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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: 13

Average GPA: 3.72 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 61.17%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.87%

Julien Cadot202286.4%11.8%1.5%0.0%0.3%0.0%3.805
Ryan Musselman202372.0%19.8%4.7%0.8%0.8%1.9%3.613
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
Megan F Dickhans201954.6%42.2%2.4%0.8%0.0%0.0%3.441
Paula M Mercadante202483.6%13.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%3.832

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W