Entrepreneurship Certificate
Interested in starting your own business or have you already started one? Do you have a family business? Interested in managing a small business or being involved in the start-up of a new venture? Explore the Certificate of Entrepreneurship at UW-Parkside. The program is open to students from all disciplines.
About The Program
Practical and theoretical training in the process of business start-up will include:
- Self-assessment
- Opportunity recognition
- Feasibility assessment
- Creating a values-based business
- Writing a business plan
- Learning to manage and lead the growing new venture
- Hands-on experience with existing ventures
The certificate program in Entrepreneurship helps students develop tools and understanding that will help them be successful in their own ventures, working in the family’s business, or working for an entrepreneurial firm. The truly distinctive feature of this program is the focus on socially responsible entrepreneurship and community development.
The skills sets you will develop in the Entrepreneurship program can be applied to other business organizations as well. You will learn a set of tools to help gain success in business.
Coursework
250 Entrepreneurial Principles (3 cr)
Prereq: Sophomore standing; BUS 100 or other business course
or concurrent registration. Freq: Fall.
Covers the principles and key concepts of entrepreneurship,
focusing on self-assessment, opportunity recognition, innovation
and creativity, and the various functions involved in
starting a venture.
350 Entrepreneurial Leadership (3 cr)
Prereq: Sophomore standing; BUS 100 or other business course;
ENTR 250 or concurrent registration. Freq: Fall.
Covers the theory and application of leadership principles to
entrepreneurship, integrating a community-based service-learning
project, guest speaker presentations, and on-site
visits to new ventures and regional resource centers.
400 Entrepreneurial Strategy (3 cr)
Prereq: ENTR 250. Freq: Spring.
A “Capstone course” that requires creating a business plan.
The course is functionally integrative, using case studies that
incorporate the many functions involved in new ventures.
450 Entrepreneurial Projects (3 cr)
Prereq: ENTR 250, 350. Freq: Spring.
Applied project working with owners and managers of small
businesses and non-profit organizations under faculty
supervision through SEG Center. All projects will employ
the project management protocols developed through SEG.
How To Enroll
Declaring a Certificate
To declare a Certificate in Entrepreneurship, students must submit an application to the Advising Center (Wyllie Hall 107) or the Department of Business Office (Molinaro Hall 344).
Graduation Requirements
To graduate with a Certificate in Entrepreneurship, a student must:
- Complete the required program of courses.
- Earn a C or better (C- is not acceptable) for a minimum overall GPA of 2.0 in the required courses.
For More Information
Contact the Department of Business - Molinaro 344, Phone: (262) 595-2280
Program Advisor: Professor Cathleen Folker
Office: Molinaro 326F
Phone: (262) 595-2407
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