Program Map

Entrepreneurship - Associate in Science

Program Map

Entrepreneurship - Associate in Science

Associate in Science
Fall 2024
  • Business, Economics & Information Technology

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks

The degree program prepares students to start a new business, or to make an existing business more successful.  Coursework focuses on the development of broad business and communications skills, plus the specific skills and plans required to succeed as an entrepreneur.  If your main goal is to transfer to a four-year school, consider completing the AS-T in Business Administration 2.0 instead.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
16 units
BUS 16
Business Mathematics (Active)
3.0
BUS 7
Accounting for Small Business (Active)
3.0
ENTR 1
Introduction to Entrepreneurship (Historical)
3.0
ENTR 20
Marketing for Entrepreneurs (Historical)
3.0
English 1- Critical Reading and Composition
 
GE
4.0
Semester 2
 
15 - 17 units
BUS 36
Introduction to Marketing (Active)
3.0
BUS 14
Business Communications (Active)
3.0
Mathematics Course: BUS 19 or MTH 43 recommended. See a counselor to choose appropriate course.
 
GE
3.0-5.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 3
 
15 - 16 units
BUS 10
Business Law (Active)
4.0
ENTR 30
The Business Plan (Historical)
3.0
BUS 92 or BUS 93 (Choose one)
 
2.0
BUS 92
Excel Spreadsheets for Accounting (Active)
2.0
OR
BUS 93
QuickBooks (Historical)
2.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0-4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 4
 
15 - 16 units
Options Courses (choose 9 units of courses from the Options list below)
 
9.0
Select courses totaling 9 units from the Options List below.
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0-4.0
Options Courses
 

Select courses totaling nine units from this list. 

9 units
Computer course (choose one)
 
3.0
CAS 50
Introduction to Computer Application Systems (Active)
3.0
OR
CSCI 8
Computer Literacy (Active)
3.0
ENTR 5
The Entrepreneurial Mindset (Historical)
3.0
ENTR 40
Business Incubation and Launch (Historical)
3.0
BUS 12
Introduction to Business (Historical)
3.0
BUS 22
Introduction to Management (Active)
3.0
BUS 50G
Negotiating Skills (Historical)
1.0
BUS 50J
Time Management Skills (Active)
1.0
BUS 50K
Listening Skills (Active)
1.0
BUS 50N
Dealing with Difficult People (Historical)
1.0
PSY 45
Psychology of Creativity and Innovation (Active)
3.0
Total Units: 61.0-65.0