The Entrepreneurship certificate program is designed to develop, prepare, and produce entrepreneurs to start and grow successful businesses and fuel economic growth by providing instruction in entrepreneurial culture, strategy, operations, financial management, social marketing and leadership.<br>Coursework includes developing a student's ability to make informed decisions as future business owners, entrepreneurial concepts learned in innovation and creativity, business funding, computers and marketing. Through these skills, students will have a sound education base in entrepreneurship for lifelong learning. A Certificate of Proficiency will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the requirements specified below. The Certificate of Proficiency is not indicated on the student's transcript.<br><br>Students who complete the certificate will be able to:<br>Analyze the variety of entrepreneurial opportunities available in the United States.<br>Develop strategies to exploit entrepreneurial opportunities and evaluate and analyze alternative strategies and assess risk.<br>Identify and understand accounting concepts that enable student to interpret financial data and use it to make informed decisions about the operating performance and financial position of a company.<br>Apply leadership and workplace relationship skills that will enable them to deal with customer, employee, and supplier issues.<br>Identify successful marketing efforts that will enable the business to succeed.<br>Complete a comprehensive business plan that will enable the business to secure adequate financing by applying knowledge of computer applications, including word processing, spreadsheets, web and social media.