Entrepreneurship & Innovation (BA) / Masters of Business (MBA)
Major: Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Business Administration
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA) / Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 230.0
Co-op Options: One Co-op (Five years), No Co-op (Five years)
BA Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.0701
BA Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-1011
MBA Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.0201
MBA Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-1021
About the Program
The Close School's Entrepreneurship and Innovation BA/MBA program provides academically qualified undergraduate students with the opportunity to earn both a bachelor’s degree and an MBA within five years of study. Graduating with both the BA in entrepreneurship and innovation and an MBA provides students with a competitive edge when entering the job market without having the time constraints of typical advanced-degree pursuits. This program is offered to all students pursuing a bachelor of arts in entrepreneurship and innovation.
Additional Information
For more information about the accelerated BA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation/MBA program, please contact Justin Fithian at jmf465@drexel.edu.
Admission Requirements
The BA/MBA program requires a two-tiered application process which includes both undergraduate and graduate requirements. All applicants are required to complete a BA/MBA Accelerated Degree Application available through the undergraduate BA/MBA advisor for each college.
A plan of study/sequence sheet must be completed for each applicant with the assistance of their undergraduate BA/MBA advisor to ensure that all undergraduate degree requirements are met within the required four years. Both documents must be submitted together for approval and processing.
Undergraduate Application Requirements
At the undergraduate level, a provisional BA/MBA attribute code will be placed on the student record at the time of admission. Once the student has accumulated 90 credits, an Accelerated Degree Application must be completed before reaching 120 credits, at which time a BA/MBA code will be placed on the application.
Degree Requirements
General Education Requirements | ||
CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
COM 181 | Public Relations Principles and Theory | 3.0 |
COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
FIN 150 | Financial Literacy | 4.0 |
MATH 100 | Fundamentals of Mathematics | 3.0 |
PHIL 105 | Critical Reasoning | 3.0 |
PHIL 301 | Business Ethics | 3.0 |
UNIV C101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
Two Science or Technology Courses | 6.0-8.0 | |
Choose from any 100-499 Bioscience and Biotechnology (BIO), Chemistry (CHEM), Environmental Studies & Sustainability (ENSS), Environmental Science (ENVS), Food Science (FDSC), Geoscience (GEO), Physics (PHYS), Physics-Environmental Science (PHEV) | ||
OR Choose from 100-499 Computer Science (CS), Information Science & Systems (INFO), Management Information Systems (MIS), Software Engineering (SE) | ||
Choose 5 courses in Humanities, Social Science, Communication, or Fine Arts | 15.0-17.0 | |
Choose from any 100-499 Communications (COM), Economics (ECON), English (ENGL), History (HIST), Humanities-General (HUM), Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSY), Sociology (SOC) or any course from the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design | ||
Choose one of the following writing intensive courses: | 3.0 | |
Business Communication | ||
Technical Communication | ||
Environmental Communication | ||
Science Writing | ||
Grant Writing | ||
Economic Ideas | ||
Abnormal Psychology | ||
Sports Psychology | ||
Industrial Psychology | ||
Two Courses in Culture, Diversity, and Global Perspectives | 6.0 | |
Choose from any 100-499 Choose from Africana Studies (AFAS), Anthropology (ANTH), Criminology and Justice Studies (CJS), Global Studies (GST), Jewish Studies (JWST), Women's & Gender Studies (WGST) | ||
Three Language Courses (Foreign Language or Computer Science) ** | 9.0-12.0 | |
