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Bachelor of arts in applied humanities with an entrepreneurship emphasis

A Bachelor of Arts in Applied Humanities with an Entrepreneurship emphasis is available through the College of Humanities in partnership with the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship.

  • Professional admission to the Eller College of Management is not required for this degree program.
  • Students in the BA in Applied Humanities with an Entrepreneurship emphasis are eligible to apply to the McGuire New Venture Development program.

The College of Humanities Department of Public and Applied Humanities (PAH) and the Eller College of Management McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship collaboratively offer an Entrepreneurship emphasis as part of the B.A. in Applied Humanities degree program. Emphasis students earn a BA in Applied Humanities from the College of Humanities with an Entrepreneurship emphasis. The curriculum combines the technical knowledge and practical skills inherent to entrepreneurship and the transformation of novel ideas into viable and scalable interventions to an endless array of humanistic challenges and opportunities with the creative, global, interpersonal, and intercultural intelligences taught in the humanities. Students will gain fundamental entrepreneurship knowledge and skills through courses such as “Entrepreneurship for Owner Operated Businesses” (ENTR 360) and “Principles of Entrepreneurship (ENTR 406), as well as a more nuanced understanding of humanistic variations in entrepreneurial endeavors and practices through courses such as “Social Innovation Organizations” (ENTR 380), “Healthcare Entrepreneurship” (ENTR 448), and “Global Social Entrepreneurship (ENTR 465). PAH courses, such as “Applied Humanities Practice: Techniques and Technologies for Public Enrichment” (PAH 201) and “Innovation and the Human Condition: Learning How to Improve Life in the Community and Beyond” (PAH 420), will prepare students to engage and lead entrepreneurial strategies for productive and positive change via public-facing, community-connected, and humanities-oriented projects.

Courses

Lower Division

Two lower division foundational courses should be completed prior to enrolling in the upper division courses for the emphasis. Students must select courses from two of the three subject areas below:

  • ECON 200 Basic Economic Issues (3 units)
  • MIS 111 Computers and Internetworked Society (3 units)
  • Information for Business Decisions (3 units) – or – ACCT 200 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 units) – PAH Entrepreneurship emphasis students are strongly encouraged to take ACCT 250 instead of ACCT 200 when possible.

Upper Division

Students will complete the two courses listed below. Please note: all courses may not be offered every semester, there are currently no Summer/Winter Entrepreneurship courses offered.

  • ENTR 380 Social Innovation Organizations (3 units)
  • ENTR 465 Global Social Entrepreneurship (3 units)

Students will select two additional courses from the offerings below. Please note: all courses may not be offered every semester, there are currently no Summer/Winter Entrepreneurship courses offered.

  • ENTR 360 Entrepreneurship for Owner Operated Businesses (3 units)
  • ENTR 381 Management of Effective Nonprofit Organizations (3 units)
  • ENTR 400 Tech Ventures (3 units)
  • ENTR 406 Principles of Entrepreneurship (3 units)
  • ENTR 421R Corporate Entrepreneurship (3 units)
  • ENTR 448 Healthcare Entrepreneurship (3 units)
  • ENTR 455 Small Business Development and Consulting (3 units)
  • ENTR 468 Persuasion in Entrepreneurial Contexts (3 units)
  • ENTR 483 Entrepreneurial Management: Launching New Ventures (3 units)
  • ENTR 496 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship (3 units)