Open Educational Resources
Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
Spring 4-4-2026
Abstract
This syllabus presents BBA 313: Foundations of Entrepreneurship, a three-credit undergraduate course offered at Lehman College, City University of New York, within the Department of Management and Business Innovation. Designed for students interested in entrepreneurship, the course introduces foundational frameworks of entrepreneurship including opportunity recognition, entrepreneurial identity, resource mobilization, financial management, and business feasibility planning. The course is structured as an Open Educational Resource (OER), utilizing the zero-cost OpenStax Entrepreneurship textbook (Laverty & Little, 2020, CC BY 4.0) and multi-format learning materials including written readings, audio podcasts, and experiential in-class activities. The syllabus reflects an applied, community-grounded pedagogy culminating in a semester-long lean feasibility plan and live pitch presentation. All course materials are freely available through Brightspace. This syllabus is licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 and is freely available for adoption, adaptation, and redistribution with attribution.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
CUNY OER Funding
CUNY OER Initiative
Comments
This OER was funded in part by the CUNY OER Initiative.