Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

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: A hands-on learning experience for people interested in starting their own business. History and aspects of small business will be explored. Actual development of a business plan will be covered. 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 if, 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 way to grow his or her small business 5. Identify the basic types of start-up businesses 6. Effectively price and market products/service 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 risk associated with entrepreneurship 10. Discuss ethical responsibilities 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: meganfixen@hotmail.com Textbook: Entrepreneurial Small Business, 5 th Edition, Jerome Katz & Richard Green, ISBN: 978- 1-259-57379-8