The Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship connects entrepreneurs through education, mentoring and networking before, during and after college. Meet fellow entrepeneurs and potential investors at center events or practice your own pitch skills while competing for cash prizes at three national competitions each year.
St. Louis is home to nine Fortune 500 companies, a Federal Reserve Bank and the #2 rising start-up scene in America according to Forbes. The Chaifetz School's location in the heart of city means endless opportunities for #BusinessBillikens.
Entrepreneurship focuses on preparing individuals for personal and financial success through the starting of their own firms or social ventures, taking their place in the management of the family firm or assuming a position of leadership as a corporate entrepreneur introducing new products/services or opening new markets.
The entrepreneurship major at the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business offers hands-on opportunities, experienced instructors and the development of creativity, market focus and business planning — all essential to successful ventures.
The program draws on world-class resources including the nationally recognized Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship, which hosts national competitions for new ideas, elevator pitches, innovative decision making and social ventures open to SLU students. The program is further enhanced through cross-campus initiatives such as the Coleman Fellows program, a network for entrepreneurship-oriented faculty around the campus, and the SLU Entrepreneurs Club, a university student club.
Students may choose to pursue the entrepreneurship minor in addition to their chosen major.
Entrepreneurship is the engine of local, national and global economies and the program is designed to give students the tools necessary to succeed in entrepreneurial roles. Students interested in entrepreneurship learn and practice all aspects of the entrepreneurial process from developing an idea to pitching a business plan.
Students also have the option to learn about and pursue social entrepreneurial ventures. Entrepreneurship courses integrate the classroom with the real world through a dynamic mix of leading-edge technology, involvement with successful entrepreneurs and hands-on development of key skills like creativity, market focus and business planning, which are essential to successful ventures.
In addition, students have the opportunity to participate in local and national competitions that not only hone their entrepreneurial skills but can also lead to external support for their business plans.
St. Louis’ metropolitan location provides many internship opportunities that allow students to gain career-related work experience while applying classroom experiences to practice. Most are paid and students may earn academic credit. Supervised by both a representative from the organization and a faculty mentor, students have interned with a large variety of entrepreneurial firms in the St. Louis area.
The management department supports the SLU Entrepreneurs Club, which provides students with the opportunity to learn about the different career paths in entrepreneurship as well as the opportunity to network with entrepreneurs from the area.
Students can get involved with the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship's programming which includes innovation challenges, networking events like Billicon Valley and pitch competitions like Pure Idea, Real Elevator Pitch and Pitch and Catch.
Graduates join a global network of nearly 20,000 alumni from the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business with careers in fields such as:
Begin your application for this program at www.slu.edu/apply. Saint Louis University also accepts the Common App.
All applications are thoroughly and carefully reviewed. Solid academic performance in college preparatory coursework is a primary criterion in reviewing a freshman applicant’s file.
To be considered for admission to any Saint Louis University undergraduate program, the applicant must be graduating from an accredited high school, have an acceptable HiSET exam score or take the General Education Development (GED) test. Beginning with the 2021-22 academic year, undergraduate applicants will not be required to submit standardized test scores (ACT or SAT) in order to be considered for admission. Applicants will be evaluated equally, with or without submitted test scores.
Begin your application for this program at www.slu.edu/apply.
Applicants must be a graduate of an accredited high school or have an acceptable score on the GED. An official high school transcript and official test scores are required only of those students who have attempted fewer than 24 transferable semester credits (or 30 quarter credits) of college credit. Those having completed 24 credits or more of college credit need only submit a transcript from previously attended college(s).
Transfer students must have a cumulative 2.70 GPA to be admitted to the accounting program and a 2.50 GPA for all other majors. In reviewing a transfer applicant’s file, the office of admission holistically examines the student’s academic performance in college-level coursework as an indicator of the student’s ability to meet the academic rigors of Saint Louis University.
Begin your application for this program at www.slu.edu/apply.
All admission policies and requirements for domestic students apply to international students along with the following:
There are two principal ways to help finance a Saint Louis University education:
For priority consideration for merit-based scholarships, apply for admission by Dec. 1 and complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 1.
For information on other scholarships and financial aid, visit the student financial services office online at https://www.slu.edu/financial-aid.
The Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the world’s largest business education alliance and accrediting body of business schools, ensuring continuous quality improvement in terms of curriculum, instructional resources, student selection, career placement and intellectual contributions and qualifications of the faculty. Fewer than 5 percent of business schools worldwide have achieved AACSB accreditation.
