Requirements for the Family Business and Entrepreneurship Major
Due to the implementation of the new General Education Program, there are currently two programs of study for the Family Business and Entrepreneurship major:
For students who entered SJU before the fall of 2010, or transfer students who entered SJU in the fall of 2010 with 15 or more credits:
GER Common Courses (See Curricula): six courses
GER University Distribution (See Curricula): fourteen courses, including:
Mathematics: one of the following two-course sequences:
Finite Mathematics with Applications in Business |
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MAT 106 |
Brief Business Calculus |
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Calculus for Biology and Social Science |
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Calculus I-II |
Social/Behavioral Science
Introductory Economics (Micro) |
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Introductory Economics (Macro) |
GER Electives:any four courses:
Business Foundation: ten courses, including
Concepts of Financial Accounting |
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Managerial Accounting |
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DSS 100 |
Excel Competency (non-credit) |
Introduction to Information Systems |
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Business Statistics |
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Business Analytics |
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Introduction to Finance |
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MGT 110 or MGT 120 or |
Essentials of Organizational Behavior Essentials of Management Honors Organizations in Perspective (Honors Program students only) |
Legal Environment of Business |
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Principles of Marketing |
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Business Policy |
Major Concentration: six courses (four required, two electives)
Required courses (4):
FBE 230 |
Introduction to Entrepreneurship & New Ventures (prerequisite MGT 110, 120 or 121 |
FBE 231 |
Family Business (Prerequisite MGT 360 |
FBE 360 |
Business Law for Entrepreneurial Firms (prerequisite MGT 360) |
FBE 495 |
Family Business & Entrepreneurship Capstone (prerequisites: ACC 101 & 102, FBE 231, MKT 201, FIN 200 Co-requisite: FBE 360: Senior standing |
Phase two: two elective courses selected from the following:
FBE 330 |
Social Entrepreneurship |
FBE 270, 370, or 470 |
Special Topics |
FBE 490/491 |
Internship I and II |
FBE 493/494 |
Research I and II |
Personal Financial Planning |
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Estate Planning |
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New Product Development |
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IBU 420 |
International Management |
LEO 210 |
Business, Stakeholders and Ethics |
LEO 211 |
Perspectives on Leadership |
MGT 243 |
Negotiation Skills |
MHC 220 |
Introduction to Managing Human Capital |
MHC 221 |
Diversity in the Workplace |
Market Research |
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Risk Management |
For students who entered SJU in the fall of 2010 or later, or transfer students who entered SJU in the fall of 2010 with 14 or fewer credits:
GEP Signature Courses (See Curricula): six courses
GEP Variable Courses (See Curricula): six to nine courses, including:
Integrated Learning Component (ILC): three courses. NOTE: In no case may an ILC course be double counted towards completing other requirements of the Family Business and Entrepreneurship major.
Required:
Introductory Economics (Macro) |
Plus any two courses from the following areas:
Economics (maximum of one course from this section)
International Macroeconomics**† |
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Industrial Organization* |
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ECN 370 |
Economic Development* |
ECN 380 |
Managerial Economics |
ECN 470 |
Ethical Values in the Marketplace |
*Prerequisite: ECN 101
**Prerequisite: ECN 102
English
Rhetoric in Modern Practice |
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Writing for Organizations |
Interdisciplinary Courses
IHS 346 |
Administration of Health Care and Public Health |
Political Science
First-Year Majors (FYM) Introduction to American Government and Politics |
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First-Year Majors (FYM) Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 credits) |
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Introduction to American Government and Politics |
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Introduction to Comparative Politics |
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Modern Political Thought |
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American Political Thought |
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Government and Business |
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Political Economy of Booms and Busts |
Psychology
Introduction to Psychology |
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Psychology of Men and Women* |
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Personality* |
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Multicultural Psychology** |
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Social Psychology** |
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PSY 235 |
Psychology of Gender** |
*Prerequisite: PSY 100 or PSY 101
**Prerequisites: PSY 100 or PSY 101, and PSY 200
Sociology
Introductory Sociology |
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Social Problems |
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Sociology of Gender* |
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Classical Sociological Theory* |
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White Collar Crime* |
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Classes and Power in the United States* |
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Philadelphia: In Black and White |
* Prerequisite SOC 101 or SOC 102
Free electives: six courses
Business Foundation: ten courses, including
Concepts of Financial Accounting |
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Managerial Accounting |
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DSS 100 |
Excel Competency (non-credit) |
Introduction to Information Systems |
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Business Statistics |
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Business Analytics |
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Introduction to Finance |
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MGT 110 or MGT 120 or |
Essentials of Organizational Behavior Essentials of Management Honors Organizations in Perspective (Honors Program students only) |
Legal Environment of Business |
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Principles of Marketing |
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Business Policy |
Family Business and Entrepreneurship Major Concentration: six courses (four required, two elective)
Required courses: four
FBE 230 |
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and New Ventures (Prerequisites: MGT110,120 or121 ) |
FBE 231 |
Family Business (Prerequisite: FBE 230 ) |
FBE 360 |
Business Law for Entrepreneurial Firms (Prerequisites: MGT 360 |
FBE 495 |
Family Business and Entrepreneurship Capstone (Prerequisites: ACC 101 &102; FBE 231; MKT 201;FIN 200 Co-requisite: FBE 360 ; Senior standing |
Phase two: two elective courses selected from the following:
FBE 330 |
Social Entrepreneurship |
FBE 270, 370, or 470 |
Special Topics |
FBE 490/491 |
Internship I and II |
FBE 493/494 |
Research I and II |
Personal Financial Planning |
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Estate Planning |
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New Product Development |
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IBU 210 |
International Business |
LEO 210 |
Business, Stakeholders and Ethics |
LEO 211 |
Perspectives on Leadership |
MGT 243 |
Negotiation Skills |
MHC 220 |
Introduction to Managing Human Capital |
MHC 221 |
Diversity in the Workplace |
MKT 202 |
Market Research |
Risk Management |
Minor in Family Business and Entrepreneurship Concentration: six required courses
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or MGT 121 |
Essentials of Organizational Behavior or Essentials of Management or Honors Organizations in Perspective |
Legal Environment of Business |
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FBE 230 |
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and New Ventures |
FBE 231 |
Family Business (Prerequisite: FBE 230 ) |
FBE 360 |
Business Law for Entrepreneurial Firms (Prerequisite: MGT360 ) |
FBE 495 |
Family Business and Entrepreneurship Capstone (Prerequisites: ACC 101 &102; FBE 231; MKT 201;FIN 200 Co-requisite: FBE 360 Senior standing |
Note: Students are responsible for completing prerequisites to FBE 360 and FBE 495 outside the minor.