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California Regional Consortia

Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Essentials

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Submitter's Information

Name

Dmitriy Kalyagin

Title

Business instructor

Region

Bay Area

College

Chabot College

CTE Dean

CTE Dean's Name

Tracey Coleman

CTE Dean's Email

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Program Details

Program Title

Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Essentials

Submission Type

New Program

TOPs Code

Small Business and Entrepreneurship (050640)

Projected Start Date

08/18/26

Catalog Description

The certificate program prepares you to start a new business or to make an existing business more successful. The coursework focuses on the development of the specific skills and plans required to succeed as an entrepreneur. Your main outcome will be the creation of your own business plan and participating in a Shark Tank-inspired pitch event, competing for cash prizes by presenting your startup ideas to a panel of experienced judges.

Enrollment Completer Projections

We project that 20-30 students will graduate with teach of this two certificates annually.

Program Proposal Attributes

Program Award Type(s) (Check all that apply)
  • Certificate of Achievement: 8 to fewer than 16 semester (or 12 to fewer than 24 quarter) units (B)
  • Certificate of Achievement: 16 or greater semester (or 24 or greater quarter) units (C)
Program Goal

The purpose is to provide current and future small business owners with the necessary skills to start or improve their business. There is a projected annual gap of about 17,047 students in the Bay Region and 4,250 students in the East Bay Sub-Region. The program prepares students to open their own business or to improve the effectiveness of an existing business.

Course Units and Hours

Total Certificate Units (Minimum and Maximum)

9-23

Units for Degree Major or Area of Emphasis (Minimum and Maximum)

n/a

Total Units for Degree (Minimum and Maximum)

n/a

Course Report

Program Requirements Narrative

We are submitting two new certificates of achievement for your consideration:

  • COA in Entrepreneurship Essential (3 classes, 9 units).
  • COA in Entrepreneurship (23 units, 8 classes).
Program Requirements
CourseTitleUnitsYear/Semester
(Y1 or S1)
COA Entrepreneurship Essentials


ENTR 1Introduction to Entrepreneurship3S1
ENTR 20Marketing for Entrepreneurs3S1
ENTR 30 The Business Plan3S1




COA Entrepreneurship


ENTR 1 Introduction to Entrepreneurship3S1
ENTR 20Marketing for Entrepreneurs3S1
ENTR 5 The Entrepreneurial Mindset3S1
BUS 7Accounting for Small Business3S1
BUS 12 Introduction to Business3S2
BUS 10 Business Law4S2
ENTR 30The Business Plan3S2
ENTR 16Making the Pitch1S2

Supporting Documents

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Bay Area Regional Questions

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Please list similar programs at other colleges in the service area which may be impacted, including the name of the college, the name of the program that may be impacted, the name of the person you contacted and the outcome of that contact.

I have contacted both Las Positas College and Ohlone College. Rajeev Chopra, the Business Department Coordinator from LPC accepted our introduction of these two new certificates. Dr. Robert J. Gabriel (Dean of Business Division) has not gotten back to me. 

Submission Details

Published at

09/02/25 - 12:13 PM

Status

Recommended

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