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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to explore the principles and practices of health and safety in an energy services related construction environment. Topics covered in this course include personal protective equipment, safe work practices, hazardous materials, employee protection, regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and pertinent safety codes/standards.
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2.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to reading and interpreting system and strand maps for the gas, electric and communication industry. Students will also be introduced to reading building blueprints and staking and pole framing sheets.
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2.00 Credits
This course covers basic information to help the student understand GPS uses in the utility industries, data collection options, processing the collected data, and field procedures used to plan a utility distribution route.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the entrepreneurial process from conception to birth of a new venture. Students will examine elements in the entrepreneurial process - personal, sociological and environmental - that give birth to a new enterprise. Critical factors for starting a new enterprise such as alternative career prospects, family, friends, role models, the state of the economy and the availability of resources will be explored. Students will be introduced to practical tools they can use to further their careers in business, both in entrepreneurship and in more traditional company environments. This course simulates the experiences that entrepreneurs undergo in conceiving, launching and operating new businesses. The course enables students to evaluate an entrepreneurial career for themselves. In doing so, it provides aspiring entrepreneurs with a framework for selecting, funding and starting their own new ventures.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for those who have a current business or aspire to create business opportunities. Students assess their skills, attitudes and behaviors related to entrepreneurial and innovative mindsets. Concepts and exercises focus on practical and repeatable processes and applications that identify unmet customer needs to generate ideas that become an innovation of value. Students create and present (pitch) business ideas. This course contains content and information on entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurial thinking.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students experience real-world and hands-on activities needed to start a business venture. Students develop strategies, including talking with customers, partners, competitors and advisors that provide valuable input, as they explore the various facets of a business idea and how those facets interact to produce a working business model. Students who complete this course will be well-positioned to write a business plan and will be able to answer the question, "Will anyone other than you want your product or service?"
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students who are operating a business or have a solid business model learn how to build a firm foundation for running and growing their business. Students develop a detailed business plan as well as present and pitch a business plan to entrepreneurial professionals. The focus of the course is on the financial, marketing and operational functions within a business needed for sustained growth and success.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will assess their individual or organization's skills, talents, education, and work experiences for potential business opportunities. They will also examine their external environment to identify trends and needs in the marketplace for potential business opportunities. Students will then screen potential business ideas by practicing primary and secondary research methods.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide the student with a purposeful occupational experience in a business environment related to his or her program of study. A training plan is created for each student in conjunction with the training site to provide experience related to the skills and knowledge acquired in the program. Each internship is an individualized experience. Therefore, this course offers a flexible, variable credit experience. The student may choose from 1, 2 or 3 credits, depending on the number of hours pre-arranged with the internship site supervisor. Each credit will require 45 hours of on-the-job learning.
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3.00 Credits
This course exposes students to business owners and practicing entrepreneurs currently managing on-going entrepreneurial enterprises. The purpose of the course is to develop mentor relationships with successful practicing business owners and to gain first-hand experience about the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to be a successful entrepreneur. Students will submit reports throughout the semester addressing questions that integrate entrepreneurship and other business coursework with their work experience.
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