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Minor in Small Business Startup

Prepare to Launch Your Business

Do you have a dream of launching your business? Will you go into private practice after completing your degree? Are you part of an existing family business? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should consider the Business Startup Minor. This program helps prepare you to build a business from concept, launch, and operations.

This minor is available to students whose major is within the College of Education, the College of Human Sciences and Humanities, or the College of Science and Computer Engineering. It is not available to students in the College of Business.

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What Will I Learn?

Many small businesses launch each year and many of them fail. While there are many reasons this may happen, the failures commonly involve the lack of sound business principles. This minor provides you with a foundation in accounting, business legal principles, management, and marketing helping you navigate the difficult decisions confronting a business owner. The minor completes with a course in entrepreneurship, which teaches you the basics of business planning.



Degree Requirements

The College of Business has created a solid foundation of study designed to help launch your entrepreneurial vision. Please contact the College of Business for more information about the Business Startup Minor plan via email at busadvoff@uhcl.edu, or phone at 281-283-3110.

Small Business Startup Minor


Locations

University of Houston-Clear Lake

University of Houston-Clear Lake

2700 Bay Area Blvd
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 281-283-7600

About UHCL

UH-Clear Lake at Pearland

UH-Clear Lake at Pearland

1200 Pearland Pkwy
Pearland, Texas 77581
Phone: 281-212-1700

Since 2010, University of Houston-Clear Lake at Pearland has proudly served as an upper-level institution serving juniors, seniors, and graduate students in fields like business and behavioral science.

About UHCL at Pearland


Accreditations and Distinctions

AACSB Accredited The College of Business at the University of Houston-Clear Lake holds both business and separate accounting accreditation with The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International. Recognition by AACSB symbolizes the commitment to continuous improvement of educational quality, regional engagement with business partners, and the effectiveness of our societal impact. AACSB holds its member institutions to standards of excellence as interpreted by peer review teams, accreditation committees, and Board of Directors. Fewer than 1 percent of the business schools in the world, and only one other public university in the Houston region, have earned both business and separate accounting accreditation.


Minor in Small Business Startup Faculty

Vivien Jancenelle
Vivien Jancenelle

Vivien Jancenelle

Assistant Professor of Management,
Business

Contact number: 281-283-3244
Email: jancenelle@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Building, Suite 3321

Vivien Jancenelle Faculty Bio

Vanessa Johnson
Vanessa Johnson

Vanessa Johnson

Associate Professor of Legal Studies ,
Business

Contact number: 281-283-3161
Email: Johnsonv@uhcl.edu
Office: ST2224

Vanessa Johnson Faculty Bio

Leroy Robinson
Leroy Robinson

Leroy Robinson, Jr.

Associate Professor of Marketing,
Business

Contact number: 281-283-3209
Email: robinsonjr@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Building, Suite 3121, Room 14

Leroy Robinson, Jr. Faculty Bio

Susan M. Sorensen

Susan Sorensen

Associate Professor of Accounting,
Business

Contact number: 281-283-3160
Email: sorensen@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Building, Suite 3237, Room 8

Susan Sorensen Faculty Bio