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ENTR 300 Building Your Dream: An Introduction to Small Business

Interdisciplinary Business Knowledge and Skills for Non-Business Majors is designed to provide broad coverage of major business concepts in finance, marketing, accounting, and management and deep coverage of specific skills and knowledge needed as a foundation for applying that knowledge to opportunities in existing or new businesses. Students will learn how to research data within the Metro State library databases to augment their knowledge and skills to evaluate opportunities and existing organizations. The students will be asked to enhance their analytical thinking by asking pertinent questions, determining relevant information, and systematically developing and applying the business processes to make decisions.

Special information

Prerequisites: A grade of C- or higher in MATH 98 or MATH 102, or placement at MATH 115 College Algebra on the mathematics assessment test offered by the Placement Assessment Office. Note: Non-business majors will benefit from taking this course before registering for other ENTR courses.
4 Undergraduate credits

Effective December 15, 2025 to present

Learning outcomes

General

  • Utilize an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the essential concepts of business opportunities.
  • Apply business skills, ranging from management, marketing, finance and operations to proposed solutions to issues in innovative organizations.
  • Understand the role of business in the changing global economy and technical environment and the impact of those changes to aid in creating competitive advantage.
  • Learn research skills related to finding appropriate data to aid in decision-making.
  • Apply general accounting principles and concepts to dynamic settings.
  • Build creative thinking skills in order to identify and evaluate opportunities and challenges within a multi-faceted environment.

Summer 2026

Section Title Instructor books eservices
50 Building Your Dream: An Introduction to Small Business Cussler, Jason Books for ENTR-300-50 Summer 2026 Course details for ENTR-300-50 Summer 2026