Entrepreneurship and Venture Management, B.B.A./Entrepreneurship and Innovation, M.S

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Minimum Total Credit Hours: 142

Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 40


Overall GPA - Combined and OU: 3.00

Major GPA - Combined and OU: 3.00

Upper-Division Businesses Courses GPA - Combined and OU: 3.00

Program Code: A379/F383 Q241

In order to progress to upper-division business courses, students must earn grades of C or better in all Basic Business prerequisite course requirements and MATH 1743 (may substitute MATH 1823 or MATH 1914 for MATH 1743).

A maximum of six hours of transfer work will apply toward the major. 

Undergraduate Major Requirements

Any 3000- or 4000-level ENT course will count in the Entrepreneurship and Venture Management major grade point average unless otherwise specified, including additional hours taken to fulfill electives.

B AD 3013Integrated Business Core Practicum 13
ENT 3113New Venture Development I3
ENT 3513Venture Capitalization I3
ENT 3603New Venture Development II3
ENT 4603New Venture Development III3
Total Credit Hours15
1

B AD 3013 is preferred; any 3000/4000 level ENT course not used in the major or as a required ENT course may be substituted.

Required Courses

Core Requirements 112
Legal Environment of Business
Principles of Organization and Management
Principles of Marketing and Supply Chain Management
Business Strategy and Policy (Capstone) (to be taken last semester of senior year) 2
Additional Requirements11
Fundamental Managerial Accounting
Career Readiness I-Transitioning to the Workplace
Career Readiness II-Advancing in the Workplace
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Business Finance
Required ENT Courses9
Choose three 3000/4000 level courses from any ENT course not used in the major or 3000/4000 level courses as approved by the ENT Division
Total Credit Hours32
1

The Integrated Business Core is strongly recommended.

2

Requires completion of all other business core courses prior to enrollment and permission from Price Academic Advising Services. 

Graduate Major Requirements

Required Courses
ENT 5102Entrepreneurship & Innovation2
ENT 5182Strategic New Venture Development2
ACCT 5202Financial Accounting2
FIN 5102Financial Management2
Major Electives
Students will choose 22 hours of electives from a list maintained by the academic unit or seek additional approval from the department for a course outside of Price College of Business and approved by the Graduate College.22
Total Credit Hours30

General Education and College Requirements

Courses taken to fulfill the University General Education Requirements must be chosen from the approved General Education course list published at http://www.ou.edu/gened/courses.

UNIVERSITY-WIDE GENERAL EDUCATION (MINIMUM 40 HOURS)

Core Area I: Symbolic and Oral Communication 6-16
Principles of English Composition (Core I)
Principles of English Composition (Core I)
Expository Writing
Language (Core I) - Students who have completed two years of high school language are exempt from this general education requirement (0-10 hours)
Mathematics6
Functions and Modeling for Business, Life and Social Sciences (Core I) 1
Calculus I for Business, Life and Social Sciences (Core I) 1, 4, 5
Core Area II: Natural Science 7
Natural Sciences - Choose two courses taken from the biological and/or physical sciences. The two courses must be from different disciplines and at least one course must include a laboratory component (Core II)
Core Area III: Social Science 2
P SC 1113American Federal Government (Core III)3
Core Area IV: Arts and Humanities 12
United States to 1865 (Core IV)
United States, 1865 to the Present
Introduction to Business Ethics (Core IV: WC)
Choose one course in each of the following fields (Core IV):
Artistic Forms 3
World Culture 3
Core Area V: First-Year Experience 3
Choose one course
Basic Business 419
Fundamental Financial Accounting 5
Personal Computing Productivity Tools 5
Strategic Communication for Business Professionals 5
Principles of Economics-Macro (Core III-SS) 2, 5
Principles of Economics-Micro (Core III-SS) 2, 5
Elements of Statistics (Core I-M) 5
Computer-Based Information Systems 5
Total Credit Hours56-66
1

Substitute: MATH 1523 for MATH 1643MATH 1823 or MATH 1914 for MATH 1743

2

Two courses, 6 hours, of Core III Social Science are required and one course must be P SC 1113ECON 1113 or ECON 1123 will meet the other 3 hours of this requirement.

3

It is recommended students take either World Culture or Artistic Forms at the 3000/4000 level to fulfill the university requirement of one upper-division course outside the major from the approved University-Wide General Education. It may also be satisfied in the upper-division or free elective categories. 

