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AAEC-3454: Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship

Description: Characteristics of small business and entrepreneurs, and their economic importance. Development and operation of a small business, including concepts and principles such as franchising, business plans, capital acquisition, venture capital, financial and administrative control, marketing, human resource and operations management. Taxation, legal, insurance and ethics in small business.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AAEC-2434 or ACIS-2115 or MGT-2064

Required By: DASC-4476

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 29

Average GPA: 3.56 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 53.25%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.51%

Ryan Musselman202372.0%19.8%4.7%0.8%0.8%1.9%3.613
Julien Cadot202286.4%11.8%1.5%0.0%0.3%0.0%3.805
Mercadante Staff Morelli202379.1%16.3%0.0%0.0%4.7%0.0%3.641
Alan G Wang202480.7%19.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.771
Timothy W Moore200877.4%22.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.681
Scott E Sink201074.3%24.1%0.6%0.1%0.8%0.0%3.685
William A White200729.3%49.6%18.8%0.5%1.8%0.0%3.023
Gustavo C Ferreira201556.0%36.1%5.3%0.9%1.2%0.5%3.445
Megan F Dickhans201950.9%42.4%4.8%1.1%0.5%0.3%3.403
Staff Secor201660.8%33.6%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.471
Paula M Mercadante202483.4%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.6%3.881

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