Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs create new businesses and
new products. The challenge is to learn the
techniques required to successfully generate
a business or product idea, develop that idea,
then market and sell that product or idea
successfully.
800 South College Drive
Santa Maria, CA 93454-6399
(805) 922-6966
www.hancockcollege.edu
Allan Hancock College is proud to offer an
associate in science degree in entrepreneurship.
Our coursework covers a variety of business
disciplines that prepare you for all aspects of
becoming a successful entrepreneur. With the
skills and knowledge you will gain from Allan
Hancock College, your dreams of owning your
own business can become a reality.
In just two years you can earn an associate in
science degree. Classes are designed to serve
your needs and are flexible enough to fit into
your schedule if you are already working full
time.
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Entrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurship is one of the career technical
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the Finance and Business industry sector.
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• Associate in Science Degree
• Entrepreneurship &
Small Business Management
Certificate of Achievement
Entrepreneurship
Allan Hancock College’s entrepreneurship
program is designed to teach you the
comprehensive skills needed to create and run
your own business and become a successful
entrepreneur. Our program will provide you
with an understanding of the complex tasks
faced by individuals starting and sustaining a
small business. The entrepreneurship program
covers a wide variety of business disciplines
that can be applied to the real world. These
skills will give graduates a competitive edge in
the business arena.
As a student you will learn small business
management, Internet marketing and
presentation practices, in addition to the
study of business law and human relations.
Using this knowledge, you will develop the
skills necessary to apply significant business
principles and produce work-based learning
projects.
Career Opportunities:
Earning an associate in science degree in
entrepreneurship from Allan Hancock College
will provide you with the skills necessary to
start your own business. The possibilities are
limitless. What is your passion?
ACCT 100
How about starting a…
• Restaurant
• Retail or wholesale business
• Event planning or catering business
• Online retail business
• Consulting business
• Service business such as auto repair,
construction, landscaping or a florist shop
Survey of Accounting
3 units
ACCT 130
Financial Accounting
3 units
BUS 107
Human Relations in Business
3 units
ENTR 103
New Venture Laboratory
3 units
or
Entrepreneurship and
Small Business Management
(Certificate of Achievement)
17.5 units constitute the certificate.
Required core courses (17.5 units):
BUS 302
Essentials of Management
3 units
BUS 303
Sales and Marketing
3 units
A major of 60 units is required for the
associate in science degree.
BUS 366
Promoting a Small Business
.5 unit
BUS 377
Managing Service Quality
.5 unit
Required core courses (36 units):
ENTR 101
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
3 units
BUS 364
Winning Business Plans
.5 unit
BUS 378
Effective Sales Methods
.5 unit
BUS 382
Advertising and P/R Strategies
.5 unit
BUS 390
Business Law: Entrepreneurship
3 units
ENTR 102
Entrepreneurship Projects
3 units
As a graduate of the entrepreneurship
program you will have gained technical
knowledge in recalling business issues,
theories, and applications relevant to running
your own small business.
Entrepreneurship (A.S. Degree)
Why Choose a Career
as an Entrepreneur?
BUS 102
CBOT/CBIS 337 Presentation Design PowerPoint
3 units
Entrepreneurship is a national focus.
Recently the Office for Entrepreneurship
and Innovation was established by President
Obama’s Department of Commerce to
bolster startup companies. The new Office
for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was
started specifically to help entrepreneurs
reduce red tape while developing great ideas
into workable business plans by giving them
training, funding, advisement, and access to
data.
ENTR 101
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
3 units
BUS 106
Small Business Management
3 units
BUS 110
Business Law: Contracts and Sales
3 units
CBOT 333
Desktop Publishing for Business
3 units
BUS 390
Business Law: Entrepreneurship
3 units
BUS 111
Internet Marketing
3 units
ENTR 102
Entrepreneurship Projects
3 units
Marketing
3 units