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SDSUs program in Entrepreneurship delivers above and beyond in all of the key educational components for entrepreneurial success. Within SDSUs College of Business Administration, full and part-time programs in Entrepreneurship are offered at the graduate level, and coursework in Entrepreneurship is available to undergraduate students as well. The Entrepreneurial Management Center develops educational curriculum to provide the most current and relevant coursework and hands-on training that focuses on the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial process.

The curriculum and coursework for graduates and undergraduates are directed toward achieving successful outcomes that result from the entrepreneurial process. Outcomes include:
 The creation of wealth
 New enterprise development
 Innovation
 Organizational change
  Increased firm value
 Organizational growth
Degrees from the graduate business school include: Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and the Masters of Science in Business Administration (MSBA). Students enrolled in SDSUs graduate school of business elect a specialization in one of the following areas:

  Entrepreneurship
  Finance
  Financial & Tax Planning
  Human Resource Management
  Information Systems
  International Business
  Management
  Marketing
 Operations Management
  Real Estate and Taxation


Graduate students specialize in entrepreneurship by completing 12 required credit hours of classes and choose additional electives relevant to their career focus and entrepreneurial objectives. For students with an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, the MSBA program can be completed in 30 credit hours. The success of SDSUs graduate program in Entrepreneurship has been widely recognized. The Entrepreneurial Management Center is a Nasdaq Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence. For the last four years, Success Magazine has ranked SDSU among the nations top 25 business schools for entrepreneurship education and U.S. News & World Report and Entrepreneur Magazine rate it one of the top entrepreneurial schools in the country. In addition, SDSU has been awarded the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 1999 Model Program in Entrepreneurship.