Certificate in Entrepreneurship

ENTP 150 - Overview of Accounting - three credit hours: Introduction to financial information generated by typical business organizations, with special emphasis on the use and interpretation of this information in managerial and financial decision-making processes by entrepreneurs. ENTP 150 will be waived for students who have credit for ACC 200 and ACC 201.

ENTP 300 - New Venture Creation - three credit hours: This course presents an overview of entrepreneurship. During the semester we will examine entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial mindset; learn to recognize and create opportunity; develop and test the business concept; assess the industry and analyze risks associated with customers, markets, financial considerations and legal concerns. Students will come away with a clear understanding of what entrepreneurship is and how they can use the entrepreneurial mindset to succeed in their chosen career.

ENTP 333 - New Venture Management - three credit hours: As an integrative course in management, this class emphasizes managing growing companies in an increasingly professional manner while maintaining a spirit of Entrepreneurship. Topics will include strategic and operational planning, financial planning and measuring and controlling performance; managing innovation, marketing the entrepreneurial organization, managing human resources in rapidly growing firms, and exit strategies. PREREQ: ENTP 300 or by consent of instructor.

ENTP 378 - Emerging Enterprise Law - three credit hours: This course involves the study of legal issues surrounding emerging enterprises, including, new venture formation, choice of legal entity, financing, siting and leases, intellectual property, debtor-creditor relations, contracts and employment law. PREREQ: ENTP 300 or by consent of instructor.