Entrepreneurship, AAS

Program Description

The Mid-Plains Community College Associate of Applied Science in Business with an Entrepreneurship emphasis, will prepare students to develop the insight needed to create entrepreneurial opportunities and have the necessary skills to manage them after development.

Upon completion, graduates should have the knowledge and skills needed to assess new enterprise opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability. Individuals who already own and operate their own businesses will have the background necessary to upgrade skills and broaden their business foundation.

Career Opportunities

Opportunities for self-employment and business ownership exist in nearly every field. The Entrepreneurial Emphasis focuses on acquiring the business skills and knowledge required to be successfully self-employed.

Students will learn the principles and practices needed to grow and operate their own business which will directly affect their employment and income.

Associate of Applied Science Degree Business

Entrepreneurship Emphasis

Suggested Sequence of Study

Plan of Study Grid
First Semester
FallCredit Hours
ACCT 1025
Introduction to Accounting
or Principles of Accounting I
3.0
BSAD 1000 Leadership & Team Development 1.5
BSAD 1050 Introduction to Business 3.0
BSAD 1100
Personal Finance
or Human Relations: People Skills
3.0
BSAD 2250 Business Communications 3.0
Computer Elective 1.5-2.0
 Credit Hours15.0-15.5
Second Semester
Spring
BSAD 1010 Personal/Professional Development 3.0
BSAD 1030 Business & Professional Speaking 3.0
BSAD 2540 Principles of Management 3.0
ENTR 1050 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3.0
OFFT 2080 Business Mathematics 3.0
 Credit Hours15.0
Third Semester
Fall
BSAD 2510 Business Computer Systems 3.0
BSAD 2520 Principles of Marketing 3.0
BSAD 2710 Business Law I 3.0
ENTR 2040 Entrepreneurship Feasibility Study 3.0
Computer Elective 0.0-1.5
Business Elective 3.0
 Credit Hours15.0-16.5
Fourth Semester
Spring
BSAD 2745 Business Internship 5.0
ENTR 2090 Entrepreneurship Business Plan 3.0
Business Electives 7.0
 Credit Hours15.0
 Total Credit Hours60.0-62.0

Course work in business, foreign language, economics, real estate, psychology, sociology, government, composition, statistics, information technology and cultural diversity would complement the business program. Please see the list of electives below.

Electives List

ACCT 1010Payroll Accounting2.0
ACCT 1210Principles of Accounting II3.0
ACCT 2020Income Tax Acct for Individuals3.0
ACCT 2130Intermediate Accounting3.0
ACCT 2170Cost Accounting3.0
AGRI 1410Intro to Ag-Economics3.0
AGRI 1745Agribusiness & Food Marketing3.0
AGRI 2040Farm & Ranch Management4.0
AGRI 2041Farm & Ranch Management Lab0.0
BSAD 1060Introduction to Sports Management3.0
BSAD 1070Customer Service3.0
BSAD 1100Personal Finance3.0
BSAD 1110Introduction to Events Management3.0
BSAD 1120Social Issues/Nonprofit Sector3.0
BSAD 1500Leadership Behavior1.5
BSAD 2000Intro to Leadership Concepts3.0
BSAD 2010Principles of Selling3.0
BSAD 2020Leadership Development3.0
BSAD 2050Strategic Planning and Leadership3.0
BSAD 2060Intro Sports Facilities Management3.0
BSAD 2100Organizational Behavior3.0
BSAD 2210Supervisory Management3.0
BSAD 2350Advertising3.0
BSAD 2370Digital Marketing3.0
BSAD 2520Principles of Marketing3.0
BSAD 2540Principles of Management3.0
BSAD 2720Business Law II3.0
CSCEAny CSCE course approved by the business advisor and business & technology division chair
ECON 1000Contemporary Economic Issues3.0
ECON 2110Principles of Macroeconomics3.0
ECON 2120Principles of Microeconomics3.0
ENGL 1010English Composition I3.0
ENTR 2040Entrepreneurship Feasibility Study3.0
ENTR 2050Marketing for the Entrepreneur3.0
ENTR 2090Entrepreneurship Business Plan3.0
FACS 2300Visual Merchandising3.0
INFOAny INFO course approved by the business advisor and business & technology division chair
OFFT 1150Input Keyboard Technology I3.0
or OFFT 1160 Input Keyboard Technology II
OFFT 2050Information Management3.0
OFFT 2170MS Office Integration3.0
OFFT 2350Administrative Proc & Mgmt3.0
PSYC 1810Intro to Psychology3.0
REES 1705Real Estate Principles & Practices2.0
REES 1715Real Estate Finance2.0
REES 1725Real Estate Law2.0
SOCI 1000Human Relations: People Skills3.0
SOCI 1010Intro to Sociology3.0
SOCI 2150Exploring Unity & Diversity3.0
SPAN 1010Elementary Spanish I5.0
SPAN 1020Elementary Spanish II5.0
WARE 1100Introduction to Logistics3.0
WARE 1200Global Logistics3.0
WARE 1250Transportation Logistics3.0
WARE 2150Supply Chain Management3.0
WARE 2400Purchasing Logistics3.0