Arabic (ARBC), Chinese (CHIN), French (FREN), German (GER), Italian (ITAL), Japanese (JAPN), Korean (KOR), Spanish (SPAN) OR the following CS Language sequence: | ||
Computer Science Principles | ||
Computer Programming I | ||
Computer Programming II | ||
Entrepreneurship Requirements | ||
ACCT 120 | Accounting Essentials for New Ventures | 4.0 |
BLAW 346 | Entrepreneurial Law | 4.0 |
ENTP 100 | Innovation Ecosystem | 1.0 |
ENTP 105 | Entrepreneurial Thinking | 3.0 |
ENTP 201 | The Starter's Toolkit | 3.0 |
ENTP 205 | Ready, Set, Fail | 3.0 |
ENTP 209 | Build, Measure, Learn | 3.0 |
ENTP 215 | Building Entrepreneurial Teams | 3.0 |
ENTP 225 [WI] | Mindfulness & Wellbeing ([WI]) | 3.0 |
ENTP 250 | Ideation | 3.0 |
ENTP 410 [WI] | Thought Leadership | 3.0 |
ENTP 440 | Launch It!: Early Stage | 3.0 |
MKTG 201 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 4.0 |
Concentration Requirements | 12.0 | |
Select a concentration from the following options: | ||
Social Entrepreneurship | ||
Curiosity, Ecology, Empathy & Ethic | ||
Social Entrepreneurship | ||
An Entrepreneur's Introduction to Land: Its Essence, Ethics, and Opportunity | ||
or ENTP 390 | Energy Entrepreneurship | |
3BL - Triple Bottom Line | ||
Corporate Entrepreneurship | ||
Idea Accelerator I | ||
Organizational Development and Change for Corporate Entrepreneurs | ||
Managing Entrepreneurial Growth | ||
Innovation in Established Companies | ||
New Venture Creation | ||
Leading Start-Ups | ||
Early Stage Venture Funding | ||
Launch It! | ||
Marketing for New Ventures | ||
Technology Entrepreneurship | ||
Idea Accelerator I (Idea Accelerator I) | ||
Idea Accelerator II | ||
Entrepreneurship & New Technologies | ||
Competing in Technology Industries | ||
Entrepreneurship Electives | 15.0 | |
Select five of the following: | ||
Any ENTP course not in core requirements or in chosen concentration | ||
Techniques of Speaking | ||
Public Relations Strategies and Tactics | ||
Foundations in Creativity | ||
Tools and Techniques in Creativity | ||
Creativity in the Workplace | ||
Retail Operations | ||
Immersive Media and Merchandising | ||
Principles of Microeconomics | ||
Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
Global Entrepreneurship | ||
GreenStart: Applying Entrepreneurship to Cultivate Sustainable Solutions | ||
Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
Special Topics in Entrepreneurship | ||
Management Information Systems | ||
Professional Personal Selling | ||
New Product Development | ||
History and Analysis of Product Design | ||
Required Academic Minor † | 24.0 | |
Free Electives | 23.0-24.0 | |
MBA Requirements | ||
Required Courses | ||
ACCT 510 | Essentials of Financial Reporting | 2.0 |
BLAW 510 | Analyzing Legal Options in Decision-Making | 2.0 |
BSAN 601 | Business Analytics for Managers | 3.0 |
ECON 601 | Managerial Economics | 3.0 |
FIN 601 | Corporate Financial Management | 3.0 |
MGMT 520 | Strategy Analysis | 2.0 |
MGMT 530 | Managing and Leading the Total Enterprise | 2.0 |
MGMT 770 | MBA Capstone | 2.0 |
MKTG 510 | Marketing Strategy | 2.0 |
ORGB 511 | Leading in Dynamic Environments: A Personal, Relational, and Strategic Approach | 3.0 |
POM 510 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 2.0 |
Experiential Requirement (Select One) | 3.0 | |
Graduate Internship | ||
International Business Seminar and Residency | ||
Leading for Innovation | ||
Business Consulting | ||
Business Agility and IT | ||
Negotiations for Leaders | ||
Tax Experiential Learning | ||
Graduate Free Electives | 11.0 | |
MBA Major Requirements | 9.0 | |
Students selecting a major can choose from the following: | ||
Major: Accounting Analytics | ||
Required Courses | ||
Data Analytics & Technology in Accounting | ||
Financial Statement Analysis | ||
Select one of the following: | ||
Strategy & the Master Budgeting Process | ||
Data Visualization for Managers | ||
Tax and Business Strategy | ||
Major: Business Analytics | ||
Select three of the following | ||
Aligning Information Systems and Business Strategies | ||
Inter-Active Decision Support Systems | ||
Database Analysis and Design for Business | ||
Customer Analytics | ||
