Small Business (SMBU)

SMBU 1201  Credits: 1  
Entrepreneurship for Small Bus  Total Hours: 15  
Students explore how to think like an entrepreneur, including the motivations, attitudes and actions of entrepreneurs; through both “big picture” principles and messy, real world examples and hands-on applications. Areas of exploration include ways to discover, pursue and assess opportunity, understand why the work matters and what it really involves for success (e.g. break rules and expectations, get rid of self-limiting beliefs, embrace failure) and how to improve thinking like an entrepreneur through ongoing practice and "smart fails".
SMBU 1203  Credits: 1  
Operations for Small Business  Total Hours: 15  
Students acquire a basic understanding of bookkeeping and accounting for the operation of a small business. Students will learn bookkeeping procedures such as the double-entry system, and will become familiar with financial statements, accounting terms and concepts for businesses small and large. Students will learn how to record business transactions from start to finish as part of the accounting cycle.