Entrepreneurship

Credit Courses

• ENTRE 201 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship.
  This interdisciplinary course introduces participants from various disciplines to the concept of sustainable entrepreneurship, a manageable process applicable across careers, work settings, and time. The course focuses on building entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviors that will lead to creative solutions within the business community and other organizational environments.
  
  ENTRE 201 is also available online via City Colleges’ Center for Distance Learning (CDL). Register by visiting my.ccc.edu, by contacting an academic advisor at your college, or by contacting Selom Assignon at sassignon@ccc.edu or call 773.487.6953.
  
  
• ENTRE 202 - Opportunity Recognition & Development.
  Participants will learn techniques and processes leading to opportunity (value) recognition to include the assessment of the current economic, social, and political climate that provides value opportunities for entrepreneurial ventures. Opportunities will be assessed relative to personal strengths and weaknesses, financial, professional, social, and personal goals.  Participants will also identify the target market by conducting secondary market research, prototyping, and limited primary market research. Participants will then examine the feasibility of creating, delivering, capturing the value of their venture.
  Note: Business 216 can substitute for ENTRE 201. ENTRE 201 and 202 may be taken concurrently.
  
  
• ENTRE 203 - Entrepreneurial Accounting & Finance.
  An advanced entrepreneurial course structured to expose participants to accounting and financial methodologies in order to assess or predict the financial performance of their enterprise.  Building upon their business concept or existing enterprise, participants will be introduced to core financial and managerial accounting concepts; as well as, financial analysis techniques that will enable them to prepare short- and long-term financial operations plans, including cash requirements for enterprise startup and ongoing operations.  Participants will be trained to use computerized accounting software as part of a managerial tool kit to support operation assessment.
  
  
• ENTRE 204 - Entrepreneurial Marketing & Sales.
  Introduces marketing principles and strategies to support entrepreneurship.  Students will develop a theoretical and practical understanding of marketing concepts, e-commerce, pricing policies, product promotion strategies and distribution alternatives.  This course will utilize presentation and computer simulation to facilitate the student’s understanding of marketing goods or services.
  
  
• ENTRE 205 - Law for the Entrepreneur.
  This course provides the student with an overview of the formation and operation of business enterprises, exposes the student to types of business organizations, contract law, leases, intellectual property and employment law.  Students will learn about sole proprietorships, general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations, the benefits and disadvantages of each type of entity as well as the formation, dissolution and recordkeeping for each of these entities.  Students will apply this information to business plans and will learn about other fundamental areas of law affecting business entities.
  
  
• ENTRE 206 - Advanced Entrepreneurship (available Fall 2010).
  Participants will identify problems that arise in actual businesses of industry representatives and use their problem-solving skills to suggest solutions; integrate sections of externally focused business plan into comprehensive whole, and conduct a short case study analysis of an entrepreneur and their business.

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Online Courses

ENTRE 201 is also available online via City Colleges’ Center for Distance Learning (CDL).  Register by visiting my.ccc.edu, or by contacting an academic advisor at your college, or by contacting Selom Assignon at sassignon@ccc.edu or calling (773) 487-6953.

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Entrepreneurship Faculty

Transfer Information

The Entrepreneurship Courses will TRANSFER to most four-year colleges and universities. Entrepreneurship courses may be considered as ELECTIVES for AA/AS degrees and Career Programs.

The following list of 4-year schools is just the beginning.  Talk to your college advisors for more information.

• Eastern Illinois University
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Illinois State University
• Northeastern Illinois University
• Northern Illinois University
• Southern Illinois University
• University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
• University of Illinois at Springfield
• Western Illinois University

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Elective Information

Entrepreneurship courses may be considered as ELECTIVES for AA/AS degrees and Career Programs.

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Contact Information

Contact Sheila Lyons, Coleman Foundation Executive Director of Entrepreneurship at slyons11@ccc.edu or entrepreneurship@ccc.edu.

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Non-Credit Courses (Continuing Education)

We enhance knowledge, understanding, skills, collaboration, and life-long learning by providing a broad range of quality, affordable courses, programs, and services.  Each college offers entrepreneurship continuing education courses, workshops and boot-camp for individuals who wish to learn more about business ownership and existing business owners.