Marketing Experiments | ||
Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
Supply Chain Analytics | ||
Statistics for Business Analytics | ||
Datamining for Managers | ||
Time Series Forecasting | ||
Special Topics in STAT | ||
Major: Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact | ||
Select three of the following | ||
Legal Aspects of Employment | ||
Social Entrepreneurship | ||
Social and Sustainable Innovation | ||
Corporate Governance | ||
Environmental and Social Issues in Finance | ||
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Business | ||
Business Ethics | ||
Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
Corporate Brand & Reputation Management | ||
Special Topics in ORGB | ||
Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics | ||
Social Issues in Sport | ||
Major: General Business | ||
General Business Major requires three business courses with distinct subject codes and course number range 500-799. Allowable options for the subject codes are Accounting (ACCT), Statistics (STAT), Economics (ECON), Finance (FIN), General Business (BUSN), Interdisciplinary Business (INDS), International Business (INTB), Legal Studies (BLAW), Management (MGMT), Management Information Systems (MIS), Marketing (MKTG), Operations Research (OPR), Organizational Behavior (ORGB), Production Operations Management (POM), Sport Management (SMT) or Taxation (TAX). | ||
Major: Economics | ||
Required Course | ||
Microeconomics | ||
Select two of the following: | ||
Intro to Econometrics and Data Analysis | ||
Mathematical Economics | ||
Econometrics | ||
Macroeconomics | ||
Business & Economic Strategy: Game Theory & Applications | ||
Major: Finance | ||
Select three of the following | ||
Advanced Financial Management | ||
Business Valuation | ||
Corporate Governance | ||
Environmental and Social Issues in Finance | ||
Financial Institutions & Markets | ||
Risk Management | ||
Investment Management | ||
Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
FinTech | ||
Behavioral Finance | ||
International Financial Management | ||
Special Topics in Finance | ||
Major: Effective Leadership | ||
Select three of the following | ||
Leading the Digital Supply Chain | ||
Business Ethics | ||
Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
Leading Virtual Teams | ||
Negotiations for Leaders | ||
Major: Marketing Technology Analytics | ||
Select three of the following: | ||
Customer Analytics | ||
Marketing Experiments | ||
Buyer Behavior Theory | ||
Digital Marketing | ||
Integrated Marketing Communications Management | ||
Marketing Information Management and Research | ||
Major: Marketing | ||
Select three of the following, of which 2 MUST be from MKTG: | ||
MKTG Course 600-699 | ||
Special Topics in Legal Studies | ||
Intro to Econometrics and Data Analysis | ||
Microeconomics | ||
International Business Management | ||
Knowledge Management | ||
Systems Analysis & Design | ||
Database Analysis and Design for Business | ||
Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
Supply Chain Management I | ||
Quality & Six-Sigma | ||
Time Series Forecasting | ||
Major: Project Management | ||
Required Courses | ||
Introduction to Project Management | ||
Project Planning & Scheduling | ||
Select one of the following: | ||
Project Quality Management | ||
Project Estimation & Cost Management | ||
Project Risk Assessment & Management | ||
Major: Strategic Technology & Innovation Management | ||
Required Courses | ||
Innovation Management | ||
Technology Strategy | ||
Select one of the following | ||
Business & Economic Strategy: Game Theory & Applications | ||
Introduction to Change Management: An Integration of Macro and Micro Perspectives | ||
Strategic Change Management | ||
Strategic Human Resource Management | ||
Knowledge Management | ||
Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
Leading for Innovation | ||
Strategy Implementation | ||
Change Management Experiential Capstone | ||
MIS Policy and Strategy | ||
Business Agility and IT | ||
New Product Planning, Strategy, and Development | ||
Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
