Entrepreneurship

Designed for current and aspiring entrepreneurs, the Entrepreneurship Certificate is a one-year program. Students will gain the knowledge, insights, and confidence of entrepreneurship through application of business concepts and ideas in the creation of a business plan. Improve your chances for success by developing skills and insights for evaluating, articulating, refining, and pitching a new product or service, either as a physical brick and mortar business, or as a virtual, online business. Learn to identify and evaluate opportunities, develop strategies, learn the basics of entrepreneurial finance, develop the professional competencies necessary for small business ownership, and launch your business.

The department anticipates 15 completers after the first year of this new program.

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

• create alternatives and analyze solutions for an entrepreneurial venture.
• apply ethical decision-making strategies and explain the importance of ethics and social responsibility in an entrepreneurial venture.
• distinguish the four functions of management: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling in the context of launching a business.
• develop and present a marketing plan for an entrepreneurial venture.
• research and use open source tools and resources for the development of a small business web page.
• build a well-crafted business plan.
• prepare and analyze financial statements for a start-up.
• articulate their entrepreneurial vision and present it for potential venture funding.