Bachelor of Science Business and Entrepreneurship

Blue Marble University
B.S. Business and Entrepreneurship-
Starting and Managing a Small Business

This great business degree program was not designed by academics, but by people in the Real World. In addition to providing a great overall business foundation, with courses such as Business Law and Payroll Withholding Taxes, the student will learn entrepreneurship, how to start a business, how to buy and sell a business, how to read company financial reports, essential bookkeeping, basic tax preparation, types of business structures, and small business start-up funding. We even cover “crowdfunding” as a way to launch your idea. This course will train you to start, run and manage your own business….or help someone else manage theirs. This is an exciting program that features exercises in real business and provides you with all the tools you need to work in the business world, as well as to go and start and manage a small business.

Curriculum and Course Descriptions

Business Structures: A comparison of sole proprietors, partnerships, and corporations. How to form the legal framework for a business. 3 Credits. Business Bookkeeping: No matter the business, each student must learn how to record cash flow and expenses and generate a financial statement. 3 Credits. The Kathmandu Entrepreneurs: Review of Projects, Businesses, and Advice from the Entrepreneurs of Kathmandu. Introduces Key Concepts About Entrepreneurship. 3 Credits. Business Law (1): Contracts. What is a contract, formation and breach of contracts, and the Uniform Commercial Code will be covered as relevant to small business. 3 Credits. Business Law (2): Negligence and Products Liability. Introduction to how these laws can affect your business and acquiring insurance protection. Protection by way of corporate shield is also presented. 
 3 Credits.Small Business Funding Strategies: How to fund a new business. This course presents an overview with more in depth discussions in later courses. 3 Credits. How to Start A Business: Outline of the steps needed. Student will perform practical exercises relating to starting a business he/she may be interested in, and learn where to find information concerning various kinds of businesses. 3 Credits. Getting Paid-Credit Cards and Merchant Accounts: This course delves into how to accept credit cards and debit cards for online services, or obtain merchant accounts for physical retail/wholesale transactions. Comparison of Third Party Payment Processors. 3 Credits. Business Plans: What is a business plan, how it is used, and practice constructing a plan. 3 Credits. Crowdfunding: The course introduces "crowdfunding" as a way to fund a start-up business. 3 Credits.Tax Preparation for Small Business: The Schedule C and corporate tax returns are studied and mastered. 3 Credits. Payroll Taxes and Other Employee Withholding Requirements: The paperwork requirements for engaging employees will be presented. Automated payroll processing will be studied. 3 Credits. Business Licenses: All about licenses for various businesses, federal and state. Novel demonstration about owning a medical clinic or law office (by non-physicians or non-lawyers) will be demonstrated. 3 Credits. Chinese Products: How to locate and become a selling agent for Chinese manufactured goods. Other global sources of manufactured goods explored. 3 Credits. Reading Financial Statements: We study what to look for in financial statements, particularly when considering the purchase of a business. Also covered is how to best present the value of a business through financial statements. 3 Credits.Business Valuation: Techniques for valuing a business including valuation techniques used by the IRS, and via commonly accepted accounting practices. In particular, we cover how to value small service businesses and online businesses3 Credits. Buying a Business: The course looks at various sources of businesses for sale, how to evaluate a business strengths and weaknesses, with emphasis on the status of the business permits, licenses, and zoning approvals.. 3 Credits. Financing the Purchase of a Business: We cover what kind of deals to look for from the owner in terms of seller financing, how to to bring trade contacts in as partners, what you need to apply for commercial loans. 3 Credits. Grade Selling a Business: Important and useful information in the event you might want to sell your business, including how to best organize the legal structure of your business to promote a successful sale. 3 Credits. Colloquium and Independent Study: In depth development of a business idea. The purpose of the course is to generate a game plan for the actual start of a new business. 3 Credits.

Notes:

Credits: 1 Blue Marble University Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit. Although registered in the Commonwealth of Dominica, we follow the USA Code of Federal Regulations requiring “one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction [or 60 minutes of preparation in a correspondence course] and a minimum of two hours of out of class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit”, which translates to 15 hours of notational learning plus 30 hours of study. Each Term is 15 weeks. Blue Marble University operates all year round with no breaks. Each term is 15 weeks, comparable to a standard US semester of 15 weeks. Consequently, each student can complete the equivalent of three 15-week terms per year.

Completion of BS Program in 2 years 8 months. Each Term is 15 weeks, and because we cover 3 terms per year with no breaks, this Bachelor of Science degree can be completed in 2 years 8 months. There is no need to “register” for any classes, each students follows the same curriculum and is enrolled in each class automatically and on time.

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