Entrepreneurship (BBS)
This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.
The Bachelor of Business Studies degree in Entrepreneurship (BBS Entrepreneurship) equips and prepares students to succeed in their business and entrepreneurial careers. The BBS Entrepreneurship degree gives students the option to focus on business startup, corporate innovation, or business as mission. Students will develop an entrepreneurial mindset aimed at problem-solving, innovation, and value creation. More specifically, students are taught to identify where business opportunities exist, how to develop new ideas, create new value within their industries, and build out business plans to support their ventures. DBU offers many events for networking, both in the general business world and the entrepreneurship community. Those who graduate from DBU with a BBS Entrepreneurship degree have the freedom and flexibility of working for themselves or an employer in almost any industry, including small business franchising, major corporations, nonprofit management, ministry related ventures, and new venture development.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (bBS) |
|---|---|
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing a Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9-10 |
ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II and ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature I | |
Fine Arts | 3 |
History HIST Lower Level (LL) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List | |
Kinesiology | 1 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living | |
Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course) | 3 |
Choose one: MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts MATH 1303 - College Algebra MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis | |
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course) | 3-4 |
Choose one 3-4 hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List. | |
Social Science | 3 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government | |
Total Core Experience | 40-42 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 12 |
BUAD 1301 - The World of Business ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics MATH 2301 - Introduction to Statistics | |
Business Core | 16 |
ACCT 2301 - Principles of Financial Accounting BUAD 1111 - Excel Certification BUAD 4009 - Assessment for Graduation FINA 3301 - Corporate Financial Management MANA 3301 - Principles of Management (S-L) MANA 4389 - Global Strategy and Operations MRKT 3301 - Principles of Marketing | |
Major Courses | 15 |
Entrepreneurship Major Courses ENTR 3301 - Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ENTR 3304 - Market Problems and Solutions ENTR 3306 - Innovative Technologies: Past, Present, and Future ENTR 3315 - Systems and Design Thinking (S-L) UL Elective | |
Track Choice | 9 |
Innovation Track ENTR 4306 - Leading Innovation ENTR 4325 - Project Management Foundations (AGP-eligible) ENTR 4331 - New Product Development and Marketing (AGP-eligible) or Business Startup Track ENTR 3305 - Marketing in the Startup ENTR 4320 - Entrepreneurial Finance ENTR 4330 - New Venture Creation | |
Electives | |
Upper-Level Lower or Upper-Level | 0 26-28 |
For Inverted Degree students, all elective hours can be either lower- or upper-level.* | |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 120 |
*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated.
Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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