This is an introductory course in the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Students will form teams and develop their own small business plans, assess fundamental requirements, define markets for their products or services, and present their plans to the class. In this course students will learn the fundamentals of double entry accounting, finance for small businesses, financial statement reporting and will actually create in teams a computerized financial accounting system for their proposed business. Students will also study appropriate aspects of business ethics including papal encyclicals, especially Mater et Magistra . ENT 103 Fundamentals of Marketing and Economics Students will acquire an understanding of general marketing and microeconomic principles and apply them in teams to their own businesses.
Emphasis is placed upon principles, trends, and application in decision making.
Students will also study ethical issues which arise in these fields and the papal encyclicals, Populorum Progressio and Sollicitudo Rei Socialis. ENT 104 Fundamentals of Management and Product Quality Students will learn state of the art principles of business management and total product quality and in teams apply them to their own businesses. Students will also learn ethical principles which safeguard and promote the dignity of the human person in the workplace, especially as presented in the papal encyclical, Laborem Exercens . 105 Business Implementation Students will study successful small businesses, refine in teams their own business plans, create timelines and budgets, and actually where feasible launch their own businesses . Students will also study the ethical responsibilities of business owners to their communities and employees.