Entrepreneurship
The Minor and Certificate in Entrepreneurship can complement any field of study.
Gain the tools and skills you need to familiarize yourself with tasks such as market assessment, capital formation, business planning, effective communication, staffing, systems design, financial planning and operations management. The minor and certificate focus on the research, planning, and strategies that are critical to start a new business, take over a family business, or quickly advance in your field. Both programs are open to all undergraduate students at UM-Dearborn.
Current UM-Dearborn undergraduate students:
- Open to anyone with a GPA of at least 2.0.
- Must declare the Entrepreneurship certificate by submitting the declaration of certificate form to their academic unit office.
Goals of the Certificate
Goal 1: Students will apply a working knowledge of the principles of entrepreneurship to analysis and problem solving. Objectives: Students will be able to:
- 1a Creatively analyze the business environment for opportunities
- 1b Recognize problems and convert them into opportunities
Goal 2: Students will understand how to apply entrepreneurial techniques in an organizational setting. Objectives: Students will be able to:
- 2a Use the entrepreneurial mindset in various business settings
- 2b Apply the concepts of entrepreneurship in their chosen field of work
Goal 3: Students will gain an understanding of the steps that might take in their own entrepreneurial pursuits. Objectives: Students will be able to:
- 3a Identify local resources for starting their own entrepreneurial ventures
Entrepreneurship Minor
Prerequisite
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENT 400 | Entrepreneurial Thinking&Behav | 3 |
Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | ||
| Select two course (6 credits) from the following: | 6 | |
| Small Business Management 1 | ||
| New Venture Planning 2 | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
| Tier 2 | ||
| Select one course (3 credits) from the following: | 3 | |
| Not-for-Profit Accounting | ||
| Culture and Global Business | ||
| Anth of Health and Environment | ||
| Small Business Management | ||
| CHE Methods | ||
| Social Media for PR | ||
| Writing for Civic Literacy | ||
| Public Relations Campaigns | ||
| Economics of Pov and Discrm | ||
| Lead,Advoc, Admin Early Ch Prg | ||
| EC: Fam/Sch/Comm Collaboration | ||
| Script-Writing Workshop | ||
| Design Thinking : Process, Method & Practice | ||
| New Venture Planning | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
| Multicult in School and Soc | ||
| Financial Planning | ||
| Retirement Planning | ||
| Comm Organizing for Health | ||
| Financing Health & Medical Sys | ||
| Women Leadership/Social Change | ||
| American City | ||
| IT Strategy: Disrupting Norms | ||
| Sales Mgmt & Personal Selling | ||
| Business to Business Marketing | ||
| Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Creativity | ||
| Management Skills Development | ||
| Negotiation and Conflict Mgt | ||
| Politics&Policies Soc Welfare | ||
| Revitalizing Cities | ||
| Required Capstone Activity | ||
| Select one course (3 credits) from the following: | 3 | |
| Business Experiential Learning | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship 3 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
- 1
BPS 441 can satisfy either Tier 1 or Tier 2, but not both.
- 2
ENT 401 can satisfy either Tier 1 or Tier 2, but not both.
- 3
ENT 403 can satisfy only one of the following Tier 1 or Tier 2 or Required Capstone Activity. If ENT 403 is used to satisfy the Capstone requirement, then BPS 441 and ENT 401 must be elected to satisfy the Tier 1 requirement.