Bachelors of Arts in Business with a Major in Entrepreneurship
Overview
The Bachelors Program in Entrepreneurship intends to provide a dynamic environment for learning and developing entrepreneurial abilities & skill for the potential future entrepreneurs who will contribute to economic growth and development of the economy through developing Management skills, leadership skill, creative and critical thinking, developing effective written, spoken communication & presentation skills, which will be helpful in developing future entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship program aim is to provide the students:
- With the concepts of business enterprises and Entrepreneurship.
- Economic and academic perspectives of entrepreneurship
- The impact of Entrepreneurs on the economic development of the nation and process of motivating and training individuals to become entrepreneurs.
- It will also help in developing the mind-set of stakeholders towards the Entrepreneurship as a new area of study and how it can be utilized for individual as well as community and national development, which is clearly aligned with the mission and vision of the college.
Goal
To respond to the managerial needs of the Sultanate of Oman by imparting quality under graduate education, developing advanced executive skills and enhancing analytical ability among graduates in order to take up decision making roles in the complex and ever changing world of business and management.
Objectives
The objectives of this program are:
- To provide the students with basic knowledge and skill to analyze the business environment for business potential.
- To develop and strengthen the student’s entrepreneurial ability by motivating them to start new business ventures.
- To develop a strong knowledge base that enables them to be creative and come up with innovative ideas.
- To be able to recognize the importance of values and ethics when they are engaged in entrepreneurial activities.
- To appreciate the role of entrepreneurs and how they can play a role in enhancing their own and others lives.
Graduate Attributes
- Academic Knowledge: comprehensive knowledge and understanding of entrepreneurship concepts and techniques that are recognized internationally.
- Creative Thinking and Problem Solving: An ability to apply effective, creative and innovative solutions to present and future problems with intellectual independence.
- Teamwork and Communication Skills: Ability to communicate and work effectively as a member or leader of diverse team.
- Professional and Ethical Responsibility: Awareness of professionalism and ethical conduct with in a global context.
Academic Plan
The program is spread over four years in eight semesters and the students have to complete 120 credit hours where they have to complete a minimum 30 credit hours of the emphasis area. The other courses the students have to study comprises of management, business, marketing, Human resources, mathematics, economics, accounting computer application in management, English etc which will develop the student analytical, computational, critical and generic skill for their overall development. Student has to also study free electives which they can choose from the various courses offered as per their area of interest; the course on Omani society has also been included as per the norms of the Ministry of Higher Education.
Semester I
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite |
| BUSM10000 | Management Lectures I | 1 | |
| BUSM10100 | Introduction to Business | 3 | |
| ENGL10400
OR ENGL10000 |
English Composition I
OR English Composition |
3 | |
| MA15300 | Algebra and Trigonometry I | 3 | |
| Elective | Free Elective 1 | 3 | |
| Elective | Free Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Total semester credit hours: 16 Hours | |||
Semester -2
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite |
| ENTR10000 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 | |
| ISM10200 | Computer Utilization for Management | 3 | |
| COM11400 | Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 | |
| ENGL10500 | English Composition II
|
3 | ENGL10400
OR ENGL10000 |
| Elective | Free elective 3 | 3 | |
| Total semester credit hours: 15 Hours | |||
Semester -3
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite |
| ENTR25000 | Opportunity Identification: Creativity & Innovation | 3 | ENTR10000 |
| BUSM22500 | Fundamental Managerial Statistics | 3 | MA15300 |
| ECON25100 | Microeconomics | 3 | MA15300 |
| ACC20000 | Introductory Accounting | 3 | MA15300 |
| Elective | Free Elective 4 | 3 | |
| Total semester credit hours: 15 Hours | |||
Semester -4
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite |
| ACC20100 | Management Accounting I | 3 | ACC20000 |
| Elective | Major Elective 1 | 3 | ENTR10000 |
| FIN31000
|
Financial Management | 3 | ACC20000 and BUSM22500 |
| OBHR22100 | Principles of Management | 3 | BUSM10100 |
| PHIL12000 | Critical Thinking | 3 | |
| Total semester credit hours: 15 Hours | |||
Semester -5
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite |
| ENTR42000 | Business Plan Development | 3 | ENTR10000 |
| ENTR30300 | Raising Money | 3 | FIN31000 |
| SOC 100 | Omani Society | 3 | |
| MKG32400 | Marketing Management | 3 | |
| OBHR33000 | Introduction to Organizational Behavior | 3 | BUSM10100 |
| Total semester credit hours: 15 Hours | |||
Semester – 6
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite |
| Elective | Major Elective 2 | 3 | OBHR33000 |
| ENTR31001 | Launching a New Venture | 3 | ENTR10000 |
| BUSM38000 | International Business | 3 | BUSM 10100 |
| MKG42400 | Consumer Behavior | 3 | MKG32400 |
| PHIL32400 | Ethics for the Professions | 3 | |
| Total semester credit hours: 15 Hours | |||
Semester -7
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite |
| Elective | Major Elective 3 | 3 | |
| Elective | Major Elective 4 | 3 | |
| BUSM36000 | Production/Operations Management | 3 | BUSM22500 |
| BUSM 30100 | Management Career Lectures | 2 | |
| ENGL42000 | Business Writing | 3 | ENGL 10400 |
| Total semester credit hours: 14 Hours | |||
Semester -8
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite |
| Elective | Major Elective 5 | 3 | |
| ENTR30000 | Growing the Firm | 3 | ENTR1000 |
| ENTR45000 | Corporate Entrepreneurship | 3 | ENTR42000 |
| ENTR41000 | Advance Small Business Consulting | 3 | |
| BUSM35400 | Legal Foundations Of Business I | 3 | |
| Total semester credit hours: 15 Hours | |||
| Total all semesters credit hours: 120 Hours | |||
List of electives
| Major Electives | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Pre-requisite |
| ENTR40100 | Social Entrepreneurship | |
| ENTR40000 | Small Business Consultant | |
| OBHR44400 | Leadership | OBHR 33000 |
| MKG43300 | Personal Selling | MKG32400 |
| MKG43400 | Digital Marketing Strategy | MKG32400 |
| MKG 42800 | Advertising Management | MKG32400 |
| OBHR 43100 | Human Resources Management | |
| MKG 42000 | Digital Marketing Campaign | MKG32400 |
Free Elective
| Free Electives | |
| Course Code | Course Name |
| SOC10000 | Introduction to Sociology |
| AD25500 | Art Appreciation |
| HIST 10400 | Introduction to Modern World |
| Psych 50 | Introduction to Psychology |
| Eco 75 | Economic Development in the Gulf States |
| CS 53 | Introduction to Programming |
| IST 211 | Web Design |