Eighteen credits in addition to MGT 2000 Legal Environment of Business I (3 cr), MGT 3000 Management Theory and Practice (3 cr) and MGT 4000 Strategic Management and Policy (3 cr), which are taken as business common body of knowledge requirements.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Business Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) | 45 | |
Arts and Sciences Core Requirements | 48 | |
Entrepreneurship Major † | ||
MGT 3200 | Managing Ideas in Entrepreneurial Firms * | 3 |
or MGT 3201 | Social Entrepreneurship | |
MGT 3210 | Managing Resources in Entrepreneurial Firms | 3 |
MGT 4200 | Business Plan Development | 3 |
Entrepreneurship Elective Courses | ||
Select two of the following: | 6 | |
Organization Behavior | ||
Management of Human Resources | ||
Negotiations and Conflict Resolution | ||
Fundamentals of Leadership | ||
Failing Forward: Leadership in Turbulent Times | ||
Current Problems in Management | ||
Entrepreneurship Internship | ||
Breadth Elective Courses § | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Real Estate | ||
Project Management | ||
Integrated Marketing Communications | ||
Marketing Research | ||
Personal Selling | ||
Electives in Business or Other Areas ‡ | 9 | |
Total Credits | 120 |
* | Students cannot take both MGT 3200 Managing Ideas in Entrepreneurial Firms (3 cr) and MGT 3201 Social Entrepreneurship (3 cr). |
† | In addition to completing lower and upper division coursework in all areas of business, each student typically selects a business major before or during the first semester of the junior year. Required credits vary between 18-21 credits and are determined by the appropriate department. To broaden their expertise, students may complete more than one major in business, or a major and a minor in business. However, where courses overlap between two business majors, the course may be counted only once and credited to one functional area, i.e. Sports Marketing may be used in either the Marketing major or the Sports Business major but not both. |
§ | A course may not be used to fulfill requirements in two majors/minors, i.e. FIN 3160 Real Estate (3 cr) may be used in either the Entrepreneurship area or the Finance area, but not both. |
‡ | Electives may be selected from any area of study within the University, giving the student the opportunity to diversify his/her background. |
Entrepreneurship students must maintain a 2.00 cumulative grade point average (GPA) in all courses used to fulfill the major.
Students will be on program probation if their GPA in major courses used to fulfill major requirements falls below a 2.00. Students will have one semester to increase their major cumulative GPA to a 2.00; if not, students will not be allowed to register for 3000 or 4000 level major courses.
Students will be automatically placed on university probation if any of the following occur:
During the probationary period, advisors help students achieve academic success by closely monitoring their academic performance.
In order to improve scholastically and demonstrate their ability to make progress toward a degree, students on probation may not register for more than 12 credits in the fall and spring semesters, three credits in the winter term, and no more than one course/four credits in any single summer session term.
The conditions under which a student is dismissed from the school include:
For more information, see University Academic Policies and Procedures.
Code | Title | Credits |
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ACCT 2200 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 2220 | Accounting for Decision Making | 3 |
BIZ 1000/1001 | Business Foundations | 1 |
BIZ 1002 | Business Foundations Excel Lab | 0 |
BIZ 3000 | Career Foundations | 1 |
BIZ 4000 | Business Capstone 1 | 1 |
ECON 1900 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
ECON 3120 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECON 3140 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
FIN 3010 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
IB 2000 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
ITM 2000 | Information Technology with Supply Chains | 3 |
MGT 2000 | Legal Environment of Business I | 3 |
MGT 3000 | Management Theory and Practice | 3 |
MGT 4000 | Strategic Management and Policy 1 | 3 |
MKT 3000 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 3 |
OPM 2070 | Introduction to Business Statistics | 3 |
OPM 3050 | Introduction to Management Science and Operations Management | 3 |
Total Credits | 45 |
1 | All other Business CBK courses must be completed prior to taking BIZ 4000 Business Capstone (1 cr) and MGT 4000 Strategic Management and Policy (3 cr). |
Code | Title | Credits |
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ENGL 1900 | Advanced Strategies of Rhetoric and Research 2 | 3 |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Conflict, Social Justice and Literature | ||
Faith, Doubt and Literature | ||
Nature, Ecology & Literature | ||
Gender, Identity & Literature | ||
Technology, Media & Literature | ||
