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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Entrepreneurship, Bachelor of Applied Arts
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.
Entrepreneurial Studies, Undergraduate Certificate
Location:
Online or On Campus
Your Goal:
Learn what it takes to launch your own business or apply entrepreneurial thinking to lead teams or drive innovation in established organizations.
About the Program:
Whether you want to start a venture, innovate inside an organization, or lead change in your community, this 12-credit certificate program offers the fundamental skills you need to think like an entrepreneur. You’ll build critical business skills while developing the mindset to spot opportunities, solve problems creatively, and bring new ideas to life. Courses include:
- Introduction to Business
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Venture Development
Program Outcomes:
Gain the confidence and skills to launch a startup or contribute to innovation within a company or nonprofit. Upon graduation, you’ll be able to:
- Apply fundamental business and entrepreneurship principles
- Evaluate business ideas and assess market potential
- Develop venture concepts from ideation to execution
- Present and pitch new ideas to diverse audiences
- Collaborate effectively in dynamic, team-based environments
CMU offers engaging online and face-to-face learning opportunities to help you reach your goals. Request information today to learn how this certificate can help you take the next step on your entrepreneurial journey.
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