Leading and Executing Change | ||
Negotiations for Leaders | ||
Time Series Forecasting | ||
Major: Supply Chain Management & Logistics | ||
Select three of the following | ||
Leading the Digital Supply Chain | ||
Systems Analysis & Design | ||
Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
Supply Chain Management I | ||
Supply Chain Management II | ||
Management of Service Firms | ||
Transportation & Logistics Management | ||
Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics | ||
Revenue Management | ||
Supply Chain Analytics | ||
Special Topics in POM | ||
Quality & Six-Sigma | ||
Time Series Forecasting | ||
Major: Customized | ||
Students can self customize a concentration with coordination between their program manager and with faculty guidance. Please see your Program Manager/Academic Advisor for further information | ||
MBA Graduate Credits include courses in Accounting (ACCT), Statistics (STAT), Economics (ECON), Finance (FIN), General Business (BUSN), Interdisciplinary Business (INDS), International Business (INTB), Legal Studies (BLAW), Management (MGMT), Management Information Systems (MIS), Marketing (MKTG), Operations Research (OPR), Organizational Behavior (ORGB), Production Operations Management (POM), Sport Management (SMT) or Taxation (TAX), with a course number range between 500-799 or other approved course at the graduate level. | ||
Total Credits | 230.0-238.0 |
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Students not participating in co-op will take one additional credit of Free Elective instead of COOP 101.
Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
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A computer science course cannot satisfy both a science/technology requirement and a computer language requirement.
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BA students are required to complete an academic minor offered by any other Drexel College or School.
Sample Plan of Study
4-Year Coop Spring/Summer Cycle
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | ACCT 120 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
ENTP 100 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
ENTP 105 | 3.0 | ENTP 205 | 3.0 | ENTP 201 | 3.0 | ||
ENTP 250 | 3.0 | ENTP 215 | 3.0 | ENTP 225 | 3.0 | ||
MATH 100 | 3.0 | FIN 150 | 4.0 | (UG) Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | ||
PHIL 105 | 3.0 | (UG) Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | ||||
UNIV C101 | 1.0 | ||||||
17 | 17-18 | 16-17 | 0 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ENTP 209 | 3.0 | COM 181 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 |
ENTP 440 | 3.0 | PHIL 301 | 3.0 | (UG) ENTP Concentration course | 3.0 | (UG) Culture, Diversity, and Global Perspectives | 3.0 |
(UG) Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | (UG) ENTP Concentration course | 3.0 | (UG) ENTP Elective course | 3.0 | (UG) Humanities, Social Science, Communication, or Fine Arts | 6.0 |
(UG) Science or Technology Course | 3.0-4.0 | (UG) Required Minor course | 3.0 | (UG) Humanities, Social Science, Communication, or Fine Arts | 3.0-4.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 |
(UG) Free Elective | 4.0 | (UG) Science or Technology course | 3.0-4.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | (UG) Free elective | 4.0 |
16-18 | 15-16 | 16-17 | 17 | ||||
Third Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
BLAW 346 | 4.0 | (UG) ENTP Concentration course | 3.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
(UG) ENTP Elective course | 3.0 | (UG) ENTP Elective course | 3.0 | ||||
(UG) Culture, Diversity, and Global Perspectives | 3.0 | (UG) Humanities, Social Science, Communication, or Fine Arts | 3.0-4.0 | ||||
(UG) Humanities, Social Science, Communication, or Fine Arts | 3.0 | (UG) Non-major writing-intensive course (WI) | 3.0 | ||||
(UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||||
16 | 15-16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Fourth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ENTP 410 | 3.0 | (UG) ENTP Elective course | 3.0 | (UG) ENTP Elective course | 3.0 | Undergrad Degree Awarded | |
