Sinclair Community College

Business Management/Entrepreneurship (ENTR.S.AAS)

71.0 Credit Hours

This area of concentration within the Management degree program prepares existing or potential entrepreneurs in a wide variety of small business functions. In addition to general education courses and traditional management courses, the following key areas are emphasized: opportunities for entrepreneurs, financial plan development, marketing plan development and complete business plan development.

Program Outcomes

printable version

Demonstrate mastery of business planning components as they develop their final business plan and present to the guest review board.

Apply knowledge of business concepts and terms when developing financial, marketing and business plans.

Demonstrate and apply solid business communication skills as exhibited throughout their written and oral presentations.

Demonstrate synthesis of general education concepts into the management and business applications required.

Curriculum

Ohio Transfer Module: Natural & Physical Sciences Elective
3 credit hours

Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective
3 credit hours

Entrepreneurship Elective
3 credit hours

ACC 1210

Introduction to Financial Accounting

3 credit hours

ACC 1220

Introduction to Managerial Accounting

3 credit hours

BIS 1120

Computer Concepts & Applications

3 credit hours

COM 2211

Effective Public Speaking

3 credit hours

ECO 2160

Principles of Macroeconomics

3 credit hours

ECO 2180

Principles of Microeconomics

3 credit hours

ENG 1101

English Composition I

3 credit hours

ENG 1131

Business Communications

3 credit hours

ENG 1201

English Composition II

3 credit hours

ENT 2140

Small Business Finance

3 credit hours

ENT 2160

Business Plan Development

3 credit hours

LAW 1101

Business Law

3 credit hours

MAN 2101

Introduction to Supervision

3 credit hours

MAN 2150

Management & Organizational Behavior

3 credit hours

MAN 2159

Supply Chain Management Concepts & Applications

3 credit hours

MAN 1107

Foundations of Business

3 credit hours

MAT 1460

Finite Mathematics for Business Analysis

4 credit hours

MAT 2170

Business Statistics I

4 credit hours

MRK 2101

Principles of Marketing Management

3 credit hours

MRK 2220

Solutions Studio

3 credit hours

Business Management/Entrepreneurship (ENTR.S.AAS)

71.0 Credit Hours

Program Outcomes

graphical version

Demonstrate mastery of business planning components as they develop their final business plan and present to the guest review board.

Apply knowledge of business concepts and terms when developing financial, marketing and business plans.

Demonstrate and apply solid business communication skills as exhibited throughout their written and oral presentations.

Demonstrate synthesis of general education concepts into the management and business applications required.

Curriculum

3 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Natural & Physical Sciences Elective

3 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective

3 credit hours Entrepreneurship Elective

3 credit hours ACC 1210: Introduction to Financial Accounting

3 credit hours ACC 1220: Introduction to Managerial Accounting

3 credit hours BIS 1120: Computer Concepts & Applications

3 credit hours COM 2211: Effective Public Speaking

3 credit hours ECO 2160: Principles of Macroeconomics

3 credit hours ECO 2180: Principles of Microeconomics

3 credit hours ENG 1101: English Composition I

3 credit hours ENG 1131: Business Communications

3 credit hours ENG 1201: English Composition II

3 credit hours ENT 2140: Small Business Finance

3 credit hours ENT 2160: Business Plan Development

3 credit hours LAW 1101: Business Law

3 credit hours MAN 2101: Introduction to Supervision

3 credit hours MAN 2150: Management & Organizational Behavior

3 credit hours MAN 2159: Supply Chain Management Concepts & Applications

3 credit hours MAN 1107: Foundations of Business

4 credit hours MAT 1460: Finite Mathematics for Business Analysis

4 credit hours MAT 2170: Business Statistics I

3 credit hours MRK 2101: Principles of Marketing Management

3 credit hours MRK 2220: Solutions Studio

Ohio Transfer Module: Natural & Physical Sciences Elective

Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective

Entrepreneurship Elective

ACC 1210 Introduction to Financial Accounting
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Accounting
Division: Business and Public Services

An introduction to preparation and use of accounting reports for business entities; focus on uses of accounting for external reporting, emphasizing accounting as a provider of financial information. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

ACC 1220 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Accounting
Division: Business and Public Services

An introduction to the use of accounting information by managers. Topics include the use of accounting information for planning and control, performance evaluation, decision-making and the statement of cash flows, along with financial statement analysis. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

BIS 1120 Computer Concepts & Applications
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Introduces students to personal computer concepts including hardware, system software, application software and the Internet. Learn the components of computer systems and develop a broad understanding of computer hardware and emerging technologies. Utilize productivity software such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database. Learn Internet concepts that will allow them to use email systems and currently popular Web browsers to work with websites and Internet applications.

