Entrepreneurship, B.B.A.
Undergraduate Degree
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Program Overview

In our accredited Entrepreneurship degree program, we provide you with the education, steps and guidance to make your business dreams a reality. A bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship at Marshall University provides a well-rounded focus in business disciplines such as management, finance, accounting and economics. Our Entrepreneurship program is one of just a few accredited programs in West Virginia and the region.

Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary program that incorporates the business disciplines of management, finance, accounting, economics, marketing, and legal environment and the various disciplines of science, engineering, and psychology. In the program, you will be exposed to multiple disciplines and approaches to creativity, innovation, opportunity recognition, risk management, sourcing capital, and preparing for succession and/or harvesting opportunities in an experiential and student-centered learning environment.

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Featured Courses
ENT 220 - Creativity and Innovation
Introduction to creativity theory, including exposure to basic frameworks, concepts, and obstacles to creativity. Through practical application, the relationships between creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship are explored.
MGT 460 - Strategic Management
The integrative capstone course concerning theory and practice of top managements plans to attain outcomes consistent wit the organization's mission and goals including strategy formulation, implementation and control.
ENT 350 - The Startup Experience
An experiential learning course, students will complete a portion of this course as an apprentice at a new or small business followed by experience starting an online business.
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Program Highlights
Accredited Program

Marshall’s Lewis College of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International or AACSB. The AACSB is a global nonprofit association that connects educators and students to business to create the leaders. Since 1916, the AACSB has provided quality assurance with business schools throughout the country.

Comprehensive Training

Students who graduate from Marshall University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship will develop skills in critical thinking, oral and written communication, and problem solving. In addition, the Entrepreneurship degree program is structured to optionally allow double-major aspirants to concurrently satisfy dual-degree programs.

Marshall’s Entrepreneurship students also benefit by learning techniques and methodologies that provide a competitive edge in the innovation and business model competitions hosted by our Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation.

Hands-On Learning

Marshall’s Entrepreneurship students have the opportunity to compete in various business competitions, including the West Virginia Innovation and Business Model Competition, with chances to win thousands in prizes and advance to the International Business Model Competition. Marshall also has hosted the Governor’s School for Entrepreneurship for high school students. Students and faculty in our Brad D. Smith Schools of Business strive to see entrepreneurship become the economic engine of West Virginia.

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Career Opportunities
Entrepreneurship jobs are wide ranging and full of opportunity in West Virginia and beyond. Entrepreneurship can mean a variety of things, from starting a business to getting involved with innovative ideas.
  • Business Owner
  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Consulting
  • Business Management
  • Business Development
  • Product Development