2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Sep 13, 2024

2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Management, BSB, Concentration: Entrepreneurship

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About the Program

Purdue Northwest offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Business that has been designed to help students develop a broad perspective of the business organization and the environment in which it operates. A distinctive and flexible general education component establishes a solid foundation that facilitates your ability to respond to changing employment opportunities even after you graduate. Through a series of core courses and with the guidance of experienced faculty, you’ll be introduced to the broad range of knowledge and skills needed to begin or advance a career in a wide range of enterprises.

The Management program will prepare our graduates to assume responsible roles in business and industry. Students will acquire insights into management theories and cutting-edge management practices needed for both personal and professional growth. The entrepreneurship concentration within the management major enables our students to apply an entrepreneurial outlook and management skills to emerging business opportunities. This program is expected to develop creative problem solvers who have the knowledge and skills to build up their entrepreneurial careers within future-facing environments.

Degree Requirements

120 Credit Hours
Minimum grade of C- required for all courses
Minimum GPA of 2.0 required for graduation
Certain courses may only be available at one campus location

PNW General Education Core (31 Credits)

English Composition (6 Credits):
- ENGL 10400 - English Composition I or ENGL 10000 - English Composition
- ENGL 10500 - English Composition II
Speech Communication (3 Credits): COM 11400 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Quantitative Reasoning (3 Credits): MA 15300 - College Algebra
Natural Sciences (3 Credits): Select from the Natural Sciences Core list
Technology (3 Credits): BIA 10200 - Computer Utilization For Management
Humanities (3 Credits): Select from the Humanities Core list
Social Sciences (3 Credits): SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology
Additional Credits (3 Credits): BIA 22500 - Fundamental Managerial Statistics
General Education Elective (3 Credits): Select any course from the Gen Ed Core list, except FYE
First-Year Experience (FYE) (1 Credit): BUSM 10000 - Freshman Seminar In Business

College of Business Core (44 Credits)

Major Core (18 Credits)

Major Core Required Courses

BUSM 34000 - Managerial Decision Analysis or OBHR 42300 - Negotiations
BUSM 39500 - Management Of Modern Business Systems
BUSM 41100 - Entrepreneurship And Creative Managerial Thinking
OBHR 44400 - Leadership or OBHR 43100 - Human Resources Management
Business Electives (6 Credits)

Any College of Business course 30000 level or higher. College of Business subject codes include: ACC, BIA, BUSM, CIS, ENTR, FIN, MKG, and OBHR

Concentration Core (12 Credits)

Other Required Courses (15 Credits)

BUSM 34400 - Business Ethics or PHIL 32400 - Ethics For The Professions
Free Electives - Any four (4) courses 10000 level or higher except for GNS 29000 , MA 11100 and MA 11500

Civics Literacy Proficiency

The Civics Literacy Proficiency activities are designed to develop civic knowledge of Purdue Northwest students in an effort to graduate a more informed citizenry.

Students will complete the Proficiency by passing a test of civic knowledge, and completing one of three paths:

Attending six approved civics-related events and completing an assessment for each; or
Completing 12 podcasts created by the Purdue Center for C-SPAN Scholarship and Engagement that use C-SPAN material and completing an assessment for each; or
Earning a passing grade for one of the approved courses (or transferring in approved AP or departmental credit in lieu of taking a course)

For more information visit the Civics Literacy Proficiency website.

Total 120 Credits Required

Degree Map

Requirements

Minimum Grade and Grade Point Average (GPA): Minimum grade of C- required for all courses (unless otherwise noted); 2.0 GPA

Experiential Learning (EL): One EL course required, select from the Experiential Learning course list

General Education Core: General Education notations can be found within the course description. Please click on a course to see if it meets a Gen Ed requirement.

Milestone Courses noted by (m) next to the course title have been identified as being critical to your success in this field of study.

Please see the Additional Information and Guidelines section below for more information.

Semester 1 (16 Credits)

BUSM 10000 - Freshman Seminar In Business
BUSM 10100 - Introduction To Business (m)
ENGL 10400 - English Composition I or ENGL 10000 English Composition
MA 15300 - College Algebra
SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology
Natural Sciences - select from the Natural Sciences Core List (See Additional Information and Guidelines section for recommendations)

Semester 2 (15 Credits)

BIA 10200 - Computer Utilization For Management
COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication
ECON 25100 - Microeconomics (m)
ENGL 10500 - English Composition II (e)(m)
Free Elective (See Note 3)

Semester 3 (16 Credits)

Semester 4 (15 Credits)

Note 1: General Education Elective - any course from the university approved general education courses list

Note 2: Business Elective – Any College of Business course 30000 level or higher. College of Business subject codes include: ACC, BIA, BUSM, CIS, ENTR, FIN, MKG, and OBHR.

Note 3: Free Elective – Any course 10000 level or higher except for GNS 29000 , MA 11100 , and MA 11500 . For Finance and BIA majors or minors, you must take MA 15910

Note 4: BUSM 45000 must be taken in the semester during which a student expects to graduate

Experiential Learning Requirement (EL) – Any course that has been officially designated as experiential learning. The approved College of Business EL courses are: ACC 49500 , ACC 49900 , BIA 41700 , BIA 48600 , BIA 48801 , BIA 48901 , BIA 49000 , BIA 49500 , BIA 49900 , BUSM 39100 , BUSM 39200 , BUSM 45000 , BUSM 49500 , BUSM 49900 , ENTR 40100 , ENTR 42000 , ENTR 49500 , ENTR 49900 , FIN 49500 , FIN 49900 , MKG 42000 , MKG 42900 , MKG 43300 , MKG 48800 , MKG 49500 , MKG 49900 , OBHR 44400 , OBHR 49500 , and OBHR 49900 Students should check the course schedule for courses which may have newly received EL designation.

Resources

The 8 semester plan of study is a recommended sequence of classes designed to show how this program can be completed within four years.

Visit the 15 to Finish website for information and resources.

For career information, click here to visit the Careers and Employment Trends page.

For Financial Aid eligibility, click here. Annual FAFSA filing deadline is March 10. Financial Aid recipients are required to complete 30 credits per calendar year to stay eligible for the standard financial aid award.

Financial Guarantee: If you follow the degree map and find a course unavailable, you may be able to take the course for free in a future semester. Certain exclusions apply.

College Scorecard

The U.S. Department of Education has created a scorecard for each university and its programs. The scorecard shows data for the university such as graduation rate, average annual cost, and median earnings. Then, when certain minimum standards have been met, data are available for a specific program. That data could include median earnings, median total debt, and number of graduates. The link below will help you learn more:

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?490805-Purdue-University-Northwest&fos_code=5207&fos_credential=3