(UG) ENTP Concentration course | 3.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Student classified as Graduate Student | |
(UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | (UG) Free Electives | 6.0 | (UG) Free Electives | 6.0 | ||
(UG) Free elective | 3.0 | BSAN 601 | 3.0 | ECON 601 | 3.0 | ||
ACCT 510 | 2.0 | ||||||
14 | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Fifth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
MGMT 530 | 2.0 | BLAW 510 | 2.0 | MGMT 520 | 2.0 | MGMT 770 | 2.0 |
MKTG 510 | 2.0 | FIN 601 | 3.0 | (GR) Major Requirement | 6.0 | (GR) Experiential Elective | 3.0 |
ORGB 511 | 3.0 | (GR) Major Requirement | 3.0 | (GR) Free Elective | 2.0 | (GR) Free Elective | 6.0 |
POM 510 | 2.0 | (GR) Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||
9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Total Credits 230-237 |
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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
Students not participating in co-op will take an extra Free Elective credit in place of COOP 101
4-Year No Coop Plan of Study
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | ACCT 120 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
ENTP 100 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
ENTP 105 | 3.0 | ENTP 205 | 3.0 | ENTP 201 | 3.0 | ||
ENTP 250 | 3.0 | ENTP 215 | 3.0 | ENTP 225 | 3.0 | ||
MATH 100 | 3.0 | FIN 150 | 4.0 | (UG) Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | ||
PHIL 105 | 3.0 | (UG) Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | ||||
UNIV C101 | 1.0 | ||||||
17 | 17-18 | 16-17 | 0 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ENTP 209 | 3.0 | COM 181 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
ENTP 440 | 3.0 | PHIL 301 | 3.0 | (UG) ENTP Concentration course | 3.0 | ||
(UG) Foreign or Computer Language | 3.0-4.0 | (UG) ENTP Concentration course | 3.0 | (UG) ENTP Elective course | 3.0 | ||
(UG) Science or Technology Course | 3.0-4.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | (UG) Humanities, Social Science, Communication, or Fine Arts | 3.0-4.0 | ||
(UG) Free Elective | 4.0 | (UG) Science or Technology Course | 3.0-4.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
16-18 | 15-16 | 16-17 | 0 | ||||
Third Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
BLAW 346 | 4.0 | (UG) ENTP Concentration course | 3.0 | (UG) Culture, Diversity, and Global Perspectives | 3.0 | VACATION | |
(UG) ENTP Elective course | 3.0 | (UG) ENTP Elective course | 3.0 | (UG) Humanities, Social Science, Communication, or Fine Arts | 6.0 | ||
(UG) Culture, Diversity, and Global Perspectives | 3.0 | (UG) Humanities, Social Science, Communication, or Fine Arts | 3.0-4.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | ||
(UG) Humanities, Social Science, Communication, or Fine Arts | 3.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | (UG) Free Elective | 4.0 | ||
(UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | (UG) Free elective | 4.0 | ||||
16 | 16-17 | 16 | 0 | ||||
Fourth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ENTP 410 | 3.0 | (UG) ENTP Elective course | 3.0 | (UG) ENTP Elective course | 3.0 | Undergrad Degree Awarded | |
(UG) ENTP Concentration course | 3.0 | (UG) Non-major writing-intensive course (WI) | 3.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | Student classified as Graduate Student | |
(UG) Required Minor course | 3.0 | (UG) Required Minor Course | 3.0 | (UG) Free Electives | 6.0 | ||
(UG) Free elective | 3.0 | (UG) Free Elective | 3.0 | ECON 601 | 3.0 | ||
ACCT 510 | 2.0 | BSAN 601 | 3.0 | ||||
14 | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Fifth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
MGMT 530 | 2.0 | BLAW 510 | 2.0 | MGMT 520 | 2.0 | MGMT 770 | 2.0 |
MKTG 510 | 2.0 | FIN 601 | 3.0 | (GR) Concentration Requirement | 6.0 | (GR) Experiential Elective | 3.0 |
ORGB 511 | 3.0 | (GR) Concentration Requirement | 3.0 | (GR) Free Elective | 2.0 | (GR) Free Elective | 6.0 |
POM 510 | 2.0 | (GR) Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||
9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Total Credits 230-237 |