Daley College

• Starting Your Business – Right 1161-BAT
  Are you thinking of starting a small business or have already started your business? This course is a must! Gain the knowledge to be a successful entrepreneur from a leader in the field of small business. Topics will include basics of starting a business, bookkeeping for business, financial management, and marketing and legal issues to pave your way to success. This is an introductory course. It will not include private consulting.

Kennedy King College

• How to Start a Home?Based Daycare
  Participants will learn how to write a childcare start-up business plan, marketing enrollment planning, start?up budget and prepare for licensing through Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).This class will also provide pre-licensing inspection, application review and submission directly to DCFS, and the fundamentals of financial literacy and starting a childcare venture savings account through US Bank and Marquette Bank.  This course requires three Saturday training sessions and an additional $45.00 fee for CPR/First Aid Certification for childcare applicants seeking licensing by DCFS after completion of this program.
• Landlord Techniques Learn the basic economics of the Landlord business.
  Learn how to make a profit versus loss, avoid renting to so-called "deadbeats", and manage your own property. Discover what attorneys won’t tell you; where to find services, repairs and appliances at low costs or free; how to save on your utility costs; strategies for eviction procedures; and the power of affiliation.
• Property Management
  This course will acquaint students with the key principles of Real Estate Property Management, particularly those related to sustaining housing and asset management. After introducing important concepts and tools (e.g. Residential Landlord and Tenant Law in Illinois), students will learn how to develop a plan to manage properties, comprehend maintenance requirements and review asset management.  Required textbook: The Landlords Troubleshooter by Robert Irwin. Handouts will be provided that cover the Illinois Residential Landlord and Tenant Law
• Starting Your Own Business
  This two-part series is designed for those individuals who have a strong and dedicated desire to acquire the knowledge of how to develop a successful business. Emphasis in these courses is placed on identifying your skills or hobby that can generate a lucrative income, completing the necessary forms to become an established legal business, and developing your business plan

Malcolm X College

• Business Law for the Small Business Owner *Online Course*
  Learn how to successfully protect your small business and solve most of the legal problems that may arise. In this six-week online course, you'll see how to avoid the costly legal problems that many small business owners make when setting up and operating their businesses. You'll learn how to deal with issues such as contracts, employee relations, customer relations, and choosing the right business model. You'll also find out how to deal with government licensing requirements and regulations, as well as problems with tax collectors. You'll discover how to handle many minor legal disputes, such as collection issues and small claims, on your own, without spending a lot of money for legal counsel. The information in this course will allow you to spend more of your valuable time running your business and making money.
• Starting Your Own Business: How to Write a Business Plan
  Your business plan serves as the roadmap for the success of your entrepreneurial endeavor. This course will provide assistance in writing a business plan for your business as you learn its components and how to successfully sell your plan to prospective investors and funders. Come prepared to put your plan together, identify areas of weakness and find resources to help meet the goals of your plan.
• Entrepreneurial Accounting: Introduction to QuickBooks 2008
  QuickBooks is designed for the small to midsized business owner who enjoys Quicken's ease of use but prefers a more traditional approach to accounting. Learn how this well-designed program can make it a snap to set up a chart of accounts, reconcile your checking account, create and print invoices, receipts, and statements, track your payables, inventory, and receivables, create estimates, and generate reports.

Harold Washington College

• Entrepreneurship/Small Business Opportunities
  Students will be introduced to entrepreneurship. They will assess themselves to determine if they have the characteristics and competencies required to become successful entrepreneurs.  Students will also learn how to analyze ideas to develop sound entrepreneurial business ideas.
• Entrepreneurship/Small Business Marketing
  You think you have a great product/service? So what? How do you determine if there is a market for your product/service?  Who is the target market for this product/service? What are they willing to pay for this product/service? How should you market yourself, the product/service?

Truman College

• Entrepreneurship: Developing Your Childcare Business
  Explore your dream of creating a childcare business in this 12-session certificate course. This series will provide the tools you need to launch and sustain a childcare business. You'll follow a step-by-step process to develop a business and marketing plan, policies and procedures document, and a parent handbook. You'll also gain a sound understanding of business financials.
• Entrepreneurship: Do You Have What It Takes?
  This one-night seminar will help you explore your entrepreneurial potential as you learn to recognize opportunities. This seminar is ideal for those who want to look more closely before leaping into starting a business.

Olive-Harvey College

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