Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Entrepreneurship

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Entrepreneurship Program will introduce you to the entrepreneurial mindset while developing the entrepreneurial knowledge and skills you’ll need to start and grow a business. You’ll learn how to tell a compelling story about your business, give a powerful pitch, develop and analyze the value proposition of a business. You’ll also learn how to develop and refine the business model that will drive growth, understand the financial processes of startup, and write a business plan.

For information about admission requirements, please see Business Undergraduate Advising. For information about when you should take specific classes or how you can get involved, see the Innovative Eagles page.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully earn a BSB in Entrepreneurship from EWU should be able to do the following:

• learn how to assess and acquire the necessary financing to operate their business;
• learn how to build and use networks to develop and grow your business;
• learn how to create and build value in business ideas;
• learn how to evaluate your self-efficacy as it relates to becoming an entrepreneur;
• learn how to recognize, mitigate and manage risks associated with a new business;
• learn to present a compelling vision to lenders, investors customers, and other relevant parties;
• learn to recognize and assess business opportunities.

What You'll Learn

The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.

Entrepreneurship Major, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSB)

The Entrepreneurship major teaches students what it takes to be an entrepreneur. This includes skills such as telling a great story about their idea or business, giving a great pitch, defining the value proposition of the business, creative ways to finance through startup, and even how to refine and perfect their business model and create a business plan that works.

Students must be formally declared in a BSB major or officially declared as a minor before enrolling in business classes in the required business administration core.

The undergraduate business policies can be found on the School of Business advising page.

• Students must declare and complete the minimum BSB Pre-Major requirements or have completed the minimum Pre-Major requirements through transfer work prior to declaring for any BSB major.
• ECON 200 and ECON 201 are considered supporting courses and may be used to fulfill BACRs as well as requirements for the Business Administration degree. However, these courses are not counted twice toward the total of 180 credits for graduation.

Grade Requirements for Graduation: a minimum grade ≥C in each course required for the major and a minimum GPA ≥2.5 for all upper division Business Administration core courses as well as required and elective courses taken to fulfill requirements for the major area.