Offered by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center in the Henry B. Tippie College of Business, the nationally-recognized Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management may be completed entirely online.

 

The Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management is designed to help you acquire team-building and sound business planning skills, embrace innovation and accelerate entrepreneurial success. 

Throughout the program, you will develop critical skills necessary for pursuing your professional career aspirations, including: 

  • Innovation and Creativity 
  • Strategic Business Planning 
  • Leadership 
  • Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 
  • Financial Analysis and Budgeting 
  • Sales and Market Analysis 
  • Team-Building

Online Curriculum

To earn the online Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management, students must successfully complete 18 semester hours (s.h.) and maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA in all course work.

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Required courses:

  • ENTR:2000 Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3100 Entrepreneurial Finance (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3200 Entrepreneurial Marketing (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4400 Managing the Growth Business (3 s.h.)

Select 6 s.h. in elective courses:

Social Entrepreneurship

This course:

And one of these:

  • ENTR:4100 International Entrepreneurship, Culture, and Social Impact (1-3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4900 Academic Internship (must be a social entrepreneurship internship) (arr. s.h.)

Technology Entrepreneurship

These:

  • ENTR:3400 Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4900 Academic Internship (must be a technology internship (arr. s.h.)

Or these:

  • ENTR:3550 Commercializing New Technology I (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3575 Commercializing New Technology II (3 s.h.)

International Entrepreneurship

This course:

  • ENTR:4460 Entrepreneurship and Global Trade (3 s.h.)

And one of these:

  • ENTR:4100 International Entrepreneurship, Culture, and Social Impact (1-3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4200 Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4900 Academic Internship (must be an international entrepreneurship internship) (arr s.h.)

General Entrepreneurship

  • ENTR:1800 Innovation in Action: Sustainability (0-1 s.h.)
  • ENTR:2800 Entrepreneurial Experience (1-3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3000 Practicum in Entrepreneurship (1-3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3400 Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3500 Social Entrepreneurship (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3550 Commercializing New Technology I (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3575 Commercializing New Technology II (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3595 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness I (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3600 Social Media Strategies for Entrepreneurial Ventures (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3700 Sustainable Innovation and Management (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3800 Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy I (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:3850 Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy II (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4000 Topics in Entrepreneurship (1-3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4050 Directed Readings in Entrepreneurship (arr.)
  • ENTR:4100 International Entrepreneurship, Culture, and Social Impact (1-3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4200 Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4300 Entrepreneurship: Advanced Business Planning (arranged)
  • ENTR:4460 Entrepreneurship and Global Trade (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4510 Arts Leadership Seminar (3 s.h.)
  • ENTR:4900 Academic Internship (arr.)
  • ENTR:4999 Honors Thesis in Entrepreneurial Studies (arr.)
  • MGMT:4100 Dynamics of Negotiations (3 s.h.)

For more information about program requirements, including a complete list of on-campus courses available for the certificate, please visit the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center website. 

How to add the certificate to your program of study

Students may add a certificate program to their plan of study at any time.  Declaring a certificate will allow you to request a degree audit for the certificate requirements in MyUI.  There is no penalty to remove a certificate from a plan of study and one may be removed at any time.

Current BAS/BLS students can add a certificate program to their plan of study at any time by sending an email to their assigned academic advisor asking to formally declare the certificate. Once added, a separate degree audit will be produced.

How to remove the certificate from your program of study

Current BAS/BLS students can email their assigned academic advisor to ask to remove the certificate from their plan of study. There is no penalty to remove a certificate program from a plan of study and one may be removed at any time.