Entrepreneurship Certificate

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The Entrepreneurship Certificate provides business majors and non-degree-seeking students an in-depth study of entrepreneurship content and methods (15 credit hours). To be awarded the Entrepreneurship Certificate, the student must:

achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in the certificate program;
earn at least a “C” or better in each of the certificate courses; and
earn a minimum of 60% of required courses at MSU Denver.

Required Courses

MGT 3020 - Entrepreneurs: Cases and Studies Credits: 3
MGT 4420 - Entrepreneurial Business Planning Credits: 3
FIN 3320 - Entrepreneurial Finance Credits: 3
Choose one of the following:
MKT 3250 - Personal Selling Credits: 3
MKT 4300 - Social Media Marketing Credits: 3
MKT 4520 - Seminar in Marketing Management Credits: 3
Subtotal: 12 credits

Elective Courses

Plus 3 credit hours from approved entrepreneurship elective courses, such as, but not limited to:

MGT 2610 - Social Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
MGT 3220 - Legal Environment of Business II Credits: 3
MGT 3240 - Employment and Human Resource Law Credits: 3
MGT 3530 - Human Resources Management Credits: 3
MGT 3850 - Global Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
MGT 4050 - Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Credits: 3
MGT 4640 - Employee Training and Development Credits: 3
MGT 4850 - Organizational and Management Consulting Credits: 3
MKT 3010 - Marketing Research Credits: 3
MKT 3120 - Promotional Strategy Credits: 3
MKT 3190 - Social Marketing Credits: 3
MKT 3250 - Personal Selling Credits: 3 *
MKT 3300 - Marketing of Services Credits: 3
MKT 3310 - Consumer Behavior Credits: 3
MKT 3410 - Marketing Channels Credits: 3
MKT 3910 - New Product Development Credits: 3
MKT 4300 - Social Media Marketing Credits: 3 *
CIS 3030 - Business Web Page Development Credits: 3
CIS 3490 - Managing Business Information with Enterprise Systems Credits: 3
Subtotal: 3 credits
Total for Entrepreneurship Certificate: 15 credits
* These courses may be taken to satisfy either the Required Courses requirement or the Approved Entrepreneurship Elective requirement but may not be double-counted to satisfy both requirements.