Film, Culture and Literature | ||
Nation, Identity and Literature | ||
Foreign Language Literature | ||
Select one of the following: 3 | 3 | |
Business and Professional Writing (strongly recommended) | ||
English Literature | ||
Fine Arts (Art, Art History, Dance, Film Studies, Music, Theatre) | ||
CMM 1200 | Public Speaking 2 | 3 |
HIST 1110 | Origins of the Modern World to 1500 | 3 |
or HIST 1120 | Origins of the Modern World (1500 to Present) | |
PSY 1010 | General Psychology | 3 |
Select two additional courses from the following: | 6 | |
African American Studies | ||
American Studies | ||
Anthropology | ||
History | ||
Political Science | ||
Psychology | ||
Sociology | ||
Women's and Gender Studies | ||
MATH 1200 | College Algebra 4 | 3 |
MATH 1320 | Survey of Calculus 2 | 3 |
Natural Science course | 3 | |
One additional Math or Natural Science course 5 | 3 | |
PHIL 1050 | Introduction to Philosophy: Self and Reality | 3 |
PHIL 2050 | Ethics | 3 |
THEO 1000 | Theological Foundations | 3 |
THEO 2xxx | Theology course | 3 |
Total Credits | 48 |
2 | Must be completed by the end of the sophomore year in order to enroll in business courses junior year. MATH 1510 Calculus I (0,4 cr) or higher-level calculus course may be substituted for MATH 1320 Survey of Calculus (3 cr). |
3 | Upper division foreign language may be substituted; however, students for whom English is a second language may not complete this requirement in their native language. |
4 | Students who place out of MATH 1200 College Algebra (0,3 cr) (based on a Math Index score) must replace it with another approved math course. |
5 | MATH course must be approved. |
To be certified for graduation, a student must complete all course requirements and meet all of the following conditions:
* | Students may pursue the Economics, International Business or Marketing majors at the St. Louis campus and/or at the Madrid campus. The residency requirement then applies to courses taken at either campus. |
Roadmaps are recommended semester-by-semester plans of study for programs and assume full-time enrollment unless otherwise noted.
Courses and milestones designated as critical (marked with !) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation. Transfer credit may change the roadmap.
This roadmap should not be used in the place of regular academic advising appointments. All students are encouraged to meet with their advisor/mentor each semester. Requirements, course availability and sequencing are subject to change.
Year One | ||
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Fall | Credits | |
MATH 1200 | College Algebra | 3 |
BIZ 1000/1002 | Business Foundations | 1 |
ENGL 1900 | Advanced Strategies of Rhetoric and Research 1 | 3 |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Credits | 16 | |
Spring | ||
MATH 1320 or MATH 1510 |
Survey of Calculus 1 or Calculus I |
3 |
ECON 1900 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
OPM 2070 | Introduction to Business Statistics | 3 |
CMM 1200 | Public Speaking 1 | 3 |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Year Two | ||
Fall | ||
ACCT 2200 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
ITM 2000 | Information Technology with Supply Chains | 3 |
IB 2000 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Spring | ||
ACCT 2220 | Accounting for Decision Making | 3 |
BIZ 3000 | Career Foundations 3 | 1 |
MGT 2000 | Legal Environment of Business I | 3 |
ECON 3120 or ECON 3140 |
Intermediate Macroeconomics or Intermediate Microeconomics |
3 |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Credits | 16 | |
Year Three | ||
Fall | ||
MGT 3000 | Management Theory and Practice | 3 |
ECON 3120 or ECON 3140 |
Intermediate Macroeconomics or Intermediate Microeconomics |
3 |
FIN 3010 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
MKT 3000 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 3 |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Spring | ||
MGT 3200 or MGT 3201 |
Managing Ideas in Entrepreneurial Firms (MAJOR) or Social Entrepreneurship |
3 |
Major: Major Elective 4 | 3 | |
OPM 3050 | Introduction to Management Science and Operations Management | 3 |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Year Four | ||
Fall | ||
MGT 3210 | Managing Resources in Entrepreneurial Firms (Major) | 3 |
Major: Major/Breadth Elective 5 | 3 | |
Arts & Sciences Core 2 | 3 | |
Elective | 3 | |
Elective | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Spring | ||
MGT 4200 | Business Plan Development (Major) | 3 |
Major: Major/Breadth Elective 5 | 3 | |
BIZ 4000 | Business Capstone 6 | 1 |
MGT 4000 | Strategic Management and Policy 6 | 3 |
Elective | 3 | |
Credits | 13 | |
Total Credits | 120 |
1 | Must have completed by end of sophomore year |
2 | See list of A&S core required for business students |
3 | Must take 2nd semester sophomore year unless studying abroad |
4 | See list of Entrepreneurship electives |
5 | See list of Entrepreneurship electives (only need one breadth elective) |
6 | Must have completed all other Business Common Body of Knowledge courses |