322 John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Bill Child Start-Up Center The Bill Child Start-Up Center provides entrepreneurship students with a comfortable, collaborative space in which to work on their fledgling businesses. The Center also hosts activities for student clubs, such as the Weber Entrepreneurs Association (WEA), and the Young Automotive Entrepreneurship Lecture Series. Each week, Entrepreneurs- in-Residence hold office hours so that students can talk about their start-ups with entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, startup lawyers and other key professionals. The Center is located in room 203 of the E.O. Wattis Building. International Programs The John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics offers a number of curricular programs and study opportunities designed to enhance the global expertise of our students. • The John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics regularly offers study abroad programs to Asia and Europe. • The Goddard School has signed cooperative agreements with the University of Applied Science - Hof, Germany, the European Business School in Paris, France, Shanghai Normal University, China, and University of Seoul, Korea. Under the terms of these agreements, our students can enroll at these partner institutions without any additional tuition charge. The same privilege is extended to students from partner institutions who enroll at WSU. The partner institutions are located in: o China and Korea o Austria, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom • The Goddard School has become a member of the TransAtlantic Business School Alliance (TABSA). TABSAunites four U.S. and four European Universities that are working to share cultural and educational experiences with students across geographic boundaries. Under the terms of the agreements, our students can study abroad from one of four European Universities for two years, after completing two years at the Goddard School, to achieve double Bachelor degrees from both WSU and the selected European University. • The Goddard School offers an International Certificate which may be awarded with a baccalaureate degree offered by the School. This Entrepreneurship Institutional Certificate The awarding of the Entrepreneurship Institutional Certificate has been replaced by the Entrepreneurship minor. Please see the Entrepreneurship Minor section for more information. A student may apply for a certificate in Entrepreneurship provided he or she has met all of the following requirements: Concurrent or previous completion of a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics or any other AACSB accredited business school. Completion of a specified program of at least 12 semester hours of upper division business course work, as approved by the entrepreneurship area faculty. Course work shall include BSAD 4500 - Entrepreneurship and at least 9 additional credit hours selected to satisfy the experiential requirement listed below and to support the specific field in which the student plans to pursue an entrepreneurial career. The GPA for this course work must be at least 2.50. Completion of an experiential learning component relating to an entrepreneurial venture. This requirement can be satisfied through any of the following: 1. completion of BSAD 4680 - Small Business Diagnostics; 2. completion of an approved business internship; 3. completion of a class proj ect on behalf of an entrepreneurial client. Presentation and defense of a comprehensive business plan for an entrepreneurial venture. This presentation will be made before a panel of faculty from the Goddard School and representatives from the business community. International Business & Economics Institutional Certificate A student graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Business or Economics may apply for a certificate of competency in International Business & Economics provided he or she has fulfilled the following criteria: Course Requirements for Institutional Certificate Completion of a program of study approved by the International Program Advisor. This will entail a minimum of 12 credit hours of course work at a GPA of at least 2.5 from the following list of courses: ACTG 4801 - Individual Study Credits: (1,2, 3) ACTG 4802 - Individual Study Credits: (1, 2, 3) ACTG 4803 - Individual Study Credits: (1,2, 3) ACTG 4810 - Experimental Courses Credits: (1-3) ACTG 5140 - Accounting for Global and Complex Entities Credits: (3) BSAD 3600 - [World Region] Business and Society Credits: (3) ECON 3110 - International Trade Credits: (3) ECON 3120 - International Finance and Monetary Systems Credits: (3) ECON 4170 - Economic Development Credits: (3) ECON 4800 - Independent Research Credits: (1-3) ECON 4810 - Experimental Courses Credits: (1-3) Weber State University 2015-2016 Catalog