COM 2211 Effective Public Speaking
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Department of Communication
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Designed to improve speaking and listening skills through the study and application of public speaking structure, content and style.

ECO 2160 Principles of Macroeconomics
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Economics & Finance
Division: Business and Public Services

Basic economic principles with macro sequence. Interrelationship of households, business and government with an examination of Keynesian theory, fiscal policy and monetary policy. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

ECO 2180 Principles of Microeconomics
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Economics & Finance
Division: Business and Public Services

Microeconomic theory including price theory, the theory of the firm, resource demand and wage determination. Also includes public policy toward business, economic inequality, labor, trade, balance of payments and the economics of third-world nations. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

ENG 1101 English Composition I
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward fluency in style and mechanics.

ENG 1131 Business Communications
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Using audience analysis, a writing process and grammatical and formatting skills in an electronic environment, students write letters and messages for both internal and external business situations; they conduct business research and write and document short, informal research business reports, incorporating graphics and oral presentation.

ENG 1201 English Composition II
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

English Composition II, building on the skills in English Composition I, develops rhetorical literacy through research, critical reading and multigenre writing tasks. Through major and minor, cumulative and stand-alone assignments, students construct arguments and analyses, ethically incorporating academic sources while developing their own voices as writers and citizens.

ENT 2140 Small Business Finance
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Entrepreneurship
Division: Business and Public Services

For the student/entrepreneur with no background in finance and accounting. Students will gain a foundation in small business finance: financial and economic concepts; financial terminology; understanding, preparing, analyzing and presenting financial statements; and financial forecasting and budgeting techniques.

ENT 2160 Business Plan Development
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Entrepreneurship
Division: Business and Public Services

Upon successfully completing the course, students will understand the business plan development process and will have developed a business plan. Extensive research, writing and oral presentations are required. Students will address: business concept evaluation; business plan development; presentation; evaluation of business plans; identification and evaluation of funding sources for new or existing enterprises.

LAW 1101 Business Law
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Law
Division: Business and Public Services

The American legal system as it relates to business transactions, including the judicial system and sources of law, legal procedures, torts, business ethics and social responsibility, contracts, property, employment law, agency, partnerships and corporations. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

MAN 2101 Introduction to Supervision
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Management
Division: Business and Public Services

Strategies and techniques for current, as well as prospective, supervisors emphasizing the assessment of skills required, the analysis of situational factors and the development of creative approaches to effective supervision.

MAN 2150 Management & Organizational Behavior
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Management
Division: Business and Public Services

Introduction to fundamental concepts necessary for understanding management, motivation and behavior in organizational settings. Emphasis on planning, organizing, influencing and controlling to continually improve effective management skills.

MAN 2159 Supply Chain Management Concepts & Applications
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Management
Division: Business and Public Services

This course provides an in-depth study of Supply Chain Management (SCM) functions and the application of effective SCM strategies and practices to achieve improved operations in manufacturing and service organizations. It focuses on analysis of real-world SCM challenges, strategies and techniques.

MAN 1107 Foundations of Business
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Management
Division: Business and Public Services

The American business system and basic principles of the free market system. Includes introduction of business concepts, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, economics, accounting and other important business principles.

MAT 1460 Finite Mathematics for Business Analysis
Credit Hours: 4.0
Department: Mathematics
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Applications of finite mathematics and functions to business analysis. Functions, financial mathematics, systems, matrices, inequalities, linear programming, sets, permutations and combinations and elementary probability and statistics.

MAT 2170 Business Statistics I
Credit Hours: 4.0
Department: Mathematics
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Statistical techniques and methodology. Graphical and tabular presentation of data, probability, parameters, statistical distributions, sampling, confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses. Three classroom, two lab hours per week.

MRK 2101 Principles of Marketing Management
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Marketing
Division: Business and Public Services

Marketing strategies and decision making in the context of other business functions. Topics include: research and analysis of markets, environments and competition; market segmentation and selection of target markets; consumer and organizational behavior; planning and integration of product, price, promotion and distribution activities for profit and nonprofit, domestic and global settings.

MRK 2220 Solutions Studio
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Marketing
Division: Business and Public Services

This course explores the marketing strategy and planning process. Special emphasis is given to analyzing marketing techniques used by innovative entrepreneurs. Students will work collaboratively to develop a marketing plan for a start-up or existing business.

- View the Master Syllabus

- View the Course Schedule