Entrepreneurship
An 18-credit minor that builds the full business stack — accounting, finance, management, marketing — and applies it to starting something new through a dedicated entrepreneurship capstone.
About the Minor
ACU’s Entrepreneurship Minor is built for students who want to start something — a business, a nonprofit, a ministry, a creative practice, a venture. The 18-credit minor walks you through the foundational business disciplines every venture eventually requires (accounting, finance, management, marketing) and then puts them to work in a dedicated Entrepreneurship capstone (ENT 454).
The prerequisite chain matters. Introduction to Business (BUS 101) opens the door. Principles of Accounting (ACC 223) builds the financial literacy any venture demands. Principles of Finance (FIN 330) goes deeper into the money side. Principles of Management (MGT 340) and Principles of Marketing (MKT 350) round out the operational and customer-facing skills. ENT 454 then sits at the top of the chain — assuming finance, management, and marketing as prerequisites — and pulls everything together through the actual work of imagining, planning, and launching a venture.
Pairs especially naturally with Communication, Christian Ministries, Music, Education, and any major where the post-graduation plan involves starting something rather than just joining something.
What You'll Learn
Read the Financial Side of a Venture
Move from accounting principles through finance — the literacy any founder, ministry leader, or nonprofit director eventually needs.
Manage People and Operations
Build the management skills any growing venture requires — hiring, organization, decision-making, scaling.
Market What You're Building
Apply the principles of marketing to whatever you're launching — products, services, ministries, ideas.
Plan and Pitch a Venture
Work through the actual practice of starting something — ideation, business modeling, validation, pitching.
Integrate the Full Business Stack
Pull accounting, finance, management, marketing, and entrepreneurship together into one coherent venture plan.
Entrepreneurship Shaped by a Biblical Worldview
A Biblical Worldview takes entrepreneurship seriously — as creative work, as stewardship of opportunity, and as a way of serving people through what you build.
Entrepreneurship as Creative Work
At its best, entrepreneurship reflects the image of a Creator God in human form — building, making, organizing, bringing something into being where nothing existed before. A Biblical Worldview treats that creative work as serious rather than trivial.
Equips you to see venture-building as meaningful work, not just hustle.Stewardship of Opportunity
Founders steward time, money, energy, relationships, and attention — all gifts entrusted for a season. The minor's accounting, finance, and management courses build the disciplines real stewardship requires."
Anchors your venture work in accountability rather than ego.Service Through What You Build
Entrepreneurship that lasts serves real customers and real needs. A Biblical Worldview reframes profit not as the point but as the byproduct of building something people actually need. ENT 454 takes that seriously as a working principle, not just an aspiration.
Prepares you to evaluate your ventures by who they actually serve.Where This Minor Takes You
Entrepreneurship doesn't define a single career — it shapes nearly any pathway where you eventually want to start, lead, or grow something of your own.
Founder or Co-Founder
Build the foundation to start a business, nonprofit, ministry, or creative venture out of college or later in your career.
Small Business Operator
Lead a small business — whether you start it, inherit a family business, or buy into an existing one.
Church Planter or Ministry Founder
Apply the venture-building skills to planting churches, founding ministries, or launching parachurch organizations.
Christian School or Educational Microschool Founder
Use the minor as preparation for starting a Christian school, microschool, or educational nonprofit.
Family-Business Successor
Step into family-business leadership with formal business literacy across the functional areas.
Corporate Intrapreneur
Take entrepreneurial thinking into established organizations — leading new initiatives, launching internal ventures, or running innovation teams.
Why Students Choose This Minor
The Entrepreneurship Minor at ACU stands out for the depth of its business-fundamentals foundation and the focus of ENT 454 as a true capstone — not just a survey-level intro to entrepreneurship.
Full Business Stack in 18 Credits
Accounting, finance, management, marketing — the four functional areas any venture eventually requires, all in the required core.
ENT 454 Capstone Sits at the Top
ENT 454 Entrepreneurship requires FIN 330, MGT 340, and MKT 350 as prerequisites — so it's a true capstone that pulls the rest of the minor together.
Same Faculty as the BS Business Administration
Entrepreneurship Minor students sit in the same courses with the same professors as ACU's business majors.
Pairs With Any Major
Especially common combination for Communication, Christian Ministries, Music, Education, and creative-field majors with venture aspirations.
Stacks Toward the Entrepreneurship Concentration
These six courses overlap directly with ACU's BS Business Administration Entrepreneurship Concentration — useful preparation if you decide to switch majors or pursue an MBA.
Getting Started
The Entrepreneurship Minor has the most demanding prerequisite chain of ACU’s business minors — starting BUS 101 early matters.
Talk With Your Academic Advisor
Map the 18 credits into your degree plan with attention to the BUS 101 → ACC 223 → FIN 330 → ENT 454 prerequisite chain.
Take BUS 101 Freshman Year
BUS 101 Introduction to Business unlocks ACC 223, MGT 340, and MKT 350 — schedule it freshman year to give the rest of the chain room to develop.
View BUS 101 →Add ACC 223 Sophomore Year
Accounting unlocks FIN 330 Principles of Finance, which is required before the ENT 454 capstone.
Save ENT 454 for Senior Year
ENT 454 requires FIN 330, MGT 340, and MKT 350 — three different prerequisites. Plan to take it in your final year of the minor.
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Ready to Build Something?
The Entrepreneurship Minor gives you the full business stack and a working capstone for launching what you're picturing. Apply or reach out today.