4

College requirement: in order to progress to upper-division business courses, students must earn grades of C or better in all Basic Business prerequisite course requirements and MATH 1743.

5

Minimum grade of C required. 

Free Electives

Electives to bring total applicable hours to the minimum total required for the degree including a minimum of 40 upper-division hours. B AD 2110, B AD 2113MGT 2013, and MKT 2013 will not count for credit toward a BBA.

Suggested Semester Plan of Study

Additional hours may be required if remedial math or language is required. Please see an academic counselor to develop a plan of study.

This major normally requires three semesters of study beyond the business core requirements to complete the requirements for the BBA. 

Plan of Study Grid
Freshman
First SemesterCredit Hours
ECON 1113 Principles of Economics-Macro (Core III) 1 3
ENGL 1113 Principles of English Composition (Core I) 3
MATH 1643 Functions and Modeling for Business, Life and Social Sciences 3
General Education Artistic Forms (Core IV) 2 3
First-Year Experience (Core V) 2 3
 Credit Hours15
Second Semester
B AD 1001 Personal Computing Productivity Tools 1 1
ECON 1123 Principles of Economics-Micro (Core III) 1 3
ENGL 1213
Principles of English Composition (Core I)
or Expository Writing
3
MATH 1743 Calculus I for Business, Life and Social Sciences (Core I) 1 3
MIS 2113 Computer-Based Information Systems 1 3
Natural Science (Core II) 2 3
 Credit Hours16
Sophomore
First Semester
ACCT 2113 Fundamental Financial Accounting 1 3
B AD 2091 Career Readiness I-Transitioning to the Workplace 1
B C 2813 Strategic Communication for Business Professionals 1 3
ECON 2843 Elements of Statistics 1 3
P SC 1113 American Federal Government (Core III) 3
Free Elective 3
 Credit Hours16
Second Semester
ACCT 2123 Fundamental Managerial Accounting 3
ENT 2113 Innovation & Entrepreneurship 3
FIN 2303 Business Finance 3
PHIL 1273 Introduction to Business Ethics (Core IV: Western Culture) 3
Natural Science with lab (2nd discipline) (Core II) 2 4
 Credit Hours16
Junior
First Semester
B AD 3091 Career Readiness II-Advancing in the Workplace 1
L S 3323 Legal Environment of Business 3
MGT 3013 Principles of Organization and Management 3
MKT 3013 Principles of Marketing and Supply Chain Management 3
General Education World Culture (Core IV) 2 3
Choose one of the following: 3
Integrated Business Core Practicum  
Free Elective
 
 Credit Hours16
Second Semester
ENT 3113 New Venture Development I 3
HIST 1483
United States to 1865 (Core IV)
or United States, 1865 to the Present
3
Required ENT Course (Upper-Division) 3
Required ENT Course (Upper-Division) 3
Upper-Division General Education Elective 3 3
 Credit Hours15
Senior
First Semester
ENT 3513 Venture Capitalization I 3
ENT 3603 New Venture Development II 3
Required ENT course (Upper-Division) 3
ENT 5102 Entrepreneurship & Innovation 4 2
Graduate Elective 4 2
 Credit Hours13
Second Semester
B AD 4013 Business Strategy and Policy 3
Choose one of the following: 3
Free Elective
 
Integrated Business Core Practicum (substitute course)  
ENT 4603 New Venture Development III 3
Graduate Elective 4 2
Graduate Elective 4 1
Graduate Elective 4 1
 Credit Hours13
Summer
ENT 5182 Strategic New Venture Development 2
Graduate Elective 2
Graduate Elective 2
Graduate Elective 2
 Credit Hours8
Fifth Year
First Semester
ACCT 5202 Financial Accounting 2
Graduate Elective 2
Graduate Elective 2
Graduate Elective 2
 Credit Hours8
Second Semester
FIN 5102 Financial Management 2
Graduate Elective 2
Graduate Elective 2
 Credit Hours6
 Total Credit Hours142
1

Grade of C or better required.

2

University-Wide General Education course, refer to online listing.

3

May be free elective if artistic form, World culture, or science is 3000- or 4000-level.

4

Shared courses between the B.B.A. in Entrepreneurship and Venture Management and M.S. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Online) degrees chosen from the approved list maintained by the Division of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.