Partnered business and office programs

The Business Entrepreneurship Technical Certificate (T.C.) provides students the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to open and operate a small business. Coursework prepares future business owners with skills they can use to make their ventures a success including basic accounting principles, marketing strategies and overall management techniques.

The Entrepreneurship Certificate helps students understand the process of identifying a business opportunity, raising capital, while being observant of the risk and rewards of the entrepreneurship journey. This 12-hour certificate program will provide students the key skills necessary to successfully launch a new business.

Upon completion of the certificate program, you will have the knowledge and skills to:

Classify reasons for entrepreneurship

Appraise your own motivation for entrepreneurship

Recognize types of impact that business ownership has on an entrepreneur’s life

Develop a customer value proposition for a new business

Conduct research to assess the initial feasibility of a new business

Use Business Model Canvas as a planning tool

Evaluate resource needs of a new business

Assess new business profitability

Develop and deliver a pitch for a new business