Entrepreneurship Syllabus

Business Management and Administration Career Cluster Syllabus

Entrepreneurship

 Course Number: 06.41610 

Course Description:

Business Management and Administration Career Cluster Entrepreneurship Course Number: 06.41610 Course Description: How do you turn an idea into a business? Experience just that in this course! Entrepreneurship focuses on recognizing a business opportunity, starting a business, operating and maintaining a business. Students will be exposed to the development of critical thinking, problem solving, and innovation in this course as they will either be the business owner or individuals working in a competitive job market in the future. Integration of accounting, finance, marketing, business management, legal and economic environments will be developed throughout projects in this course. Working to develop a business plan that includes structuring the organization, financing the organization, and managing information, operations, marketing, and human resources will be a focus in the course. Engaging students in the creation and management of a business and the challenges of being a small business owner will be fulfilled in this course. Various forms of technologies will be used to expose students to resources and application of business principles for starting, operating and maintaining a business. Professional communication skills and practices, problem-solving, ethical and legal issues, and the impact of effective presentation skills are enhanced in this course to prepare students to be college and career ready. Employability skills are integrated into activities, tasks, and projects throughout the course standards to demonstrate the skills required by business and industry. Competencies in the co-curricular student organization, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), are integral components of the employability skills standard for this course. Entrepreneurship is the third course in the pathway in the Business Management & Administration Cluster. Students enrolled in this course should have completed Introduction to Business & Technology and Legal Environment of Business. After mastery of the standards in this course, students should be prepared to take the end-of-pathway assessment in this career area.  

STANDARDS:

 Course Standard 1 BMA-ENT-1 The following standard is included in all CTAE courses adopted for the Career Cluster/Pathways. Teachers should incorporate the elements of this standard into lesson plans during the course. The topics listed for each element of the standard may be addressed in differentiated instruction matching the content of each course. These elements may also be addressed with specific lessons from a variety of resources. This content is not to be treated as a unit or separate body of knowledge but rather integrated into class activities as applications of the concept. 

Course Standard 2 BMA-ENT-2 Relate concepts and processes associated with entrepreneurial success and the personal traits and behaviors associated with successful entrepreneurial performance. 

Course Standard 3 BMA-ENT-3 Use and model concepts, strategies, and systems needed to interact and present effectively to others. 

Course Standard 4 BMA-ENT-4 Apply fundamental business concepts that affect business decision making 

Course Standard 5 BMA-ENT-5 Explain and detail legal form of business ownership and the impact of government’s role on business. 

Course Standard 6 BMA-ENT-6 Understand and apply the basic economic principles and concepts fundamental to entrepreneurship. 

Course Standard 7 BMA-ENT-7 Develop a marketing plan to identify, reach, and retain customers in a specific target market. 

Course Standard 8 BMA-ENT-8 Analyze financial issues relating to successful business ownership. 

Course Standard 9 BMA-ENT-9 Manage and operate a business (or simulate the management and operation) through daily tasks and activities of a small business. 

Course Standard 10 BMA-ENT-10 Research, develop, and present a business plan. 

Course Standard 11 BMA-ENT-11 Understand the concepts, systems, and strategies needed to acquire, motivate, develop, and terminate employees. 

Course Standard 12 BMA-ENT-12 Explore how related student organizations are integral parts of career and technology education courses through leadership development, school and community service projects, entrepreneurship development, and competitive events.