| Entrepreneurship
CERTIFICATE MAJOR
Curriculum Code No. 3138
Department of Business Studies
Penn 401 · Phone: 968-8227
This certificate program is designed for individuals who currently
operate or who plan to operate their own businesses. The
information acquired from the courses offered will provide the
entrepreneur with the knowledge necessary to successfully operate his or her
own business. This program provides basic skills.
Those who successfully complete this program should be able to
do the following:
understand business terminology and how venture capital is raised.
identify the accounting and legal services that will be needed by a
small business.
understand the financial procedures necessary for the welfare of the
business.
compare the different forms of legal organization and choose the
proper form for a particular business.
interpret the basic accounting statements.
Certificate Requirements
Course Number | Course Title | Minimum Credit Hours |
| ACCT103 |
Introductory Accounting | |
| or |
| ACCT105 |
Principles of Accounting I A |
3/4 |
| MGMT110 |
Small Business Management | 3 |
| MGMT120 |
Business Mathematics A,1 |
3 |
| MGMT130 |
Business Law |
3 |
| | or | |
| MGMT180 |
Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| MKTG100 |
Principles of Marketing A |
3 |
| | Business Elective2 | 3 |
| | | 18/19 |
A Course requires prerequisite.
1 Students who score a 5 or higher on the mathematics assessment test may elect to substitute one of the following courses: CISC100 or CISC110, HRIM105, MGMT140, MGMT230, MKTG135, MKTG200.
2 Any course with prefix of ACCT, EBUS, HRIM, MGMT, MKTG, OADM, or REAL may be chosen
Since the individual circumstances and backgrounds of students
vary, all students planning to complete this certificate program must meet with
their assigned academic advisor to develop a planned sequence of courses to meet
their individual needs.
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