Summer 2006 Newsletter

A Degree Designed For You... By Charles Bullock - Dean UHV School of Business Administration

With knowledge now the fundamental basis of competitive advantage, the University of Houston – Victoria has developed an innovative, practical new program:

Master of Science in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship

-Designed to meet the needs of entrepreneurs who want to start or expand a small business.

By combining traditional economic development and entrepreneurship, this 36 credit hour program offers you a complete understanding of the economic development process. As a student in this program, you’ll begin with an introduction to economic development and entrepreneurship. The topics covered in this first course include small business development and government subsidies. Subsequent courses cover such topics as:

• Entrepreneurship and innovation (e.g., identifying and evaluating business opportunities)
• Developing the business plan
• Sources of early-stage financing, financial analysis and control
• Private and public funding sources, strategic planning, and human resource issues
• Economic development financing
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Supply-chain, cluster and location analysis
• The culmination of the program is an economic development and entrepreneurship project, which will allow you to apply everything you’ve learned to a real-world situation

Other key features include:

• The Master of Science in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship is available entirely online. Since 1998, we’ve developed cutting edge methods for online course delivery, and we have been described as a national model for online delivery.
• The UHV School of Business Administration is accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the hallmark of management education.
• The Master of Science in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship is affordable—well under $900 per course for Texas residents.

We’re so confident about this program that we’re inviting you to try the first class on us! You can learn more about the program and UHV scholarships by visiting: http://www.uhv.edu/bus/adm/tryuhv.asp

Or call us at (361) 570-4231 and ask for Rhiannon Davila or Jane Mims.

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