BBA in Entrepreneurship

Why choose an entrepreneurship degree at North Central College?

As an entrepreneurship major at North Central, you will learn how to build, promote and manage your own business. You will study standard business topics such as accounting, management, and marketing; but you will also explore concepts like product or service development, start-up funding, purchasing and distribution issues, and client base development. When studying for a business entrepreneurship degree at North Central College, you will acquire the skills necessary to start a business from the ground up or learn how to apply your creativity and energy to make existing businesses more productive. An entrepreneurship degree can open up many doors for you. Students that go through these courses will learn a variety of skills on how to create their own business. With the right education and hands-on experience, students will be ready to pursue their passions and be prepared to succeed post-graduation. If you are looking to learn more about our college entrepreneurship programs, view our complete guide below or talk with one of our admissions counselors today.

You can also:

• Find internships and jobs at the thousands of small businesses in the Naperville and Chicagoland areas.
• Attend presentations by guest speakers who share their experiences, offer advice, and answer questions.
• Get a head start on your major by completing an entrepreneurship course during your first year.
• Apply what you’ve learned in class to entrepreneurial projects through student organizations like the Entrepreneurship and International Business Organization (EIBO) and Enactus.
• Attend professional events such as the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO) annual conference in Chicago and the SelfEmployment in the Arts (SEA) Conference.
• Complete a student consulting project through North Central’s business accelerator ConVerge.
• Simulate trades and access thousands of proprietary reports and data screens in the Bloomberg Finance Lab, where 10 workstations are equipped with the Bloomberg Terminal software, the iconic dual monitors, and Bloomberg’s unique keyboards. You can also choose to become “Bloomberg certified” by completing a series of modules that cover economic theory, economic indicators, currencies, fixed income vehicles, options, equities, and more.

Entrepreneurship focuses on developing capabilities in new enterprise development, customer validation, and small and family business management. Courses specifically build competencies in the entrepreneurial mindset, opportunity recognition, opportunity evaluation, business model design, raising capital, and the lean startup methodology.

Major Requirements

Common SBE Core

• SBEN 100 - Globalization and Society
• ACCT 201 - Financial Accounting
• ACCT 202 - Managerial Accounting
• BUSN 205 - Business Law and Ethics
• BUSN 265 - Business and Economics Statistics
• BUSN 485 - Business Strategy
• ECON 200 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 205 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• FINA 350 - Corporate Finance
• MGMT 305 - Management and Organizational Behavior
• MKTG 300 - Principles of Marketing

Entrepreneurship Courses

• BUSN 170 - Entrepreneurship Exploration
• BUSN 370 - Entrepreneurship Experimentation
• BUSN 470 - Entrepreneurship Strategy

Two of the following:

• INFS 115 - Introduction to Website Development
• BUSN 374 - Applied Entrepreneurship
• LEAD 100 - Design Thinking for Social Impact
• LEAD 200 - Social Innovation
• LEAD 300 - Social Entrepreneurship
• LEAD 370 - Marketing for Social Impact
• LEAD 380 - Finance and Law for Social Impact Business
• MKTG 340 - Professional Selling
• MGMT 345 - Human Resource Management
• MKTG 370 - Marketing Research

A North Central education integrates career preparation with rich academic study. Our faculty encourages you to refine and apply your knowledge in an interconnected world. Here you'll learn to think independently and work globally to solve problems and lead.

Internships

• Alive Center
• CIS Onsite
• Hilary Lamon
• Michael R Trauscht CPA PC
• MSUS
• Painting with a Twist
• R. Streiter Ltd.
• Southern Wine and Spirits
• Walker Athletics
• WreathWorks Home and Garden

Careers

Graduates employed with the following companies:

• DSW
• T-PROMOS, LLC
• Division D
• Nordstrom
• Travelers
• DLT Upholstery Supply
• RSM
• WreathWorks Home and Garden