EntrepreneurshipAllan Hancock College is a California public

community college in northern Santa Barbara

County serving more than 11,000 credit

students each semester. The college offers

degrees and certificates in more than 100

fields of study from accounting to welding.

The college has a campus in Santa Maria

and centers in Lompoc, Solvang, and at

Vandenberg AFB.

The Allan Hancock Joint Community College District is committed to the active promotion of diversity and equal access and opportunities to all staff, students, and applicants, including qualified members of underrepresented/protected groups. The college assures that no person shall be discriminated against because of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, status as a Vietnam-era veteran, marital status, or sexual orientation.

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Career Technical Education (CTE)

• Associate in Science Degree

• Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management Certificate of Achievement

EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurs create new businesses and new products. The challenge is to learn the techniques required to successfully generate a business or product idea, develop that idea, then market and sell that product or idea successfully.

Allan Hancock College is proud to offer an associate in science degree in entrepreneurship. Our coursework covers a variety of business disciplines that prepare you for all aspects of becoming a successful entrepreneur. With the skills and knowledge you will gain from Allan Hancock College, your dreams of owning your own business can become a reality.

In just two years you can earn an associate in science degree. Classes are designed to serve your needs and are flexible enough to fit into your schedule if you are already working full time.

For more informationEntrepreneurship is one of the career technical education programs at Allan Hancock College within the department of Business. It resides in the Finance and Business industry sector.

Business Department officePhone: 805.922.6966 ext. 3239Fax: 805.928.7905 (Santa Maria) 805.735.3976 (Lompoc Valley Center)

Or visit our website atwww.hancockcollege.edu/cte

Entrepreneurship

EntrepreneurshipAllan Hancock College’s entrepreneurship program is designed to teach you the comprehensive skills needed to create and run your own business and become a successful entrepreneur. Our program will provide you with an understanding of the complex tasks faced by individuals starting and sustaining a small business. The entrepreneurship program covers a wide variety of business disciplines that can be applied to the real world. These skills will give graduates a competitive edge in the business arena.

As a student you will learn small business management, Internet marketing and presentation practices, in addition to the study of business law and human relations. Using this knowledge, you will develop the skills necessary to apply significant business principles and produce work-based learning projects.

As a graduate of the entrepreneurship program you will have gained technical knowledge in recalling business issues, theories, and applications relevant to running your own small business.

Why Choose a Career as an Entrepreneur?Entrepreneurship is a national focus. Recently the Office for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was established by President Obama’s Department of Commerce to bolster startup companies. The new Office for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was started specifically to help entrepreneurs reduce red tape while developing great ideas into workable business plans by giving them training, funding, advisement, and access to data.

Career Opportunities:Earning an associate in science degree in entrepreneurship from Allan Hancock College will provide you with the skills necessary to start your own business. The possibilities are limitless. What is your passion?

How about starting a…

• Restaurant

• Retail or wholesale business

• Event planning or catering business

• Online retail business

• Consulting business

• Service business such as auto repair, construction, landscaping or a florist shop

Entrepreneurship (A.S. Degree)A major of 60 units is required for the associate in science degree.

Required core courses (36 units):

BUS 102 Marketing 3 units

CBOT/CBIS 337 Presentation Design PowerPoint 3 units

ENTR 101 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 units

BUS 106 Small Business Management 3 units

BUS 110 Business Law: Contracts and Sales 3 units

CBOT 333 Desktop Publishing for Business 3 units

BUS 390 Business Law: Entrepreneurship 3 units

BUS 111 Internet Marketing 3 units

ENTR 102 Entrepreneurship Projects 3 units

ACCT 100 Survey of Accounting 3 units

or

ACCT 130 Financial Accounting 3 units

BUS 107 Human Relations in Business 3 units

ENTR 103 New Venture Laboratory 3 units

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

(Certificate of Achievement)17.5 units constitute the certificate.

Required core courses (17.5 units):

BUS 302 Essentials of Management 3 units

BUS 303 Sales and Marketing 3 units

BUS 366 Promoting a Small Business .5 unit

BUS 377 Managing Service Quality .5 unit

ENTR 101 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 units

BUS 364 Winning Business Plans .5 unit

BUS 378 Effective Sales Methods .5 unit

BUS 382 Advertising and P/R Strategies .5 unit

BUS 390 Business Law: Entrepreneurship 3 units

ENTR 102 Entrepreneurship Projects 3 units