Management and Entrepreneurship

Program Description

This certificate will provide students with the research skills, critical thinking, and business tools necessary to plan a new business, make it operational, and manage it. The courses in this certificate will give students the skills to make appropriate business decisions and recognize when professional counsel (e.g., certified public accountants, lawyers, etc.) is needed to make those decisions. This certificate will also help students to effectively operate and manage the new business once it's operational.

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Career Opportunities

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Creating own business, Self-employment, Management

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Learning Outcome(s)

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1. Apply critical thinking and analytical skills to business decisions at various stages of a business's life.
2. Demonstrate ability to navigate relevant laws in business related to business formation, business operations, human resources, and other business decisions, including ethical implications.
3. Create effective oral and written business communications that focus on the needs of the business and the recipient's role in relation to the business.
4. Apply accounting principles to business decision making.