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B.A. in Business Administration

Entrepreneurship Major

Launch Your Business Venture with Confidence

The Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a major in entrepreneurship at WSU Vancouver prepares you to chart your own course. This experience-based program focuses on practical, hands-on learning to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. Students engage in real-time idea generation, testing, and refinement to build successful businesses or invent new products.

Designed to meet strong demand from students and the local business community, the curriculum empowers future leaders to create endeavors that contribute to the regional economy. Core classes focus on developing skills to launch new ventures, explore markets, or spur innovation as an intrapreneur within larger, established organizations. Endless career possibilities await graduates. To accommodate working students, the university offers the majority of required classes during the daytime.

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Plan Your Entrepreneurship Degree

Ready to align your academic goals with a professional future in business creation and corporate innovation? Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with an Entrepreneurship major receive dedicated support to navigate upper-division requirements, internship options, and new venture tracking. Connect with an academic coordinator to build a strategic graduation plan, manage your course loads, and ensure you meet all major benchmarks efficiently.

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About the Major

Entrepreneurship ignites passion, tenacity, and vision to solve real problems. The experience-based program at WSU Vancouver prepares students to create endeavors that contribute to the growing economy. Students gain practical, hands-on experience, including real-time idea generation, testing, refinement, and execution. Program graduates can chart their own course by building a successful business or implementing creative solutions within an existing organization.

Learning Objectives

  • Discover how to identify market opportunities and solve real-world problems.
  • Develop strategies for real-time idea generation, testing, and refinement.
  • Learn to build successful businesses or invent new products.
  • Master the concepts of innovation within larger, established corporate structures.

Core Skills Acquired

  • Problem solving and critical thinking
  • Strategic planning
  • Product development and prototyping
  • Leadership and communication
  • Teamwork and collaboration

Career Fields

Graduates pursue diverse roles across multiple industries, including:

  • Entrepreneur
  • Intrapreneur
  • Product development manager
  • Sales and service professional
  • Operations and fulfillment specialist
  • Business administrator