Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Begin Admitting in Fall 2023.

The certificate focuses on how to be an agent of change in business by managing entrepreneurial and innovative activities in established and emerging organizations. Entrepreneurship and innovation processes are crucial to economic improvement and social change across all industries and organizations. Students will learn basic management principles that are known from academic research and will implement these principles through actual experience with their own new venture ideas or with those of live clients. The certificate will prepare students to: launch their own business in an industry of their preference, consult with clients across a range of business and industry contexts, and/or to be a innovative change agent in an established business organization. Emphasis is on the general manager's perspective of balancing revenues and expenses to effectively create profitability for the organization.