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Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship
The Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship program is designed to develop competencies for students interested in either becoming entrepreneurs or are currently involved in growth businesses. The competency areas cover practical skills including identifying an entrepreneurial opportunity, designing the business, obtaining financing and managing the growth process. In addition, you will gain first-hand experience with a young company and the new business development activity of an organization.
Offered entirely online, as well as in a face-to-face format, the certificate includes five courses (15 credit hours) from the College of Business. Full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty teach these courses. Other features of the certificate include:
- You can obtain the certificate without enrolling in the MBA program.
- Instructional strategies are oriented toward active learning methods.
- The program can be completed in a year.
- Courses may be used as electives for the MBA program for EMU.
Career Opportunities
Coursework focuses on practical and conceptual skills required for start-up and growth businesses. The certificate may provide a foundation for additional graduate work in business administration or enhance the skills of those who have a degree and are looking to start a business or are involved in a growing business.
Program of Study
Required Courses
- MGMT 570 New Venture Creation (3)
- MGMT 614 Growth Strategies for Entrepreneurial Ventures (3)
Choose two from the following:
- MGMT 603 Corporate Entrepreneurship (3)
- MGMT 636 Current Topics in Entrepreneurship (3)
- MGMT 660 Field Studies in Entrepreneurship (3)
Choose one from the following:
- MGMT 509 Strategic Human Resource Management (3)
- MGMT 600* Management Skills (3)
- ACC 501* Accounting Principles (3)
- LAW 503 Legal Environment of Business (3)
Total credit hours: 15
*Not currently available online.
For More Information
Dr. Fraya Wagner-Marsh
Eastern Michigan University
College of Business
466 Owen Building
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734.487.4444 | Fax: 734.483.1316
cob.grad@emich.edu
Read more information by downloading the fact sheet [PDF].