Nathan Washington • (901) 333-4998

Developed in response to a growing emphasis on the need to learn and develop the skills to start, operate, and manage a small business. This program is directly focused on the practical, hands-on aspects of small business. Students completing this program will be equipped with the practical knowledge, skills, and abilities to prepare a comprehensive business plan, demonstrate a working knowledge of basic financial statements, explain small business credit policy, describe operational and organizational structures as well as apply primary management skills.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

• Summarize the Federal Reserve’s role in regulation and agent of monetary policy.

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the entrepreneurial process.

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of logistics’ place in the supply chain.

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the American free enterprise system.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the decision-making process in an organizational setting (TBR).
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of managing growth in a small business.

• Demonstrate an understanding of human capital and its importance.  

Course Offerings by Semester