Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
The Entrepreneurship AAS program is designed for students who are interested starting their own business or buying a small business or franchise. The course work will provide students with the innovation, management, marketing, communication and financial skills required to successfully start and run a small business. The program will also give students a solid background in the theory, process and practice of entrepreneurship. Courses for the program are delivered in a mix of classroom and online formats.
Award Outcomes
Demonstrate effective business communication skills
Demonstrate interpersonal skills
Demonstrate team building skills
Demonstrate professional business behavior
Solve business problems using critical thinking techniques
Apply marketing concepts and strategies to business decision making
Apply management concepts to business problems
Analyze business problems using financial concepts
Demonstrate innovative thinking in the development of business models, products and services
Apply operations concepts to solving business problems
Career Opportunities
Starting or buying a business, or managing a small business is a solid career option for students from a variety of technical and skill backgrounds. This occupational area complements any other certificate, diploma or degree. Entrepreneurs work in virtually every industry in the American economy: finance, real estate, insurance, health-care, manufacturing, construction, automotive and retail industries. In recent years, the allure of entrepreneurship has increased, with the results that more people than ever before are choosing to operate their own business. 600,000 – 800,000 new business are created in the US every year, and small businesses provide almost 50% of all private sector jobs in the U.S.
Program Requirements
Technical Studies Required 45 Credits
General Education Required 15 Credits
| COMM1280 | Public Speaking | 3 |
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| ENGL1070 | Technical Writing | 3 |
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| ENGL1100 | Writing and Research | 4 |
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| PHIL1100 | Critical Thinking for College Success | 3 |
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| Choose any course from MnTC Goal Area 4 (Mathematical/Logical Reasoning) | 3 |
Choose one of the following:
| Any course from Goal 5 (History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences) or Goal 9 (Ethics and Civic Responsibility) of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum | 3 |
General Education Elective 0 Credits
Technical Studies Elective 0 Credits
Total Associate in Applied Science Degree Credits 60
Semester Sequence
Offered at Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie
Second Semester
| ACCT1000 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 |
| BUSN1140 | Business Law | 3 |
| BUSN2005 | Marketing Concepts and Strategies | 4 |
| PHIL1100 | Critical Thinking for College Success | 3 |
| Choose 3 credits from MnTC Goal Area 4 | 3 |
Fourth Semester
| ACCT1135 | QuickBooks | 3 |
| BUSN2085 | Small Business Operations | 4 |
| BUSN2100 | Capstone | 3 |
| Choose 3 credits from MnTC Goal Area 5 | 3 |
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| Choose three credits from MnTC Goal Area 9 | 3 |
MnTC Goal Area 4
A complete list of MnTC courses and Goal Areas that can be used to meet General Education requirements can be found at www.hennepintech.edu. The same course cannot satisfy more than one MnTC Goal Area requirement.
Graduation (60 credits)
This academic planning guide is a tool meant for students to discuss their schedule each semester with their faculty advisor. Some courses may be offered only once per year and only on one campus.
Semester listings reflect the recommended sequence. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the information herein is subject to change without notice.
2/2/2023 : BP 2516 / EP 2517