Entrepreneurial Leadership
Start Your Own Business
What jobs can you do with an
entrepreneurial leadership degree?
The study of entrepreneurial leadership will fuel your vision for:
Starting a small business
Developing new products, processes or services within existing organizations
Revitalizing schools, churches, governmental entities and nonprofit service organizations
Embrace your innovative side.
Internships
Entrepreneurial talents are needed in both the profit and the nonprofit sectors. Find internships that help start your own business venture for class credit. As a DWU student, you will have a variety of internship opportunities that foster innovation, leadership and ingenuity.
The Kelley Center for Entrepreneurship
The Kelley Center for Entrepreneurship, conveniently located on the DWU campus, offers free business consulting services to students and community members. As a student, the Center will connect you to the Mitchell and South Dakota Chambers of Commerce and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Learn more about the Kelley Center.
Accreditation
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The Musick Family Department of Business at Dakota Wesleyan University has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road, Suite 300, Overland Park, KS 66213.
Click Here for a listing of accredited programs.
Entrepreneurial Leadership Courses
Your classes are designed to help pinpoint your passions and explore opportunities building on best-practice business concepts. Entrepreneurial Leadership may be taken as a major or minor.
As a major, this program has multiple concentrations available. Chart your own course to create the path that’s right for you.
BUS 155 Survey of Accounting
BUS 220 Principles of Management
BUS 263 Business Law I
BUS 371 Principles of Marketing
BUS 381 Business Ethics and Social Policy
ECO 231 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 232 Principles of Microeconomics
ENT 224 The Entrepreneurial Mindset
ENT 327 Creativity, Innovation, and Problem Solving
ENT 345 Financing Innovative Idea
ENT 424 Entrepreneurial Analysis and Application
Get to Know Your Professors
Faculty members are trained to help you find direction and purpose for your inspirations. Our low student-to-teacher ratio offers valuable one-on-one interaction with professors.
Christine Mauszycki, M.P.A., CPA
Diana Goldammer, Ed.D.
Jessica Dollahon, MBA
Justin Battistoni, CPA
Stuart Keenan, M.A., M.S.
Tracy Dice, DBA
The Experience
Let your degree reflect your passion with a concentration that complements your business goals.
Take advantage of the Dakota Wesleyan University and Mitchell Technical College partnership!
DWU + MTC
The best of two worlds: state-of-the-art facilities at nearby Mitchell Tech and strong business, communication, and teamwork skills from DWU.
Area of Concentration:
Agriculture
Apply your knowledge and skills to a career in agriculture.
Take classes like:
- Animal Science
- Crop Science
- Fertilizers
- Soil Science
- Commodity Marketing
- Advanced Commodity Marketing
- AG Sales & Service
- Fundamentals of Insurance
- Intro to Variable Rate Systems
Construction Management
DWU + MTC
The best of two worlds: state-of-the-art facilities at nearby Mitchell Tech and strong business, communication, and teamwork skills from DWU.
Area of Concentration:
Construction Management
Explore a career in the management of a construction workplace.
Take classes like:
- Building Materials
- Project Timeline
- Advanced Building Materials
- Construction Documents
- Building Methods
- Material Takeoff
- Construction Contracting & Leadership
Management
Discover a career in supervisory or human resource management.
Take classes like:
- Leadership and Communication
- Conflict and Change Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management
- Business and Professional Communication
- Multicultural Communication
- Organizational Communication
Marketing
Explore a career in marketing, sales or public relations.
Take classes like:
- Integrated Marketing Communication
- Consumer Behavior
- Communication, Media and Society
- Digital Imaging
- Desktop Publishing
- Content Strategy for Digital Media
Sports Management
Pursue a career in sports communication, administration, or facility management.
Take classes like:
- Communication, Media and Society
- Desktop Publishing
- Sport and Society
- Sports Administration
- Sports Policy
- Sport Facility and Event Management
Related Majors & Minors
Business Administration
As a business administration major at DWU, you’ll prepare for limitless career choices in the professional world.
Communication
Excellent communication skills are sought by every employer, and it’s a true professional who elevates the skill of communicating to an art.
Creative Writing
Do you aspire to write fiction, poetry or screenplays?
Nonprofit Administration
The nonprofit sector is the third largest employment sector in the United States and Dakota Wesleyan University offers the only nonprofit administration major in the region.
