Jun 26, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Entrepreneurship Major (BSBA)


Through an engaging curriculum that combines immersive learning and leadership development, students pursuing the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) in Entrepreneurship gain experience crafting unique business models to bring new products and services to world markets.

Please see the UNLV Lee Business School web page at www.unlv.edu/business for information about department programs, faculty and facilities. Degree worksheets and 4/5 year plan for the major are available at www.unlv.edu/degree/bsba-entrepreneurship.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Recognize, analyze, and construct feasible concepts within small business and entrepreneurial environments.
  2. Propose plans to gather and organize resources to address evolving opportunity and the ongoing reassessment of needs as the context changes over time.
  3. Propose appropriate plans for funding the startup and continued operations of an organization.
  4. Develop an operations strategy, involving integrated production and distribution of goods, services, and information as a means to achieve competitive advantage.

Entrepreneurship (BSBA) Degree Requirements - Total: 120 Credits


General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 35-46


First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3


English Composition - Credits: 6


Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3


Constitutions - Credits: 3-6


Mathematics - Credits: 3


Distribution Requirement - Credits: 18-19


Please see Distribution Requirements  for more information.

  • Humanities and Fine Arts: 9 credits
    • Humanities, 6 credits required from two different areas. It is recommended that students take  , as one of the humanities courses.
    • Fine Arts, 3 credits required
  • Social Science
    • Automatically satisfied by business requirements
  • Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 6-7 credits
    • Two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must have a lab.
    • Analytical Thinking 3 credit course 

Multicultural and International Requirement (Credits: 0-6)


Multicultural, one three-credit course required
International, one three-credit course required

These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements.  A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: www.unlv.edu/provost/multicultural-requirements.

Milestone Experience


Culminating Experience


Lee Business School Requirements - BSBA in Entrepreneurship - Subtotal: 72-76 Credits


Entrepreneurship Major Requirements - Credits: 24


General Electives - Credits: 0-13


The number of electives necessary for each student varies based on how many credits a student uses to satisfy the requirements identified above. The minimum number of degree-applicable credits required to earn a degree from the Lee Business School is 120.

Total Credits: 120


Notes


  1. All courses in the major requirements section must be completed with a grade of C or better. 
  2. Any course that is included as a prerequisite for a Lee Business School course requires a minimum grade of C or better.
  3. MGT 304  and BUS 321  are Milestone Experience courses for Entepreneurship Major B.S.B.A.
  4. BUS 496  and BUS 498  are Culminating Experience courses for Entepreneurship Major B.S.B.A.

Advising


Please see advising information at the UNLV Lee Business School Undergraduate Advising at www.unlv.edu/business/advising.

Accreditation


For information regarding accreditation at UNLV and the Lee Business School, please visit the following webpages:

  • Institution - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org.
  • Program -  The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business www.aacsb.edu.

University Graduation Requirements


Please see Graduation Policies for complete information.