Faculty senate approved two new business courses for the 2015-2016 school year. Business 368, Entrepreneurship, will be offered next fall, and Business 358, Internship and Accounting, will be offered in the spring.

These additions, the business department hopes, will lead students to be more competitive in the business world.

According to the report to the faculty senate, “Entrepreneurship is a standard piece of most business programs, and there is strong interest for it among students who express interest in Calvin and among current Calvin students.”

The Entrepreneurship course was introduced six years ago in the human resources and operations marketing concentrations. Recently, though, after significant demand from students for a course focused on entrepreneurship, it was approved to be restructured for the broader business major.

“We expect this class to have a very high demand,” said professor Leonard Van Drunen, chair of the business department.

The class, which will be taught by Professor Peter Snyder, comes from the realization that entrepreneurship requires skills different from those taught in small business courses. No prerequisites are required, but the class will only be offered to upperclassmen.

The accounting internship course incorporates a particular experience with auditing and taxes that enables students to be better prepared for the realities of an accounting job.

The business major is changing with the times, and these courses reflect different needs that professors and graduates have noticed.