If you plan to earn a bachelor's degree in business, adding a specialization in entrepreneurship to your plan of study is an excellent choice.
Marian University’s entrepreneurship curriculum is designed for students who:
- Will join a small, independent or family-owned business after college.
- Want to start their own business, whether as a part-time enterprise or a full-time career.
- Plan to work at a start-up company in a business sector like technology or pursue a career in the venture capital field.
- Want to buy a national franchise and open their own store, shop, or operation.
Why choose the entrepreneurship program at Marian?
Savvy entrepreneurs with strong business knowledge have a great deal of opportunity.
The School of Business curriculum is experiential in nature, meaning you will graduate with real-world, hands-on skills like building sound business plans, conducting market analyses, researching funding requirements, developing financial projections, creating sales strategies, and producing operations and management plans.
In short, at Marian you will learn business by doing business, getting significant experience from your first semester of First-Year Student-level courses.
- In our BUS 109: Business Plan Competition, you’ll get first-hand knowledge about financing a small business by developing an original business concept and pitching your idea to Indianapolis executives with a financial stake in the outcome.
- You and your team members will develop a comprehensive business plan for a real product or service that you’ll market and sell to the campus community.
- Along the way, you’ll get a great introduction to basic business concepts, theories, best practices, trends, and tools in finance, AI, accounting, economics, marketing, and management—everything needed for a successful business.
Thanks to our strong liberal arts tradition, you’ll also develop key communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and other proven skills that employers value and seek in their employees. And you’ll be provided with opportunities to put our Franciscan values into action by serving others, both locally and globally.
What will you study?
Our 12-credit specialization in entrepreneurship is available for business majors who plan to earn a bachelor’s degree in marketing, management, or another business field. Beyond BUS 109, you will choose from a variety of general education, required, and elective courses, like:
- MGT 301: Foundations of Entrepreneurship
- MGT 358: Employment Law
- MGT 372: Creativity and Change
- MKT 344: Marketing Research
MGT 301 introduces the concepts of opportunity scanning and recognition, using a variety of entrepreneurial ventures as examples for study and discussion. You’ll also complete a self-assessment to help you better understand your values, aspirations, and goals as an entrepreneur.
What are your career paths?
Being your own boss offers greater independence and flexibility—along with long hours, risk, and hard work. But if you’re passionate about bringing your ideas to fruition, being an entrepreneur may be right for you.