Curriculum
June 6, 2023 2026-09-20 18:55Curriculum
Master of Entrepreneurship Curriculum
In the Anaheim University Carland Entrepreneurship Institute online Master of Entrepreneurship, students take twelve courses: six core courses, four specialized entrepreneurship courses (including the required Entrepreneurship Capstone at the end of the program), and two elective courses. The program totals 36 units, with each course carrying three units.
Courses are taught in an accelerated format — each term is six weeks long, and students may enroll in new courses every six weeks, completing the degree in approximately 18 months. The program moves from the core disciplines of international business into a specialization in entrepreneurship, and concludes with a capstone business plan for a venture the student is considering launching.
Anaheim University business students study fully online through the Akio Morita School of Business and Carland Entrepreneurship Institute.
Each course is six weeks long and carries three units, and a new term begins every six weeks. Students may enroll in a single course, several courses, or the entire degree. The 36 units above are the six core courses, four specialized courses (three chosen plus the required Entrepreneurship Capstone) and two electives. Students must pass the capstone with a grade of 80% or higher in order to graduate.
Coursework and Capstone
Six core courses, a specialization in entrepreneurship ending with the required capstone, and two electives drawn from international business and sustainable management. Open any course to read its full description.
Core Courses
The six core courses covering the foundations of international business — economics, human resources, accounting, marketing, management and finance.
Economics affects the way we live, both in the United States and internationally, for countries who use the market system to allocate resources. This course helps students understand the operation of a market system in an international setting, explore the organization of various societies and the great global public issues of the day, and understand the behavior of international business firms through the principles of international economics.
Human beings are the most crucial component of any organization. This course studies human management principles from the international perspective, treating employees as investments that benefit a company in the long run. It surveys the traditional functions of international human resource (IHRM) management — compensation, staffing, training, labor relations and performance evaluation — and the mechanisms that contribute to an organization’s success.
In a globalized world, students need to understand how financial reporting practices differ across countries and the ongoing efforts to harmonize standards using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The course grounds participants in the key principles of accounting and the major features of IFRS, the links between accounting statements, valuation methods and investment analysis, and technical areas such as inventory valuation, reserves, consolidations and taxation of income.
International Marketing frequently requires major changes in how organizations conduct business in a global marketplace. Today’s business leader must be aware of the implications of marketing strategies and how they are employed in different countries with different cultures. This course focuses on identifying and meeting the needs of specific international target markets through close interaction with managers from promotion, finance, accounting and human resources.
We are observing a fundamental shift in the nature of geopolitics. This course develops a deeper understanding of how and why management practices and processes differ around the world, and the skills necessary to function successfully in the international business environment, as future endeavors are increasingly characterized by a search for common ground, productive partnerships, and mutual benefit.
This course covers material essential to a comprehensive understanding of international financial management. Topics include, but are not limited to, foreign exchange markets, the global cost of capital, corporate strategy and foreign investment, and multinational capital budgeting.
Specialized Courses
Four specialized courses from the Carland Entrepreneurship Institute. Students choose three of the first four courses and complete the required Entrepreneurship Capstone at the end of the program.
This course is imperative to successful entrepreneurial ventures, where the ability to differentiate oneself from the competition is paramount. It helps students understand the personality of entrepreneurs and their relationship with risk, practice creative exercises that open the mind to new possibilities, understand why some companies are more innovative than others, and consider what can be accomplished in a creative environment.
The objective of this course is to inculcate an understanding of the forecasting and budgeting process: preparing sales forecasts for new and existing ventures, building variable and fixed cost budgets to support the forecast, documenting and supporting the resulting forecasts, and preparing cash flow forecasts and start-up costs for a new venture.
The objective of this course is to inculcate an understanding of the value of intellectual property to an entrepreneurial venture, and to teach students how to create, protect, and preserve intellectual capital. Students develop higher-level critical thinking skills, evidenced by analysis, evaluation, and synthesis.
The objective of this course is to inculcate the strategic skills required to support the ongoing development of strategy and distinctive competencies, the vision to support effective environmental scanning, and the knowledge to plan for harvesting/succession and to design innovative and effective entrepreneurial compensation plans.
This final, summative experience is the culmination of the Master of Entrepreneurship. Each student develops a business plan for a company they are considering launching as a start-up — a comprehensive analysis of whether the idea is feasible, including an executive summary, business description and structure, market research and strategy, management and personnel, and financials. Students must earn a final grade of 80% or higher in this course in order to graduate.
Elective Courses
Students choose two electives — one international business course from the Akio Morita School of Business and one sustainable management course from the Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute. Elective offerings are subject to faculty availability and may vary by term.
This course provides a comprehensive coverage of the legal, cultural, political, economic and ethical issues faced by global business managers. An understanding of these issues is enhanced through the use of real-world examples, cutting-edge cases, managerial problems, and ethical issues.
Intercultural communication is international communication across national boundaries involving many different cultures. This course helps students understand how people from different countries and cultures behave, communicate and perceive the world quite differently, and studies situations where people from different cultures interact in a business environment, building an understanding of variations in language, customs, social attributes and thought patterns essential to the conduct of international business.
Successful managers in a world of global competition must have an array of skills, talents and abilities at their disposal. This course uses extensive examples to illustrate the vibrancy and challenge of international business, including the degree of geographical literacy necessary to succeed in international markets.
Supply Chain Management involves the flows of materials and information among all of the firms that contribute value to a product, from the source of raw materials to the end customer. The course helps students understand the strategic importance of good supply chain design, planning and operations, the key drivers that improve supply chain performance, and the analytic methodologies for supply chain analysis.
The Triple Bottom Line Accounting and Management course is an expanded version of accounting for corporate activity, adding social and environmental impact to the equation so the report of corporate activity reflects a true bottom line: economic prosperity, environmental quality and social justice. It provides the basis for students to determine the true social effects of the businesses they work for and to manage for the future.
Green Marketing & Environmental Product Design/Recycling is structured around the traditional “4Ps” of marketing and explains how marketing-mix decisions influence environmental outcomes. The emphasis is on converting consumption systems to a sustainable, circular use of resources, and on crafting “win-win-win” solutions where customers, organizations and ecosystems all benefit.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics is a comprehensive study of the core issues for business in sustainability, social responsibility and ethics. The course introduces relevant issues and the views of corporate stakeholders, approaches for presenting and carrying out a program of sustainability, and the ethics of business and issues of transparency, showing that community engagement and the maximization of shareholder value can be mutually reinforcing.
Sustainable Enterprise Development and Leadership provides a comprehensive and practical analysis of what sustainable business development is and how companies can use it to make a significant difference. It is a holistic management approach covering the entire value-added system, and it argues that achieving sustainable outcomes requires a profound change in strategic thinking, leadership and the management of businesses.
Graduation Requirements
Key requirements students complete as they progress through the degree and to graduation.
The program culminates in the Entrepreneurship Capstone (ENT 612), in which each student develops a full business plan for a company they are considering launching as a start-up. Students must earn a final grade of 80% or higher in the capstone course in order to graduate.
Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) in order to graduate. Any student whose GPA falls below 3.0 is placed on Academic Probation and given two terms to bring it back to a 3.0 level. A grade lower than 80% on any course means the course must be repeated.
The maximum time allotted for completion of the Master of Entrepreneurship program is three years. Extensions require written approval from the Program Director, the Office of the Registrar, and the Office of Financial Affairs.
