BUS 242 - Entrepreneurship Foundations

3 Credits
SPRING

This foundational course introduces students to the core principles of entrepreneurship, providing a comprehensive overview of the entrepreneurial process from idea conception to business launch. Students will explore essential business concepts such as opportunity recognition, business planning, and resource management alongside the ethical frameworks that guide successful and sustainable businesses. A significant component of the course will focus on self-assessment, where students will reflect on their strengths, weaknesses, values, and motivations as potential entrepreneurs. Through self-reflection tools and assessments, students will evaluate their readiness for entrepreneurship and understand what it takes to succeed in this dynamic field. Students will also be introduced to the entrepreneurial journey through real-world examples including the success stories of notable entrepreneurs. By analyzing these stories, students will gain insights into the challenges, strategies, and mindset that have led to entrepreneurial success, gaining valuable insights into the qualities and decision-making processes that drive effective business leadership. In addition, this course will highlight how entrepreneurship serves not only a tool for economic growth but also a platform for serving others, creating value, and fulfilling the biblical mandate of stewardship and integrity. By the end of this course, students will have a solid understanding of the entrepreneurial process and a clearer sense of their personal entrepreneurship potential, setting the foundation for future studies in innovation and the practical application of entrepreneurship.

This course is equivalent to: BUS 140 and BUS 2040 and BUS 3042