Program Overview

Want to start your own business or innovate in the corporate world? Explore the entrepreneurship program at Endicott College.

Endicott has a proven track record of producing successful entrepreneurs and supporting their launch through engaged faculty, experiential learning labs, and innovative programs like our annual Spark Tank competition, where students and alumni compete by pitching their business ideas to a panel of judges in hopes of winning funding and expert coaching for their business. 

Endicott’s entrepreneurship major develops the foundational skills needed to succeed in small and startup businesses, the industry sector projected to have the highest growth in the decades to come. Current data show that successful entrepreneurs and established business leaders share a key trait – an integrated managerial perspective that has been called "intrepreneurship." These individuals are change agents with common characteristics like motivation, risk tolerance, persuasiveness, and creativity.

The program is designed to give you a strong foundation in the strategic, analytical, and tactical skills necessary to launch your own business or to become an innovative contributor to an established company or family business.

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Laptop Requirements

In addition to the general laptop requirements, incoming business students have specific requirements for their program.

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125

First Year - Credits: 32

  • Elective (Cr: 6)
  • ACC 145 - Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 123 - Solving Business Problems with Technology (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 130 - Foundations of Business (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 200 - Marketing (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 270 - Communicating in Business (Cr: 3)
  • ECN 210 - The Economics of Business (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies Global Issues General Elective
  • ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement
  • ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement
  • INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)

Second Year - Credits: 32

  • Aesthetic Awareness & Creative Expression General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)      
  • Individual and Society General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
  • Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
  • General Education Elective  (Cr: 3)
  • Entrepreneurship Elective (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 210 - Finance (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 249 - Introduction to Business Analytics (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 300 - Entrepreneurship (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 333 - Design Thinking (Cr: 3)
  • INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
  • MTH 126 - Applied Statistics (Cr: 3)

Third Year - Credits: 31

  • Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr. 3-4)
  • Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
  • World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
  • Entrepreneurship Electives  (Cr: 6)
  • General Education Elective  (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 320 - Organizational Behavior (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 335 - Managing Innovation (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 354 - Entrepreneurial Finance (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 370 - Business Analysis and Research (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement
  • BUS 379 - Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)

Fourth Year - Credits: 30

  • Entrepreneurship Elective  (Cr: 3)
  • General Education Electives 200 level or higher  (Cr: 6)
  • BUS 415 - Business Negotiation (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
  • BUS 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
    Or
  • BUS 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)

Entrepreneurship Electives

Choose four from the following:

  • BUS 221 - The Start-Up Venture (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 222 - Introduction to Cannabis Management (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 223 - Fashion and Retail Merchandising (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 224 - Principles of Buying (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 302 - Legal Environment for Business Including the UCC (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 303 - International Business (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 311 - Corporate Finance (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 322 - Introduction to Healthcare Management (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 326 - Introduction to Real Estate (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 329 - Retail Product Development (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 338 - Management of Closely-Held and Family Businesses (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 341 - Neuromarketing Principles and Practice (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 365 - Business, the Environment, and Sustainability (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 380 - Small Business Management (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 381 - Nonprofit Management (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 425 - Business and Society (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 426 - Marketplace Simulation (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 440 - Topics in Real Estate Seminar (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 442 - Contemporary Topics in Management (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 444 - Contemporary Topics in Marketing (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 446 - Contemporary Topics in Entrepreneurship (Cr: 3)
  • BUS 475 - Business Strategy and Policy (Cr: 3)
  • CSC 160/160L - Introduction to Programming and Lab (Cr: 4)
  • HTM 110 - Service Management (Cr: 3)
  • HTM 140 - Culinary Arts Operations (Cr: 3)
  • HTM 201 - Foundations of Hospitality Management (Cr: 3)
  • HTM 250 - Food and Beverage Management (Cr: 3)
  • HTM 370 - Hospitality Entrepreneurship (Cr: 3)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the entrepreneurship program, students will:

  • Demonstrate the analytical and problem solving skills needed to solve complex challenges in entrepreneurial business.
  • Calculate and interpret quantitative data.
  • Evaluate evidence systematically in developing solutions to entrepreneurial business problems.
  • Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within entrepreneurial business.
  • Communicate effectively in oral and written form within the conventions of entrepreneurship.
  • Apply a range of business 'best practices' in a professional entrepreneurial environment.

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