Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship

The College of Business Graduate Programs will host a special Virtual Open House on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at 5:00 PM. This session will serve as the final opportunity to ask program-specific questions prior to the August 1 application deadline. To register for the session, please click the link below.

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Program Overview

Location: Online

AACSB Accredited

12 Credit Hours

App Deadlines: April 1, August 1, Dec 15

Pre-requisites: None

Build the Skills to Launch and Lead

While our Master of Entrepreneurship program explores more advanced topics, the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship offers a more focused path that will help you start a business efficiently. Our graduate certificate program was tailored to meet the needs of today鈥檚 entrepreneurs鈥� busy schedules while also offering the tools and strategies they need to succeed.

Our graduate certificate program will help students develop the tools, assets, experience, and network needed to lead an entrepreneurial initiative, whether a business, organization, or groundbreaking product or service. It emphasizes how to start a new venture, from your first idea to the official launch date, to scaling the effort. Many of the program鈥檚 coursework assignments can be immediately applicable to tasks that entrepreneurs will need to complete to move forward with their venture. Examples include developing a press kit, 鈥減itching鈥� the business to various audiences, formally registering your business (if applicable), establishing a partnership and/or management team, and exploring the financial feasibility of an endeavor to assess and manage risk.

The hallmarks of our programs align with the professional demands across numerous industries to develop and support startup entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders who are able to:

Apply innovation and creativity to managing people/projects.
Consider new and innovative approaches to solving problems.
Navigate uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk, while supporting teams through change, experimentation, and transition.
Demonstrate and apply industry-specific expertise, responsibility, critical thinking, initiative, and communication skills.

Virtual Open House

Thursday, August 7: 5鈥�6:30pm

Join us at one of our upcoming virtual Graduate School Open House events on Zoom! You鈥檒l have the opportunity to learn more about 蘑菇短视频, participate in a Q&A with current students, and meet key program representatives.

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Students completing the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship will learn how to:

Be innovative and creative thinkers who will recognize entrepreneurial opportunities and recognize when entrepreneurial opportunities can be created. Create and establish successful entrepreneurial ventures.
Develop the skills and a plan to pursue your venture with confidence.
Lead entrepreneurial ventures.
Develop and maintain an ethical culture within an entrepreneurial venture.
Communicate effectively with the internal constituencies of an entrepreneurial venture, including officers, managers, employees, and agents.
Communicate effectively with the external constituencies of an entrepreneurial venture, including customers, investors, lenders, suppliers, and regulatory agencies. Build and grow successful entrepreneurial ventures.
Maintain entrepreneurial ventures successfully.

Required Items:
An undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited instruction of higher education, with a 3.0 average GPA preferred.

Application Deadlines:
August 1 鈥� Fall
December 15 鈥� Spring
April 1 鈥� Summer
Note: It could vary based on when courses are offered

Course Offerings:
Entirely online

ENT 600: Entrepreneurial Planning
Tools for venture creation and management including marketing, accounting, risk management, human resources, legal issues, and intellectual capital.
ENT 601: Entrepreneurial Innovation
Examination of invention, enhancement, originality, divergent thinking, and innovation in research, development, protections, enhancement, and strategy in businesses and organizations.
ENT 630: Entrepreneurial Growth
Developing the internal and external (public) materials and assets to institute and expand a successful entrepreneurial venture.
ENT 645: Entrepreneurial Marketing
Methods of creating and delivering a marketing plan using media and online approaches. Course requires the development of marketing plan, market analysis, collateral material, and online promotions.

Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship may apply the credits earned towards the completion of the Master of Entrepreneurship degree.

View our tuition and fee rates online. Look for the 鈥済raduate business鈥� category (students using military benefits may get special rates, listed under the 鈥渕ilitary graduate business鈥� category).

Scholarships are available to all students, with a university-wide application deadline of February 1, and a College of Business graduate scholarship deadline of June 30, for the upcoming academic year. To learn more about scholarships and how to apply, visit our scholarships webpage.

Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship may apply the credits earned towards the completion of the Master of Entrepreneurship degree.