ACCT 121 | Accounting I | |
| MKT 230 | Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 175 | Business Professional Skills | 3 |
| MKT 202 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| ENTR 210 | Entrepreneurship Internship I* | 1 |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
Third Semester
| ENTR 131 | Financial Management for Small Business* | 2 |
| ENTR 160 | Legal Issues for Small Business | 2 |
| ENTR 225 | Family Business | 3 |
| or ENTR 195 | Franchising* | |
| or ENTR 185 | Fundamentals of Direct Sales | |
| BUS 150 | Business Communications* | 3 |
| ENTR 215 | Entrepreneurship Internship II* | 1 |
| MKT 205 | eMarketing | 3 |
| BUS 225 | Human Relations | 3 |
| Total Hours | 17 | |
Fourth Semester
| ENTR 220 | Entrepreneurial Marketing* | 2 |
| ENTR 142 | Fast Trac Business Plan | 3 |
| ECON 132 | Survey of Economics | 3 |
| or ECON 230 | Economics I | |
| or ECON 231 | Economics II | |
| HIST 141 | U.S. History Since 1877 | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Computer Concepts and Applications (AND CPCA/CDTP elective and a 1-hour CPCA/CDTP elective - not including CPCA 105 or CPCA 106) | ||
CPCA/CDTP electives (4) | ||
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Courses of Interest
Students may be interested in taking additional courses, as noted below, to complement their degree study. These courses are NOT part of the degree requirements.
| BUS 120 | Management Attitudes and Motivation | 3 |
| BUS 123 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| BUS 235 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| BUS 141 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BUS 243 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| BUS 261 | Business Law I* | 3 |
| BUS 263 | Business Law II* | 3 |
| CPCA 105 | Introduction to Personal Computers: Windows | 1 |
| CPCA 108 | Word Processing I: MS Word* | 1 |
| CPCA 110 | Spreadsheets I: MS Excel* | 1 |
| CPCA 111 | Spreadsheets II: MS Excel* | 1 |
| CPCA 114 | Databases I: MS Access* | 1 |
| CPCA 115 | Databases II: MS Access* | 2 |
| CPCA 141 | Internet I* | 1 |
| CPCA 151 | Internet II* | 1 |
| FASH 231 | Merchandising Planning and Control* | 3 |
| HMGT 121 | Perspectives of Hospitality Management | 3 |
| MKT 121 | Retail Management | 3 |
| MKT 234 | Services Marketing* | 3 |
Total Program Hours: 65