Degree Requirements
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:
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Finite Mathematics with Applications in Business |
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Brief Business Calculus |
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Calculus for Biology and Social Science |
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Calculus I-II |
Social/Behavioral Science
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Introductory Economics (Micro) |
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Introductory Economics (Macro) |
GER Electives:any four courses:
Business Foundation: ten courses, including
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Concepts of Financial Accounting |
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Managerial Accounting |
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Excel Competency (non-credit) |
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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) |
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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):
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FBE 230 |
Introduction to Entrepreneurship & New Ventures (prerequisite MGT 110, 120 or 121 |
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FBE 231 |
Family Business (Prerequisite MGT 360 |
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FBE 360 |
Business Law for Entrepreneurial Firms (prerequisite MGT 360) |
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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:
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FBE 330 |
Social Entrepreneurship |
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FBE 270, 370, or 470 |
Special Topics |
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FBE 490/491 |
Internship I and II |
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FBE 493/494 |
Research I and II |
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Personal Financial Planning |
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Estate Planning |
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New Product Development |
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IBU 420 |
International Management |
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LEO 210 |
Business, Stakeholders and Ethics |
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LEO 211 |
Perspectives on Leadership |
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MGT 243 |
Negotiation Skills |
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MHC 220 |
Introduction to Managing Human Capital |
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MHC 221 |
Diversity in the Workplace |
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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:
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Introductory Economics (Macro) |
Plus any two courses from the following areas:
Economics (maximum of one course from this section)
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International Macroeconomics**? |
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Industrial Organization* |
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ECN 370 |
Economic Development* |
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ECN 380 |
Managerial Economics |
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ECN 470 |
Ethical Values in the Marketplace |
*Prerequisite: ECN 101
**Prerequisite: ECN 102
English
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Rhetoric in Modern Practice |
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Writing for Organizations |
Interdisciplinary Courses
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IHS 346 |
Administration of Health Care and Public Health |
Political Science
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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
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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
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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
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Concepts of Financial Accounting |
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Managerial Accounting |
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DSS 100 |
Excel Competency (non-credit) |
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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) |
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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
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FBE 230 |
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and New Ventures (Prerequisites: MGT110,120 or121 ) |
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FBE 231 |
Family Business (Prerequisite: FBE 230 ) |
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FBE 360 |
Business Law for Entrepreneurial Firms (Prerequisites: MGT 360 |
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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:
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FBE 330 |
Social Entrepreneurship |
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FBE 270, 370, or 470 |
Special Topics |
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FBE 490/491 |
Internship I and II |
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FBE 493/494 |
Research I and II |
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Personal Financial Planning |
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Estate Planning |
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New Product Development |
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IBU 210 |
International Business |
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LEO 210 |
Business, Stakeholders and Ethics |
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LEO 211 |
Perspectives on Leadership |
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MGT 243 |
Negotiation Skills |
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MHC 220 |
Introduction to Managing Human Capital |
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MHC 221 |
Diversity in the Workplace |
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MKT 202 |
Market Research |
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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 |
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Legal Environment of Business |
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FBE 230 |
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and New Ventures |
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FBE 231 |
Family Business (Prerequisite: FBE 230 ) |
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FBE 360 |
Business Law for Entrepreneurial Firms (Prerequisite: MGT360 ) |
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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.
