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Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Develop Skills
To start and operate your own business.
Each of our majors begins with the freshman/sophomore (First/Second Year) curriculum. During the first two years of a four-year program of study, you will complete the liberal learning requirements of the university and the prerequisites for admission to the business majors.
The Pre-Major Business Core must be completed before full admission to the School of Business major is granted.
Majors
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Bachelor of Business Administration
Entrepreneurs are able to create business opportunities, plan, establish and grow new ventures or manage innovative projects at new and existing firms.
Minors
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Business Majors)
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Non-Business Majors)
Four-Year Program Guides
All business students must meet the university general education requirements, Beacom School of Business degree requirements, as well as the requirements of the business major.
After Graduation
Graduates of the Beacom School of Business have been putting their skills to work in some of the nation's top companies and organizations.
| Recent Employers | Location |
| Bancorp | Sioux Falls, SD |
| Daktronics | Brookings, SD |
| First National Bank | Omaha, NE |
| Titan Machiinery | West Fargo, ND |
| Masaba | Vermillion, SD |
Success Stories
I enrolled in entrepreneurship, finance and small business programs, and guess what? Michael Helgerson, 2015 Graduate