Entrepreneurship

Your Future in Entrepreneurship

Do you want to be your own boss? Are you a visionary? Do you have a strong positive attitude? Are you a risk taker? Then you should pursue a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Entrepreneurship at the University of North Texas.

From home-based businesses to venture capital startups, entrepreneurs work in all types of jobs and industries and are a driving force behind economic growth. Building a wide range of interdisciplinary skills can give you maximum flexibility and preparation to chart your own future.

Examples of potential employment include:

• Business analysts – investigating business environments, opportunities, market trends, and expansion and growth options
• Business development specialists – investigating ways to initiate programs for enhancing innovation, efficiency and performance
• Consultants – providing support on how to write business plans, make business projections or identify opportunities
• Entrepreneur/business owner – starting and running your own business
• General managers/supervisors – setting goals and direction and ensuring effective implementation of plans
• Management training generalists – designing training sessions in developing business models, innovating business processes or increasing efficiency

What we offer

In the Department of Management, we have a comprehensive program that exercises a "learn today, apply tomorrow" classroom philosophy. Upon graduation, you will have the practical tools needed to start your own business or to work with others to identify business opportunities.

Our curriculum addresses real-world situations such as:

• Dealing successfully with managerial challenges
• Developing a strategic business plan
• Identifying business opportunities
• Identifying and capitalizing on international opportunities
• Managing finances
• Managing technology
• Obtaining resources
• Organizing and designing a business
• Selecting managers and employees

You will learn from faculty members who are known for their innovative teaching, outstanding research and exceptional service to the profession and community. We also provide numerous opportunities for you to apply your skills in college and national competitions, at activities sponsored by the Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship, and in professional organizations such as Students In Free Enterprise.

Other business-related organizations include:

• The Alpha Kappa Psi professional business fraternity
• The Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting
• The Beta Alpha Psi honor society
• The Delta Sigma Pi professional business fraternity
• The National Association of Black Accountants
• The Phi Chi Theta professional business fraternity

Scholarships are available at the college and department level to help you pay for your education. They are awarded based on academic excellence, professionalism and need. For scholarship information, visit www.cob.unt.edu/mgmt.

The Residents Engaged in Academic Living Community brings business students who live on campus together to enhance academic and social experiences. More information about the Business Community is at www.unt.edu/housing.

The College of Business, which is one of the nation's 20 largest business schools, is accredited by AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (777 South Harbour Island Blvd., Suite 750, Tampa, Fla. 33602-5730, 813-769-6500). This accreditation means it meets or exceeds strict academic standards for excellence in education.

Our new, eco-friendly Business Leadership Building accommodates 8,000 students and promotes interaction among students, faculty and industry leaders. It contains 24 classrooms, team study rooms and a state-of-the-art general access computer lab. This building helps distinguish us as a leader in business education.

What to expect

You will take courses that provide an overall understanding of business including accounting and finance, basic management, marketing, organizational behavior, and information technology and decision sciences. The entrepreneurship courses provide you with theory and application experiences in the area. You will also be offered courses in:

• Business ethics and social entrepreneurship
• Creativity and opportunity development
• Human resource management
• International management
• Operations management
• Organizational design
• Technology management

Our Career Center, Internships and Cooperative Education office, and professional academic advisors are among the many valuable resources that are available to you at UNT. The Career Center and the Internships and Cooperative Education office can provide advice about future employment opportunities as well as getting hands-on experience in your major.

Academic advisors will help you plan your class schedule each semester.

How to enroll at Unt

High school students

We encourage you to fulfill the graduation requirements for the Recommended Program or the Distinguished Achievement Program in high school. In your junior year, take the SAT or the ACT and have your scores sent to UNT.

In your senior year, apply for admission at www.applytexas.org by March 1 and request that your high school transcript be sent to the UNT admissions office.

Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses can count toward college credit at UNT. For details, visit www.unt.edu/credit.

Transfer students

If you're attending a Texas community college, you should consult our Transfer Articulation web page, the UNT Undergraduate Catalog and an academic counselor/advisor to review your degree plan. Proper planning allows you to receive the maximum amount of transfer credits.

Our Transfer Center will help you make a successful transition to college life at UNT by connecting you to a peer mentor and other campus resources. Each year, we welcome more transfer students than any other institution in the state. The center is in the University Union, Room 320. More information is at transition.unt.edu.