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Entrepreneurship

Overview

You like to identify opportunities, create, and do!  Now, strengthen your entrepreneurial and business knowledge, skills, and credentials when you earn your degree in Entrepreneurship through CMU Online. Choose from four flexible online programs at the bachelor’s and master’s levels, and get ready to launch, fund, develop, and run successful ventures.  These ventures come in many flavors and range from building startups from the ground up to developing innovative products or services at established organizations.

We offer our Entrepreneurship programs through the College of Business Administration at Central Michigan University. The College is proud to be accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB).

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Business Administration: Entrepreneurship Emphasis , Master of Business Administration

Location:

Online

Your Goal:

Supplement your general business education with three courses that focus on entrepreneurial ventures.

About the Program:

Ranked among the best online MBA programs by U.S. News & World Report and accredited by AACSB International, CMU’s MBA program imparts the fundamental business skills and credentials for leadership in our global economy. The Entrepreneurship emphasis will supplement your MBA’s traditional business education with a focused selection of three courses tailored to enhance your entrepreneurial skills:

  • Foundations of Entrepreneurship
  • Seed Financings & Securities Regulation
  • Crowdfunding

Program Outcomes:

You’ll earn your MBA credential while becoming better prepared to start and lead entrepreneurial ventures. Our students achieve success by:

  • Developing high-growth ventures
  • Being change agents at established organizations
  • Managing small businesses and family firms
  • Leading nonprofits and other social ventures
  • And more

CMU offers engaging online and face-to-face learning opportunities built to help you achieve big goals. Request information today to learn more about this program and how to take the next step.

Entrepreneurship, Bachelor of Applied ArtsUS News Icon

Location:

Online

Your Goal:

Acquire the knowledge and skills you need to build, improve, and lead several types of entrepreneurial ventures.

About the Program:

Gain an introduction to the business world from an entrepreneur’s perspective. Through a hands-on internship and the chance to pitch your ideas to real investors at our annual New Venture Challenge, you’ll find your path as a business builder and innovator.  Plus, you’ll take entrepreneurship courses taught by practice-focused faculty.  Even your essential business subjects will be infused with an entrepreneurship focus.  For example, instead of taking generic economics, marketing, finance, and law courses you’ll study:

  • Economics for Entrepreneurs
  • Marketing Strategies for Entrepreneurs
  • Financial Management for the Entrepreneurial Venture
  • Legal Aspects of New Ventures
  • And more

This program is also available as an Undergraduate Certificate.

Get a head start on a master’s degree through an accelerated program path! Eligible students may take courses that apply towards both their bachelor’s degree and the MBA program(s). Contact us to learn more!

Program Outcomes:

You’ll earn your Bachelor of Applied Arts degree and gain the skills to start your own business or apply your knowledge across diverse settings. Our graduates go on to:

  • Innovate at existing companies
  • Run small businesses and family firms
  • Lead nonprofits and other social ventures
  • Help others launch new ventures
  • And more

CMU offers engaging online and face-to-face learning opportunities built to help you achieve big goals. Request information today to learn more about this program and how to take the next step.

Venture Finance, Graduate Certificate

Location: 

Online

Your Goal:

To develop a high-level understanding of venture capital funding structures, crowdfunding processes, laws and regulations, and valuation strategies to be successful in multiple areas of entrepreneurial financing.

About the Program: 

The Venture Finance Graduate Certificate program can help you develop the skills required to guide a promising startup towards initial funding and ultimately to high-level growth. Through the efficient, yet comprehensive coursework, you’ll take a deep dive into essential topics, including seed financings, regulations, crowdfunding, and venture capital.

Your venture finance studies will build on your current bachelor’s education while setting you up for success in all types of startup ventures. As a student in this venture finance program, you can take advantage of fully online, asynchronous coursework that lets you learn at your pace – on your schedule.

Program Outcomes:

You will earn your graduate certificate in venture finance and develop the skills that span startup through growth in all types of industries, such as:

  • Finance
  • Healthcare
  • Manufacturing
  • Real Estate
  • Technology

CMU offers immersive online and experiential learning opportunities designed to help you achieve big goals in your venture finance career. Request information today to learn about this graduate certificate program and how to take the next step.

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