Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The survey course combines and introductory overview of basic business functions and ownership structures along with the related topics of entrepreneurship and innovation. Areas of coverage include the various ways in which businesses are owned, managed and controlled as well as the business skills and commitment necessary to successfully develop an entrepreneurial venture. The basic concepts associated with innovation in a business setting are similarly addressed and tied to the related concept of developing an entrepreneurial venture. Marketing, management, information technology, basic economic theory as well as accounting and finance are also introduced in a manner designed to give students a basic grounding prior to further advanced study.