Fall 2016 Course Syllabi

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Dakota College at Bottineau Course Syllabus
Course Prefix/Number/Title: BUSN 170-Entrepreneurship
Number of Credits: 3 semester hours
Pre/Co-requisites: None
Course Description: This course introduces students to the concept of entrepreneurship and
the entrepreneurial decision process. Topics covered include business plan development,
financing of a new venture, risk assessment, marketing, and ethics.
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Introduce the concept of entrepreneurship and its historical development
2. Explain the entrepreneurial decision process
3. Define what the business plan is, who prepares it, who reads it, and how it is evaluated
4. Understand franchising from the perspective of both the entrepreneur looking to
reduce the risk of new entry and from the entrepreneur looking for a way to grow his or
her business
5. Identify the basic types of start-up ventures
6. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of going public
7. Explain the role of entrepreneurship in economic development
8. Provide the entrepreneur with an understanding of the typical warning signs of
bankruptcy
9. Understand that risk is associated with newness but there are strategies that the
entrepreneur can use to reduce risk
10. Discuss the ethical responsibility of entrepreneurs
11. Appreciate cultural differences and how they apply to entrepreneurs
12. Write a business plan
Instructor: Megan Fixen
Phone: 701-770-1588
Email:
Textbook: Entrepreneurial Small Business, 4th Edition, Jerome Katz & Richard Green, ISBN:
0078029422
Course Requirements:
1.) Completion of assignments, tests, and presenting the final business plan are required