14 Business & Entrepreneurship Field of Interest
Business & Entrepreneurship Field of Interest
What Is the Business & Entrepreneurship Field?
The Business & Entrepreneurship field focuses on how organizations operate, grow, and respond to economic, social, and technological change. Students in this field learn about different parts of how a business runs, including finances, marketing, technology, management, and customer service.
Students also explore the importance of acting with integrity and professionalism when working with clients, vendors, coworkers, and competitors. A degree in this field can help students prepare for careers in managing, running, owning, or supporting businesses and organizations of different sizes.
Explore the Field in Action
Want to learn more about this field? Check out the video below.
How to Use This Section
This page is designed to help you explore majors connected to Business & Entrepreneurship.
You can:
- Review the list of majors in this field
- Select a specific major to learn more about classes, skills, and career pathways
- Compare multiple majors to see which best aligns with your interests and goals
While you entered LaGuardia with a specific major, we invite you to explore the various majors in this field to see which one fits your own interests and goals best. If you find that another major might work better for you, you can always switch. However, it is important to talk to your FYS professor or advisor first.
Majors in This Field
The Business & Entrepreneurship field includes the following associate degree programs, organized by career community. Each career community brings together related majors that share similar skills, career paths, and areas of focus.
Client Experience Services Career Community
Watch the Client Experience Services Career Community video to learn more about how this community connects business education with real-world experience in accounting, hospitality, tourism, and event management.
Majors in this career community include:
Resource & Operations Management Career Community
Watch the Resource & Operations Management Career Community video to learn more about how this community prepares students to manage people, systems, facilities, healthcare operations, and business processes.
Majors in this career community include:
- Business Administration, AS
- Business Administration: Facilities Management, AS
- Business Administration: Healthcare Management, AS
Each major page provides detailed information about coursework, skills, degree maps, and transfer and career possibilities.
Notable Features of These Majors
While each major has a different focus, programs in this field often share several features:
- Coursework that explores how businesses operate, including finances, marketing, and technology
- An emphasis on professionalism and integrity when working with clients, vendors, and business partners
- Opportunities to learn how businesses are managed and how operations are organized
- Preparation for roles that support the financial or management functions of a business, or for running a business of your own
Approaches to Inquiry and Research
Majors in the field of business and entrepreneurship approach inquiry and research by asking students to think critically about innovative solutions to the challenges currently facing businesses locally and globally. Companies have multiple stakeholders, including customers, employees, management, and shareholders. Therefore, students’ inquiry and research must involve analyses that include various perspectives and collaborative approaches to propose impactful and sustainable outcomes. The proliferation of data analytics provides unique opportunities for inquiry and research to incorporate previously untapped data stores, thus allowing for decision-making to be informed by the complexity of business issues, the diversity of stakeholders’ needs, and the relevant data.
Student Stories
Watch the Student Stories Podcast playlist from LaGuardia’s Business and Technology Department. These short videos feature current and former students sharing their college experiences, transfer journeys, skill development, connections, and career success.
What Comes Next
To continue exploring:
- Click on a specific major to learn about that program in more detail or connect with the Business & Technology Department
- Review degree maps to understand required and recommended courses
- Speak with an academic advisor about how these majors align with your goals
- In the Career Exploration and Connections chapter, you will be introduced to resources that can help you explore work environments, skills, and career pathways.
