BSc Entrepreneurship Degree

Overview

In a constantly changing world, it's entrepreneurs who rise to the challenge of leading businesses. Our Bachelor's Degree in Entrepreneurship will equip you with the entrepreneurial skills and knowledge to lead and inspire businesses of all sizes in any sector.

The entrepreneur degree program focuses on business in the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia, but will teach you the universal entrepreneurial skills needed to organise and manage domestic, regional and global companies.

The course has been designed specifically for students interested in starting their own business, joining a small business, or working in a fast-growing, innovative business. ​

The Entrepreneurship program successfully acquired AACSB accreditation in Fall 2021 for a period of five years.

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Curriculum

At the early years of your academic journey at Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship, you will take General Education Program (GEP), attributed to the Liberal Arts – American style education. The (GEP) covers arts and humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and technological studies to help you gain insight into varied critical learning skills, investigate essential branches of knowledge, and develop appreciation of diversity and change across time, culture, and national boundaries. ​​

The Entrepreneurship Degree course at Effat University gives students the opportunity to focus their studies in an area that interests them by choosing from one of three concentrations: Entrepreneurship, Technological Entrepreneurship, or Corporate Entrepreneurship.

Students are also given the chance to explore the impact of globalisation and use of information technology on business and entrepreneurial endeavours.

You will study important principles of marketing and management, which will help you to evaluate and make smart contributions that will positively impact the daily running of a business. 

Additionally, you will develop an understanding of key elements of business communication and strategic management, helping you to critically analyse business problems, devise solutions and recognise business opportunities.

The entrepreneurship course covers important administrative responsibilities that will teach you to operate more efficiently, including managerial accounting and important legal aspects of business.

You'll also learn about business social responsibility and ethical behaviour within a business context, develop an understanding of how the business can make a positive contribution to wider society.​​​

​Vision

Be the catalyst of innovation and creativity proliferation leading to launch of new enterprises.

Mission

Spark innovation and inventiveness by blending industry 4.0 and entrepreneurial skills to develop business competencies through advanced models and new research resulting in unique learning experience for students to contribute to national and global economic development.

Goals

1. Strengthen the ENTP department reputation nationally and internationally through its impact and contribution to the prosperity of economy and society in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

2. Cultivate a dynamic and collaborative work environment through an effective and an inspiring leadership that promotes integrity, strong work ethics and transparency in managing all the department activities.

3. To offer an exceptional teaching and learning experience through the creation of innovative business programs, interactive and project-based learning, development of analytical skills, professional certifications and progressive research in the field. Moreover, emphasizing on the integration of state-of-the-art learning resources and cutting-edge technology in the program curriculum.
   

4. Attract and retain diverse student body through a holistic learning and transformational experience, extensive skill development, and ongoing individual support.

5. Maintain and enhance efforts to recruit, nurture, and retain diverse, highly qualified and committed faculty, researchers, and staff, supporting their professional development.
   

6. Optimize the use of facilities and equipment.
   

7. Cultivate a research environment that supports faculty and students to produce high quality research in alignment with country's research priorities.

8. Enhance the partnership with the community and industry through mutual exchanges of expertise, novel contributions to the 2030 vision, and effectively engaging students, faculty, and alumnae in the service of society.​
   

Knowledge:

• Demonstrate knowledge of key concepts, term, practices for entrepreneurial venture.
• Describe the models, frameworks, and tools for the starting and functioning of a business venture.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of latest trends in the field of Entrepreneurship.​
  

Skills:

• Apply innovative skills though the creation of new ideas and strategies
• Conduct research on Entrepreneurship issues in general through the collection, creation and analysis of data from a range of sources.
• Critically analyses and evaluate entrepreneurial and managerial problems and recommend solutions.
  

Competencies:

• Demonstrate project management skills in conducting independent or teamwork.
• Demonstrate ability to create business models and feasibility studies.
• Solve various dynamic business problems leading to gaining life-long learning skills.
• Demonstrate ability to design a new business venture using professional and scholarly literature, research data and information resources.
• Effective and creative use of IT and managerial decision-making support tools in analyzing, and reporting Entrepreneurship / business information.
• Demonstrate personal, professional, and ethical competencies expected for good leadership
• Demonstrate effective written and verbal competencies showing the capability of launching new ventures either as start-up businesses or within existing corporate structures.​​
  

Previous students who graduated with a Bachelors in Entrepreneurship at Effat University have gone on to work in various capacities within business-relate d environments.

Graduates will possess the capability to launch new ventures, either as a start-up businesses or within existing corporate structures, but there are plenty of other career opportunities in which they can apply their business management skills, such as business consultant roles.

Other common career routes for students who obtain a BSc Degree in Entrepreneurship include pitching-based roles such as sales representatives and account managers, as well as more marketing-oriented in which graduates can support the business through regular contribution of creative ideas and innovative thinking.

• Business Entrepreneur;
• Social Entrepreneur;
  
• Entrepreneur / Corporate Entrepreneur;
• Self-employed business woman;
• Small/Medium Business manager;
• Manager of Change and Development;
• Business Awareness Training Centre-owner;
• Enterprise Team Leader.
• Entrepreneurship Coach and Trainer 
• Research and Development ('R&D') Supervisor
• Salesperson​
  

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