BUS 340 - Small Business Ventures

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York College of Pennsylvania

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Fall Semester This course provides the prospective entrepreneur with the basic knowledge to start a small business venture and is designed to simulate real-life activities of entrepreneurs in the start-up stage of a new venture. Topics covered include the nature of small business, the role of an entrepreneur, start-up and buy-out opportunities, and the legal environment of small business. A major project for this course requires that students develop a business plan focusing on a product or service. This project includes plans for marketing, financial planning, operations and management development and legal considerations of that business. This course can also be used to satisfy a management elective. Prerequisite: Completion of MGT250 and MKT200 with grades of 2.0 or higher. 3 credit hours. BUS345 Business Law I Fall-Spring Semesters A study of the domestic and international legal environment of business including business ethics, the U.S. Constitution, the judicial system, torts, criminal law, intellectual property, cyber law and e-commerce, contracts, domestic and international sales and lease contracts, and negotiable instruments. Selected articles from the Uniform Commercial Code and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will be studied. 3 credit hours.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.ycp.edu

Phone Number:

(717) 846-7788

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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