BSBA Concentration in Entrepreneurship
About This Programme
The Entrepreneurship concentration sits inside the BSBA and gives a structured route through venture creation, innovation and entrepreneurial management. Students complete 15 credits of entrepreneurship-focused courses alongside the core business curriculum, keeping the same total credit requirement as the rest of the degree. This is a concentration within the BSBA, not a separately accredited programme.
Course Highlights
- 15 credits of entrepreneurship courses inside the standard BSBA
- Covers new venture creation, social, corporate, technology and family-business entrepreneurship
- Taught in the AACSB-accredited School of Business
- Aimed at start-up ecosystems, SMEs, digital entrepreneurship and family businesses, which AURAK names as UAE development priorities
What You'll Study
AURAK publishes this as a sample study plan; the actual sequence a student follows depends on placement, transfer credit and course availability. Where AURAK's own plan totals fewer credit hours than the degree's published credit count, the published count is authoritative.
Freshman Year
- ENGL 101 - Composition3 credits
- ECON 103 - Principles of Microeconomics3 credits
- ITEC 103 - Fundamentals of Information Technology3 credits
- STAT 100 - Introductory Probability and Statistics3 credits
- UNIV 100 - University First-Year Transition1 credit
- ECON 104 - Principles of Macroeconomics3 credits
- UNIV 200 - Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (Writing Intensive)3 credits
- ENGL 202 - English for Workplace Communication3 credits
- GEN ED - Humanities and Fine Arts Elective3 credits
- UAES 200 - Survey of United Arab Emirates Studies3 credits
Writing-intensive requirement - students take one of the following:
- PHIL 100 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning3 credits
- ENGL 200 - Advanced Composition3 credits
- MEST 100 - Introduction to Islam in World Culture (Writing Intensive)3 credits
Sophomore Year
- GEN ED - Natural Science Course3 credits
- ACCT 204 - Principles of Financial Accounting3 credits
- MKTG 301 - Principles of Marketing3 credits
- BUSN 301 - Business Communication3 credits
- OPMT 311 - Methods and Models of Management Science3 credits
- ACCT 205 - Principles of Managerial Accounting3 credits
- MGMT 301 - Principles of Management3 credits
- BUAN 301 - Analytics for Decision Making3 credits
- FNAN 300 - Principles of Business Finance3 credits
- MIST 301 - Introduction to Business Information Systems3 credits
Junior Year
- BUSN 304 - Business Law3 credits
- BUSN 312 - Public Policy and Business Ethics3 credits
- BUSN 306 - International Business3 credits
- Business Elective 13 credits
- Business Elective 23 credits
- BUSN 307 - Research Methodology3 credits
- Business Elective 33 credits
- Business Elective 43 credits
- Business Elective 53 credits
- Business Elective 63 credits
- Major Internship 390 - Internship in Accounting, Finance, HRM, Marketing, Business Analytics or Hospitality & Tourism Management3 credits
Senior Year
- BUSN 498 - Strategic Management3 credits
- MGMT 401 - Organizational Behavior3 credits
- Business Elective 83 credits
- ENTR 301 - New Venture Creation and Entrepreneurship3 credits
- ENTR 302 - Social Entrepreneurship3 credits
- ENTR 304 - Corporate Entrepreneurship3 credits
- ENTR 403 - Technology Entrepreneurship3 credits
- ENTR 404 - Family Business and Transformation3 credits
- Free Elective3 credits
Entry Requirements
Applications are made online. AURAK's admissions application deadline for Fall 2026 is 30 August 2026 and for Spring 2027 is 3 January 2027.
Careers
AURAK lists startup founder, product manager, business development manager, corporate innovator, business consultant, small business manager, venture capital analyst, venture capitalist and family business manager as destinations for this concentration.
Accreditation & Professional Recognition
Accredited by the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. AURAK's School of Business is an accredited member of AACSB International. AURAK is also institutionally accredited by SACSCOC (US) and QAA (UK).
Programme Details
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BSBA Concentration in Entrepreneurship
Start Date
Fall (August/September) and Spring (January), with an optional Summer (June) start
Typical Offer
UAE curriculum Elite Track 70%, Advanced (Scientific) 70% or General (Literary) 70%. AURAK recognises other curricula and converts grades to the equivalent. No additional testing is required for business majors.
Duration
4 years
Qualification
BSBA
Subject Area
Business & Finance
Tuition Fee
AED 60,260/yr
Applications are made online through AURAK. Fees shown exclude the separate non-tuition charges: an AED 400 application fee (AED 500 for graduate programmes), an AED 4,000 seat reservation fee credited against first-semester tuition, and per-semester technology, service and medical fees.